Asian Football Confederation
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| Abbreviation | AFC |
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| Motto | ONE ASIA ONE GOAL |
| Formation | 8 May 1954 |
| Type | Sport organisation |
| Headquarters | Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Region served
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Asia and Australia |
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Membership
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47 member associations |
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Official language
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English and Arabic |
| Salman Al-Khalifa | |
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Vice-president
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See list
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General Secretary
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Windsor Paul John (Acting) |
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Parent organization
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FIFA |
| Website | www |
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – which are instead members of UEFA. Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also UEFA members. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, and the Oceanian island of Guam, a territory of the United States, is also a member of AFC, in addition to Northern Mariana Islands, one of the Two Commonwealths of the United States. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries (both are Special administrative regions of China), are also members of the AFC.
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