ASEAN Football Federation

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is a smaller organisation within the greater Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and centres on Southeast Asia, founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.[1] ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations, although the AFF also includes Australia and East Timor, who are both currently not a part of the regional intergovernmental organization.

ASEAN Football Federation
AFF logo
Map of AFF members
AbbreviationAFF
Formation31 January 1984 (1984-01-31)[1]
Founded at Jakarta, Indonesia
TypeSports organisation
Headquarters Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Region served
Southeast Asia and Australia
Membership
12 member associations
Official language
English
Maj. Gen. Khiev Sameth
Parent organization
AFC
Websiteaseanfootball.org

In 1996, the federation ran the first AFF Championship (then known as the Tiger Cup for sponsorship reasons).

History

ASEAN Football Federation was founded on 31 January 1984 by the meeting in Jakarta of six founding member are Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. The idea of founding the federation came from the initial meeting of founding the sub-continental football association in Bangkok in 1982 that was attended by Hamzah Abu Samah, Peter Velappan, Hans Pandelaki, Fernando G. Alvarez, Pisit Ngampanich, Teo Chong Tee and Yap Boon Chuan.[2] The ASEAN Football Federation headquarter was located on Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.[3]

Other nations that have joined the federation since have been Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996),[1] East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013.[4]

List of presidents
No.YearsPresident
1 1984 – 1994 Haji Kardono
2 1994 – 1996 Vijit Ketkaew
3 1996 – 1998 Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen
4 2007 – 2019 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah
5 2019 – Maj. Gen. Khiev Sameth

Member associations

AFF has 12 member associations,[5] all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

(*) Founding member

CodeAssociationJoined inNational teamNational league
AUS Australia2013(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
BRU Brunei Darussalam*1984(Men)(Men)
CAM Cambodia1996(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
IDN Indonesia*1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
LAO Laos1996(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
MAS Malaysia*1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
MYA Myanmar1996(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
PHI Philippines*1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
SIN Singapore*1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
THA Thailand*1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
TLS Timor-Leste2004(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
VIE Vietnam1996(Men, Women)(Men, Women)

Competitions
See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

Men

Women

Futsal & Beach Soccer

Club

National

The AFF runs the AFF Championship (since 2008 known as the Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons) and AFF Women's Championship - both competitions are held every two years and determine the Champions of Southeast Asia.

The AFF also organises the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy (cooperate with EAFF), AFF Futsal Championship, AFF Beach Soccer Championship, various age-level international youth football tournaments, the AFF U-16 Championship, AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFF U-22 Youth Championship, AFF U-16 Women's Championship and AFF U-19 Women's Championship. However, not yet have for women's futsal, women's beach soccer and youth futsal & beach soccer tournament.

Club

The only AFF club competition is the Mekong Club Championship, which started in the 2014 season and includes the champions from 5 of the 6 countries through which the Mekong river flows (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam). ASEAN Club Championship which has stopped rolling since 2005 is planned to be held again in 2022 as the main AFF men's football club competition.

The AFF also runs Southeast Asian futsal club competition, the AFF Futsal Cup for men's club and AFF Women's Futsal Cup for women's club. However, not yet have for women's football club and beach soccer club competition.

Current title holders
See also: 2021 in association football, 2021 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
Competition Season Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Most successful
National teams (Men's)
AFF Championship 2018
Vietnam		 2nd
Malaysia		 2020
Thailand
(5)
SEA Games Men's Football Tournament Manila 2019
Vietnam		 2nd
Indonesia		 2021
Thailand
(16)
U22 Championship Cambodia 2019
Indonesia		 1st
Thailand		 2022
Indonesia

Thailand
(1)
U19 Championship Vietnam 2019
Australia		 5th
Malaysia		 TBD
Australia

Thailand
(5)
U16 Championship Thailand 2019
Malaysia		 2nd
Thailand		 TBD
Thailand

Vietnam
(3)
Futsal Championship Vietnam 2019
Thailand		 15th
Indonesia		 TBD
Thailand
(15)
SEA Games Men's Futsal Tournament Kuala Lumpur 2017
Thailand		 4th
Malaysia		 2021
Thailand
(4)
Beach Soccer Championship Thailand 2021
Malaysia (Markless Komii)		 1st
Thailand (Thailand B)		 TBD
Malaysia

Thailand

Vietnam
(1)
National teams (Women's)
Women's Championship Thailand 2019
Vietnam		 3rd
Thailand		 TBD
Thailand
(4)
SEA Games Women's Football Tournament Manila 2019
Vietnam		 6th
Thailand		 2021
Vietnam
(6)
U19 Women's Championship Thailand 2014
Thailand		 1st
Vietnam		 TBD
Thailand
(1)
U16 Women's Championship Thailand 2019
Thailand		 3rd
Laos		 TBD
Thailand
(3)
SEA Games Women's Futsal Tournament Kuala Lumpur 2017
Thailand		 4th
Vietnam		 2021
Thailand
(4)
Club teams (Men's)
Club Championship Brunei 2005
Tampines Rovers		 1st
Pahang FA		 TBD East Bengal
Tampines Rovers
(1)
Futsal Cup Thailand 2021
Chonburi Bluewave		 2nd
Port		 TBD Port
(3)
Club teams (Women's)
Women's Futsal Cup Myanmar 2016
Jaya Kencana Angels		 1st
Khon Kaen		 TBD Jaya Kencana Angels
Thai Son Nam
(1)

Titles by nation
Nation Men Women Club Total
AFF U22 U19 U16 Futs BS AFF U19 U16 ACC FutsM FutsW
 Thailand 51531514136 44
 Vietnam 213131 11
 Australia 5211 9
 Myanmar 222 6
 Indonesia 11111 5
 Malaysia 1121 5
 Singapore 41 5
 Japan* 111 3
 India* 1 1
 Iran* 1 1
 Brunei 0
 Philippines 0
 Cambodia 0
 Laos 0
 East Timor 0
Total12217141631114262

Note: (*) Champion as invitation teams.

Rankings

Men's national football team

AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 19 November 2021

Women's national football team

AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 20 August 2021

U23 men's national football team

AFF U23 Men's National Football Team Ranking by FootyRankings
Update: September 2021

AFF Country Points
1  Australia 29,347
2  Vietnam 25,897
3  Thailand 20,441
4  Malaysia 18,459
5  Myanmar 15,203
6  Indonesia 11,718
7  Singapore 10,785
8  Laos 10,768
9  Timor-Leste 10,285
10  Cambodia 8,901
11  Brunei 4,067
11  Philippines 4,067

Men's national futsal team

AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by Futsal World Ranking
Update: September 2021

AFF Country Points
1  Thailand 1315
2  Australia 1177
3  Vietnam 1105
4  Indonesia 1000
5  Malaysia 881
6  Myanmar 793
7  Cambodia 588
8  Timor-Leste 581
*  Brunei -
*  Laos -
*  Philippines -
*  Singapore -
  • Note: (*) Inactive

Women's national futsal team

AFF Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: September 2021

AFF Country Points
1  Thailand 5597
2  Vietnam 5299
3  Indonesia 5153
4  Australia 5151
5  Malaysia 4987
6  Myanmar 4882
7  Philippines 4723
8  Laos 4368
*  Brunei -
*  Cambodia -
*  Singapore -
*  Timor-Leste -
  • Note: (*) Inactive

Men's national beach soccer team

AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: September 2021

AFF Country Points
1  Malaysia 49
2  Thailand 31
*  Australia -
*  Brunei -
*  Cambodia -
*  Indonesia -
*  Laos -
*  Myanmar -
*  Philippines -
*  Singapore -
*  Timor-Leste -
*  Vietnam -

Women's national beach soccer team

AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: September 2021

AFF Country Points
*  Australia -
*  Brunei -
*  Cambodia -
*  Indonesia -
*  Laos -
*  Malaysia -
*  Myanmar -
*  Philippines -
*  Singapore -
*  Thailand -
*  Timor-Leste -
*  Vietnam -

Men's national football league
Main article: AFC Club Competitions Ranking

AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by AFC Update: August 2021

AFF League Points
1 Thai League 1 29.500
2 V.League 1 20.019
3 Philippines Football League 13.225
4 Malaysia Super League 12.083
5 A-League 9.900
6 Singapore Premier League 9.750
7 Liga 1 9.145
8 Myanmar National League 5.662
9 C-League 3.250
10 Lao Premier League 0.483
11 Brunei Super League 0.000
11 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão 0.000

AFF Awards

AFF President Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah said that:

"In recent years, ASEAN football has cultivated some serious talent, and the region is growing as a football powerhouse. We are gaining traction at a global level, and the time is right to honour the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the evolution and honour of the world’s most popular sport."

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, who is also chairman of the Awards Selection Committee, said that as football in the region continued to develop and mature, the commitment demonstrated by ASEAN’s finest needed to be acknowledged.

The AFF Awards is held every two year, start from 2013.[6][7]

ASEAN Goodwill Award
YearRecipient
2013 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2015 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2017 Zaw Zaw

AFF Life Service Award
Year Recipient
2013 Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen
2015 Dato' Sri Paul Mony Samuel
2017 H. Kardono

AFF Association of the Year
YearAssociation
2013 Myanmar
2015 Myanmar
2017 Vietnam
2019 Indonesia

AFF National Team of the Year
Year Men Women
2013  Singapore  Vietnam
2015  Thailand  Thailand
2017  Thailand  Thailand
2019  Vietnam  Thailand

AFF Player of the Year (Men's)
Main article: AFF Player of the Year
Year Name Club
2013 Shahril Ishak LionsXII
2015 Chanathip Songkrasin BEC Tero Sasana
2017 Chanathip Songkrasin Muangthong United
2019 Nguyễn Quang Hải Hà Nội

AFF Player of the Year (Women's)
Main article: AFF Player of the Year
Year Name Club
2013 Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh Hồ Chí Minh City I
2015 Nisa Romyen North Bangkok University
2017 Waraporn Boonsing BG-Bandit Asia
2019 Pitsamai Sornsai Chonburi Sports School

AFF Youth Player of the Year (Men's)
Year Name Club
2013 Keoviengphet Liththideth Ezra
2015 Aung Thu Yadanarbon
2017 Đoàn Văn Hậu Hà Nội
2019 Suphanat Mueanta Buriram United

AFF Futsal Team of the Year
Year Men
2013  Thailand
2015  Thailand
2017  Thailand
2019  Thailand

AFF Futsal Player of the Year (Men's)
Year Name Club
2013 Suphawut Thueanklang Chonburi Bluewave
2015 Jetsada Chudech Rajnavy
2017 Jirawat Sornwichian Chonburi Bluewave
2019 Trần Văn Vũ Thái Sơn Nam

AFF Coach of the Year
Year Men Name Women Name
2013  Singapore Radojko Avramović  Myanmar Kumada Yoshinori
2015  Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang  Thailand Nuengrutai Srathongvian
2017  Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang  Vietnam Mai Đức Chung
2019  Vietnam Park Hang-seo  Thailand Nuengrutai Srathongvian

AFF Referee of the Year
Year Men Women
2013 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir Abirami Apbai Naidu
2015 Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob Rita Ghani
2017 Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari Thein Thein Aye
2019 Sivakorn Pu-Udom Jacewicz Katherine Margaret

AFF Assistant Referee of the Year
Year Men Women
2013 Tang Yew Mun Widiya Habibah binti Shamsuri
2015 Azman Ismail Rohaidah binti Mohd Nasir
2017 Mohd Yusri Muhamad Truong Thi Le Trinh
2019 Ronnie Koh Min Kiat Hinthong Supawan

Best Goal in the AFF Suzuki Cup
Year Name Club Match
2012 Teerasil Dangda Muangthong United Semi Final (1st Leg) Malaysia vs Thailand, 9 December 2012.
2014 Lê Công Vinh Becamex Binh Duong Group A Vietnam vs Indonesia, 22 November 2014.
2016 Andik Vermansyah Selangor Group A Singapore vs Indonesia, 25 November 2016.
2018 Syahmi Safari Selangor Semi Final (2nd leg) Thailand vs Malaysia, 5 December 2018.

AFF Best XI
2013
  • 2015: Not awarded
2017
2019

Major tournament record

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930

(13)		 1934

(16)		 1938

(15)		 1950

(13)		 1954

(16)		 1958

(16)		 1962

(16)		 1966

(16)		 1970

(16)		 1974

(16)		 1978

(16)		 1982

(24)		 1986

(24)		 1990

(24)		 1994

(24)		 1998

(32)		 2002


(32)		 2006

(32)		 2010

(32)		 2014

(32)		 2018

(32)		 2022

(32)		 2026



(48)		 Season
 Australia × × × × × × × × × GS × × × × × × × R16 GS GS GS 5
 Brunei × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Cambodia × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Indonesia × × R1[8] × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 1
 Laos × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Malaysia × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Myanmar × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Philippines × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Singapore × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Thailand × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Timor-Leste × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Vietnam × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
Total001000000100000001111TBDTBD6

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team 1991

(12)		 1995

(12)		 1999

(16)		 2003

(16)		 2007

(16)		 2011

(16)		 2015

(24)		 2019

(24)		 2023


(32)		 Season
 Australia × GS GS GS QF QF QF R16 8
 Brunei × × × × × × × × × 0
 Cambodia × × × × × × × × × 0
 Indonesia × × × × × × × × 0
 Laos × × × × × × × × 0
 Malaysia × × × × × × × × × 0
 Myanmar × × × × × × × × 0
 Philippines × × × × × × × × 0
 Singapore × × × × × × × × × 0
 Thailand × × × × × × GS GS 2
 Timor-Leste × × × × × × × × × 0
 Vietnam × × × × × × × × 0
Total01111122TBD+1 10

FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team
1989
(16)
1992
(16)
1996
(16)
2000
(16)
2004
(16)
2008
(20)
2012
(24)
2016
(24)
2021
(24)		Season
 AustraliaGSGSGSGSGSGSGS 7
 Brunei 0
 Cambodia 0
 Indonesia 0
 Laos 0
 MalaysiaGS 1
 Myanmar 0
 Philippines 0
 Singapore 0
 ThailandGSGSGSR16R16R16 6
 East Timor 0
 VietnamR16R16 2
Total112221232 16

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team 1995

(8)		 1996

(8)		 1997

(8)		 1998

(10)		 1999

(12)		 2000

(12)		 2001

(12)		 2002

(8)		 2003

(8)		 2004

(12)		 2005

(12)		 2006

(16)		 2007

(16)		 2008

(16)		 2009

(16)		 2011

(16)		 2013

(16)		 2015

(16)		 2017

(16)		 2019

(16)		 2021

(16)		 Season
 AustraliaGS 1
 Brunei 0
 Cambodia 0
 Indonesia 0
 Laos 0
 MalaysiaGS 1
 Myanmar 0
 Philippines 0
 Singapore 0
 Thailand4thGS 2
 East Timor 0
 Vietnam 0
Total0000100100200000000004

AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup record
Team 1956

(4)		 1960

(4)		 1964

(4)		 1968

(5)		 1972

(6)		 1976

(6)		 1980

(10)		 1984

(10)		 1988

(10)		 1992

(8)		 1996

(12)		 2000

(12)		 2004

(16)		 2007




(16)		 2011

(16)		 2015

(16)		 2019

(24)		 2023

(24)		 Season
 Australia QF 2nd 1st QF 4
 Brunei 0
 Cambodia 4th 1
 Indonesia GS GS GS GS 4
 Laos 0
 Malaysia GS GS GS 3
 Myanmar 2nd 1
 Philippines GS 1
 Singapore GS 1
 Thailand 3rd GS GS GS GS GS R16 7
 Timor-Leste 0
 Vietnam 4th 4th QF QF 4
Total 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 4 26

AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Team 1975

(6)		 1977

(6)		 1979

(6)		 1981

(8)		 1983

(6)		 1986

(7)		 1989

(8)		 1991

(9)		 1993

(8)		 1995

(11)		 1997

(11)		 1999

(15)		 2001

(14)		 2003

(14)		 2006

(9)		 2008

(8)		 2010

(8)		 2014

(8)		 2018

(8)		 2022

(12)		 Season
 Australia 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 7
 Brunei 0
 Cambodia 0
 Indonesia 4th GS 4th GS 4
 Laos 0
 Malaysia 4th GS 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS 9
 Myanmar GS GS GS GS 4
 Philippines GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 9
 Singapore GS 3rd GS 4th GS GS GS 7
 Thailand 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 5th 4th 16
 Timor-Leste 0
 Vietnam GS GS GS GS GS GS 6th GS 8
Total 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 1 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 66

AFC Futsal Asian Cup
AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Team
1999
(9)
2000
(9)
2001
(14)
2002
(14)
2003
(16)
2004
(18)
2005
(24)
2006
(16)
2007
(16)
2008
(16)
2010
(16)
2012
(16)
2014
(16)
2016
(16)
2018
(16)
2022
(16)		Season
 Australia ×××××××R1QFQFQF4thQFQF× 7
 Brunei ×××R1××××××××××× 1
 Cambodia ×××××R1××××××××× 1
 Indonesia ×××R1R1R1R1R1×R1R1R1R1×× 9
 Laos ××××××××××××××× 0
 Malaysia R1×R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1××R1R1R1 12
 Myanmar ××××××××××××××R1 1
 Philippines ×××××R1R1×R1×××××× 3
 Singapore R1R1R1×××××××××××× 3
 Thailand R13rdQF3rd3rd3rdR2R1QF2ndQF2ndQF3rdQF 15
 East Timor ××××××××××××××× 0
 Vietnam ××××××R1×××R1×QF4thQF 5
Total323435544443544TBD57

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup record
Team
2015
(8)
2018
(15)		 Total
 Australia × × 0
 Brunei × × 0
 Cambodia × × 0
 Indonesia × QF 1
 Laos × × 0
 Malaysia 4th GS 2
 Myanmar × × 0
 Philippines × × 0
 Singapore × × 0
 Thailand 3rd 3rd 2
 East Timor × × 0
 Vietnam GS 4th 2
Total347

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup record
Year
Team
 2006

(6)		 2007

(6)		 2008

(6)		 2009

(7)		 2011

(11)		 2013

(16)		 2015

(14)		 2017

(12)		 2019

(15)		 Apps
⁄9
 Australia ×××5th×4th××× 2
 Brunei ××××××××× 0
 Cambodia ××××××××× 0
 Indonesia ××××11th×××× 1
 Laos ××××××10th×× 1
 Malaysia ×××××××8th8th 2
 Myanmar ××××××××× 0
 Philippines 6th×6th××16th××× 3
 Singapore ××××××××× 0
 Thailand ×××××13th13th10th10th 4
 East Timor ××××××××× 0
 Vietnam ××××××11th×× 1
Total 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 14

See also

References
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