ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation

Map of members
Abbreviation	AFF
Formation	31 January 1984 (1984-01-31)[1]
Founded at	Jakarta, Indonesia
Type	Football organisation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served	Southeast Asia and 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]

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]

Year	Name
1984–1994	Haji Kardono
1994–1996	Vijit Ketkaew
1996–2007	Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen
2007–2019	Sultan Ahmad Shah
2019–	Khiev Sameth

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 F	(Men, Women)
BRU	Brunei Darussalam*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men)
CAM	Cambodia	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
TLS	East Timor	2004	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
IDN	Indonesia*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
LAO	Laos	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
MAS	Malaysia*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
MYA	Myanmar	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
PHI	Philippines*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
SGP	Singapore*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
THA	Thailand*	1984	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)
VIE	Vietnam	1996	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	(Men, Women)

Notes

(*) Founding member

Men's

• ASEAN Championship
• ASEAN U-23 Championship
• ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship
• ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship
• ASEAN Futsal Championship
• ASEAN Beach Soccer Championship

Women's

• ASEAN Women's Championship
• ASEAN Women's Cup
• ASEAN U-19 Women's Championship
• ASEAN U-16 Women's Championship
• ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship

Men's

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

Women's

• ASEAN Women's Futsal Club Championship

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition[6]
Men's national teams
ASEAN Championship		2024 (Final)	Vietnam	3rd	Thailand		2026
ASEAN U-23 Championship		2025	Vietnam	3rd	Indonesia		2027
ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship		2024	Indonesia	2nd	Thailand		2026
ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship		2024	Australia	3rd	Thailand		2026
SEA Games Men's Football Tournament		2023 (Final)	Indonesia	3rd	Thailand		2025 (Final)
ASEAN Futsal Championship		2024	Indonesia	2nd	Vietnam		2026
SEA Games Men's Futsal Tournament		2021	Thailand	5th	Indonesia		2025
ASEAN Beach Soccer Championship		2022	Thailand	2nd	Malaysia		2025
Women's national teams
ASEAN Women's Championships		2022 (Final)	Philippines	1st	Thailand		2025
ASEAN Women's Cup		2024	Indonesia	1st	Cambodia		2026
U-19 Women's Championship		2025	Thailand	3rd	Vietnam		2027
U-16 Women's Championship		2019	Thailand	3rd	Laos		2025
SEA Games Women's Football Tournament		2023 (Final)	Vietnam	8th	Myanmar		2025 (Final)
ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship		2024	Vietnam	1st	Thailand		2026
SEA Games Women's Futsal Tournament		2021	Thailand	5th	Vietnam		2025
Men's club teams
ASEAN Club Championship		2024–25 (Final)	Buriram United	1st	Cong An Hanoi FC		2025–26
Futsal Club Championship		2023 (Final)	Black Steel Papua	1st	Hongyen Thakam		2026
Women's club teams
Women's Futsal Club Championship		2016 (Final)	Jaya Kencana Angels	1st	Khon Kaen		TBD

As of 5 January 2025

Nation	National team								National team (women)							Club			Total
	Ch	SEA	U23	U19	U16	Futs	SeaF	BS	Ch	Cu	SEA	U19	U16	Futs	SeaF	ACC	FutsM	FutsW
Thailand	7	16	1	5	3	16	5	2	4		5	3	3		5	1	6		82
Vietnam	3	3	3	1	3			1	3		8			1				2	28
Indonesia		3	1	2	2	2				1							3	1	15
Malaysia	1	6		2	2			1											12
Australia				5	3				1			1	1						11
Myanmar		5		2	2				2										11
Singapore	4															1			5
Japan*				1	1				1										3
Philippines									1										1
India*																1			1
Iran*				1															1
Brunei																			0
Cambodia																			0
Laos																			0
Timor-Leste																			0
Total	14	33	4	19	16	18	5	4	12	0	13	3	5	1	5	2	9	3

Notes

(*) Champion as an invited team.

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
Australia[a]	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R16	GS[b]	GS	GS	R16	Q			7
Indonesia[c]	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	TBD			1

Team	2002	2018	2022	2026	Years
Thailand	5th	6th	•	•	2
Indonesia	•	×	•	4th	1
Vietnam	•	•	6th	•	1

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 (32)	Years
Australia[a]	×	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	QF	R16	4th		8
Thailand	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	GS	•		2
Philippines	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS		1
Vietnam	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1

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 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
Indonesia	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	×	R16	Q		6
Vietnam	4th	4th	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	GS			5
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS			4
Cambodia	•	×	×	•	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•		1
Myanmar	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	•			1
Philippines	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	GS	•			1
Singapore	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1

Teams	2013	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	2026	Years
Vietnam	•	GS	2nd	GS	QF	QF		5
Thailand	•	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS		5
Malaysia	•	•	QF	•	GS	GS		3
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	4th		1
Myanmar	GS	•	•	•	•	•		1

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
Thailand				7th	6th	6th	12th	6th	10th	11th	4th	15th	4th	4th	7th	7th	4th	18th	14th	15
Malaysia			13th	3rd	10th	10th	3rd	7th	14th	15th	12th	12th		17th	23rd	16th	19th	12th		15
Vietnam ( South Vietnam)		7th	7th	4th	7th	9th							17th	19th	15th	14th	12th	4th	17th	11
Indonesia	6th	4th	3rd	5th	5th	5th				4th	DQ	DQ			27th		11th	10th	11th	10
Myanmar ( Burma)	5th	3rd	11th	DQ	1st	1st	7th	12th	13th			16th	DQ					19th	10th	10
Singapore		9th	10th		4th						11th				26th	19th	17th			7
Philippines		11th	8th	8th			15th													4
Laos													21st				27th	23rd		3
Timor-Leste																	28th	24th		2
Cambodia						7th							19th							2
Brunei												DQ	DQ							0

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 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)	2025 (48)	Years
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	Q	2

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	R2	7
Vietnam								R2	R2		2
Malaysia			R1								1

FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup record
Team	2025 (16)	Years
Philippines	Q	1
Thailand	Q	1

AFF Men's National Football Team Ranking By FIFA
Update: 3 April 2025.
Next update: 10 July 2025.

AFF Women's National Football Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 6 March 2025
Next Update: 12 June 2025

AFF Men's National Futsal Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 11 October 2024

AFF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	11	Thailand	1334.76
2	28	Indonesia	1142.84
3	34	Vietnam	1117.02
4	49	Australia	1049.01
5	55	Myanmar	1024.20
6	64	Laos	995.28
7	81	Malaysia	971.06
8	95	Philippines	943.99
9	110	Timor-Leste	903.70
10	116	Brunei	882.51
11	124	Cambodia	857.22
*	*	Singapore	-

Note: (*) Inactive

AFF Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by FIFA
Update: 4 April 2025

AFF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	5	Thailand	1201.61
2	11	Vietnam	1135.7
3	17	Indonesia	1064.15
4	28	Malaysia	987.72
5	37	Myanmar	929.53
6	55	Philippines	885.12
*	*	Australia	–
*	*	Laos	–
*	*	Brunei	–
*	*	Cambodia	–
*	*	Singapore	–
*	*	Timor-Leste	–

Note: (*) Inactive

AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: 16 September 2024

AFF	Country	Points
1	Thailand	218.25
2	Malaysia	50.25
3	Indonesia	50.25
*	Australia	–
*	Brunei	–
*	Cambodia	–
*	Laos	–
*	Myanmar	–
*	Philippines	–
*	Singapore	–
*	Timor-Leste	–
*	Vietnam	–

Note: (*) Inactive

AFF Women's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWW
Update: 16 September 2024

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

Note: (*) Inactive

AFF Men's National Football League Ranking by AFC

AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2025 - footyrankings

Update: 15 June 202

AFF	League	Points	Current champions	Most championship in the league
1	Thai League 1	46.648	Buriram United	Buriram United (10)
2	A-League Men	32.124	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney (5)
3	Malaysia Super League	31.361	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Johor Darul Ta'zim (10)
4	V.League 1	29.038	Thép Xanh Nam Định	Viettel, Hà Nội (6)
5	Singapore Premier League	19.239	Lion City Sailors	Warriors (9)
6	Philippines Football League	15.372	Kaya–Iloilo	United City (4)
7	Liga 1 Indonesia	13.607	Persib Bandung	Persipura Jayapura (5)
8	Cambodian Premier League	10.762	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	Phnom Penh Crown (8)
9	Myanmar National League	7.337	Shan United	Shan United (6)
10	Lao Premier League	2.375	Ezra	Lao Army (8)
11	Brunei Super League	0.090	Kasuka	MS ABDB (4)
12	Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão	0.000	Karketu Dili	Karketu Dili (3)

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]

Year	Recipient
2013	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2015	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
2017	Zaw Zaw

Year	Recipient
2013	Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen
2015	Dato' Sri Paul Mony Samuel
2017	Haji Kardono

Year	Association
2013	Myanmar
2015	Myanmar
2017	Vietnam
2019	Indonesia

Year	Men	Women
2013	Singapore	Vietnam
2015	Thailand	Thailand
2017	Thailand	Thailand
2019	Vietnam	Thailand

Year	Name	Club
2013	Shahril Ishak	LionsXII
2015	Chanathip Songkrasin	BEC Tero Sasana
2017	Chanathip Songkrasin	Muangthong United
2019	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội

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

Year	Name	Club
2013	Keoviengphet Liththideth	Ezra
2015	Aung Thu	Yadanarbon
2017	Đoàn Văn Hậu	Hà Nội
2019	Suphanat Mueanta	Buriram United

Year	Men
2013	Thailand
2015	Thailand
2017	Thailand
2019	Thailand

Year	Name	Club
2013	Suphawut Thueanklang	Chonburi Bluewave
2015	Jetsada Chudech	Rajnavy
2017	Jirawat Sornwichian	Chonburi Bluewave
2019	Trần Văn Vũ	Thái Sơn Nam

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

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

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

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	Chrerng Polroth	Phnom Penh Crown	Group B Cambodia vs Vietnam, 25 November 2016.
2018	Syahmi Safari	Selangor	Semi Final (2nd leg) Thailand vs Malaysia, 5 December 2018.

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 Sieng Chanthea 2019

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