West Asian Football Federation


The West Asian Football Federation is a regional sub-confederation of association football, governed under the Asian Football Confederation. Founded in 2001, it governs football, futsal and beach football for nations in West Asia. The WAFF consists of 12 member associations.

History

The founding members of the West Asian Football Federation are [Islamic Republic of Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran Football Federation|Iran], Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, joined the federation. Four other West Asian nations, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia, joined in 2010. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014, with the creation of the Central Asian Football Association.

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national football team

WAFFAFCFIFACountryPoints+/−
15491441.41 2
26601435.74 4
35691346.09 1
69721338.91 2
58691323.03
612851289.25 4
713861279.74 5
814891265.03 1
915941233.72 6
10181001211.71 3
11271481053.41 2
12281531023.52 2

Leading Men's team:

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id:IRN value:red
id:JOR value:black
id:KSA value:green
id:QAT value:yellow
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from:15/05/2001 till:05/06/2014 shift: text:"Iran" color:IRN
from:05/06/2014 till:23/10/2014 shift: text:"Jordan" color:JOR
from:23/10/2014 till:04/02/2016 shift: text:"UAE" color:UAE
from:04/02/2016 till:07/02/2019 shift: text:"Saudi Arabia" color:KSA
from:07/02/2019 till:end shift: text:"Qatar" color:QAT

Women's national football team

Leading Women's team:

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Period = from:01/01/2010 till:28/10/2022
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from:01/01/2010 till:12/03/2010 shift: text:"Iran" color:IRN
from:12/03/2010 till:18/03/2011 shift: text:"Jordan" color:JOR
from:18/03/2011 till:21/06/2013 shift: text:"Iran" color:IRN
from:21/06/2013 till:24/03/2017 shift: text:"Jordan" color:JOR
from:24/03/2017 till:23/06/2017 shift: text:"Bahrain" color:BAH
from:23/06/2017 till:end shift: text:"Jordan" color:JOR

Men's national beach soccer team

Update: 8 April 2024
WAFFWorldCountryPoints
171955.75
2171172.75
324696
444298.5
555222
657199
763132.75

Controversy

On 29 January 2015, after the defeat of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, West Asian Football Federation members reportedly sought to remove Australia from the AFC primarily due to "Australia benefiting hugely from Asian involvement without giving much in return".