Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the govrenin bouk o association fitbaw in Asie. It has 47 member countries, maistly locatit on the Asie continent. All the transcontinental countries wi territory in baith Europe an Asie are members o UEFA (Azerbaijan, Armenie, Georgie, Kazakhstan, Roushie, an Turkey). Israel is a UEFA member even tho it lees entirely in Asie an aw. On the ither haund, Australie, umwhile in the OFC, haes been in the AFC since 2006, an the Oceanie island o Guam, a territory o the Unitit States, is a member o AFC an aw.
Abbreviation | AFC |
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Motto | The Future is Asia |
Formation | 8 Mey 1954 |
Teep | Sports organization |
Heidquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysie |
Region served | Asia |
Membership | 47 member associations |
Salman Al-Khalifa | |
Vice-president | Zhang Jilong[1] |
General Secretary | Alex Soosay[2] |
Parent organisation | FIFA |
Wabsteid | www.The-AFC.com |
Ane o FIFA's sax continental confederations, the AFC wis formit offeecially on 8 Mey 1954 in Manila, Philippines, on the sidelines o the seicont Asie Gemmes. The 12 foonder members wur Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Cheenese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indie, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sooth Korea, an Vietnam.[3] The main heidquairters is locatit in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysie. The current preses is Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa o Bahrain.
References
Freemit airtins
- Offeecial AFC wabsteid (in Inglis) (in Arabic)
- Asian Football Confederation at www.SoccerLens.com Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
- AFC ranking League Archived 2014-01-01 at the Wayback Machine