Participants benefited from the AFC Refereeing Conference which came to a close on Wednesday, November 27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The two-day event, the biggest-ever held, saw the participation of 65 referee assessors and 304 referees and assistant referees, was aimed at providing the Asian refereeing community with an overview …
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The third phase of the AFC-FAM-UNHCR-JREC Rohingya Education Centre Social Responsibility Programme concluded with 140 Rohingya children benefiting from the highly successful programme at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Batu Belah on November 23, 2019. The AFC-UNHCR Programme, which is supported by the AFC Dream Asia Foundation in partnership with the Rohingya …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) continued commitment to women’s football in the Continent was underlined by the decision to develop a women’s football technical strategy. The AFC Technical Committee, at their first meeting of the 2019-2023 cycle chaired by Kohzo Tashima in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, recognised the need to …
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 12 coaches passed the AFC A Certificate Course after completing three challenging modules – the first of which took place in April earlier this year. Among the successful candidates was former Indian national team captain and current assistant coach Venkatesh Shanmugham, who stated that the …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) dedication to raising the standards of women’s football in Asia was further underlined at the 2nd AFC Women’s Football Conference 2019, which successfully ended in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, November 21. The three-day conference, with more than 70 participants from the AFC Member Associations, …
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The results for the AFC A Certificate Course of which the Module 1 was conducted from April 24 till May 2, 2019, Module 2 from July 16-24, 2019 and Module 3 was conducted from September 25-30, 2019 at Maharashtra, have been declared. Twelve participants out of the twenty three have …
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Northern Mariana Islands has been recommended for ordinary membership of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by the AFC Associations Committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The NMI Football Association submitted their application following the amendment of the AFC Statutes at the 29th AFC Congress, held in Kuala Lumpur on April …
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The AFC General Secretary Dato’ Windsor John met the Chairperson of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalisation Committee Humza Khan and Acting General Secretary Colonel Mujahid Ullah Khan at the AFC House on Monday. The meeting was to discuss the progress of the Normalisation Committee which is tasked with holding …
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The AFC Grassroots Panel hit a new milestone in its eighth meeting on Monday, November 18 as 51% of the Member Associations (MAs) are now endorsed by the AFC Grassroots Charter. The AFC Grassroots Charter is a development tool for Member Associations (MAs) to raise the quality of their grassroots …
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Persepolis FC and Iran goalkeeper Ali Reza Safarbeiranvand, Japan’s versatile defender Tomoaki Makino and 2019 AFC Asian Cup star Akram Hassan Afif of Qatar lead the nominees for the AFC Player of the Year – Men’s category at the 2019 AFC Annual Awards in Hong Kong. Meanwhile at the event …
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