ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation
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	Map of members
Abbreviation	AFF
Formation	31 January 1984; 37 years ago
Founded at	Jakarta, Indonesia
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Region served	Southeast Asia & Australia
Membership	12 associations
Official language	English
President	Khiev Sameth
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
1984 – 1994	Haji Kardono
1994 – 1996	Vijit Ketkaew
1996 – 1998	Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen
2007 – 2019	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2019 –	Khiev Sameth

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
AUS	Australia	2013	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
BRU	Brunei Darussalam*	1984	(Men)	(Men)
CAM	Cambodia	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Woman)
IDN	Indonesia*	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
LAO	Laos	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
MAS	Malaysia*	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
MYA	Myanmar	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
PHI	Philippines*	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
SIN	Singapore*	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
THA	Thailand*	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
TLS	Timor-Leste	2004	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
VIE	Vietnam	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)

Tournaments[]

National team[]

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[]

National teams
Tournament	Season	Champions	Title(s)	Runners-up	Next edition	Most titles
AFF Championship	(13th) Singapore 2020	Thailand	6th	Indonesia	(14th) 2022	Thailand (6)
SEA Games Men's Football Tournament	(30th) Manila 2019	Vietnam	2nd	Indonesia	(31st) Hanoi 2021	Thailand (16)
AFF U22 Championship	(2nd) Cambodia 2019	Indonesia	1st	Thailand	(3rd) Cambodia 2022	Indonesia Thailand (1)
AFF U19 Championship	(17th) Vietnam 2019	Australia	5th	Malaysia	(18th) 2022	Australia Thailand (5)
AFF U16 Championship	(14th) Thailand 2019	Malaysia	2nd	Thailand	(15th) 2022	Thailand Vietnam (3)
AFF Futsal Championship	(16th) Vietnam 2019	Thailand	15th	Indonesia	(17th) 2022	Thailand (15)
SEA Games Men's Futsal Tournament	(4th) Kuala Lumpur 2017	Thailand	4th	Malaysia	(5th) Hanoi 2021	Thailand (4)
AFF Beach Soccer Championship	(4th) Thailand 2021	Malaysia (Markless Komii)	1st	Thailand (Thailand B)	(5th)	Malaysia Thailand Vietnam (1)
National teams (Women's)
AFF Women's Championship	(10th) Thailand 2019	Vietnam	3rd	Thailand	(11th) 2023	Thailand (4)
SEA Games Women's Football Tournament	(11th) Manila 2019	Vietnam	6th	Thailand	(12th) Hanoi 2021	Vietnam (6)
AFF U19 Women's Championship	(1st) Thailand 2014	Thailand	1st	Vietnam	(2nd)	Thailand (1)
AFF U16 Women's Championship	(4th) Thailand 2019	Thailand	3rd	Laos	(5th)	Thailand (3)
SEA Games Women's Futsal Tournament	(4th) Kuala Lumpur 2017	Thailand	4th	Vietnam	(5th) Hanoi 2021	Thailand (4)
Club teams
ASEAN Club Championship	(2nd) Brunei 2005	Singapore (Tampines Rovers)	1st	Malaysia (Pahang FA)	(3rd) ASEAN 2022	SC East Bengal Tampines Rovers (1)
AFF Futsal Club Championship	(6th) Thailand 2021	Thailand (Chonburi Bluewave)	2nd	Thailand (Port)	(7th)	Port (3)
Club teams (Women's)
AFF Women's Futsal Cup	(2nd) Myanmar 2016	Indonesia (Jaya Kencana Angels)	1st	Thailand (Khon Kaen)	(3rd)	Jaya Kencana Angels Thái Sơn Nam (1)

Titles by nation[]

Nation	National team						National team (Women's)			Club			Total
Nation	AFF	U22	U19	U16	Futs	BS	AFF	U19	U16	ACC	FutsM	FutsW	Total
Thailand	6	1	5	3	15	1	4	1	3		6		45
Vietnam	2		1	3		1	3					1	11
Australia			5	2			1		1				9
Myanmar			2	2			2						6
Indonesia		1	1	1	1							1	5
Malaysia	1		1	2		1							5
Singapore	4									1			5
Japan*			1	1			1						3
India*										1			1
Iran*			1										1
Brunei													0
Philippines													0
Cambodia													0
Laos													0
East Timor													0
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

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	4	35	Australia	1484.88
2	17	98	Vietnam	1212.54	1
3	21	115	Thailand	1156.16	3
4	23	128	Philippines	1129.91	2
5	29	152	Myanmar	1044.56	2
6	30	154	Malaysia	1034.53
7	33	160	Singapore	1003.39
8	34	164	Indonesia	992.31	2
9	36	171	Cambodia	966.61	1
10	41	187	Laos	904.6	2
11	42	188	Brunei	903.9
12	43	196	Timor-Leste	873.13	2

Top Ranked Men's National Football Teams

Women's national football team[]

AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 10 December 2021

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	2	11	Australia	1933.8
2	6	32	Vietnam	1659.17
3	7	38	Thailand	1603.53	1
4	10	47	Myanmar	1521.79	1
5	13	64	Philippines	1385.64	4
6	16	84	Laos	1272.76
7	18	88	Malaysia	1252.58	4
8	19	94	Indonesia	1236.24	2
9	26	134	Singapore	1074.76	4
*	*	*	Brunei	-
*	*	*	Cambodia	-
*	*	*	Timor-Leste	-

* Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.

Top Ranked Women's National Football Teams

U23 national football team[]

AFF U23 Men's National Football Team Ranking by FootyRankings
Update: 9 July 2021

AFF	Country	Points
1	Australia	29,347
2	Vietnam	25,897
3	Thailand	20,441
4	Malaysia	18,459
5	Myanmar	15,203
6	Indonesia	11,718
7	Singapore	10,785
8	Laos	10,768
9	Timor-Leste	10,285
10	Cambodia	8,901
11	Brunei	4,067
11	Philippines	4,067

National futsal team[]

AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by Futsal World Ranking
Update: January 2022

AFF	Country	Points
1	Thailand	1315
2	Australia	1177
3	Vietnam	1105
4	Indonesia	1000
5	Malaysia	881
6	Myanmar	793
7	Cambodia	588
8	Timor-Leste	581
*	Brunei	-
*	Laos	-
*	Philippines	-
*	Singapore	-

Note: (*) Inactive

Women's national futsal team[]

AFF Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: January 2022

AFF	Country	Points
1	Thailand	5598
2	Vietnam	5300
3	Indonesia	5154
4	Australia	5152
5	Malaysia	4988
6	Myanmar	4883
7	Philippines	4724
8	Laos	4369
*	Brunei	-
*	Cambodia	-
*	Singapore	-
*	Timor-Leste	-

Note: (*) Inactive

National beach soccer team[]

AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: December 2021

AFF	Country	Points
1	Malaysia	49
2	Thailand	31
*	Australia	-
*	Brunei	-
*	Cambodia	-
*	Indonesia	-
*	Laos	-
*	Myanmar	-
*	Philippines	-
*	Singapore	-
*	Timor-Leste	-
*	Vietnam	-

Women's national beach soccer team[]

AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: December 2021

AFF	Country	Points
*	Australia	-
*	Brunei	-
*	Cambodia	-
*	Indonesia	-
*	Laos	-
*	Malaysia	-
*	Myanmar	-
*	Philippines	-
*	Singapore	-
*	Thailand	-
*	Timor-Leste	-
*	Vietnam	-

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
1	Thai League 1	29.750
2	V.League 1	20.019
3	Philippines Football League	13.225
4	Malaysia Super League	12.083
5	A-League	9.900
6	Singapore Premier League	9.750
7	Liga 1 Indonesia	9.145
8	Myanmar National League	5.662
9	C-League	3.250
10	Lao Premier League	0.483
11	Brunei Super League	0.000
11	Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão	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
2013	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2015	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2017	Zaw Zaw

AFF Life Service Award[]

Year	Recipient
2013	Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen
2015	Dato' Sri Paul Mony Samuel
2017	Haji Kardono

AFF Association of the Year[]

Year	Association
2013	Myanmar
2015	Myanmar
2017	Vietnam
2019	Indonesia

AFF National Team of the Year[]

Year	Men	Women
2013	Singapore	Vietnam
2015	Thailand	Thailand
2017	Thailand	Thailand
2019	Vietnam	Thailand

AFF Player of the Year (Men's)[]

Year	Name	Club
2013	Shahril Ishak	LionsXII
2015	Chanathip Songkrasin	BEC Tero Sasana
2017	Chanathip Songkrasin	Muangthong United
2019	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội

AFF Player of the Year (Women's)[]

Year	Name	Club
2013	Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh	Hồ Chí Minh City I
2015	Nisa Romyen	North Bangkok University
2017	Waraporn Boonsing	BG-Bandit Asia
2019	Pitsamai Sornsai	Chonburi Sports School

AFF Youth Player of the Year (Men's)[]

Year	Name	Club
2013	Keoviengphet Liththideth	Ezra
2015	Aung Thu	Yadanarbon
2017	Đoàn Văn Hậu	Hà Nội
2019	Suphanat Mueanta	Buriram United

AFF Futsal Team of the Year[]

Year	Men
2013	Thailand
2015	Thailand
2017	Thailand
2019	Thailand

AFF Futsal Player of the Year (Men's)[]

Year	Name	Club
2013	Suphawut Thueanklang	Chonburi Bluewave
2015	Jetsada Chudech	Rajnavy
2017	Jirawat Sornwichian	Chonburi Bluewave
2019	Trần Văn Vũ	Thái Sơn Nam

AFF Coach of the Year[]

Year	Men	Name	Women	Name
2013	Singapore	Radojko Avramović	Myanmar	Kumada Yoshinori
2015	Thailand	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	Nuengrutai Srathongvian
2017	Thailand	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung
2019	Vietnam	Park Hang-seo	Thailand	Nuengrutai Srathongvian

AFF Referee of the Year[]

Year	Men	Women
2013	Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir	Abirami Apbai Naidu
2015	Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob	Rita Ghani
2017	Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari	Thein Thein Aye
2019	Sivakorn Pu-Udom	Jacewicz Katherine Margaret

AFF Assistant Referee of the Year[]

Year	Men	Women
2013	Tang Yew Mun	Widiya Habibah binti Shamsuri
2015	Azman Ismail	Rohaidah binti Mohd Nasir
2017	Mohd Yusri Muhamad	Truong Thi Le Trinh
2019	Ronnie Koh Min Kiat	Hinthong Supawan

Best Goal in the AFF Suzuki Cup[]

Year	Name	Club	Match
2012	Teerasil Dangda	Muangthong United	Semi Final (1st Leg) Malaysia vs Thailand, 9 December 2012.
2014	Lê Công Vinh	Becamex Binh Duong	Group A Vietnam vs Indonesia, 22 November 2014.
2016	Andik Vermansyah	Selangor	Group A Singapore vs Indonesia, 25 November 2016.
2018	Syahmi Safari	Selangor	Semi Final (2nd leg) Thailand vs Malaysia, 5 December 2018.

AFF Best XI[]

Kawin Thammasatchanan

B. Khaizan

P. Wongsa

Nguyen Minh Duc

Theerathon Bunmathan

Safiq R.

Mustafic F.

Kyi Lin

Anucha Kitpongsri

Mohd Shahril Ishak

Teerasil Dangda

2013

Kurnia Meiga

Tristan Do

R. Harun

Rizki Rizaldi Pora

Sarach Yooyen

Chanatip S.

Haris H.

Stefano Lilipaly

Nguyen Trong Hoang

Boaz Solossa

Teerasil Dangda

2017

Đặng Văn Lâm

Que Ngoc Hai

M. Safuwan

Korrakot W.

M. Syahmi Safari

M. Abba

Sanrawat D.

Stephan Schröck

Riko Simanjuntak

Norshahrul Idlan

Nguyen Quang Hai

2019

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.{{cite web}}: 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)

[AFF-1] "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.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Australia Officially in AFF". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

[5] "AFF - Southeast Asian Football Federation Official Website - 12 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

[6] "INAUGRAL [sic] AFF AWARDS 2013 TO HONOUR ASEAN FOOTBALL HEROES".

[7] 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.

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South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Not a member of FIFA

v t ASEAN Football Federation
International competitions	AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy AFF Championship AFF Women's Championship AFF Futsal Championship AFF Beach Soccer Championship
Club competitions	ASEAN Club Championship AFF Futsal Club Championship
Youth competitions	U-23 Youth Championship U-19 Youth Championship U-16 Championship U-19 Women's Championship U-16 Women's Championship
Member associations	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Website: www.aseanfootball.org