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. 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), East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013, although the latter had been considered an invited affiliate of the AFF since their move to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, 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).
Video ASEAN Football Federation
Member associations
AFF has 12 member associations, all of whom are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Maps ASEAN Football Federation
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
Defunct competitions
Rankings
Elo ratings
Ratings are calculated by FIFA.
Last updated 10 October 2017
Women's national teams
Presidents
AFF Awards
- As of 23 September 2017.
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
AFF Association of the Year
AFF National Team of the Year
AFF Player of the Year (Men's)
AFF Player of the Year (Women's)
AFF Youth Player of the Year
AFF Futsal Team of the Year
AFF Futsal Player of the Year
AFF Coach of the Year
AFF Referee of the Year
AFF Assistant Referee of the Year
Best Goal in the AFF Suzuki Cup
See also
- AFF Player of the Year
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- Central Asian Football Federation (CAFF)
- East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
- South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
- West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
References
External links
- ASEAN Football Federation Official site
- AFF Suzuki Cup Official site
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