Member of AFC

History

The Asian Football Confederation was founded on 8 May 1954. Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China (Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and South Vietnam were founding members.
The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) is the section of the AFC who manage women's football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 the ALFC merged with the AFC. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation helped organise the AFC Women's Asian Cup, first held in 1975, as well as the AFC's AFC U-19 Women's Championship and the AFC U-17 Women's Championship.

Members

AFC regional federations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into five regions.

• 12 from West Asia
• 6 from Central Asia
• 7 from South Asia
• 10 from East Asia
• 12 from South East Asia

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	AFC affiliation	IOC member
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
BHR	Bahrain	(M, W)	1957	1968	1969	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	(M, W)	1948	1950	1970	Yes
JOR	Jordan	(M, W)	1949	1956	1970	Yes
KUW	Kuwait	(M, W)	1952	1964	1964	Yes
LIB	Lebanon	(M, W)	1933	1936	1964	Yes
OMA	Oman	(M, W)	1978	1980	1980	Yes
PLE	Palestine	(M, W)	1928	1995	1995	Yes
QAT	Qatar	(M, W)	1960	1972	1974	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	(M, W)	1956	1956	1972	Yes
SYR	Syria	(M, W)	1936	1937	1970	Yes
UAE	United Arab Emirates	(M, W)	1971	1974	1974	Yes
YEM	Yemen	(M, W)	1962	1980	1980	Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	1933	1948	1954	Yes
IRN	Iran	(M, W)	1920	1948	1954	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	(M, W)	1992	1994	1993	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	(M, W)	1936	1994	1993	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	(M, W)	1992	1994	1993	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	(M, W)	1946	1994	1993	Yes
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
BAN	Bangladesh	(M, W)	1972	1976	1973	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	(M, W)	1983	2000	1993	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	1937	1948	1954	Yes
MDV	Maldives	(M, W)	1982	1986	1984	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	1951	1972	1954	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	1947	1948	1954	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	1939	1952	1954	Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
CHN	China	(M, W)	1924	1931	1974	Yes
GUM	Guam2	(M, W)	1975	1996	1991	Yes6
HKG	Hong Kong	(M, W)	1914	1954	1954	Yes
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	1921	1921	1954	Yes
PRK	North Korea	(M, W)	1945	1958	1974	Yes
KOR	South Korea	(M, W)	1928	1948	1954	Yes
MAC	Macau	(M, W)	1939	1978	1978	Yes
MNG	Mongolia	(M, W)	1959	1998	1993	Yes
NMI	Northern Mariana Islands1,2	(M, W)	2005	N/A	2009	No5
TPE	Chinese Taipei3	(M, W)	1936	1954	1954	Yes
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
AUS	Australia2,4	(M, W)	1961	1963	2006	Yes6
BRU	Brunei	(M, W)	1959	1972	1969	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	(M, W)	1933	1954	1954	Yes
IDN	Indonesia	(M, W)	1930	1952	1954	Yes
LAO	Laos	(M, W)	1951	1952	1968	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	(M, W)	1933	1954	1954	Yes
MYA	Myanmar	(M, W)	1947	1948	1954	Yes
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	1907	1930	1954	Yes
SIN	Singapore	(M, W)	1892	1952	1954	Yes
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	1916	1925	1954	Yes
TLS	East Timor	(M, W)	2002	2005	2002	Yes
VIE	Vietnam	(M, W)	1960	1964	1978	Yes

1: Associate AFC member, non-FIFA member.
2: Oceania country or territory, but AFC member.
3: Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
4: Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–2006), joined AFC.
5: Part of the United States Olympic Committee.
6: Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than Olympic Council of Asia.

  Former members

• Israel Football Association 1954–1974; joined UEFA in 1994 because they were excluded from AFC competitions, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait which was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.
• New Zealand Football 1964; founding member of OFC in 1966
• Football Federation of Kazakhstan 1992–2002; joined UEFA in 2002