Asian Football Confederation
AFC FIFA Country Points +/-
1 7 Australia 1965 1
2 10 Japan 1942
3 11 North Korea 1940 2
4 15 China PR 1842 1
5 20 South Korea 1812
6 32 Vietnam 1665 2
7 38 Thailand 1620 1
8 40 Chinese Taipei 1584
9 42 Uzbekistan 1543 1
10 44 Myanmar 1527 1
11 57 India 1432 1
12 69 Jordan 1419 1
13 67 Philippines 1369 2
14 70 Iran 1358 1
15 74 Hong Kong 1335 3
16 80 Guam 1282
17 83 Bahrain 1274 1
18 88 Malaysia 1238 1
19 92 Indonesia 1222 1
20 96 United Arab Emirates 1201 3
Women 's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA . [ 17 ] The table shows the current top thirty-one , last updated 13 December 2019 .
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 geographically 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. One of FIFA's six continental confederations, the AFC was formed officially on 8 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines, on the sidelines of the second Asian Games. The main headquarters is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The current president is Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.