ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation
	Map of members
Abbreviation	AFF
Formation	31 January 1984; 40 years ago
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 ASEAN member states; 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 are 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

Women's

Club competitions

Men's

Women's

AFF Women's Futsal Club Championship

Current title holders

Men's national teams
Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition^[6]
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
Nation	AFF	U23	U19	U16	Futs	BS	AFF	U19	U16	ACC	FutsM	FutsW	Total
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

^ Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

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	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

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	4	27	Australia	1531.72	2
2	17	101	Thailand	1208.93	12
3	19	115	Vietnam	1164.54	10
4	23	134	Indonesia	1102.70	8
5	25	139	Malaysia	1094.54	6
6	27	142	Philippines	1075.18	2
7	31	156	Singapore	1020.5
8	34	162	Myanmar	1000.46
9	36	179	Cambodia	931.47
10	40	189	Laos	889.62
11	42	194	Brunei	870.63
12	44	200	East Timor	843.4

Top Ranked Men's National Football Teams

Women's national football team

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

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	3	12	Australia	1888.93
2	6	37	Vietnam	1611.3
3	7	39	Philippines	1558.3	1
4	9	47	Thailand	1518.37	1
5	11	54	Myanmar	1481.44
6	17	93	Laos	1217.34	2
7	18	96	Malaysia	1213.21
8	21	109	Indonesia	1179.93	1
9	23	115	Cambodia	1144.56	1
10	28	137	Singapore	1080.39
11	34	159	East Timor	946.01
*	*	*	Brunei	–

* Inactive for more than 48 months and therefore not ranked.

Top Ranked Women's National Football Teams

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

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.
^ "ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ASEAN" (PDF). ASEAN. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "About AFF – AFF – the Official Website of the Asean Football Federation". 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "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.
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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)

[7] Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

[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] "ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ASEAN" (PDF). ASEAN. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

[3] "About AFF – AFF – the Official Website of the Asean Football Federation". 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[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] "Calendar". www.aseanfootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). 24 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[8] "INAUGRAL [sic] AFF AWARDS 2013 TO HONOUR ASEAN FOOTBALL HEROES". 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[9] 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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International competitions	AFF Championship AFF Women's Championship AFF Futsal Championship AFF Beach Soccer Championship AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy
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