Asian Football Confederation

Summary

Asian Football Confederation is an international sport governing body^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of international_sport_governing_body entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,412 views/month, #2 of 247).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asian Football Confederation was a member of FIFA^[3].
• Asian Football Confederation is in the country of Malaysia^[4].
• Asian Football Confederation's instance of is recorded as international sport governing body^[5].
• Asian Football Confederation's instance of is recorded as umbrella organization^[6].
• Asian Football Confederation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[7].
• Asian Football Confederation's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Asian Football Confederation's official language is recorded as Arabic^[9].
• Asian Football Confederation's logo image is recorded as Asian Football Confederation emblem.svg^[10].
• Asian Football Confederation's headquarters location is recorded as Kuala Lumpur^[11].
• Asian Football Confederation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 265741855^[12].
• Asian Football Confederation's GND ID is recorded as 5287869-7^[13].
• Asian Football Confederation's locator map image is recorded as Asian Football Confederation member associations map.svg^[14].
• Asian Football Confederation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2005209199^[15].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Australia^[16].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Association of Brunei Darussalam^[17].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Federation of Cambodia^[18].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Association of Indonesia^[19].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Lao Football Federation^[20].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Association of Malaysia^[21].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Myanmar Football Federation^[22].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Association of Singapore^[23].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Philippine Football Federation^[24].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Football Association of Thailand^[25].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste^[26].
• Asian Football Confederation's child organization or unit is recorded as Vietnam Football Federation^[27].

Body

Founding

+1954-05-08T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asian Football Confederation^[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Manila^[29].

Identity

Asian Football Confederation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'إي إف سي'}^[30].

Leadership

Asian Football Confederation's chairperson is recorded as Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa^[31].

Operations

Asian Football Confederation's headquarters location is recorded as Kuala Lumpur^[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as FIFA^[32]. Subsidiaries include Football Australia^[16], an association football federation^[33], in Australia^[34], founded in 1961^[35], headquartered in Sydney^[36]; Football Association of Brunei Darussalam^[17], an association football federation^[37], in Brunei^[38], founded in 1959^[39]; Football Federation of Cambodia^[18], an association football federation^[40], in Cambodia^[41], founded in 1933^[42]; Football Association of Indonesia^[19], an association football federation^[43], in Indonesia^[44], founded in 1930^[45]; Lao Football Federation^[20], an association football federation^[46], in Laos^[47], founded in 1951^[48]; and Football Association of Malaysia^[21], an association football federation^[49], in Malaysia^[50], founded in 1933^[51].

Why It Matters

Asian Football Confederation ranks in the top 0.81% of international_sport_governing_body entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,412 views/month, #2 of 247).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[52] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]