A football association , also known as a football federation , soccer federation , or soccer association , is a governing body for association football . Many of them are members of the sport's regional bodies such as UEFA and CONMEBOL and the world governing body, FIFA . A small number have not yet applied for or been granted entry to these higher bodies. Below is a list of football associations for which there are articles.
9-520: Asian Football Confederation affiliated Confederation of African Football affiliated Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football affiliated North American Football Union Central American Football Union Caribbean Football Union South American Football Confederation affiliated Oceania Football Confederation affiliated Union of European Football Associations affiliated Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation ( AFC )
18-820: 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. FIFA Men's World Ranking FIFA Women's World Ranking World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members: The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in
27-835: Is the governing body of association football , beach soccer , and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia . The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan , British Hong Kong , Malaysia and Singapore . In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC. Notes The AFC has 47 member associations split into five subregions : Central (four Soviet Central Asian countries plus Afghanistan and Iran ), East (eight East Asian nations and two Micronesian territories: Guam and
36-941: The AFC , it was played in two legs. The Asian Super cup pitted the winner of the Asian Club Championship against the winner of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup . In 2002, the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged to form the AFC Champions League , as a result, the Asian Super Cup was discontinued. On only three occasions, the winner of the Club Chmapionship lost in this competition: in 1995, 1997 and 1998. The following table lists
45-644: The Northern Mariana Islands ), South (five countries on the Indian Subcontinent plus Maldives and Sri Lanka ), South East (ten ASEAN countries plus Australia and East Timor ), 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
54-603: The AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC. Listed here are the top 30 countries. Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week. (*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches). For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. * Australia qualified for FIFA WC for six times, two as OFC member and four as AFC member. Notes: Asian Super Cup The Asian Super Cup
63-843: 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
72-525: The founding members. National teams: Esports Clubs: Defunct National teams: Clubs: 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
81-445: Was an annual football competition between the winners of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup . The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged into the AFC Champions League . The most successful clubs in the competition are Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea . The Asian Super Cup started and organized in 1995 by
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