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According to FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), the earliest form of football (soccer) was played in China and it was dated back to centuries. [1] The game was called cuju and it was played as the same way as football - without using hands or arms and a player had to kick the ball through two goal posts to score a goal where the ball was made of leather.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. [a] The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia.
The football associations in this section represent fully and partially recognized sovereign states, dependent territories, and stateless nations that are not members of FIFA or a FIFA confederation. Several of these non-FIFA associations are included in the World Football Elo Ratings , which ranks all national association football teams from ...
EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 2022: Japan RR South Korea: 2025: EAFF U15 Men's Championship: 2023: China Final Japan: TBC East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament: 2023: Chinese Taipei RR Hong Kong: 2027: EAFF Futsal Championship: 2022 Japan South Korea: 2024: Women's national teams EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) 2022: Japan ...
Due to the geographical size of Asia, the AFC is subdivided into five sub-federations: West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) – represents countries at the western extremity of the continent, except Israel. East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) – represents nations in East Asia, plus Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The List of top-division football clubs in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) countries.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) includes all countries within the Asian territory as members, except Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chagos Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey, as most of them are affiliated with another confederation, or none ...
Association football, known more popularly as football, is considered the national sport of Singapore. [2] The country is home to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), the oldest football association in Asia with its roots coming from The Football Association in England. The national teams include the men's, women's and youth. Despite ...
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia.