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[The flag of Asian Football Confederation]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 04 June 2011
Emblem by Asian Football Confederation

AFC member associations

The current AFC football association members are:

Codes from FIFA

AFC Full members (45)

Country ABREVIATION FIFA MEMBER FOUNDED

AFGHANISTAN AFG 1948 1933 BAHRAIN BAH 1966 1957 BANGLADESH BGD 1972 1974 BHUTAN BHU 2000 1983 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BRU 1969 1959 CAMBODIA CAM 1953 1933 CHINA CHN 1934 1924 CHINESE TAIPEI TPE 1954 1936 DEM. PEO. REP. OF KOREA PRK 1958 1945 GUAM GUM 1996 1976 HONG KONG HKG 1954 1914 INDIA IND 1948 1937 INDONESIA IDN 1952 1930 IRAQ IRQ 1950 1948 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IRN 1945 1920 JAPAN JPN 1929 1921 JORDAN JOR 1958 1949 KOREA KOR 1948 1928 KUWAIT KUW 1962 1952 KYRGYZSTAN KGZ 1994 1992 LAO PEO. DEM. REP. LAO 1952 1951 LEBANON LIB 1935 1935 MACAO MAC 1976 1939 MALAYSIA MAS 1956 1933 MALDIVES MDV 1986 1982 MONGOLIA MGL 1998 1959 MYANMAR MYA 1957 1947 NEPAL NEP 1970 1951 OMAN OMA 1980 1978 PAKISTAN PAK 1948 1947 PALESTINE PAL 1998 1928 PHILIPPINES PHI 1928 1907 QATAR QAT 1970 1960 SAUDI ARABIA KSA 1959 1959 SINGAPORE SIN 1952 1892 SRI LANKA SRI 1950 1939 SYRIA SYR 1937 1936 TAJIKISTAN TJK 1994 1936 THAILAND THA 1925 1916 TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) TLS 2005 2002 TURKMENISTAN TKM 1994 1992 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UAE 1972 1971 UZBEKISTAN UZB 1994 1946 VIETNAM VIE 1964 1962 YEMEN YEM 1980 1962

Current AFC flag and emblem

The 61st FIFA congress was held at Hellenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on 31 May - 01 June 2011 (www.fifa.com). Flags of the 208 member associations plus those of FIFA six continental confederations, International Olympic Committee, United Nations and FIFA itself were hoisted on the ceiling of Hellenstadion convention center.
Out of the photo gallery published by FIFA in its official website, I share the following notes:
- Chinese Taipei flag was a blue one with old association's emblem: plum blosoom with sun, ying-yang and footballs.
- The Curazao flag (blue with yellow stripe and white stars) is already hoisted, there is no flag for the defunc Netherlands Antilles.
- The Somalia flag was hoisted upside-down, e.g. downwar five-pointed star.
- The OFC flag is white withe the new emblem and abbreviation.
- The AFC flag is white.
- The UEFA flag is blue with the confederation's emblem
- The CONCACAF is white.
- The CAF flag bears the new logo on white background.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 04 June 2011

Previous AFC flag

The first and oldest emblem of the Assian Fooball Association was in since 1954, and replaced in October 2001. The emblem consiste of a shield bearing the initial of the body: AFC above a football-ball and beneath a scroll that read "Asia".
The emblem used to be employed on yellow or green clothes.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, February 24, 2003.

AFC old flag: yellow variant

[AFC old flag, yellow variant]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán
Emblem by Bülent Bekir Kurhan, from High Quality Football Logos

AFC old flag: green variant

[AFC old flag, green variant]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán
Emblem by Bülent Bekir Kurhan, from High Quality Football Logos

AFC old flag: new logo on blue variant

[The flag of Asian Football Confederation]
Flag by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 2005.
Emblem by Asian Football Confederation

A new flag of the Asian Football Confederation -AFC-, adopted in October 2001.
This is a blue field (like FIFA's) with the new AFC's logo. The motto reads: The future is Asia.
The flag was seen during the Preliminary Draw of the AFC Nations Cup to be held by the People's Republic of China in 2004.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, February 24, 2003.

AFC Fair Play flag

[[International Volleyball Federation flag]](../images/i/int@afc-fp.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 05 January 2014

There seems to be an AFC fair play flag. In the following picturesa picture taken on March 15, 2011.
Source: http://blog.qnet.net/2011/03/afc-champions-league-match-day-2-results/ andhttp://blog.qnet.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/QNet-Flag-Bearers.jpg,
a picture taken on October 31, 2012
Source: http://blog.qnet.net/2012/10/dont-miss-the-afc-2012-champions-league-semi-final-match-between-ksa-teams-al-ahli-and-al-ittihad/
they show the AFC fair play logo on a blue flag, vindicating the same fair play principles as FIFA's. These images were taken during the AFC Champions league competition, the most important club competition organized by the AFC.
Esteban Rivera,