ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation
(AFF)
	AFF logo
Abbreviation	AFF
Formation	31 January 1984[1]
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Region served	Southeast Asia and Australia
Membership	12 member associations
President	Maj. Gen. Khiev Sameth
Website	ASEANFootball.org

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is a smaller organisation within the greater Asian Football Confederation (AFC), 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 Southeast Asian Nations, although the AFF also includes Australia and East Timor, who are both currently not a part of the regional intergovernmental organization.

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

History

ASEAN Football Federation was founded on 31 January 1984 by the meeting in Jakarta of six founding member are Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. The idea of founding the federation came from the initial meeting of founding the sub-continential 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]

List of presidents

No.	President	Years
1	H. Kardono	1984–1994
2	Vijit Ketkaew	1994–1996
3	Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen	1996–1998
4	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah	2007–2019
5	Maj. Gen. Khiev Sameth	2019–2023

Member associations

AFF 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, 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–EAFF Champions Trophy (cooperate with EAFF), 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-22 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). ASEAN Club Championship which has stopped rolling since 2005 is planned to be held again in 2021 as the main AFF football club competition.

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

Current title holders

Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
National teams (Men's)
AFF Championship	2018	Vietnam	2nd	Malaysia	2021
Southeast Asian Games Men's tournament	2019	Vietnam	2nd	Indonesia	2021
U-22 Championship	2019	Indonesia	1st	Thailand	2021
U-19 Championship	2019	Australia	5th	Malaysia	2021
U-16 Championship	2019	Malaysia	2nd	Thailand	2021
Futsal Championship	2019	Thailand	15th	Indonesia	2021
Southeast Asian Games Futsal	2017	Thailand	4th	Malaysia	2021
Beach Soccer Championship	2019	Thailand	1st	Vietnam	2021
National teams (Women's)
Women's Championship	2019	Vietnam	3rd	Thailand	2021
Southeast Asian Games Women's tournament	2019	Vietnam	6th	Thailand	2021
U-19 Women's Championship	2014	Thailand	1st	Vietnam	2021
U-16 Girls' Championship	2019	Thailand	3rd	Laos	2021
Southeast Asian Games Futsal	2017	Thailand	4th	Vietnam	2021
Club teams (Men's)
Club Championship	2005	Tampines Rovers	1st	Pahang FA	2021
Futsal Club Championship	2019	PTT Chonburi Bluewave	4th	Sanatech Khánh Hòa	2021
Club teams (Women's)
Women's Futsal Club Championship	2016	Jaya Kencana Angels	1st	Khon Kaen Futsal Club	TBA

Rankings

Men's national football teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA. [6]

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Country	Points
1	4	41	Australia	1457
2	14	93	Vietnam	1258
3	20	111	Thailand	1178
4	23	124	Philippines	1136
5	25	134	Myanmar	1081
6	31	153	Malaysia	1040
7	33	158	Singapore	1020
8	35	173	Indonesia	964
9	35	173	Cambodia	964
10	39	188	Laos	912
11	42	191	Brunei	904
12	43	196	Timor-Leste	879

Last updated 10 December 2020.

Top Ranked Men's National Football Teams

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	1	7	Australia	1963
2	5	34	Vietnam	1657	1
3	6	38	Thailand	1596	1
4	9	44	Myanmar	1511	1
5	11	65	Philippines	1369	2
6	13	83	Malaysia	1238	7
7	14	87	Indonesia	1222	7
8	32	**	Singapore	1089
9	32	**	Laos	1273
10	32	**	Cambodia	1069
11	32	**	Timor-Leste	981

Last updated 14 August 2020

* 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

AFC Club Competitions ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by the AFC.

Last update 4 October 2020.

AFF	AFC	League	Points	Points (100%)	+/−
1	8	Thai League 1	36.300	62.460	1
2	13	Philippines Football League	18.745	32.254	1
3	16	V.League 1	16.818	28.938
4	17	A-League	15.800	27.187	6
5	18	Singapore Premier League	14.888	25.617	1
6	19	Malaysia Super League	12.478	21.470	1
7	24	Liga 1	9.145	15.735	4
8	28	Myanmar National League	6.962	11.979	1
9	30	C-League	4.933	8.488	1
10	36	Lao Premier League	0.633	1.089	1
11	43	Brunei Super League	0.000	0.000
11	42	Liga Futebol Timor-Leste	0.000	0.000

AFF Awards

As of 23 September 2017.[7]

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."

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	Sultan Ahmad Shah
2016	Zaw Zaw

AFF Association of the Year

Year	Association
2013	Myanmar
2015	Myanmar
2017	Vietnam
2019	Indonesia

AFF National Team of the Year

Year	National Team (men's)	National Team (women's)
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 W.F.C.
2015	Nisa Romyen	North Bangkok University
2017	Waraporn Boonsing	BG-Bandit Asia
2019	Pitsamai Sornsai	Chonburi Sports School

AFF Youth Player of the Year

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	National Futsal Team
2013	Thailand
2015	Thailand
2017	Thailand
2019	Thailand

AFF Futsal Player of the Year

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's Team)	Name	(Women's Team)	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	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
2019	Sivakorn Pu-Udom	Jacewicz Katherine Margaret

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
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 FA	Group A Singapore vs Indonesia, 25 November 2016.
2018	Syahmi Safari	Selangor FA	Semi Final (2nd leg) Thailand vs Malaysia, 5 December 2018.

References

"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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.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.
"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 17 September 2020. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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)
AFF Suzuki Cup official website (in English)

ASEAN

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[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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.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] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 17 September 2020. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

[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.