The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is a smaller organisation within the greater Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and centres on Southeast Asia, founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations, although the AFF also includes Australia and East Timor, who are both currently not a part of the regional intergovernmental organization.
In 1996, the federation ran the first AFF Championship (then known as the Tiger Cup for sponsorship reasons).
History
ASEAN Football Federation was founded on 31 January 1984 by the meeting in Jakarta of six founding member are Brunei Darussalam, 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.
The ASEAN Football Federation headquarter was located on Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Other nations that have joined the federation since have been Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996), East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013.
List of presidents
Member associations
AFF has 12 member associations, all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
(*) Founding member
Competitions
Men
AFF Championship
AFF U-22 Youth Championship
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Women
AFF Women's Championship
AFF U-19 Women's Championship
AFF U-16 Women's Championship
Futsal & Beach Soccer
AFF Futsal Championship
AFF Beach Soccer Championship
Club
AFF Club Championship
ASEAN Super League (proposed)
AFF Futsal Cup
AFF Women's Futsal Cup
National
The AFF runs the AFF Championship (since 2008 known as the Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons) and AFF Women's Championship - both competitions are held every two years and determine the Champions of Southeast Asia.
The AFF also organises the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy (cooperate with EAFF), AFF Futsal Championship, AFF Beach Soccer Championship, various age-level international youth football tournaments, the AFF U-16 Championship, AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFF U-22 Youth Championship, AFF U-16 Women's Championship and AFF U-19 Women's Championship.
However, not yet have for women's futsal, women's beach soccer and youth futsal & beach soccer tournament.
Club
The only AFF club competition is the Mekong Club Championship, which started in the 2014 season and includes the champions from 5 of the 6 countries through which the Mekong river flows (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam).
ASEAN Club Championship which has stopped rolling since 2005 is planned to be held again in 2022 as the main AFF men's football club competition.
The AFF also runs Southeast Asian futsal club competition, the AFF Futsal Cup for men's club and AFF Women's Futsal Cup for women's club.
However, not yet have for women's football club and beach soccer club competition.
Current title holders
Titles by nation
Note: (*) Champion as invitation teams.
Rankings
Men's national football team
AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking by FIFAUpdate: 19 November 2021
Top Ranked Men's National Football Teams
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AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFAUpdate: 20 August 2021
* Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.
Top Ranked Women's National Football Teams
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AFF U23 Men's National Football Team Ranking by FootyRankingsUpdate: September 2021
Men's national futsal team
AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by Futsal World RankingUpdate: September 2021
Note: (*) Inactive
Women's national futsal team
AFF Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon BaUpdate: September 2021
Note: (*) Inactive
Men's national beach soccer team
AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWWUpdate: September 2021
Women's national beach soccer team
AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWWUpdate: September 2021
Men's national football league
AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by AFC Update: August 2021
AFF Awards
AFF President Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah said that:
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 two year, start from 2013.
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
2015: Not awarded
Major tournament record
FIFA World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
See also
AFF Player of the Year
AFC sub-confederation
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
Others sub-confederation
Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
Central American Football Union (CAFU)
North American Football Union (NAFU)
Council East Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA)
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)
Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)
Central African Football Federations' Union (CAFFU)
West African Football Union (WAFU)
Union of Arab Football Association (UAFA)
References
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