February 19 – UEFA has collaborated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on a Girls’ Grassroots Participation and Coach Education workshop in Kuala Lumpur, strengthening the two bodies’ collaboration on the development of the women’s game.
January 30 – The Asian Football Confederation has graduated the latest cohort of its AFC Certificate in Football Administration and Management (ACFAM) programme, with 10 participants completing the hybrid course in Indonesia as part of the Garuda Academy framework.
January 19 – The AFC has confirmed Visa will join its Official Global Supporter roster for both the Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 and the U23 Asian Cup (currently underway), extending the payments giant’s long-standing commercial relationship with Asian football.
December 29 – Vietnamese telco Viettel has acquired rights to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) national team and club competitions in a multi-year deal starting January 1, 2026.
November 28 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has wrapped up its 2025 Integrity Education Programme, reaffirming its determination to stay ahead of the threats facing the game across the continent.
November 25 – CommBank will become the Official Regional Partner of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026, backing the tournament as it returns to Australia for the first time in two decades.
November 24 – Malt behemoth Barbican has extended its partnership with the Asian Football Confederation as ‘a global supporter’ of the club competitions for the 2025-26 season.
November 20 – With just over 100 days until kick-off at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has unveiled two major developments that set the tone for a landmark edition of the tournament.
November 19 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will mark 100 days to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 with a public event in Sydney’s Martin Place on Friday, signalling the start of the final promotional push ahead of what is expected to be a record-breaking continental tournament.
November 12 – Asia’s next generation of football stars took centre stage this week as the AFC honoured the continent’s top youth developers at the AFC Special Youth Awards 2025, held alongside the 4th AFC Grassroots Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
November 11 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Grassroots Panel gathered in Kuala Lumpur with one clear message coming out of it – Asia’s football revolution still starts from the ground up.
October 20 – The AFC wrapped up its week in Saudi Arabia at the weekend with the closing of its Member Associations and Regional Associations Presidents’ and General Secretaries’ Conference 2025.
October 16 – AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, reflecting on the successes of the AFC member nations over the past year also reminded his national associations that football has a social role to play and that their solidarity with and support for Palestine, Nepal and the Philippines was essential to their rebuild.
Shaikh Salman was speaking after a meeting of the AFC executive committee that capped a week of committee meetings in Saudi Arabia and before the AFC Awards ceremony last night.
October 16 – Saudi Arabia’s talismanic striker Salem Al Dawsari was named the AFC Player of the Year 2025 at the AFC Awards in Riyadh last night. Japan star Hana Takahashi took the AFC Women’s Player of the Year.
October 14 – The AFC chair of its Social Responsibility Committee, Myanamar’s Zaw Zaw, said the upcoming AFC Dream Asia Foundation Conference 2025, to be held in Saudi Arabia today (Wednesday), will be a breakthrough moment for social responsibility on the Continent.
