ASEAN Football Federation

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 East Timor (not a member of ASEAN) and Australia (not a member of Southeast Asia or ASEAN).

ASEAN Football Federation
(AFF)
AFF logo
Formation31 January 1984[1]
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersPetaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Region served
Southeast Asia and Australia
Membership
12 member associations
Maj. Gen. Khiev Sameth
WebsiteASEANFootball.org

Other nations to join have been Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996),[1] East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013.[2]

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.[3] The ASEAN Football Federation headquarter was located on Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.[4]

List of presidents
No.PresidentYears
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.

CodeAssociationJoined inNational teamNational league
AUS Australia2013(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
BRU Brunei (Founding member)1984(Men)(Men)
CAM Cambodia1996(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
IDN Indonesia (Founding member)1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
LAO Laos1996(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
MAS Malaysia (Founding member)1984(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
MYA Myanmar1996(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-Leste2004(Men, Women)(Men, Women)
VIE Vietnam1996(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-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
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
National teams (Men)
AFF Championship 2018
Vietnam		 2nd
Malaysia		 2020
Southeast Asian Games Men's tournament 2019
Vietnam		 2nd
Indonesia		 2021
U-22 Championship 2019
Indonesia		 1st
Thailand		 2020
U-19 Championship 2019
Australia		 5th
Malaysia		 2020
U-16 Championship 2019
Malaysia		 2nd
Thailand		 2020
Club Championship 2005
Tampines Rovers		 1st
Pahang FA		 2021
National teams (Women)
Women's Championship 2019
Vietnam		 3rd
Thailand		 2020
Southeast Asian Games Women's tournament 2019
Vietnam		 6th
Thailand		 2021
U-19 Women's Championship 2014
Thailand		 1st
Vietnam		 2020
U-16 Girls' Championship 2019
Thailand		 3rd
Laos		 2020
Futsal (Men)
Futsal Championship 2019
Thailand		 15th
Indonesia		 2020
Southeast Asian Games Futsal 2017
Thailand		 4th
Malaysia		 2021
Futsal Club Championship 2019
PTT Chonburi Bluewave		 4th
Sanatech Khánh Hòa		 2020
Futsal (Women)
Southeast Asian Games Futsal 2017
Thailand		 4th
Vietnam		 2021
Women's Futsal Club Championship 2016
Jaya Kencana Angels		 1st
Khon Kaen Futsal Club		 TBA
Beach Soccer (Men)
Beach Soccer Championship 2019
Thailand		 1st
Vietnam		 2020

Rankings

Men's national football teams

Men's elo rankings

Ratings are calculated by Elo Ratings.

AFF AFC Elo Country Ratings +/−*
1 4 40  Australia 1712 2
2 16 104  Vietnam 1408 24
3 20 116  Thailand 1358 5
4 25 157  Malaysia 1201 18
4 28 170  Singapore 1142 11
5 29 172  Philippines 1152 5
7 31 179  Indonesia 1118 16
8 32 185  Myanmar 1047 1
9 37 207  Cambodia 838 1
10 42 221  Laos 690 1
11 44 226  Timor-Leste 638 1
12 45 228  Brunei 619 1

Last updated 22 December 2019
*Rank changes are based on 3-month rank changes from www.eloratings.net.

Women's national teams

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
YearRecipient
2013 Sultan Ahmad Shah
2016 Zaw Zaw

AFF Association of the Year
YearAssociation
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.
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See also

References
  1. "AFF - The Official Website Of The ASEAN Football Federation". About AFF. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. "Australia Officially in AFF". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  3. https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/about/
  4. https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/contact-us/
  5. AFF - Southeast Asian Football Federation Official Website - 12 Football Associations
  6. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 16 July 2020.
  7. Bhas Kunju (3 April 2013). "Singapore win big at AFF Awards 2013". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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