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Asian Football Confederation
File:AFC Logo.svg
File:AFC.svg
Abbreviation AFC
Motto The Future is Asia
Formation 8 May 1954 (1954-05-08) (71 years ago)
Type Sports organization
Headquarters Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served Asia
Membership 47 member associations
Acting President China Zhang Jilong
Vice-president Australia Moya Dodd[1]
General Secretary Malaysia Alex Soosay[2]
Parent organization FIFA
Website www.The-AFC.com

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. All the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia are members of UEFA (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey). Israel are also a UEFA member even though it entirely lays in Asia. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, has been in the AFC since 2006, and the Oceanian nation of Guam is also a member of AFC.

The AFC was founded on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, and is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The main headquarters is located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current acting president is Zhang Jilong of China.

Formation[]

The AFC was formed officially on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, on the sidelines of the second Asian Games. The 12 founder members were Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.[3]

AFC competitions[]

File:Asean Football Federation countries.PNG

The AFC runs the Asian Cup, a competition for the national football teams of Asia held every four years, as well as the Asian World Cup Qualifying Tournament and the AFC Challenge Cup. It also runs the Asian Olympics qualifying tournament. The AFC also runs three levels of annual international club competitions. The most prestigious (and oldest of the current AFC club competitions) is the AFC Champions League tournament, based on the UEFA Champions League, formed in 2002/03 with the amalgamation of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup. (An Asian Super Cup competition between the winners of these two major tournaments ended with the birth of the AFC Champions League.) The other competitions branched off this in 2004 when the 'Vision Asia' blueprint for development was launched. This led to the top fourteen AFC nations, the 'mature nations', sending their best teams to the AFC Champions League. The next 14 nations, the 'developing nations' qualify to send their teams to the AFC Cup.

The rest of the AFC-affiliated countries, the 'emerging nations' send their teams to the AFC President's Cup. The teams which qualify from each country are usually the champions and the cup winners.[4] Currently there is no promotion and relegation between the different levels of nations.

The AFC plans to revamp 22 leagues in Asia, 10 of them by 2009–2012. This is due to the poor performance of Asian teams in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The reforms include increasing transparency, increasing competitiveness, improving training facilities, and forcing the leagues to have a system of relegation and promotion.[5]

The 10 leagues marked for reform are Australia, Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore, India, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The proposal would mark a radical change in Australia, where professional leagues in all sports are organised on a model of franchised teams and closed league membership.

There are 12 AFC Nations that play in the UAFA organised Arab Nations Cup, namely: Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.


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Women's football in Asia[]

The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) is the section of the AFC who manage women's football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 the ALFC merged with the AFC.[6] The Asian Ladies Football Confederation helped organise the AFC Women's Asian Cup, first held in 1975, as well as the AFC's AFC U-19 Women's Championship and the AFC U-17 Women's Championship.

Regions[]

The AFC has 46 member associations split into four regions.[3] Below shows the member national associations of the regional federations.


ASEAN Football Federation[]

Main article: ASEAN Football Federation


East Asian Football Federation[]

Main article: East Asian Football Federation


Central and South Asian Football Federation[]

Main article: Central and South Asian Football Federation

SAFF Members

CAFF Members


West Asian Football Federation[]

Main article: West Asian Football Federation

Competitions[]

AFC tournaments[]

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Regional tournaments[]

  • ASEAN: ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as the Tiger Cup prior to 2007 and AFF Suzuki Cup since 2008).
  • Central and South Asia:
    • Central Asia: Officially only 4 countries in this region, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Kazakhstan left for UEFA). No official tournament held between countries in this region.
    • South Asia: SAFF Championship.
  • East Asia: East Asian Football Championship.
  • West Asia: West Asian Football Federation Championship (Although not all West Asian Countries enter), Gulf Cup of Nations.

Current champions[]

Men's Asian Cup Men's U-19 Men's U-16 Challenge Cup Champions League President's Cup AFF SAFF
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Tajikistan Istiqlol File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of India.svg India
Women's Asian Cup Women's U-19 Women's U-16 Futsal AFC Cup Futsal Club EAFF WAFF
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Kuwait Kuwait SC Iran Giti Pasand File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria

Sponsors[]

The following are the sponsors of AFC (named "AFC Partners"):

  • Nike
  • Nikon Corporation
  • Fly Emirates
  • Toyota Motor
  • Yanmar
  • ING
  • EPSON
  • Qatar Petroleum
  • Qatar Telecom
  • DHL
  • Pocari Sweat

Awards[]

AFC Footballer of the Year[]

Main article: Asian Footballer of the Year

The Asian Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1994, its official name is Asian Football Confederation's Sanyo Player of the Year Award. Prior to 1994 it was awarded on an unofficial basis; the winners from 1988 to 1991 were chosen by IFFHS.

AFC International Footballer of the Year[]

Year Name Nation Club
2012 Shinji Kagawa File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan England Manchester United

AFC Women's Footballer of the Year[]

Year Name Nation Club
1999 Sun Wen File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR China Shanghai SVA
2003 Bai Jie File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR United States Washington Freedom
2004 Homare Sawa File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2005 Natsuko Hara File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2006 Ma Xiaoxu File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR China Dalian Shide
2007 Ri Kum Suk File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea North Korea 4.25
2008 Homare Sawa File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2010 Kate Gill File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia Australia Perth Glory
2011 Aya Miyama File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
2012 Aya Miyama File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle

AFC Young Footballer of the Year[]

Main article: Asian Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best young football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1995 with the first award being given to Omani player, Mohammed Al-Kathiri.

AFC Coach of the Year[]

Year Name Team
1994 Thailand Charnwit Polcheewin Thailand Thai Farmers Bank FC
1995 South Korea Park Jong-Hwan South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
1996 China Ma Yuanan China China women's national team
1997 South Korea Cha Bum-Kun South Korea Korea Republic national team
1998 Japan Takashi Kuwahara Japan Júbilo Iwata
1999 Uzbekistan Mahmoud Rakhimov
2000 France Philippe Troussier Japan Japan national team
2001 Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Johar Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia national team
2002 Netherlands Guus Hiddink South Korea Korea Republic national team
2003 South Korea Cha Kyung-Bok South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2004 Iraq Adnan Hamad Iraq Iraq national team
2006 North Korea Choe Kwang-Sok North Korea Korea DPR women's U-20 national team
2007 Uzbekistan Rauf Inileev Uzbekistan Uzbekistan national team
2008 Japan Akira Nishino Japan Gamba Osaka
2009 South Korea Huh Jung-Moo South Korea Korea Republic national team
2010 Japan Takeshi Okada Japan Japan national team
2011 Japan Norio Sasaki Japan Japan women's national team
2012 South Korea Kim Ho-Gon South Korea Ulsan Hyundai

AFC National Team of the Year[]

Year National Team (men) National Team (women)
2000 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2001 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR
2002 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
2003 File:Flag of Iraq, 1991-2004.svg Iraq
2004 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2005 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2006 File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
2007 File:Flag of Iraq 2004-2008.svg Iraq File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
2008 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
2009 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan U-20
2010 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
2011 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2012 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea U-23 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan U-23

Summer Olympics[]

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Qualified
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Olympics or Withdrew from the Olympics / Banned
  •    — Hosts

Men[]

Nation France
1900
United States
1904
United Kingdom
1908
Sweden
1912
Belgium
1920
France
1924
Netherlands
1928
Germany
1936
United Kingdom
1948
Finland
1952
Australia
1956
Italy
1960
Japan
1964
Mexico
1968
Germany
1972
Canada
1976
Soviet Union
1980
United States
1984
South Korea
1988
Spain
1992
United States
1996
Australia
2000
Greece
2004
China
2008
United Kingdom
2012
Total
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan QF QF 3rd QF 4th 9
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea QF QF 3rd 9
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia QF QF 4th QF 7
File:Flag of India.svg India 4th 4
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq QF 4th 4
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR 3
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran[notes 1] QF 3
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait QF 3
File:Chinese Taipei Football Flag on FIFA website.svg Chinese Taipei 2
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel QF QF 2
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar QF 2
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2
File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 1
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 1
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia QF 1
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia[notes 1] 1
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea QF 1
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 1
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UA Emirates 1
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 56

Women[]

Nation United States
1996
Australia
2000
Greece
2004
China
2008
United Kingdom
2012
Total
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan QF 4th 2nd 4
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR 2nd QF 4
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia QF 2
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 2
Total 2 2 3 3 2 12

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Iran and Malaysia Qualified in 1980 but boycotted the event.

FIFA World Cup[]

Legend
  • 1st – Champion
  • 2nd – Runner-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
  • GS – Group Stage
  • 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •    — Did not qualify
  •     — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     — Hosts

Men[]

Team Uruguay
1930
Italy
1934
France
1938
Brazil
1950
Switzerland
1954
Sweden
1958
Chile
1962
England
1966
Mexico
1970
West Germany
1974
Argentina
1978
Spain
1982
Mexico
1986
Italy
1990
United States
1994
France
1998
South KoreaJapan
2002
Germany
2006
South Africa
2010
Brazil
2014
Total inclusive
WC Qual.
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea GS GS GS GS GS 4th GS R16 TBD 8 13
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan GS R16 GS R16 TBD 4 13
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia R16 GS GS GS 4 10
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran[notes 1] GS GS GS TBD 3 8
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia[notes 2] GS R16 GS TBD 3 12
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea QF GS 2 9
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq GS TBD 1 9
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates GS 1 9
File:Flag of India.svg India •• 1* 9
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR GS 1 10
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait GS 1 11
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia[notes 3] 1S 1 13
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel[notes 4] GS TBD 1 19
Total 0 0 1 1* 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 5 4 30 (31)

Women[]

Team China
1991
Sweden
1995
United States
1999
United States
2003
China
2007
Germany
2011
Total
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan GS QF GS GS GS 1st 6
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia GS GS GS QF QF 5
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR QF 4th 2nd QF QF 5
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea GS GS QF GS 4
File:Chinese Taipei Football Flag on FIFA website.svg Chinese Taipei GF 1
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea GS 1
Total 3 3 4 5 4 3 22

Notes[]

  1. Iran withdrew before the draw was made in 1982 qualification and Disqualified In 1986.
  2. Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup as part of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) though they had joined the AFC by the time the competition started. From 1972 to 1978 they were not a member of any confederation.
  3. Prior to independence in 1945 competed as Netherlands Dutch East Indies, including their only World Cup finals appearance in 1938.
  4. Israel is now a member of UEFA, having been expelled from the AFC in 1974. For every World Cup other than 1958 and 1970, Israel (Eretz Yisrael or Palestine prior to 1948) entered into the European qualification tournament.

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the AFC Asian Cup or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
  •    — Hosts
Team 1992
Saudi Arabia
1995
Saudi Arabia
1997
Saudi Arabia
1999
Mexico
2001
South Korea
Japan
2003
France
2005
Germany
2009
South Africa
2013
Brazil
2017
Russia
2021
Qatar
Total
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan GS 2nd GS GS q 5
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 4th 4
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia [8] × × 2nd 3rd GS 3
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq × × GS 1
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar q 1
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea × GS 1
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates GS 1
Total 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1

Notes[]

Rankings[]

Men's National Team[]

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[9]

AFC FIFA Country Points +/−
1 24 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 810 Decrease1
2 32 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 728 Decrease7
3 33 File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 719 Increase1
4 44 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 611 Increase14
5 69 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 490 Increase1
6 81 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 445 Increase5
7 86 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 428 Increase9
8 88 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR 424 Decrease3
9 90 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 420 Decrease12
10 97 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 390 Decrease17
11 104 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 330 Decrease3
12 109 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 320 Increase7
13 110 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 318 Increase2
14 112 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 313 Decrease3
15 112 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 313 Increase1
16 124 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 270 Decrease9
17 129 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 254 Decrease4
18 137 File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 225 Decrease1
19 138 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 217 Increase2
20 143 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 184 Increase4
21 147 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 172 Increase3
22 148 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 168 Increase1
23 152 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 160 Decrease13
24 156 File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 149 Increase28
25 160 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 131 Decrease5
26 162 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 133 Decrease
27 163 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 127 Decrease1
28 163 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 127 Decrease1
29 165 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 124 Increase5
30 167 File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 121 Decrease1
31 169 File:Flag of India.svg India 116 Decrease1
32 169 File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 116 Decrease1
33 171 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 114 Decrease2
34 172 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 108 Decrease12
35 176 File:Chinese Taipei Football Flag on FIFA website.svg Chinese Taipei 90 Steady
36 177 File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 87 Increase16
37 180 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 72 Decrease3
38 181 File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam 71 Decrease3
39 182 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 68 Decrease2
40 186 File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 55 Decrease1
41 187 File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 52 Increase16
42 187 File:Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste 52 Increase19
43 191 File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 49 Decrease2
44 199 File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 22 Decrease1
45 200 File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 20 Decrease2
46 207 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0 Steady

Last updated 07 November 2012

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Women's National Teams[]

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[10]

AFC FIFA Country Points +/−
1 3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2110 Steady
2 9 File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1948 Increase
3 11 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 1943 Decrease
4 15 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1843 Steady
5 19 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR 1818 Decrease
6 30 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1645 Decrease
7 31 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 1641 Steady
8 41 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 1565 Steady
9 43 File:Chinese Taipei Football Flag on FIFA website.svg Chinese Taipei 1556 Decrease
10 47 File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 1523 Steady
11 52 File:Flag of India.svg India 1438 Steady
12 54 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1431 Steady
13 57 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1404 Decrease
14 65 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 1348 Increase
15 66 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1346 Decrease
16 69 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 1340 Steady
17 80 File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam 1294 Decrease
18 82 File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 1292 Steady
19 85 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 1264 Steady
20 86 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1256 Steady
21 92 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1195 Steady
22 95 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 1189 Decrease
23 115 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 992 Increase
24 116 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 954 Increase
25 118 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 944 Increase
26 121 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 927 Increase
27 123 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 882 Increase
28 128 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 1729 Steady
29 128 File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 1143 Steady
30 128 File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 1080 Decrease
31 128 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 965 Decrease
32 128 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 934 Decrease
33 128 File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 889 Steady
34 128 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 1046 Steady
35 128 File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 750 Steady

Last updated 17 August 2012

National League (by IFFHS)[]

Rankings are calculated by IFFHS .

AFC IFFHS Country Points +/-
1 18 South Korea Korea Republic 589,0 1Increase
2 23 Japan Japan 539,0 1Decrease
3 38 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 396,0 1Increase
4 40 Iran Iran 378,5 1Decrease
5 43 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 373,5 3Increase
6 53 Singapore Singapore 331,0 6Increase
7 60 Thailand Thailand 318,5 2Increase
8 66 China China 298,5 9Increase
9 67 Qatar Qatar 290,5 4Decrease
10 72 Australia Australia 267,0 3Decrease
11 73 Indonesia Indonesia 266,5 1Increase
12 75 India India 265,5 Steady
13 76 Jordan Jordan 260,0 Steady
14 79 United Arab Emirates UAE 257,5 2Increase
15 82 Vietnam Vietnam 249,5 Steady
16 86 Lebanon Lebanon 228,0 3Increase
17 87 Kuwait Kuwait 226,5 11Decrease
18 91 Malaysia Malaysia 218,0 4Decrease
19 92 Syria Syria 216,0 9Decrease
20 93 Hong Kong Hong Kong 209,5 2Decrease
21 93 Iraq Iraq 209,5 Steady
22 99 Oman Oman 182,0 Steady
23 118 Yemen Yemen 118,0 3Decrease

Top 100 National League in 2011

Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS)[]

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.[11]

AFC IFFHS Club Points
1 46 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 159,0
2 47 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 157,5
3 89 Qatar Al-Sadd 128,5
4 100 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 124,0
5 107 South Korea FC Seoul 120,5
Iran Sepahan FC 120,5
7 110 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal FC 120,0
8 124 Japan Nagoya Grampus 114,5
9 131 Jordan Al-Wehdat 111,5
10 135 Japan Cerezo Osaka 110,0
11 140 Thailand Muangthong United F.C. 108,0
12 146 Japan Kashiwa Reysol 105,5
13 148 Japan Gamba Osaka 105,0
14 154 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 102,0
15 158 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Kaifan 100,0
16 160 Iran Esteghlal Tehran FC 99,0
17 169 Japan Kashima Antlers 96,0
18 185 Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan FC 92,0
19 198 Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 88,5
20 204 Thailand Chonburi FC 87,5
21 208 Uzbekistan FC Bunyodkor 86,0
22 213 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Riyadh 85,0
Iraq Arbil SC 85,0
24 221 Kuwait Qadsia SC 82,5
25 236 China Tianjin Teda FC 80,5
26 243 Thailand Buriram United F.C. 79,0
South Korea Pohang Steelers 79,0
28 258 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An 76,0
Iran Persepolis FC 76,0
30 267 Jordan Al-Faisaly Amman 75,0
31 271 Indonesia Sriwijaya F.C. 74,0
Uzbekistan FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 74,0
33 281 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda FC 73,5
34 283 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai FC 73,0
35 285 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 72,5
36 289 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 72,0
37 299 Singapore Home United FC 71,5
38 319 Indonesia Persipura Jayapura 68,0
39 332 Japan Vegalta Sendai 67,0
Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr Riyadh 67,0
41 338 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira Club 66,5
China Shandong Luneng Taishan 66,5
43 342 South Korea Jeju United FC 66,0
44 352 United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC 65,5
45 366 India Dempo S.C. 63,5
46 369 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 63,0
47 384 Malaysia Kelantan FA 62,0
Malaysia Terengganu FA 62,0
Vietnam Hanoi T&T F.C. 62,0
50 384 Qatar Al Rayyan Sports Club 61,5
51 395 Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo 60,0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 60,0
Australia Central Coast Mariners FC 60,0

Last updated 30 January 2012

Strongest League in the 1st Decade (by IFFHS)[]

Rankings are calculated by IFFHS .

AFC Country Points
1 Japan Japan 3693.5
2 South Korea Korea Republic 3376.5
3 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 3125.0
4 Iran Iran 3019.5
5 China China 2881.5
6 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2690.0
7 United Arab Emirates UAE 2526.5
8 Qatar Qatar 2462.5
9 Kuwait Kuwait 2446.5
10 Syria Syria 2196.5
11 India India 2171.5
12 Jordan Jordan 2089.0
13 Singapore Singapore 2048.5
14 Vietnam Vietnam 1897.5
15 Lebanon Lebanon 1877.0
16 Malaysia Malaysia 1874.0
17 Thailand Thailand 1795.5
18 Oman Oman 1767.0
19 Bahrain Bahrain 1758.0
20 Yemen Yemen 1610.5
21 Indonesia Indonesia 1530.5
22 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 1516.0
23 Iraq Iraq 1467.5
24 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1423.0
25 Australia Australia* 1321.0

* In 2005 Australia left the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) with FIFA’s approval and joined the AFC. As of 2006, Australian clubs are affiliated with AFC, and participate in its club competitions. Starting with 2006, then, the Australian league is no longer to be included in the Oceanian, but henceforth in the Asian strongest league rankings. For the world ranking of the strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century, however, both continental rankings will be added for Australia.

Asia’s strongest League in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010)

National League (by AFC)[]

This league ranking is used by the AFC to determine the number of participants in the AFC Champions League. The assessments was conducted by AFC Pro-League committee during 2006–2008, and is based on the football competitiveness, professionalism, marketability, and financial status of the league and its clubs. The assessment ranking will be updated every two years, as the next one will be published in November 2010.[12]

AFC Final Assessment Ranking for 2011-12 seasons
West Asia
Pos Member
Association
Points
(total 800)
Clubs Spots
Group stage Play-off AFC Cup
1 Qatar Qatar 677.9 12 4 0 0
2 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 668.2 14 3 1 0
3 United Arab Emirates UAE 645.3 14 3 1 0
4 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 597.6 14 2 1 0
5 Iran Iran 593.2 18 2 1 0
Meet the criteria
Do not meet the criteria
East Asia
Pos Member
Association
Points
(total 800)
Clubs Spots
Group stage Play-off AFC Cup
1 Japan Japan 771.6 18 4 0 0
2 South Korea Korea Republic 708.5 15 3 1 0
3 China China 622.5 16 3 1 0
4 Australia Australia 570.4 10 2 1 0
5 Thailand Thailand 520.6 18 1 1 0
6 Indonesia Indonesia 228.7 18 0 1 1

See also[]

IFFHS Asia's best clubs of the 20th century

References[]

  1. http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-executive-committee
  2. http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-general-secretary
  3. 3.0 3.1 "About AFC". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2007-09-06. http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  4. Griffiths, Ian. "Clubs sandwiched". FootballAsia.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20051119163847/http://www.footballasia.com/en/news/index.asp?id=40247&sec=90&ssec=260&mth=7&yr=2005. Retrieved 2005-07-19.
  5. "AFC to revamp 10 Asian soccer leagues". Taipei Times. Liberty Times Group. 2007-02-14. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2007/02/14/2003349026. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  6. http://www.asiansportsnet.com/football-soccer/
  7. "Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". East Asian Football Federation. 2009-09-05. http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2009/090905.html.
  8. Australia took part as a OFC member.
  9. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) – AFC Region". FIFA. 07 November 2012. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html.
  10. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) – AFC Region". FIFA. 22 July 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=25998&rank=532.
  11. "TOP 400 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 30 January 2012. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512.
  12. "12 Member Associations keen to join ACL". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-30. http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/26192-12-mas-keen-to-join-acl. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

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