Southeast Asian football organisation
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]
The AFF was founded by member states of, and is officially associated with, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).[2]
History
The AFF was established in Jakarta on 31 January 1984 during an informal meeting of representatives of six ASEAN member states; Brunei, 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.[3] Other nations that have joined the federation since are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996),[1] East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013.[4]
President
Members
It has 12 member associations,[5] all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
- Notes
(*) Founding member
Tournaments
National competitions
Men's
Women's
Club competitions
Men's
Women's
Title holders
Titles by nation
- Notes
(*) Champion as an invited team.
Tournament record
FIFA World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games men's football tournament
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Asian Games men's football tournament
- Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.
- Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup
FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup
Rankings
National football team
AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 20 June 2024
Women's national football team
AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 14 June 2024
National futsal team
AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by Futsal World Ranking
Update: 6 May 2024
Women's national futsal team
AFF Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: 6 May 2024
National beach soccer team
AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: 8 April 2024
Women's national beach soccer team
AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: 2 December 2022
National football league
AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by AFC
AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2024 footyrankings/
Update: 15 December 2023
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 2 years, starting from 2013.[7][8]
ASEAN Goodwill Award
AFF Life Service Award
AFF Association of the Year
AFF National Team of the Year
AFF Player of the Year (men's)
AFF Player of the Year (women's)
AFF Youth Player of the Year (men's)
AFF Futsal Team of the Year
AFF Futsal Player of the Year (men's)
AFF Coach of the Year
AFF Referee of the Year
AFF Assistant Referee of the Year
Best Goal in the AFF Suzuki Cup
AFF Best XI
List of ASEAN country facing different continent
List of Southeast Asia country facing off against different continent and results.
- Match after World War II
- Country playing in the Asian games is not counted as other continent at the time of the fixtures (etc; Kazakhstan and Israel)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "AFF – The Official Website Of The ASEAN Football Federation". About AFF. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ASEAN" (PDF). ASEAN. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "About AFF – AFF – the Official Website of the Asean Football Federation". 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Australia Officially in AFF". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ "AFF – Southeast Asian Football Federation Official Website – 12 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Calendar". www.aseanfootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). 24 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "INAUGRAL [sic] AFF AWARDS 2013 TO HONOUR ASEAN FOOTBALL HEROES". 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Bhas Kunju (3 April 2013). "Singapore win big at AFF Awards 2013". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
External links
- ASEAN Football Federation official website (in English)
- ASEAN Football Federation on Instagram
- ASEAN Football Federation on Facebook
- ASEAN Football Federation on X
- ASEAN Football Federation's channel on YouTube
- AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup official website (in English)