page_title: Asian Football Confederation
section_title: Member associations
hierarchical_section_title: Asian Football Confederation / Member associations
caption_attribution_description: Asian Football Confederation countries. Notes: Australia joined the AFC in 2006, and is an ASEAN invitee. Maldives Republic is assigned to the Asean region by the AFC (and apparently an invitee, but not confirmed), but takes part in tournaments with South Asian nations. Iran is assigned to the Central Asian region by the AFC, but takes part in tournaments with West Asian nations. Kyrgyzstan is assigned to the Central Asian by the AFC, but took part in the West Asian Football Federation Championship in 2000.
context_page_description: The Asian Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations within FIFA and is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – which are instead members of UEFA. Three other states located geographically along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also UEFA members. On the other hand, 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, are also members of the AFC.
  The AFC was officially formed on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, on the sidelines of the second Asian Games. The main headquarters is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current president is Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.
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  The AFC has 47 member associations which split into five regions. Several nations proposed a South West Asian Federation but that will not interfere with AFC zones.
caption: AFC regional federations
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