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Asian Football Confederation
AbbreviationAFC
Formation8 May 1954; 70 years ago (1954-05-08)
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersMalaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served
Asia
Membership
47 member associations
Bahrain Salman Al-Khalifa
Vice-president
China Zhang Jilong[1]
General Secretary
Malaysia Alex Soosay[2]
Parent organization
FIFA
Websitewww.The-AFC.com

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 47 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 is also a UEFA member even though it lies entirely in Asia. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, has been in the AFC since 2006, and the Oceanian island of Guam, a territory of the United States, is also a member of AFC.

One of FIFA's six continental confederations, 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, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.[3] The main headquarters is located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current president is Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.

Members

The AFC has 46 member associations split into five regions.Below shows the member national associations of the regional federations.

1: Quasi-member & associate AFC member
2: Palau presented a candidacy in 2008,[5] and was under consideration in 2009,[6] but as of 2013 got no definite reply and is not a member[7]

Former members

Competitions

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.[8] Currently there is no promotion and relegation between the different levels of nations.

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.

Regional tournaments

Current champions

Men's Asian Cup Men's U-22 Men's U-19 Men's U-16 Men's U-14 Challenge Cup
(defunct)		 Champions League AFC Cup President's Cup Futsal
 Japan  Iraq  South Korea  Uzbekistan TBA  Palestine China Guangzhou Evergrande Kuwait Kuwait SC Turkmenistan Balkan  Japan
Women's Asian Cup Women's U-19 Women's U-16 Women's U-14 Futsal Club EAFF WAFF Gulf AFF SAFF
 Japan  South Korea  Japan TBA ThailandChonburi Blue Wave  Japan  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Singapore  Afghanistan

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.[9] 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.

Sponsors

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

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.

Year Name Nation Club
1995 Masami Ihara Japan Japan Japan Yokohama Marinos
1996 Khodadad Azizi Iran Iran Iran Persepolis F.C.
1997 Hidetoshi Nakata Japan Japan Japan Bellmare
1998 Hidetoshi Nakata Japan Japan Italy Perugia
1999 Ali Daei Iran Iran Germany Bayern Munich/Hertha Berlin
2000 Nawaf Al Temyat Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
2001 Fan Zhiyi China China Scotland Dundee
2002 Shinji Ono Japan Japan Netherlands Feyenoord
2003 Mehdi Mahdavikia Iran Iran Germany Hamburger SV
2004 Ali Karimi Iran Iran United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2005 Hamad Al-Montashari Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
2006 Khalfan Ibrahim Qatar Qatar Qatar Al-Sadd
2007 Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
2008 Server Djeparov Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
2009 Yasuhito Endō Japan Japan Japan Gamba Osaka
2010 Saša Ognenovski Australia Australia South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011 Server Djeparov Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2012 Lee Keun-Ho South Korea South Korea South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
2013 Zheng Zhi China China China Guangzhou Evergrande

AFC International Footballer of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
2012 Shinji Kagawa  Japan England Manchester United
2013 Yuto Nagatomo  Japan Italy Inter Milan

AFC Foreign Player of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
2012 Rogerinho  Brazil Kuwait Kuwait SC
2013 Muriqui  Brazil China Guangzhou Evergrande

AFC Women's Footballer of the Year

Year Name Nation Club
1999 Sun Wen  China China Shanghai SVA
2003 Bai Jie  China United States Washington Freedom
2004 Homare Sawa  Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2005 Natsuko Hara  Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2006 Ma Xiaoxu  China China Dalian Shide
2007 Ri Kum Suk  North Korea North Korea 4.25
2008 Homare Sawa  Japan Japan NTV Beleza
2010 Kate Gill  Australia Australia Perth Glory
2011 Aya Miyama  Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
2012 Aya Miyama  Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
2013 Ji So-Yun  South Korea Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa

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
2013 South Korea Choi Yong-Soo South Korea FC Seoul

AFC National Team of the Year

Year National Team (men) National Team (women)
2000  Japan
2001  China
2002  South Korea
2003  Iraq
2004  Japan
2005  Japan
2006  Australia
2007  Iraq  North Korea
2008  Japan  North Korea
2009  South Korea  Japan U-20
2010  Japan  Australia
2011  Japan  Japan
2012  South Korea Olympic  Japan
2013  Iraq U-20  South Korea U-19

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)
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Qualified but withdrew
  •     — 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.[clarification needed]
 South Korea GS • • • • • GS GS GS GS 4th GS R16 GS 9 14
 Japan • • • • • • • • • GS R16 GS R16 GS 5 14
 Iran • GS • • GS • GS • GS 4 9
 Saudi Arabia • • • • R16 GS GS GS • • 4 10
 Australia[notes 1] • • GS • • • • • • • R16 GS GS 2 2
 North Korea QF • • • • • • GS • 2 9
 Iraq • • GS • • • • • • • 1 10
 United Arab Emirates • • GS • • • • • • 1 9
 China • • • • • • GS • • • 1 10
 Kuwait • • GS • • • • • • • • 1 11
 Indonesia[notes 2] 1S • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 13
 Israel[notes 3] • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • 1 17
!!  !!  !! !! !! !! • !! !! • !! • !! • !! • !! • !! • !! 1* !! 8
Total 0 0 1 1* 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 5 4 4 31

Women

Team China
1991		 Sweden
1995		 United States
1999		 United States
2003		 China
2007		 Germany
2011		 Canada
2015		 Total
 Japan GS QF GS GS GS 1st Q 7
 China QF 4th 2nd QF QF Q 6
 North Korea GS GS QF GS 4
 Australia GS GS GS QF QF Q 3
 South Korea GS Q 2
 Chinese Taipei QF 1
 Thailand Q 1
Total 3 3 4 5 4 3 5 27

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Prior to independence in 1945 competed as Netherlands Dutch East Indies, including their only World Cup finals appearance in 1938.
  3. ^ 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 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↓ \ Hosts→ 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 		Total
 Japan • GS • • 2nd GS GS • GS 5
 Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 4th • • • • • 4
 Australia × × 2nd • 3rd • GS • • 3
 Iraq × × • • • • • GS • 1
 South Korea × • • • GS • • • • 1
 United Arab Emirates • • GS • • • • • • 1
Total 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1

Notes

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
  • • – Country was not a member of AFC

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
 Japan QF • QF 3rd • QF • • 4th 9
 South Korea QF • • • • • QF • 3rd 9
 Iraq QF • • 4th 4
 India • • 4th • 4
 China • • • 3
 Iran[notes 1] • • QF 3
 Kuwait QF • • 3
 Chinese Taipei • • 2
 Israel QF QF UEFA member 2
 Qatar • QF 2
 Saudi Arabia • • 2
 Thailand • • 2
 Australia OFC member • 1
 Afghanistan • 1
 Myanmar • 1
 Indonesia QF 1
 Malaysia[notes 1] • 1
 North Korea QF 1
 Syria • 1
 United Arab 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
 Japan • QF 4th 2nd 4
 China 2nd • • QF 4
 Australia • QF 2
 North Korea • • 2
Total 2 2 3 3 2 12

Notes

  1. ^ a b Iran and Malaysia Qualified in 1980 but boycotted the event.

Rankings

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.[13]

AFC Final Assessment Ranking for 2013 season

The Asian Football Confederation announced the ACL berths (see below) for AFC Champions League 2014 in November, 2013.

Evaluation for 2014 AFC Champions League
Fulfills criteria (> 600 points)
Does not fulfill criteria, but allocated slots
Not assessed, but allocated slots

See also

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. ^ "About AFC". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  4. ^ "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ ""We're slowly gaining interest": Interview with Palau Football Association (PFA) president Charles Mitchell". Asian Oceanian Football (asianoceanianfootball.wordpress.com). Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". East Asian Football Federation. 2009-09-05.
  7. ^ "About Us". Palau Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ^ Griffiths, Ian. "Clubs sandwiched". FootballAsia.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. Retrieved 2005-07-19.
  9. ^ http://www.asiansportsnet.com/football-soccer/
  10. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) – AFC Region". FIFA. 7 November 2012.
  11. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) – AFC Region". FIFA. 22 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 8 January 2014.
  13. ^ "12 Member Associations keen to join ACL". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

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