Asia
Introduction
This page covers football in Asia and reference should be made to the 47 members of AFC below.
Australian State Championships
With time it is hoped to expand coverage for each country to cover:
1. A short football summary with map. 2. Main soccer databases and stats sources. 3. Current league tables and results. 4. Historic league tables and results. 5. National football cup results and scores. 6. Football club statistics records and information. 7. Players statistics records and soccer base stats. 8. Other footy sources and interesting links. 9. Betting and relevant statistics. |
The RSSSF Archive
RSSSF provides a tremendous archive containing Asian Championship and Cup results as well as domestic league results and tables for the main levels in most countries in Asia. Sections that may be of particular interest include:
1. RSSSF Archive - Domestic Results (Asia and Oceania)
2. Asian Champions Cup
3. Asian Nations Cup
1. RSSSF Archive - Domestic Results (Asia and Oceania)
2. Asian Champions Cup
3. Asian Nations Cup
AFC
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. The transcontinental countries of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey are members of UEFA along with the Asian country of Israel. In contrast Australia and the Oceanian nation of Guam are a members of the AFC.
The AFC was founded on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, and is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. Their main headquarters is located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 12 founder members were Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. The AFC administers the Asian Cup, a competition for the national football teams of Asia held every four years, as well as the Asian World Cup Qualifying Tournament and the AFC Challenge Cup. |
It also runs the Asian Olympics qualifying tournament. The AFC also oversees three levels of annual international club competitions.
The most prestigious is the AFC Champions League tournament which was established in 2002/03 with the amalgamation of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup. The other competitions are the AFC Cup for developing nations and the AFC President's Cup for emerging nations. There are 4 regional federations: 1. ASEAN Football Federation 2. East Asian Football Federation 3. Central and South Asian Football Federation 4. West Asian Football Federation |