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| Abbreviation | AFF |
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| Formation | 31 January 1984[1] |
| Type | Sports organisation |
| Headquarters | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
Region served | Southeast Asia and Australia |
Membership | 12 member associations |
| Maj. Gen. Khiev Sameth | |
| Website | ASEANFootball.org |
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 Australia and East Timor, who are both currently not a part of the regional intergovernmental organization.
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.[2] The ASEAN Football Federation headquarter was located on Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.[3]
Other nations that have joined the federation since have been Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (all in 1996),[1] East Timor in 2004, and Australia in 2013.[4]
List of presidents
| No. | President | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Code | Association | Joined in | National team | National league |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 2013 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
| BRU |  Brunei (Founding member) | 1984 | (Men) | (Men) |
| CAM | Cambodia | 1996 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
| IDN | Indonesia (Founding member) | 1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
| LAO |  Laos | 1996 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
| MAS | Malaysia (Founding member) | 1984 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
| MYA |  Myanmar | 1996 | (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-Leste | 2004 | (Men, Women) | (Men, Women) |
| VIE |  Vietnam | 1996 | (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-22 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). ASEAN Club Championship which has stopped rolling since 2005 is planned to be held again in 2021 as the main AFF football club competition.
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National teams (Men's) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AFF Championship | 2018 |  Vietnam | 2nd |  Malaysia | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian Games Men's tournament | 2019 | Vietnam | 2nd |  Indonesia | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U-22 Championship | 2019 | Indonesia | 1st |  Thailand | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U-19 Championship | 2019 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 5th | Malaysia | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U-16 Championship | 2019 | Malaysia | 2nd | Thailand | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Futsal Championship | 2019 | Thailand | 15th | Indonesia | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian Games Futsal | 2017 | Thailand | 4th | Malaysia | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beach Soccer Championship | 2019 | Thailand | 1st | Vietnam | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National teams (Women's) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's Championship | 2019 | Vietnam | 3rd | Thailand | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian Games Women's tournament | 2019 | Vietnam | 6th | Thailand | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U-19 Women's Championship | 2014 | Thailand | 1st | Vietnam | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U-16 Girls' Championship | 2019 | Thailand | 3rd |  Laos | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian Games Futsal | 2017 | Thailand | 4th | Vietnam | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club teams (Men's) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club Championship | 2005 |  Tampines Rovers | 1st | Pahang FA | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Futsal Club Championship | 2019 | PTT Chonburi Bluewave | 4th | Sanatech Khánh Hòa | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club teams (Women's) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's Futsal Club Championship | 2016 | Jaya Kencana Angels | 1st | Khon Kaen Futsal Club | TBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||