Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation
AbbreviationAFC
Formation7 May 1954; 70 years ago (1954-05-07)
Founded atManila, Philippines[1]
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served
Asia[a]
Membership
47 member associations
Official language
Arabic
English[2]
Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Vice presidents
  • Ugen Tsechup (SAFF)
  • Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar (EAFF)
  • Mehdi Taj (CAFA)
  • Hachem Haidar (WAFF)
  • Zaw Zaw (AFF)
General secretary
Windsor John[3][4]
Parent organization
FIFA
Subsidiaries
  • AFF (Southeast Asia)
  • CAFA (Central Asia)
  • EAFF (East Asia)
  • SAFF (South Asia)
  • WAFF (Western Asia)
Websitethe-afc.com
FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.[a] The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) 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.[5]

  1. ^ "All-Asia football association". The Straits Times. 8 May 1954. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2020. The Asian Games (sic) Football Confederation was formed in Manila yesterday.
  2. ^ "AFC STATUTES Edition 2017" (PDF). AFC. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "AFC GENERAL SECRETARY: DATO' WINDSOR JOHN". Arabian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ Kewdiepie (3 December 2015). "Prime choice to lead FIFA". The Star. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Football (Soccer) − Asian Football Confederation". Asian Sports Net. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.


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