ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation
(AFF)
	AFF logo
Formation	31 January 1984[1]
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Region served	Southeast Asia and Australia
Membership	12 member associations
President	DYMM Sultan Ahmad Shah
Website	www.aseanfootball.org/v3/

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is a smaller organisation within the greater Asian Football Confederation, and centres on Southeast Asia, founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.^[1] ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations, although the AFF also includes East Timor and Australia, which are not members of ASEAN.

Other nations to join have been Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996),^[1] East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013,^[2] although the latter had been considered an invited affiliate of the AFF since their move to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006,^[3] since which time they have sent youth squads to the ASEAN Youth Tournaments.

In 1996, the federation ran the first AFF Championship (then known as the Tiger Cup for sponsorship reasons).

Member associations

AFF has 12 member associations,^[4] all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Code	Association	Joined in	National team	National league
AUS	Australia	2013	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
BRU	Brunei (Founding Member)	1984	(Men)	(Men)
CAM	Cambodia	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
IDN	Indonesia (Founding Member)	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
LAO	Laos	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
MAS	Malaysia (Founding Member)	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
MYA	Myanmar	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
PHI	Philippines (Founding Member)	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
SIN	Singapore (Founding Member)	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
THA	Thailand (Founding Member)	1984	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
TLS	Timor-Leste	2004	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)
VIE	Vietnam	1996	(Men, Women)	(Men, Women)

Competitions

International

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 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-16 Women's Championship and AFF U-19 Women's Championship.

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).

The AFF also runs an annual Southeast Asian futsal club competition, the AFF Futsal Club Championship.

Current title holders

Men's Football Competitions
Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
AFF Championship	Thailand	5th	Indonesia	2018
Southeast Asian Games (U23 National Team)	Thailand	16th	Malaysia	2019
AFF U-23 Youth Championship	Thailand	1st	Singapore	2019
AFF U-19 Youth Championship	Malaysia	1st	Myanmar	2019
AFF U-16 Championship	Indonesia	1st	Thailand	2019
Mekong Club Championship	Muangthong United	1st	Sanna Khánh Hòa	2018 (December)
Women's Football Competitions
Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
AFF Women's Championship	Thailand	4th	Australia U20	2020
Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	5th	Thailand	2019
AFF U-19 Women's Championship	Thailand	1st	Vietnam	2018
AFF U-16 Women's Championship	Thailand	2nd	Myanmar	2018
Men's Futsal Competitions
Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
AFF Futsal Championship	Thailand	13th	Malaysia	2018
Southeast Asian Games	Thailand	4th	Malaysia	2019
AFF Futsal Club Championship	Bangkok BTS FC	4th	East Coast Heat	2019
Women's Futsal Competitions
Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
AFF Women's Futsal Championship				2018
Southeast Asian Games	Thailand	4th	Vietnam	2019
AFF Women's Futsal Club Championship	Jaya Kencana Angels	1st	Khon Kaen Futsal Club	2018
Beach Soccer Competitions
Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
AFF Beach Soccer Championship	Vietnam	1st	Thailand	2018
ASEAN Para Games Competitions
Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
Football 7-a-side at the ASEAN Para Games	Indonesia	1th	Thailand	2019
Football 5-a-side at the ASEAN Para Games	Thailand	1th	Laos	2019

Defunct competitions

Men's football competitions
Competitions	Last Edition	Champion	Title	Runner-Up
ASEAN Club Championship	2005	Tampines Rovers FC	1st	Pahang FA

Rankings

Men's national football teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
2	43	Australia	1431
17	102	Vietnam	1220
21	114	Philippines	1172	+1
23	122	Thailand	1144
27	138	Myanmar	1092
33	164	Indonesia	997
34	166	Singapore	982	+3
35	169	Cambodia	979	-3
36	171	Malaysia	971
37	179	Laos	946	-1
41	190	Timor-Leste	909
44	195	Brunei	903

Last updated 20 September 2018

Top Ranked Men's National Football Teams

Elo ratings

Ratings are calculated by FIFA.

AFF	AFC	Elo	Country	Ratings	+/−
1	3	39	Australia	1713	1
2	26	110	Thailand	1382	2
3	29	140	Vietnam	1285	1
4	32	153	Indonesia	1236	1
5	36	165	Philippines	1192	13
6	40	182	Myanmar	1068	1
7	41	184	Malaysia	1060	6
8	42	185	Singapore	1059	5
9	47	207	Cambodia	808	1
10	51	213	Laos	768	4
11	55	226	Timor-Leste	644	2
12	57	229	Brunei	614	2

Last updated 12 September 2018

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	6	Australia	2012	+2
6	28	Thailand	1677
7	36	Vietnam	1638	+1
10	44	Myanmar	1536
14	74	Philippines	1341	-1
16	79	Indonesia	1298	-2
19	87	Malaysia	1243	-4
22	107	Singapore	1137	-6
30	**	Laos	1273	-7
32	*	Cambodia	1069
34	*	Timor-Leste	981	-7

Last updated 28 September 2018

* Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams.
** Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.

Top Ranked Women's National Football Teams

Presidents

President	Years
H. Kardono	1984–1994
Vijit Ketkaew	1994–1996
Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen	1996–1998
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah	2007–

AFF Awards

As of 23 September 2017.^[5]

AFF President His Royal Highness Sultan of Pahang HE Sultan 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."

HRH 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 years.

AFF Life Service Award : H. Kardono

ASEAN Goodwill Award

Year	Recipient
2013	HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah
2016	Zaw Zaw

AFF Association of the Year

Year	Association
2013	Myanmar
2015	Myanmar
2017	Vietnam

AFF National Team of the Year

Year	National Team (men's)	National Team (women's)
2013	Singapore	Vietnam
2015	Thailand	Thailand
2017	Thailand	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

AFF Player of the Year (Women's)

Year	Name	Club
2013	Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh	Hồ Chí Minh City I W.F.C.
2015	Nisa Romyen	North Bangkok University
2017	Waraporn Boonsing	BG-Bandit Asia

AFF Youth Player of the Year

Year	Name	Club
2013	Keoviengphet Liththideth	Ezra
2015	Aung Thu	Yadanarbon
2017	Đoàn Văn Hậu	Hà Nội F.C.

AFF Futsal Team of the Year

Year	National Futsal Team
2013	Thailand
2015	Thailand
2017	Thailand

AFF Futsal Player of the Year

Year	Name	Club
2013	Suphawut Thueanklang	Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club
2015	Jetsada Chudech	Rajnavy Futsal Club
2017	Jirawat Sornwichian	Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club

AFF Coach of the Year

Year	(Men’s Team)	Name	(Women’s Team)	Name
2013	Singapore	Radojko Avramovic	Myanmar	Kumada Yoshinori
2015	Thailand	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	Nuengruethai Sratongwean
2017	Thailand	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung

AFF Referee of the Year

Year	Name (Men’s)	Name (Women’s)
2013	Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir	Abirami Apbai Naidu
2015	Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob	Rita Ghani
2017	Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari	Thein Thein Aye

AFF Assistant Referee of the Year

Year	Name (Men’s)	Name (Women’s)
2013	Tang Yew Mun	Widiya Habibah Shamsuri
2015	Azman Ismail	Rohaidah Mohd Nasir
2017	Mohd Yusri Muhamad	Truong Thi Le Trinh

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 FA	Group A Singapore vs Indonesia, 25 November 2016.

References

1 2 3 "AFF - The Official Website Of The ASEAN Football Federation". About AFF. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
↑ "Australia Officially in AFF". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
↑ "Reuters "Australia eye further East Asia Cups despite ASEAN move"". Khaleej Times. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
↑ AFF - Southeast Asian Football Federation Official Website - 12 Football Associations
↑ Bhas Kunju (3 April 2013). "Singapore win big at AFF Awards 2013". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

External links

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[AFF-1] 1 2 3 "AFF - The Official Website Of The ASEAN Football Federation". About AFF. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[2] "Australia Officially in AFF". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

[3] "Reuters "Australia eye further East Asia Cups despite ASEAN move"". Khaleej Times. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

[4] AFF - Southeast Asian Football Federation Official Website - 12 Football Associations

[5] Bhas Kunju (3 April 2013). "Singapore win big at AFF Awards 2013". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
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 Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

ASEAN Football Federation
International competitions	AFF Championship AFF Women's Championship AFF Futsal Championship AFF Beach Soccer Championship
Club competitions	ASEAN Club Championship Mekong 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

AFF logo

Formation	31 January 1984^[1]
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Region served	Southeast Asia and Australia
Membership	12 member associations
President	DYMM Sultan Ahmad Shah
Website	www.aseanfootball.org/v3/