Asian Football Confederation


The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.
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Member associations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five subregions: Central, East, South, South East, and West. Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), the Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam were the founding members.

Competitions

AFC competitions

National teams:
;Men
;Women
Esports
Clubs:
;Men
;Women
Defunct
National teams:
;Men
;Women
  • AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship
Clubs:
;Men
;Women
AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, which are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics.
The top-ranked AFC tournament for men's association football clubs is the AFC Champions League Elite. The competition is an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup and gathers the top teams from the highest-ranked nations in Asia. The top-ranked AFC tournament for women's association football clubs is the AFC Women's Champions League which was launched in the 2024–25 season.
The second-tier men's tournament is the AFC Champions League Two, while the third-tier tournament is the AFC Challenge League, which were both revamped and rebranded in 2024.
AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition.

Current title holders

Esports

CompetitionCurrentGameWinner
DetailsRunner-up
Next
AFC eAsian Cup2023eFootball 2024Indonesia Indonesia

Titles by nation



Rankings

FIFA World Rankings

Historical leaders

;Men's

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;Women's

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Team of the Year

Men
Performances by countries
Women
Performances by countries

Men's elo rankings

World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members:
AFCCountryElo ratings1 year change
1171,870 2
2271,792 9
3301,773 2
4321,763 13
5401,713 7
6581,615 2
7671,585 2
8681,579 15
9731,547 6
10811,503 13
11821,500
12901,446 16
13911,445 6
14931,442 3
151051,400 4
161091,373 2
171151,359 23
181181,349 16
181181,339 7
201311,324 21
211351,310 6
211351,310 6
231411,294 18
241421,293 4
251561,211 4
261621,172 9
271641,149 1
281671,139 9
291691,1131 4
301741,103 4
311831,031 16
32191942 6
33196913 1
34197912 3
35202869
36203853
37206835 1
38208832
39212782 5
40215729 2
41218712 3
42219709 5
43223682
44226655 1
45230618 1
46233594 1
47241432 1

Club Competitions Ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC. Listed here are the top 30 countries.
AFCCountryPoints
1119.957
2107.663
390.982
474.466
569.326
668.907
754.873
854.682
949.821
1040.420
1140.039
1239.280
1336.905
1435.038
1529.405
1627.233
1726.069
1824.958
1924.436
2024.211
2121.260
2220.304
2320.112
2420.033
2518.653
2618.378
2716.706
2816.428
2914.174
3012.837

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide.
AFC rankWorld rankCountryPoints
152508.5
281949
3101569
4121338.5
521758.25
638349.5
745271.75
849247.75
952221
1055207
1166130.5
1166130.5
1368120.5
147389.75
157487
157487
157487
188538.5
198733.5

Tournament record

;Legend
  • – Champion
  • – Runner-up
  • – Third place
  • – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R3 — Round 3
  • R2 — Round 2
  • R1 — Round 1
  • — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  • — Qualified but withdrew
  • — Did not qualify
  • — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
  • — Hosts
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown.

FIFA World Cup



AFC Asian Cup



Olympic Games

Men's tournament



AFC Women's Asian Cup



FIFA U-20 World Cup



FIFA U-17 World Cup



FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup