Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC; Arabic: الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة القدم‎, romanized: Al-Ittiḥād Al-Assiyawī Likurat Al-Qadam) is one of the six confederations within FIFA and is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, most of which are located in Asia.

Asian Football Confederation
AbbreviationAFC
Formation7 May 1954 (1954-05-07)
Founded atManila, Philippines
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served
Asia and Australia (AFC)
Membership
47 member associations
Official language
English, Arabic[1]
Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Vice Presidents
See list
General Secretary
Dato' Windsor John[2][3]
Parent organization
FIFA
Websitethe-afc
FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

Australia, formerly in the OFC, joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Guam, a territory of the United States, and the Northern Mariana Islands, one of the two Commonwealths of the United States are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries (both are Special Administrative Regions of China), are also members of the AFC.

The AFC was officially formed on 7 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines. The main headquarters are located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current president is Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa from Bahrain.

History

The Asian Football Confederation was founded on 7 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines.[4] Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China, Hong Kong, Iran, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and South Vietnam were founding members.[5][6]

The AFC Asian Cup is the second-oldest continental football competition in the world, with four teams taking part in the first edition in the then-British Hong Kong in 1956.[7]

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.[8] The Asian Ladies Football Confederation helped organize the AFC Women's Asian Cup, first held in 1975, as well as the AFC's AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup and the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup.

AFC Executive Committee
AFC President and FIFA Senior Vice President[9]
FIFA Council Members[9]
AFC Vice Presidents[9]
AFC Executive Committee Members[9]
  • Abed-Alkhaliq Masoud Ahmed
  • Hachem Haider
  • Salem Said Salem Al Wahaibi
  • Hamid Mohammed Ali Al-Shaibani
  • Dasho Ugen Tsechup Dorji
  • Chris Nikou
  • Hamidin Mohd Amin
  • Tran Quoc Tuan
  • Fok Kai Shan Eric
  • Susan Shalabi Molano
  • Kanya Keomany
  • Han Un-gyong
General Secretary

Member associations
AFC regional federations
AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five regions. Several nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones.[10][11][12]

Current members
CodeAssociationNational teamsFoundedFIFA
affiliation		AFC
affiliation		IOC
member
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) (12)
BHR Bahrain(M, W)195719681969Yes
IRQ Iraq(M, W)194819501970Yes
JOR Jordan(M, W)194919561970Yes
KUW Kuwait(M, W)195219641964Yes
LBN Lebanon(M, W)193319361964Yes
OMA Oman(M, W)197819801980Yes
PLE Palestine(M, W)192819951995Yes
QAT Qatar(M, W)196019721974Yes
KSA Saudi Arabia(M)195619561972Yes
SYR Syria(M, W)193619371970Yes
UAE United Arab Emirates(M, W)197119741974Yes
YEM Yemen(M, W)196219801980Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) (6)
AFG Afghanistan(M, W)193319481954Yes
IRN Islamic Republic of Iran(M, W)194719481954Yes
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic(M, W)199219941993Yes
TJK Tajikistan(M, W)193619941993Yes
TKM Turkmenistan(M, W)199219941993Yes
UZB Uzbekistan(M, W)194619941993Yes
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) (7)
BAN Bangladesh(M, W)197219761974Yes
BHU Bhutan(M, W)198320001993Yes
IND India(M, W)193719481954Yes
MDV Maldives(M, W)198219861984Yes
NEP   Nepal(M, W)195119721954Yes
PAK Pakistan(M, W)194719481954Yes
SRI Sri Lanka(M, W)193919521954Yes
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) (12)
AUS Australia[m 1](M, W)196119632006Yes[m 2]
BRU Brunei Darussalam(M, W)195219721969Yes
CAM Cambodia(M, W)193319541954Yes
IDN Indonesia(M, W)193019521954Yes
LAO Laos(M, W)195119521968Yes
MAS Malaysia(M, W)193319541954Yes
MYA Myanmar(M, W)194719481954Yes
PHI Philippines(M, W)190719301954Yes
SIN Singapore(M, W)189219521954Yes
THA Thailand(M, W)191619251954Yes
VIE Vietnam(M, W)196019521954Yes
TLS Timor-Leste(M, W)200220052002Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) (10)
CHN China PR(M, W)192419311974Yes
TPE Chinese Taipei[m 3](M, W)193619541954Yes
GUM Guam(M, W)197519961991Yes[m 2]
HKG Hong Kong(M, W)191419541954Yes
JPN Japan(M, W)192119211954Yes
PRK DPR Korea(M, W)194519581974Yes
KOR Korea Republic(M, W)192819481954Yes
MAC Macau(M, W)193919781978No[m 4]
MNG Mongolia(M, W)195919981993Yes
NMI Northern Mariana Islands(M, W)2005N/A2020 No[m 5]

Notes
  1. Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
  2. Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.
  3. Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
  4. Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member, but not an IOC member.
  5. Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

Former members
Association Year Note
 Israel 1954–1974 Expelled from AFC competitions in 1974, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait which was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.[13] Became a full UEFA member in 1994.
 New Zealand 1964[14] Founding member of OFC in 1966.
 South Yemen 1972–1990[15] Joined North Yemen as Yemen.
 Kazakhstan 1993–2002 Joined UEFA in 2002.

Non-members

Sovereign states, unrecognized states and dependencies with territory in Asia but are members of other federations.

Association Federation
Sovereign states
 Armenia UEFA
 Azerbaijan UEFA
 Cyprus UEFA
 Egypt CAF
 Georgia UEFA
 Israel UEFA
 Kazakhstan UEFA
 Turkey UEFA
 Russia UEFA
Unrecognized states
 Abkhazia CONIFA
Artsakh CONIFA
 Northern Cyprus CONIFA
 South Ossetia CONIFA
Dependencies
Chagos Islands CONIFA
 Christmas Island –
Cocos Islands –

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

National teams

Men's

Women's

Clubs

Men's

Women's

Former tournaments

National teams

Clubs

National

The AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and AFC Women's Asian Cup, which determine the Champions of Asia, as well as the AFC Solidarity Cup replace AFC Challenge Cup for a country that has few chances to play in the Asian Cup. All three competitions are held every four years. The AFC also organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international youth football, youth men's futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics. However there is no competition for the women's beach soccer, youth beach soccer and youth women's futsal competition yet.

In addition to the AFC run international tournaments, each AFC regional federation organises its own tournament for national teams men's football championship as AFF Championship, CAFA Championship, EAFF Championship, SAFF Championship, WAFF Championship, women's football, futsal, beach soccer, youth and club tournament.

Club

The top-ranked AFC competition is the AFC Champions League, which started in the 2002–03 season (an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup) and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this competition only gathered teams from top country. And AFC Women's Club Championship for women football club competition.

A second, lower-ranked competition is the AFC Cup. This competition was launched by AFC in 2004. A third competition, the AFC President's Cup, which had started in 2005, was absorbed into the AFC Cup in 2015.[18]

The AFC also runs an annual Asian futsal club competition, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for men futsal club competition. But there is no club competition for women's futsal clubs, men's and women's beach soccer clubs competition yet.

Current title holders
See also: 2021 in association football, 2021 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
Competition Year Host Champions Title Runners-up Most successful Next edition Host
National teams (Men's)
Asian Cup 2019 United Arab Emirates Qatar 1st  Japan Japan
(4)
 2023 China
Solidarity Cup 2016 Malaysia    Nepal 1st  Macau Nepal
(1)
 2024 TBA
Asian Games Men's Football Tournament 2018 Indonesia  South Korea 5th  Japan South Korea
(5)
 2022 China
U-23 Asian Cup 2020 Thailand  South Korea 1st  Saudi Arabia Iraq
Japan
South Korea
Uzbekistan
(1)
 2022 Uzbekistan
U-20 Asian Cup 2018 Indonesia  Saudi Arabia 3rd  South Korea South Korea
(12)
 2023 Uzbekistan
U-17 Asian Cup 2018 Malaysia  Japan 3rd  Tajikistan Japan
(3)
 2023 Bahrain
Asian Youth Games Boys' Football Tournament 2013 China  South Korea 2nd  Iran South Korea
(2)
 2021 China
Futsal Asian Cup 2018 Chinese Taipei  Iran 12th  Japan Iran
(12)
 2022 Kuwait
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Men's Futsal Tournament 2017 Turkmenistan  Iran 5th  Uzbekistan Iran
(5)
 2021 Thailand
U-20 Futsal Asian Cup 2019 Iran  Japan 1st  Afghanistan Iran
Japan
(1)
 2023 TBA
Beach Soccer Asian Cup 2019 Thailand  Japan 3rd  United Arab Emirates Japan
(3)
 2023 Thailand
Asian Beach Games Men's Beach Soccer tournament 2016 Vietnam  Japan 1st  Oman Iran
(2)
 2021 China
National teams (Women's)
Women's Asian Cup 2018 Jordan  Japan 2nd  Australia China
(8)
 2022 India
Asian Games Women's Football Tournament 2018 Indonesia  Japan 2nd  China PR China
North Korea
(3)
 2022 China
U-20 Women's Asian Cup 2019 Thailand  Japan 6th  North Korea Japan
(6)
 2024 Uzbekistan
U-17 Women's Asian Cup 2019 Thailand  Japan 4th  North Korea Japan
(4)
 2024 Indonesia
Women's Futsal Asian Cup 2018 Thailand  Iran 2nd  Japan Iran
(2)
 2022 Kuwait
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Women's Futsal Tournament 2017 Turkmenistan  Thailand 1st  Japan Japan
(3)
 2021 Thailand
Club teams (Men's)
Champions League 2020 – Ulsan Hyundai 2nd Persepolis Al-Hilal
Pohang Steelers
(3)
 2021 –
AFC Cup 2021 – Al-Muharraq 2nd FC Nasaf Al-Kuwait
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(3)
 2022 –
Futsal Club Championship 2019 Thailand Nagoya Oceans 4th Mes Sungun Nagoya Oceans
(4)
 2022 United Arab Emirates
Club teams (Women's)
Women's Club Championship 2021 Jordan Amman SC 1st Shahrdari Sirjan Amman SC
Tokyo Verdy Beleza
(1)
 2022 TBA

Defunct competitions
Competition Year Host Champions Title Runners-up Most successful Next edition
National teams (Men's)
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 2007 Japan  Japan 2nd  Egypt Japan
(2)
 Defunct
AFC-OFC Challenge Cup 2003 Iran  Iran 1st  New Zealand Iran
Japan
(1)
 Defunct
Challenge Cup 2014 Maldives  Palestine 1st  Philippines North Korea
(2)
 Defunct
U-14 Championship 2014 Iran  Iraq 1st  North Korea Iraq
(1)
 Defunct
Club teams (Men's)
Afro-Asian Club Championship 1998 South Korea (1st leg)
Morocco (2nd leg)		 Raja Casablanca 1st Pohang Steelers Zamalek
(2)
 Defunct
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2001–02 Al-Hilal 2nd Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Al-Hilal
Yokohama Marinos
(2)
 Defunct
President's Cup 2014 Sri Lanka (final stage)
Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage)		 HTTU Asgabat 1st Rimyongsu Regar TadAZ
(3)
 Defunct
Asian Super Cup 2002 South Korea (1st leg)
Saudi Arabia (2nd leg)		 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2nd Al-Hilal Al-Hilal
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(2)
 Defunct

Titles by nation
Nation Men Women Futsal & Beach Soccer Club Total
Asia Sol Cha Asiad U23 U20 U17 U14 Asia U20 U17 Men U20 Wmn BS ACL ACC WCC FCC
 Japan4111326431371441
 South Korea251122211237
 Iran3441121223436
 North Korea213231315
 China1281315
 Saudi Arabia332513
 Iraq111511313
 Israel16310
 Thailand211228
 Myanmar27 9
 Kuwait145
 Qatar111126
 United Arab Emirates1214
 Australia1113
 Bahrain11 13
 Chinese Taipei235
 Oman213
 Syria123
 Uzbekistan111 14
 India121 4
 Jordan213
 Indonesia11
 Lebanon11
 Malaysia11
   Nepal11
 New Zealand11
 Palestine11
 Tajikistan11

Sponsors
Sponsors[19]
Official Global Partners
Continental
Credit Saison
Neom
Yili
Official Global Supporters
Kelme
Konami
molten
Official Regional Partners
KDDI
Kirin
AFC Champions League Partners
Neom
Konami
molten

Hall of Fame
Main article: Asian Football Hall of Fame

FIFA World Rankings
See also: FIFA World Rankings and FIFA Women's World Rankings

Overview

Historical leaders

Team of the Year

Other rankings

Men's elo rankings

Here are the World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members.[25]

AFC Elo Rankings Country Elo ratings 1 year change
1 27  South Korea 1,771 4
2 30  Japan 1,744 5
3 32  Iran 1,739 13
4 40  Australia 1,712 2
5 46  Qatar 1,670 28
6 56  Iraq 1,622 12
7 64  Uzbekistan 1,578 4
8 68  Saudi Arabia 1,554 6
9 73  Bahrain 1,534 30
10 82  Oman 1,500 10
11 86  Syria 1,483 28
12 87  Jordan 1,475 7
13 90  China PR 1,460 13
14 94  United Arab Emirates 1,449 12
15 101  Kuwait 1,416 1
16 104  Vietnam 1,408 24
17 106  Lebanon 1,404 15
18 110  Palestine 1,381
19 113  North Korea 1,375 16
20 116  Thailand 1,358 5
21 138  Kyrgyzstan 1,271 1
22 142  Turkmenistan 1,265 9
23 148  Tajikistan 1,233 10
24 156  Yemen 1,207 8
25 157  Malaysia 1,201 18
26 160  India 1,190 4
27 166  Hong Kong 1,170 11
28 170  Singapore 1,159 11
29 172  Philippines 1,152 1
30 177  Afghanistan 1,137 7
31 179  Indonesia 1,118 16
32 185  Myanmar 1,047 1
33 194  Maldives 947 2
34 195  Chinese Taipei 941 1
35 197    Nepal 918 4
36 204  Pakistan 873 6
37 207  Cambodia 838 1
38 208  Bangladesh 831 2
39 214  Guam 734 7
40 215  Mongolia 730 1
41 219  Macau 696 6
42 221  Laos 690 1
43 225  Sri Lanka 669 8
44 226  Timor-Leste 638 1
45 228  Brunei 619 1
46 232  Bhutan 563 1
47 238  Northern Mariana Islands 409

Club Competitions Ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by the AFC.[26] Listed here are the top 30 countries.

AFC Country Points
1  China PR 100.000
2  Qatar 97.644
3  Japan 93.321
4  Saudi Arabia 88.449
5  South Korea 85.979
6  Iran 81.724
7  United Arab Emirates 61.870
8  Thailand 51.189
9  Iraq 48.992
10  Uzbekistan 45.562
11  Australia 40.896
12  Jordan 33.852
13  Philippines 32.130
14  North Korea 30.100
15  India 29.576
16  Vietnam 28.571
17  Tajikistan 28.361
18  Malaysia 26.96
19  Singapore 26.607
20  Turkmenistan 26.532
21  Lebanon 24.746
22  Syria 22.505
23  Hong Kong 19.945
24  Bahrain 17.749
25  Bangladesh 14.683
26  Maldives 13.632
27  Myanmar 12.756
28  Indonesia 12.550
29  Oman 8.531
30  Palestine 7.297

Men's futsal

Here is the men's futsal rank per 10 February 2021[27]

AFC FIFA Country Points +/-
1 6  Iran 1609
2 15  Japan 1368 1
3 18  Thailand 1325 1
4 29  Uzbekistan 1191 2
5 32  Australia 1177 2
6 40  Lebanon 1103 1
7 42  Kyrgyzstan 1071 1
8 43  Kuwait 1066 1
9 45  Vietnam 1046 1
10 50  Indonesia 1000 1
11 57  Iraq 970 2
12 62  Tajikistan 921 1
13 67  Malaysia 881 1
14 69  Turkmenistan 872 2
15 70  South Korea 857
16 74  China 848 1
17 81  Saudi Arabia 811 1
18 82  Qatar 807 1
19 83  Bahrain 804 1
20 84  Chinese Taipei 803 1
21 85  Myanmar 793 1
22 90  Oman 767 1
23 91  United Arab Emirates 767 2
24 93  Afghanistan 738 1
25 101  Palestine 655 1
26 102  Hong Kong 622 1
27 103  Mongolia 609 1
28 104  Cambodia 588 1
29 105  East Timor 581 1
30 108  Macau 535 1
– –  Jordan** 877
– –  Singapore** 614
– –  Laos** 596
– –  Philippines** 540
– –  Brunei** 614
– –  Guam** 486
– –  Maldives** 457
– –  Yemen* 578
– –    Nepal* 568
– –  Bhutan* 543

a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week.

  • = Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches)
    • = Inactive for more than 24 months

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[28]

AFC rank World rank Country Points
1 6  Japan 1549
2 7  Iran 1486
3 14  United Arab Emirates 945
4 21  Oman 555
5 40  Lebanon 217
6 47  Palestine 177
7 55  China 129
8 56  Bahrain 128
9 65  Malaysia 95
10 70  Iraq 78
11 71  Thailand 77
12 74  Afghanistan 69
13 79  Qatar 61
14 82  Syria 56
15 85  Kuwait 46
15 85  Kyrgyzstan 46
17 94  Saudi Arabia 30
18 108  Australia 0
19 111  Yemen 0
20 112  Philippines 0
21 113  Indonesia 0
22 115  Uzbekistan 0
23 115  Vietnam 0
24 115  Laos 0

Major tournament records
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 (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
  • 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •  •  — 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 (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
See also: Asian nations at the 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)		 Years
 South Korea Did not exist × GS × • × • • • • GS GS GS GS 4th GS R16 GS GS 10
 Japan × × × × • × • × • • • • • • • GS R16 GS R16 GS R16 6
 Iran × × × × × × × × × • GS × × • • GS • GS • GS GS 5
 Saudi Arabia Did not exist × × × × × • • • • R16 GS GS GS • • GS 5
 Australia Part of OFC GS GS GS 3
 North Korea Did not exist × × × × QF × • × • • • • × × • GS • • × 2
 China PR × × × × × • × × × × × • • • • • GS • • • • 1
 Indonesia[29] × × 1S × × • × × × • • • • • • • • • • • × • 1
 Iraq Did not exist × × × × × × • × • GS • • • • • • • • 1
 Israel Did not exist • • • • • GS • Not a member of AFC 1
 Kuwait Did not exist × × × × × × • • GS • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Qatar Did not exist × × • • • • • • • • • Q 1
 United Arab Emirates Did not exist × × • GS • • • • • • • 1
Total (13 teams)0010100110112224444454+1
or
5+1		TBD37
AFC Asian Cup
Main article: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
AFC Asian Cup record
Team
(Total 35 teams)		 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)		 Years
 Iran 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd GS 3rd QF 3rd QF QF QF SF Q 15
 South Korea 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd GS 2nd QF 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd QF Q 15
 China PR 3rd GS 2nd 4th 3rd QF 4th 2nd GS GS QF QF Q 13
 Kuwait GS 2nd 1st 3rd GS 4th QF GS GS GS 10
 Qatar GS GS GS GS QF GS GS QF GS 1st Q 11
 Saudi Arabia 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd GS 2nd GS GS R16 Q 11
 United Arab Emirates GS GS GS 4th 2nd GS GS GS 3rd SF Q 11
 Iraq GS 4th QF QF QF 1st QF 4th R16 Q 10
 Japan GS 1st QF 1st 1st 4th 1st QF 2nd Q 10
 Thailand 3rd GS GS GS GS GS R16 7
 Uzbekistan GS GS QF QF 4th QF R16 7
 Bahrain GS 4th GS GS GS R16 6
 Syria GS GS GS GS GS GS Q 7
 North Korea 4th GS GS GS GS 5
 Australia Part of OFC QF 2nd 1st QF Q 5
 India 2nd GS GS GS 4
 Indonesia GS GS GS GS 4
 Israel 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Part of UEFA 4
 Jordan QF QF GS R16 4
 Oman GS GS GS R16 Q 5
 Vietnam 4th 4th QF QF Q 5
 Hong Kong 3rd 4th 5th 3
 Malaysia GS GS GS 3
 Chinese Taipei 3rd 4th 2
 Lebanon GS GS Q 3
 Palestine GS GS 2
 Turkmenistan GS GS 2
 Bangladesh GS 1
 Cambodia 4th 1
 Kyrgyzstan R16 1
 Myanmar 2nd 1
 Philippines GS 1
 Singapore GS 1
 South Yemen GS 1
 Yemen GS 1
FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team1991

(12)		1995

(12)		1999

(16)		2003

(16)		2007

(16)		2011

(16)		2015

(24)		2019

(24)		2023


(32)		Years
 Japan GS QF GS GS GS 1st 2nd R16 8
 China PR QF 4th 2nd QF QF • QF R16 7
 Australia Part of OFC QF QF QF R16 Q 5
 North Korea • × GS GS QF GS × • 4
 South Korea • • • GS • • R16 GS 3
 Thailand • • • • • • GS GS 2
 Chinese Taipei QF • • • • • • • 1
Total (7 teams)323443555+1 29
Olympic Games For Women
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team1996

(8)		2000

(8)		2004

(10)		2008

(12)		2012

(12)		2016

(12)		2021

(12)		2024

(12)		Years
 China2nd5th9th5th–8th10th 6
 Japan7th–7th4th2nd–8th 5
 Australia Part of OFC ––7th4th 2
 North Korea–––9th9th–× 2
Total (4 teams)212322315
AFC Women's Asian Cup
See also: AFC Women's Asian Cup § Performance by nation
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Team
(Total 21 teams)		 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)		 Years
 Japan GS GS 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 1st 1st Q 17
 Thailand 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 5th 4th Q 17
 China PR 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd Q 15
 Hong Kong GS GS 4th 4th GS GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 14
 Chinese Taipei 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 2nd GS GS GS GS 13
 South Korea GS GS 4th GS GS 4th 3rd GS GS GS 4th 5th Q 13
 North Korea GS 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 10
 Philippines GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 6th Q 10
 India 2nd 3rd 2nd GS GS GS GS GS Q 9
 Malaysia 4th GS 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS 9
 Vietnam GS GS GS GS GS GS 6th GS Q 9
 Australia 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd Q 8
 Singapore GS 3rd GS 4th GS GS GS 7
 Indonesia 4th GS 4th GS Q 5
 Uzbekistan GS GS GS GS GS 5
 Guam GS GS GS GS 4
 Myanmar GS GS GS GS 4
 Kazakhstan GS GS GS Part of UEFA 3
   Nepal GS GS GS 3
 Jordan GS GS 2
 Iran Q 1
 New Zealand 1st 1
Olympic Games For Men
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team1900

(3)		1904

(3)		1908

(6)		1912

(11)		1920

(14)		1924

(22)		1928

(17)		1936

(16)		1948

(18)		1952

(25)		1956

(11)		1960

(16)		1964

(14)		1968

(16)		1972

(16)		1976

(13)		1980

(16)		1984

(16)		1988

(16)		1992

(16)		1996

(16)		2000

(16)		2004

(16)		2008

(16)		2012

(16)		2016

(16)		2021

(16)		2024

(16)		Years
 South Korea • • • • • • • • QF GS GS GS GS GS QF GS 3rd QF 5th 11
 Japan • • • • • • • • QF GS QF 3rd GS QF GS GS 4th GS 4th 11
 Iraq • • • • • • • • not a member of AFC QF GS GS 4th GS 5
 India • • • • • • • • GS GS 4th GS 4
 Saudi Arabia • • • • • • • • GS GS 15th 3
 China • • • • • • • • GS GS GS 3
 Kuwait • • • • • • • • QF GS GS 3
 Iran • • • • • • • • GS GS QF 3
 Australia Part of OFC GS 12th 2
 Qatar • • • • • • • • GS QF 2
 Thailand • • • • • • • • GS GS 2
 Chinese Taipei • • • • • • • • GS GS 2
 Israel • • • • • • • • QF QF not a member of AFC 2
 United Arab Emirates • not a member of AFC GS 1
 Syria • • • • • • • • GS 1
 North Korea • • • • • • • • QF 1
 Malaysia • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Myanmar • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Indonesia • • • • • • • • QF 1
 Afghanistan • • • • • • • • GS 1
Total (20 teams)000000002414233333333333433460
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977

(16)		 1979

(16)		 1981

(16)		 1983

(16)		 1985

(16)		 1987

(16)		 1989

(16)		 1991

(16)		 1993

(16)		 1995

(16)		 1997

(24)		 1999

(24)		 2001

(24)		 2003

(24)		 2005

(24)		 2007

(24)		 2009

(24)		 2011

(24)		 2013

(24)		 2015

(24)		 2017

(24)		 2019

(24)		 2023

(24)		 Years
 South Korea • GS GS 4th • • • QF GS • GS GS • R16 GS GS QF R16 QF • R16 2nd 15
 Japan • GS • • • • • • • QF QF 2nd GS QF R16 R16 • • • • R16 R16 10
 Saudi Arabia • • • • GS GS GS • GS • • GS • GS • • • R16 • • R16 GS 9
 China PR • • • GS QF • • • • • GS • R16 • R16 • • • • • • • 5
 Qatar • • 2nd • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • GS • GS 4
 Uzbekistan Part of USSR • • • • • GS • • GS • QF QF • • 4
 Iraq GS • • • • • QF • • • • • GS • • • • • 4th • • • 4
 Syria • • • • • • GS QF • GS • • • • R16 • • • • • • • 4
 Iran GS • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • GS • 3
 North Korea • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • GS • GS • • 3
 Australia Part of OFC • GS GS GS • • • 3
 United Arab Emirates • • • • • • • • • • R16 • • QF • • QF • • • • • 3
 Indonesia • GS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Q 2
 Vietnam • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • 1
 Myanmar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • 1
 Jordan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • 1
 Malaysia • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Bahrain • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Kazakhstan Part of USSR • • • GS • Part of UEFA 1
Total (19 teams)2322223223544544444454 69
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
See also: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002

(12)		 2004

(12)		 2006

(16)		 2008

(16)		 2010

(16)		 2012

(16)		 2014

(16)		 2016

(16)		 2018

(16)		 2022

(16)		 Years
 North Korea ••1st2ndQFQF4th1stQFQ 8
 Japan QF••QFGS3rd•3rd1stQ 7
 China PR •2nd2ndGS•GSGS•GS• 6
 South Korea •GS••3rdQFQFGS•Q 6
 Australia Part of OFCGS••••••• 1
 Thailand •GS•••••••• 1
 Chinese Taipei GS••••••••• 1
Total (7 teams)2333343333 30
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985

(16)		 1987

(16)		 1989

(16)		 1991

(16)		 1993

(16)		 1995

(16)		 1997

(16)		 1999

(16)		 2001

(16)		 2003

(16)		 2005

(16)		 2007

(24)		 2009

(24)		 2011

(24)		 2013

(24)		 2015

(24)		 2017

(24)		 2019

(24)		 2023

(24)		 Years
 Japan • • • • QF GS • • GS • • GS GS QF R16 • R16 R16 9
 Qatar GS QF • 4th GS GS • QF • • GS • • • • • • • 7
 South Korea • QF • • • • • • • GS • GS QF • • R16 • QF 6
 China PR QF • GS GS GS • • • • GS QF • • • • • • • 6
 North Korea • • • • • • • • • • QF R16 • GS • R16 GS • 5
 Iran • • • • • • • • GS • • • R16 • R16 • QF • 4
 Australia Part of OFC • • R16 • R16 • R16 3
 United Arab Emirates • • • GS • • • • • • • • R16 • GS • • • 3
 Oman • • • • • 4th QF • GS • • • • • • • • • 3
 Saudi Arabia QF GS 1st • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3
 Tajikistan Part of USSR • • • • • • • R16 • • • • • GS 2
 Iraq • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • R16 • 2
 Syria • • • • • • • • • • • R16 • • • GS • • 2
 Uzbekistan Part of USSR • • • • • • • • • QF R16 • • • 2
 Thailand • • • • • • GS GS • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Bahrain • • 4th • • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 India • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • 1
 Yemen • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • • • 1
Total (18 teams)333333323335445454 59
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
See also: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008

(16)		 2010

(16)		 2012

(16)		 2014

(16)		 2016

(16)		 2018

(16)		 2022

(16)		 Years
 Japan QF2ndQF1st2ndQFQ 7
 North Korea 1st4th2ndGS1stQFQ 7
 South Korea QF1st•••GS 3
 China PR ••GSGS•• 2
 India ••••••Q 1
 Jordan ••••GS• 1
Total (6 teams)3333333 21
FIFA Futsal World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the 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)		Years
 AustraliaR1R1 2
 ChinaR1R1R1 3
 Chinese TaipeiR1 1
 Hong KongR1 1
 Iran4thR1R1R1R2R23rdQF 8
 JapanR1R1R1R2R2 5
 KazakhstanR1 1
 KuwaitR1 1
 MalaysiaR1 1
 Saudi ArabiaR1 1
 ThailandR1R1R1R2R2R2 6
 UzbekistanR1R2 2
 VietnamR2R2 2
Total (13 teams)233344555 34
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the 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)		 Years
 Japan••GS•QF4thGS•••4thQFGSGSQFGSQFQFGS4th2nd 15
 Iran•••••••••••GSGSGS•GSQFQF3rd•• 7
 United Arab Emirates••••••••••••GSGSGS•GS•GSGSGS 7
 Oman•••••••••••••••GS•GS•GSGS 4
 Bahrain•••••••••••QF••GS•••••• 2
 Thailand•••••••4th••GS•••••••••• 2
 Malaysia••••GS•••••••••••••••• 1
Total (7 teams)00102111002333333333335
FIFA Confederations Cup
Main article: FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics
See also: National team appearances in the FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992

(4)		 1995

(6)		 1997

(8)		 1999

(8)		 2001


(8)		 2003

(8)		 2005

(8)		 2009

(8)		 2013

(8)		 2017

(8)		 Years
 Japan • GS • • 2nd GS GS • GS • 5
 Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 4th • • • • • • 4
 Australia Part of OFC • • GS 1
 Iraq • • • • • • • GS • • 1
 South Korea • • • • GS • • • • • 1
 United Arab Emirates • • GS • • • • • • • 1
Total (6 teams)122121111113

Controversy

The AFC has been accused of its political nepotism and corruption within the federation.

Hakeem al-Araibi

Hakeem al-Araibi, Bahraini footballer turned political refugee in Australia, was arrested by Thai police on his honeymoon to Thailand in November 2018. He faced extradition charges from the Bahraini government on the false accusation over his involvement in the Bahraini uprising of 2011 that he instigated the attack on a police station. As Thailand did not sign the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Thai economic interests with Bahrain, and the ruling president of the AFC, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, is a member of Bahraini Royal family, fear that the AFC might set up as culprit for the deportation, triggered international outcry. Australia and FIFA eventually intervened and Thai officials would release Hakeem in February 2019, but this highlighted rampant political corruption in the AFC.[30][31]

Israel and Iranian–Saudi rivalry

The AFC Asian Cup is also marked with numerous instances of political interference. One of these was the case of Israel, as the team used to be a member of the AFC but following the Arab defeat in the Yom Kippur War, Israel was expelled from the AFC in 1974 and had to compete in OFC until being granted UEFA membership in 1990.[32] Meanwhile, similar cases also exist in other AFC tournaments like the one between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Following the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, Saudi Arabia has rejected playing with Iran and even threatens to withdraw if the AFC refuses to follow, and even extended it to international level.[33]

Blockade of Qatar

In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup held in the United Arab Emirates, Qatari fans were barred from entering the country as part of the ongoing Qatar diplomatic crisis, despite the earlier slogan "Bringing Asia Together", although the Emirati government later announced that it would permit Qatari citizens temporary entry into the country pending approval from Emirati authorities.[34] According to a report, Saoud al-Mohannadi, a Qatari national who is the AFC vice-president and chairman of the organizing committee for the Asian Cup, was unable to enter the UAE two days prior to the tournament's start because Emirati authorities had not yet cleared him.[35] The director of the 2019 AFC Organizing Committee denied reports that Al Mohannadi was refused entry and declared that Al Mohannadi has arrived on Friday morning and was preparing for his meetings. The director stated that there was no evidence that shows he was unable to enter and stated that this news has "political purposes". He stated, "We try to keep sports away from politics."[36] Since then, the Qatari team faced imminent discrimination from the host nation, and even in the semi-finals when Qatar faced up host nation, UAE supporters threw bottles and footwear into the match after Qatari players scored their second goal, the latter is considered deeply offensive in the Middle East. One of the Qatari players, Salem Al Hajri, was struck on the head with a shoe after Qatar scored its third goal. This conduct was preceded by booing the Qatari national anthem. The two countries had had a hostile relationship and had cut ties due to the ongoing diplomatic crisis.[37] Qatar won 4–0 despite the situation, reaching their first Asian Cup final and would go on to win the tournament for the first time.[38][39][40]

Afterwards, the AFC declared that it would conduct an investigation into the proceedings,[39][41] eventually punished the UAEFA over the incident, fined $150,000 US dollars for the incident and had to play their first 2022 and 2023 qualification game in closed doors.[42] However, on 21 September, AFC had mysteriously lifted the ban just a few weeks before the match has begun.[43]

World Cup qualifiers

Tensions between the two Koreas during the 2010 World Cup qualification had led North Korea to withdraw from hosting South Korean team and refusing to display the South Korean flag and play their national anthem. As a result, North Korea's home matches were moved to Shanghai.[44]

During the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, North Korea reluctantly agreed to host the South Korean team in Pyongyang, the first time North Korea hosted South Korea at home in a competitive match. Enthusiasm thus ran high due to aspiration of reconciliation between two Koreas, only to be later shattered by the North Korean Government banning supporters from entering the stadium, and aggressive performance by the Northern players to the Southern counterparts. The match ended a goalless draw, but as for the result of controversies, South Korea decided to pull out the bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, and accused North Korea of political meddling in sports. The AFC was accused of doing little about the case, which led to the AFC to decide the final of the 2019 AFC Cup would not be hosted in North Korea.[45]

On 9 March 2020, FIFA announced in a statement that matches between Asian qualifiers for World Cup 2022, which were scheduled for March and June, are postponed to a later time. The decision has been made due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2.[46] On August 12, 2020, FIFA and the AFC have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows in October and November 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021.[47]

AFC Champions League

In 2020 AFC Champions League, the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran received a letter from the AFC on 17 January 2020 announcing that teams from Iran would not be allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.[48][49] The four AFC Champions League teams from Iran announced on 18 January 2020 that they would withdraw from the tournament if the ban was not reversed.[50][51] The AFC announced on 23 January 2020 that any group stage matches which the Iranian teams were supposed to host on matchdays 1, 2 and 3 would be switched with the corresponding away matches to allow time to reassess the security concerns in the country.[52][53][54]

See also

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