ASEAN Football Federation
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Abbreviation | AFF |
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Formation | 31 January 1984[1] |
Founded at | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Type | Sports organisation |
Headquarters | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
Region served | Southeast Asia & Australia |
Membership | 12 associations |
Official language | English |
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Parent organization | AFC |
Website | aseanfootball.org |
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and was founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.[1] It includes Australia and East Timor who are both not a part of a regional intergovernmental organization.
History[]
It was founded on 31 January 1984 by the meeting in Jakarta of 6 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.[2] The ASEAN Football Federation headquarter was located on Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.[3]
Other nations that have joined the federation since have been Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996),[1] East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013.[4]
President[]
Year | Name |
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2019 – | ![]() |
Members[]
AFF has 12 member associations,[5] all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
(*) Founding member
Code | Association | Joined in | National team | National league |
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AUS | ![]() |
2013 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
BRU | ![]() |
1984 | (Men) | (Men) |
CAM | ![]() |
1996 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Woman) |
IDN | ![]() |
1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
LAO | ![]() |
1996 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
MAS | ![]() |
1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
MYA | ![]() |
1996 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
PHI | ![]() |
1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
SIN | ![]() |
1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
THA | ![]() |
1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
TLS | ![]() |
2004 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
VIE | ![]() |
1996 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
Tournaments[]
National team[]
- AFF Championship
- AFF U-22 Youth Championship
- AFF U-19 Youth Championship
- AFF U-16 Youth Championship
- AFF Women's Championship
- AFF U-19 Women's Championship
- AFF U-16 Women's Championship
- AFF Futsal Championship
- AFF Beach Soccer Championship
Club[]
- AFF Club Championship
- ASEAN Super League (proposed)
- AFF Futsal Cup
- AFF Women's Futsal Cup
The Mekong Club Championship 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). The ASEAN Club Championship which has stopped rolling since 2005 is planned to be held again in 2022.
Current title holders[]
Titles by nation[]
Nation | National team | National team (Women's) | Club | Total | |||||||||
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AFF | U22 | U19 | U16 | Futs | BS | AFF | U19 | U16 | ACC | FutsM | FutsW | ||
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6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 45 | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
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5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
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2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
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Total | 13 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Note: (*) Champion as invitation teams.
Rankings[]
National football team[]
AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 23 December 2021
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Top Ranked Men's National Football Teams ![]()
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Women's national football team[]
AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 10 December 2021
* Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked. |
Top Ranked Women's National Football Teams ![]()
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U23 national football team[]
AFF U23 Men's National Football Team Ranking by FootyRankings
Update: 9 July 2021
AFF | Country | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
29,347 |
2 | ![]() |
25,897 |
3 | ![]() |
20,441 |
4 | ![]() |
18,459 |
5 | ![]() |
15,203 |
6 | ![]() |
11,718 |
7 | ![]() |
10,785 |
8 | ![]() |
10,768 |
9 | ![]() |
10,285 |
10 | ![]() |
8,901 |
11 | ![]() |
4,067 |
11 | ![]() |
4,067 |
National futsal team[]
AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by Futsal World Ranking
Update: January 2022
AFF | Country | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
1315 |
2 | ![]() |
1177 |
3 | ![]() |
1105 |
4 | ![]() |
1000 |
5 | ![]() |
881 |
6 | ![]() |
793 |
7 | ![]() |
588 |
8 | ![]() |
581 |
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- Note: (*) Inactive
Women's national futsal team[]
AFF Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: January 2022
AFF | Country | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
5598 |
2 | ![]() |
5300 |
3 | ![]() |
5154 |
4 | ![]() |
5152 |
5 | ![]() |
4988 |
6 | ![]() |
4883 |
7 | ![]() |
4724 |
8 | ![]() |
4369 |
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- Note: (*) Inactive
National beach soccer team[]
AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: December 2021
AFF | Country | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
49 |
2 | ![]() |
31 |
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Women's national beach soccer team[]
AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: December 2021
AFF | Country | Points |
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National football league[]
AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by AFC
AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by FootyRankings
Update: December 2021
AFF | League | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
29.750 |
2 | ![]() |
20.019 |
3 | ![]() |
13.225 |
4 | ![]() |
12.083 |
5 | ![]() |
9.900 |
6 | ![]() |
9.750 |
7 | ![]() |
9.145 |
8 | ![]() |
5.662 |
9 | ![]() |
3.250 |
10 | ![]() |
0.483 |
11 | ![]() |
0.000 |
11 | ![]() |
0.000 |
Awards[]
AFF President Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah said that:
"In recent years, ASEAN football has cultivated some serious talent, and the region is growing as a football powerhouse. We are gaining traction at a global level, and the time is right to honour the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the evolution and honour of the world’s most popular sport."
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 2 year, start from 2013.[6][7]
ASEAN Goodwill Award[]
Year | Recipient |
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2013 | ![]() |
2015 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
AFF Life Service Award[]
Year | Recipient |
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2013 | ![]() |
2015 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
AFF Association of the Year[]
Year | Association |
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2013 | ![]() |
2015 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() |
AFF National Team of the Year[]
Year | Men | Women |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Player of the Year (Men's)[]
Year | Name | Club |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Player of the Year (Women's)[]
Year | Name | Club |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Youth Player of the Year (Men's)[]
Year | Name | Club |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Futsal Team of the Year[]
Year | Men |
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2013 | ![]() |
2015 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() |
AFF Futsal Player of the Year (Men's)[]
Year | Name | Club |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Coach of the Year[]
Year | Men | Name | Women | Name | ||
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Referee of the Year[]
Year | Men | Women |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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AFF Assistant Referee of the Year[]
Year | Men | Women |
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2013 | ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
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Best Goal in the AFF Suzuki Cup[]
Year | Name | Club | Match |
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2012 | ![]() |
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Semi Final (1st Leg) Malaysia vs Thailand, 9 December 2012. |
2014 | ![]() |
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Group A Vietnam vs Indonesia, 22 November 2014. |
2016 | ![]() |
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Group A Singapore vs Indonesia, 25 November 2016. |
2018 | ![]() |
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Semi Final (2nd leg) Thailand vs Malaysia, 5 December 2018. |
AFF Best XI[]
![Thailand](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png)
Kawin Thammasatchanan
![Vietnam](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png)
![Malaysia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png)
![Singapore](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png)
![Thailand](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png)
![Indonesia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png)
![Singapore](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png)
![Vietnam](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png)
![Vietnam](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png)
![Malaysia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png)
![Thailand](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png)
![Malaysia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png)
References[]
- ^ a b c "AFF - The Official Website Of The ASEAN Football Federation". About AFF. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Australia Officially in AFF". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ "AFF - Southeast Asian Football Federation Official Website - 12 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "INAUGRAL [sic] AFF AWARDS 2013 TO HONOUR ASEAN FOOTBALL HEROES".
- ^ Bhas Kunju (3 April 2013). "Singapore win big at AFF Awards 2013". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
External links[]
- ASEAN Football Federation official website (in English)
- ASEAN Football Federation on Instagram
- ASEAN Football Federation on Facebook
- ASEAN Football Federation on Twitter
- ASEAN Football Federation's channel on YouTube
- AFF Suzuki Cup official website (in English)
- ASEAN Football Federation