# Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 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 (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.

## Executive Committee
### Members

* AFC President and FIFA Senior Vice President
* Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
* FIFA Council Members
* Kohzo Tashima
* Hamidin Mohd Amin
* Kanya Keomany
* Mariano Araneta
* Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani
* Yasser Al Misehal
* AFC Vice Presidents
* Hachem Haidar
* Mehdi Taj
* Ugen Tsechup
* Zaw Zaw
* Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar
* AFC Executive Committee Members
* Abdullah Ahmed Alshaheen Alrabeea
* Abdullah Nasser Aljneibi
* Bassam Adeel Jaleel
* Pankaj Bikram Nembang
* Chris Nikou
* Somyot Poompanmoung
* Ravshan Irmatov
* Eric Fok Kai Shan
* Shaji Prabhakaran
* Anura De Silva
* AFC Female Executive Committee Members
* Susan Riyad Abdelrahim Al Shalabi
* Mahfuza Akhter Kiron
* Kanya Keomany
* Han Un-gyong
* General Secretary
* Windsor John
Notes
* 1 2 Also including some countries/territories in Oceania such as Australia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
* ↑ also a FIFA Council Member

## Member associations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five subregions: Central (four Soviet Central Asian countries plus Afghanistan and Iran), East (eight East Asian nations and two Micronesian territories: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), South (five countries on the Indian Subcontinent plus Maldives and Sri Lanka), South East (ten ASEAN countries plus Australia and East Timor), and West (twelve Arab countries). 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.
| Code | Name | National teams | Founded | FIFA affiliation | AFC affiliation | IOC member |
| ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) (12) |||||||
| AUS | Australia | Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 | 1961 | 1963 | 2006 | Yes |
| BRU | Brunei | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1952 | 1972 | 1969 | Yes |
| CAM | Cambodia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1933 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes |
| TLS | Timor-Leste | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 2002 | 2005 | 2002 | Yes |
| IDN | Indonesia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1930 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes |
| LAO | Laos | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1951 | 1952 | 1968 | Yes |
| MAS | Malaysia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1933 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes |
| MYA | Myanmar | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1947 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes |
| PHI | Philippines | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1907 | 1930 | 1954 | Yes |
| SGP | Singapore | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1892 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes |
| THA | Thailand | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1916 | 1925 | 1954 | Yes |
| VIE | Vietnam | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes |
| Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) (6) |||||||
| AFG | Afghanistan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1933 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes |
| IRN | Islamic Republic of Iran | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1920 | 1948 | 1958 | Yes |
| KGZ | Kyrgyz Republic | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1992 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes |
| TJK | Tajikistan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1936 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes |
| TKM | Turkmenistan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1992 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes |
| UZB | Uzbekistan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1946 | 1994 | 1993 | Yes |
| East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) (10) |||||||
| CHN | China | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1924 | 1931 | 1974 | Yes |
| TPE | Chinese Taipei | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1936 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes |
| PRK | DPR Korea | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1945 | 1958 | 1974 | Yes |
| GUM | Guam | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1975 | 1996 | 1991 | Yes |
| HKG | Hong Kong, China | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1914 | 1954 | 1954 | Yes |
| JPN | Japan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1921 | 1921 | 1954 | Yes |
| KOR | Korea Republic | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1928 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes |
| MAC | Macau | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1939 | 1978 | 1978 | No |
| MNG | Mongolia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1959 | 1998 | 1993 | Yes |
| NMI | Northern Mariana Islands | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 2005 | N/A | 2020 | No |
| South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) (7) |||||||
| BAN | Bangladesh | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1972 | 1976 | 1974 | Yes |
| BHU | Bhutan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1983 | 2000 | 1993 | Yes |
| IND | India | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1937 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes |
| MDV | Maldives | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1982 | 1986 | 1984 | Yes |
| NEP | Nepal | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1951 | 1972 | 1954 | Yes |
| PAK | Pakistan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1947 | 1948 | 1954 | Yes |
| SRI | Sri Lanka | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1939 | 1952 | 1954 | Yes |
| West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) (12) |||||||
| BHR | Bahrain | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1957 | 1968 | 1969 | Yes |
| IRQ | Iraq | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1948 | 1950 | 1970 | Yes |
| JOR | Jordan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1949 | 1956 | 1970 | Yes |
| KUW | Kuwait | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1952 | 1964 | 1964 | Yes |
| LBN | Lebanon | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1933 | 1936 | 1964 | Yes |
| OMA | Oman | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1978 | 1980 | 1980 | Yes |
| PLE | Palestine | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | Yes |
| QAT | Qatar | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1972 | 1974 | Yes |
| KSA | Saudi Arabia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1956 | 1956 | 1972 | Yes |
| SYR | Syria | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1936 | 1937 | 1970 | Yes |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1971 | 1974 | 1974 | Yes |
| YEM | Yemen | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1980 | 1980 | Yes |