ASEAN Football Federation

Map of members
Abbreviation	AFF
Formation	31 January 1984; 40 years ago (1984-01-31) [1]
Founded at	Jakarta, Indonesia
Type	Football organisation
Headquarters	Putrajaya, 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 is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. ^[1]

The AFF was founded by member states of, and is officially associated with, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ^[2]

History

The AFF was established in Jakarta on 31 January 1984 during an informal meeting of representatives of six member states of ASEAN; Brunei, 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. ^[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
1996–2007	Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen
2007–2019	Sultan Ahmad Shah
2019–present	Khiev Sameth

Members

It has 12 member associations, ^[5] all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Code	Association	Joined in	National team	National league
AUS	Australia	2013	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
BRU	Brunei Darussalam*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men)
CAM	Cambodia	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
IDN	Indonesia*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
LAO	Laos	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
MAS	Malaysia*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
MYA	Myanmar	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
PHI	Philippines*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
SGP	Singapore*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
THA	Thailand*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
TLS	Timor-Leste	2004	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)
VIE	Vietnam	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	( Men, Women)

Notes

(*) Founding member

Tournaments

National competitions

Men's

• ASEAN Championship
• AFF U-23 Championship
• AFF U-19 Youth Championship
• AFF U-16 Youth Championship
• AFF Futsal Championship
• AFF Beach Soccer Championship

Women's

• AFF Women's Championship
• AFF U-19 Women's Championship
• AFF U-16 Women's Championship

Club competitions

Men's

• ASEAN Club Championship
• Mekong Club Championship
• AFF Futsal Club Championship

Women's

• AFF Women's Futsal Club Championship

Current title holders

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition [6]
Men's national teams
ASEAN Championship		2022 ( Final)	Thailand	7th	Vietnam		2024 (Final)
U-23 Championship		2023	Vietnam	2nd	Indonesia		TBD
U-19 Championship		2022	Malaysia	2nd	Laos		2024
U-16 Championship		2022	Indonesia	2nd	Vietnam		2024
SEA Games Men's Football Tournament		2023 ( Final)	Indonesia	3rd	Thailand		2025 (Final)
AFF Futsal Championship		2022	Thailand	16th	Indonesia		2024
SEA Games Men's Futsal Tournament		2021	Thailand	5th	Indonesia		TBD
Beach Soccer Championship		2022	Thailand	2nd	Malaysia		2024
Women's national teams
AFF Women's Championship		2022 ( Final)	Philippines	1st	Thailand		TBD (Final)
U-19 Women's Championship		2023	Thailand	2nd	Vietnam		TBD
U-16 Women's Championship		2019	Thailand	3rd	Laos		TBD
SEA Games Women's Football Tournament		2023 ( Final)	Vietnam	8th	Myanmar		2025 (Final)
SEA Games Women's Futsal Tournament		2021	Thailand	5th	Vietnam		TBD
Men's club teams
ASEAN Club Championship		2005 ( Finals)	Tampines Rovers	1st	Pahang FA		2024–25
Futsal Club Championship		2023 ( Final)	Black Steel Papua	1st	Hongyen Thakam		2024
Women's club teams
Women's Futsal Club Championship		2016 ( Final)	Jaya Kencana Angels	1st	Khon Kaen		TBD

Titles by nation

Nation	National team						National team (women)			Club			Total
	AFF	U23	U19	U16	Futs	BS	AFF	U19	U16	ACC	FutsM	FutsW
Thailand	7	1	5	3	16	2	4	2	3		6		49
Vietnam	2	2	1	3		1	3					2	14
Australia			5	2			1	1	1				10
Indonesia		1	1	2	1						3	1	9
Malaysia	1		2	2		1							6
Myanmar			2	2			2						6
Singapore	4									1			5
Japan*			1	1			1						3
Philippines							1						1
India*										1			1
Iran*			1										1
Brunei													0
Cambodia													0
Laos													0
East Timor													0
Total	14	4	18	15	17	4	12	3	5	2	7	2

Notes

(*) Champion as an invited team.

Tournament record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Years
Indonesia [a]	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•				1

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	2027 TBD (32)	Years
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•		2
Philippines	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
Vietnam	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1

Olympic Games men's football tournament

Olympic Games ( Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				GS			GS															2
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•								GS														1
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•								GS														1
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				QF																		1

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record
Team	1956 (4)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (5)	1972 (6)	1976 (6)	1980 (10)	1984 (10)	1988 (10)	1992 (8)	1996 (12)	2000 (12)	2004 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2027 (24)	2031 (24)	Years
Thailand					3rd					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS			R16	R16			8
Vietnam	4th	4th												QF			QF	GS			5
Indonesia											GS	GS	GS	GS				R16			5
Malaysia						GS	GS							GS				GS			4
Cambodia					4th																1
Myanmar				2nd																	1
Philippines																	GS				1
Singapore								GS													1

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Teams	2013	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	2026	Total
Vietnam	•	GS	2nd	GS	QF	Q		5
Thailand	•	GS	GS	QF	GS	Q		4
Malaysia	•	•	QF	•	GS	Q		2
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	Q		1
Myanmar	GS	•	•	•	•	•		1

Asian Games men's football tournament

Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Nation	1951 (6)	1954 (12)	1958 (14)	1962 (8)	1966 (11)	1970 (10)	1974 (15)	1978 (14)	1982 (16)	1986 (18)	1990 (14)	1994 (19)	1998 (23)	2002 (24)	2006 (28)	2010 (24)	2014 (29)	2018 (25)	2022 (23)	Years
Brunei												DQ	DQ							0
Cambodia						7th							19th							2
Indonesia	6th	4th	3rd	5th	5th	5th				4th	DQ	DQ			27th		11th	10th	11th	10
Laos													21st				27th	23rd		3
Malaysia			13th	3rd	10th	10th	3rd	7th	14th	15th	12th	12th		17th	23rd	16th	19th	12th		15
Myanmar (  Burma)	5th	3rd	11th	DQ	1st	1st	7th	12th	13th			16th	DQ					19th	10th	10
Philippines		11th	8th	8th			15th													4
Singapore		9th	10th		4th						11th				26th	19th	17th			7
Thailand				7th	6th	6th	12th	6th	10th	11th	4th	15th	4th	4th	7th	7th	4th	18th	14th	15
East Timor																	28th	24th		2
Vietnam (  South Vietnam)		7th	7th	4th	7th	9th							17th	19th	15th	14th	12th	4th	17th	11

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
Indonesia	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Vietnam	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1

FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup

FIFA U-17 Womans World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Years
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2		6
Vietnam								R2	R2		2
Malaysia			R1								1

Rankings

National football team

AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 4 April 2024

Women's national football team

AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 15 March 2024

National futsal team

AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by Futsal World Ranking
Update: August 2023

AFF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	25	Thailand	1244
2	36	Australia	1121
3	37	Indonesia	1112
4	39	Vietnam	1107
5	79	Malaysia	856
6	84	Myanmar	842
7	119	Singapore	614
8	120	Laos	596
9	122	Cambodia	576
10	123	East Timor	571
11	128	Philippines	540
12	131	Brunei	524

Women's national futsal team

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

AFF	AFC	World	Country	Points
1	3	11	Thailand	5598
2	4	23	Vietnam	5300
3	8	32	Indonesia	5154
4	9	33	Australia	5152
5	11	39	Malaysia	4988
6	13	44	Myanmar	4883
7	17	50	Philippines	4724
8	20	61	Laos	4369
*	*	*	Brunei	–
*	*	*	Cambodia	–
*	*	*	Singapore	–
*	*	*	East Timor	–

• Note: (*) Inactive

National beach soccer team

AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: 8 May 2023

AFF	Country	Points
1	Thailand	201
2	Malaysia	67
3	Indonesia	67
*	Australia	–
*	Brunei	–
*	Cambodia	–
*	Laos	–
*	Myanmar	–
*	Philippines	–
*	Singapore	–
*	East Timor	–
*	Vietnam	–

Women's national beach soccer team

AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: 2 December 2022

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

National football league

AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by AFC

AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2024 footyrankings/

Update: 15 December 2023

AFF	League	Points
1	Thai League 1	49.212
2	Malaysia Super League	31.118
3	A-League Men	30.888
4	V.League 1	28.524
5	Singapore Premier League	17.310
6	Philippines Football League	16.186
7	Liga 1 Indonesia	14.589
8	Cambodian Premier League	10.055
9	Myanmar National League	7.474
10	Lao Premier League	1.198
11	Brunei Super League	0.100
12	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 years, starting from 2013. ^{[7] [8]}

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	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 Shamsuri
2015	Azman Ismail	Rohaidah 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 Vermansah	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 Baihakki Panupong N. Minh Đức Theerathon Safiq Fahrudin Kyi Lin Anucha Shahril Teerasil 2013

Meiga Tristan Ronny Rizky Sarach Chanathip Hariss Lilipaly N. Trọng Hoàng Boaz Teerasil 2017

Đ. Văn Lâm Q. Ngọc Hải Safuwan Korrakot Syahmi Syamer Sanrawat Schröck Riko Norshahrul N. Quang Hải 2019

See also

• FIFA
  • Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
    • East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
    • Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
    • South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
    • West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

References

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 Mitsubishi Electric Cup official website (in English)