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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.Also including some countries/territories in Oceania such as Australia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
==History==
On May 7, 1954, the Asian Football Confederation was formed in Manila, Philippines.https://web.archive.org/web/20210906195335/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19540508-1.2.111?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&k=philippines+football%26ka%3Dphilippines+football&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=philippines,football&oref=article
The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC), founded in April 1968, managed women's association football in Asia, including Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, until it was merged with the AFC in 1986.https://web.archive.org/web/20160403024732/http://www.asiansportsnet.com/football-soccer/
==Members==
The AFC comprises 47 member associations, divided into five regions, (West, Central, South, East, and South-east (ASEAN nations)). The founding member are: Afghanistan, Burma, China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.https://web.archive.org/web/20240114170748/https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/afcs_63rd_anniversary_seven_events_that_shaped_asian_football.html
===Former Members===
Association	Year 	Note
Israel 	1954-1974 	In 1974, Israel was expelled from AFC competitions, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait (as other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play against Israel) and the 1973 Yom Kippur war, that was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203417/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RNRYAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321,5571494https://web.archive.org/web/20171023230949/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/27/worldcup2010 The country later became a full member of UEFA in 1994.
New Zealand	1964https://web.archive.org/web/20150527023753/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19640828-1.2.130.6.aspx 	New Zealand became a founding member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 1966.
South Yemen	1972-1990https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090349/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19720728-1.2.132.4.aspx	On May 22, 1990, South Yemen was unified with North Yemen.
Kazakhstan 	1993-2002 	Kazakhstan became a member of UEFA in 2002.https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/football-development/news/0254-0d7b28553481-d9179376af81-1000--uefa-delegation-visit-kazakhstan/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/the-curious-case-of-kazakh-football
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