Asian Football Confederation

Members == Member associations ==

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five subregions: Central (four former Soviet Central Asian countries plus Afghanistan and Iran), East (eight East Asian nations and two Micronesian territories: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), South (five countries on the Indian Subcontinent plus Maldives and Sri Lanka), South East (eleven ASEAN countries plus Australia), and West (twelve Arab countries). Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), the Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam were the founding members. Former members == Competitions ==

AFC competitions National teams: ;Men • AFC Asian Cup • AFC Nations League • AFC U-23 Asian Cup • AFC U-20 Asian Cup • AFC U-17 Asian Cup • Asian Games Men's football • Asian Youth Games boys' football • AFC Futsal Asian Cup • AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup • Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games men's futsal • AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup • Asian Beach Games men's beach soccer ;Women • AFC Women's Asian Cup • AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup • AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup • Asian Games women's football • AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup • Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games women's futsal Esports • AFC eAsian Cup Clubs: ;Men • AFC Champions League Elite • AFC Champions League Two • AFC Challenge League ;Women • AFC Women's Champions League Defunct National teams: ;Men • AFC Solidarity Cup • AFC Challenge Cup • Afro-Asian Cup of Nations • AFC–OFC Challenge Cup • AFC U-14 Championship ;Women • AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship Clubs: ;Men • Asian Cup Winners' Cup • Asian Super Cup • Afro-Asian Club Championship • AFC Futsal Club Championship ;Women • AFC Women's Club Championship AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, which are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics. The top-ranked AFC tournament for men's association football clubs is the AFC Champions League Elite. The competition is an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup and gathers the top teams from the highest-ranked nations in Asia (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded). The top-ranked AFC tournament for women's association football clubs is the AFC Women's Champions League which was launched in the 2024–25 season. The second-tier men's tournament is the AFC Champions League Two, while the third-tier tournament is the AFC Challenge League, which were both revamped and rebranded in 2024. AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition. == Current title holders ==

Esports Defunct tournaments Titles by nation == Rankings ==

FIFA World Rankings Historical leaders ;Men's ImageSize = width:150 height:650 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:12/09/2005 till:10/07/2025 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:2006 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy • A line at the right side of the graph LineData = from:12/09/2005 till:end atpos:65 color:black width:0.5 Colors = id:KSA value:green id:IRN value:white id:JPN value:blue id:AUS value:yellow id:KOR value:red PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from:12/09/2005 till:12/07/2006 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:12/07/2006 till:22/11/2006 shift:(20,-4) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:22/11/2006 till:13/06/2007 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:13/06/2007 till:04/06/2008 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:04/06/2008 till:02/07/2008 shift:(20,-4) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:02/07/2008 till:12/11/2008 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:12/11/2008 till:02/02/2011 shift:(20,-4) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:02/02/2011 till:12/02/2012 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:12/02/2012 till:06/06/2012 shift:(20,0) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:06/06/2012 till:28/11/2013 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:28/11/2013 till:17/07/2014 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:17/07/2014 till:18/09/2014 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:18/09/2014 till:27/11/2014 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:27/11/2014 till:18/12/2014 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:18/12/2014 till:07/06/2018 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:07/06/2018 till:01/07/2018 shift:(20,0) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:01/07/2018 till:28/11/2019 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:28/11/2019 till: 16/09/2021 shift:(20,-2) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:16/09/2021 till:22/12/2022 shift:(20,+4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:22/12/2022 till: end shift:(20,-2) text:"Japan" color:JPN ImageSize = width:150 height:650 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:08/08/1993 till:12/09/2005 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1994 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy • A line at the right side of the graph LineData = from:08/08/1993 till:12/09/2005 atpos:65 color:black width:0.5 Colors = id:KSA value:green id:IRN value:white id:JPN value:blue id:AUS value:yellow id:KOR value:red PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from:08/08/1993 till:19/11/1993 shift:(20,-3) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:19/11/1993 till:22/08/1995 shift:(20,-3) text:"Saudi Arabia" color:KSA from:22/08/1995 till:19/09/1995 shift:(20,-5) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:19/09/1995 till:17/10/1995 shift:(20,-3) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:17/10/1995 till:15/07/1998 shift:(20,-5) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:15/07/1998 till:27/01/1999 shift:(20,-3) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:27/01/1999 till:24/02/1999 shift:(20,-5) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:24/02/1999 till:18/08/1999 shift:(20,-3) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:18/08/1999 till:12/04/2000 shift:(20,-3) text:"Saudi Arabia" color:KSA from:12/04/2000 till:07/06/2000 shift:(20,-5) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:07/06/2000 till:05/07/2000 shift:(20,-5) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:05/07/2000 till:11/10/2000 shift:(20,-5) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:11/10/2000 till:15/11/2000 shift:(20,-5) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:15/11/2000 till:20/12/2000 shift:(20,-5) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:20/12/2000 till:17/01/2001 shift:(20,-6) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:17/01/2001 till:14/02/2001 shift:(20,-3) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:14/02/2001 till:22/08/2001 shift:(20,-5) text:"Saudi Arabia" color:KSA from:22/08/2001 till:21/11/2001 shift:(20,-6) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:21/11/2001 till:03/07/2002 shift:(20,-5) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:03/07/2002 till:30/07/2003 shift:(20,-5) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:30/07/2003 till:22/10/2003 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:22/10/2003 till:14/04/2004 shift:(20,-4) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:14/04/2004 till:07/07/2004 shift:(20,-5) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:07/07/2004 till:04/08/2004 shift:(20,-4) text:"Korea Republic" color:KOR from:04/08/2004 till:15/06/2005 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:15/06/2005 till:20/07/2005 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN from:20/07/2005 till:17/08/2005 shift:(20,-4) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:17/08/2005 till:12/09/2005 shift:(20,-4) text:"Iran" color:IRN ;Women's ImageSize = width:150 height:650 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:16/07/2003 till:02/03/2025 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:2004 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy Colors = id:AUS value:yellow id:CHN value:red id:JPN value:blue id:PRK value:rgb(0.65, 0.15, 0) • A line at the right side of the graph LineData = from:16/07/2003 till:end atpos:65 color:black width:0.5 PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from:16/07/2003 till:25/03/2005 shift:(20,-7) text:"China" color:CHN from:25/03/2005 till:28/05/2010 shift:(20,-6) text:"North Korea" color:PRK from:28/05/2010 till:25/03/2016 shift:(20,-5) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:25/03/2016 till:24/03/2017 shift:(20,-4) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:24/03/2017 till:01/09/2017 shift:(20,-3) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:01/09/2017 till:22/06/2018 shift:(20,-3) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:22/06/2018 till:28/09/2018 shift:(20,-3) text:"Japan" color:JPN from:28/09/2018 till:20/08/2021 shift:(20,-3) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:20/08/2021 till:24/03/2023 shift:(20,-3) text:"North Korea" color:PRK from:24/03/2023 till:24/08/2023 shift:(20,-3) text:"Australia" color:AUS from:25/08/2023 till:end shift:(20,-3) text:"Japan" color:JPN Team of the Year Men Performances by countries Women Performances by countries Men's elo rankings World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members: Club Competitions Ranking The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC. Listed here are the top 30 countries. Beach soccer national teams Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Men's futsal Women's futsal == Tournament record ==

;Legend • – Champions • – Runners-up • – Third place • – Fourth place • – Semi-finals • QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present) • R3 — Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16) • R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32) • R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage) • — Qualified for upcoming tournament • — Qualified but withdrew • — Did not qualify • — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified •  — Hosts For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. FIFA World Cup AFC Asian Cup FIFA Women's World Cup Olympic Games Men's tournament Women's tournament AFC Women's Asian Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup FIFA Futsal World Cup FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup == See also ==