AFF Championship

The ASEAN Football Federation Championship, less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

AFF Championship
Symbol used since the 2018 edition
Founded1996 (1996)
RegionAFF (Southeast Asia)
Number of teams10 (finals)
11 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions Thailand (6th title)
Most successful team(s) Thailand (6 titles)
Websiteaffsuzukicup.com
AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 final match first leg between Indonesia and Thailand
Tournaments

A biennial international association football competition, it is contested by the men's national teams of the AFF, determining the sub-continental champion of Southeast Asia. The competition has been held every two years since 1996 scheduled to be in the even-numbered year, except for 2007, and 2020 (which was postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic).

Founded as the Tiger Cup after Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries, the makers of Tiger Beer, it sponsored the competition from its inauguration in 1996 until the 2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsors, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the 2007 edition. From 2008, Japanese auto-company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition has therefore been named the AFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons.[1]

The AFF Championship title have been won by four national teams; Thailand have won six titles, Singapore has four titles, Vietnam has two titles and Malaysia with one title. To date, Thailand and Singapore are the only teams in history to have won consecutive titles; Thailand in 2000 and 2002 and also in 2014 and 2016, and Singapore in 2004 and 2007. It is one of the most watched football tournaments in the region.

Since 2018, the championship winners would compete in the following AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy, against the winner of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the champions of East Asia, to determine the champions of East and Southeast Asia.

Since joining the AFF in 2013, Australia has never competed in the AFF Championship.

History

The first ASEAN Championship took place in 1996 with the six founding members of ASEAN Federation competing with four nations being invited that came in that region. The final saw Thailand become the first champions of ASEAN as they defeated Malaysia 1–0 in Singapore.[2] The top four nations automatically qualified through to the finals in the following edition. This meant the other six nations had to compete in qualifying for the remaining four spots. Myanmar, Singapore, Laos and Philippines all made it through to the main tournament.

Organisation

Sports marketing, media and event management firm, Lagardère Sports has been involved in the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1996.

Between 1996 and 2006, Tiger Beer was the title sponsor. Suzuki has been title sponsor of the tournament since 2008.[3]

Format

From 2004, the knockout stage is played over two legs on a home-and-away format. Since the 2007 edition, there was no third place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. The away goals rule has been applied for knockout stage since the 2010 edition.[lower-alpha 1]

Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams were split in two groups of five and play a round robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw was made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round remained unchanged.[4]

Results
Year Host Final Third place playoff Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1996  Singapore
Thailand		 1–0
Malaysia
Vietnam		 3–2
Indonesia		 10
1998  Vietnam
Singapore		 1–0
Vietnam
Indonesia		 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Thailand		 8
2000  Thailand
Thailand		 4–1
Indonesia
Malaysia		 3–0
Vietnam		 9
2002  Indonesia
 Singapore
Thailand		 2–2 aet
(4–2) pen
Indonesia
Vietnam		 2–1
Malaysia		 9
Year Group stage hosts Final Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2004  Malaysia
 Vietnam
Singapore		 3–1
2–1
Indonesia
Malaysia		 2–1
Myanmar		 10
won 5–2 on aggregate
2007  Singapore
 Thailand
Singapore		 2–1
1–1
Thailand		  Malaysia and  Vietnam 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
2008  Indonesia
 Thailand
Vietnam		 2–1
1–1
Thailand		  Indonesia and  Singapore 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
2010  Indonesia
 Vietnam
Malaysia		 3–0
1–2
Indonesia		  Philippines and  Vietnam 8
won 4–2 on aggregate
2012  Malaysia
 Thailand
Singapore		 3–1
0–1
Thailand		  Malaysia and  Philippines 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
2014  Singapore
 Vietnam
Thailand		 2–0
2–3
Malaysia		  Philippines and  Vietnam 8
won 4–3 on aggregate
2016  Myanmar
 Philippines
Thailand		 1–2
2–0
Indonesia		  Myanmar and  Vietnam 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
Year Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
2018
Vietnam		 2–2
1–0
Malaysia		  Philippines and  Thailand 10
won 3–2 on aggregate
2020[lower-alpha 2]  Singapore[lower-alpha 3]
Thailand[lower-alpha 4]		 4–0
2–2
Indonesia[lower-alpha 4]		  Singapore and  Vietnam 10
won 6–2 on aggregate

Performances by country
Team Champions Runners-up Third place / Semi-finalists Fourth place Total Top 4
 Thailand 6 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020) 3 (2007, 2008, 2012) 1 (2018) 1 (1998) 11
 Singapore 4 (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) – 2 (2008, 2020) – 6
 Vietnam 2 (2008, 2018) 1 (1998) 7 (1996, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020) 1 (2000) 11
 Malaysia 1 (2010) 3 (1996, 2014, 2018) 4 (2000, 2004, 2007, 2012) 1 (2002) 9
 Indonesia – 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020) 2 (1998, 2008) 1 (1996) 9
 Philippines – – 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018) – 4
 Myanmar – – 1 (2016) 1 (2004) 2
Total131321552

Participating nations
Team
1996
(10)
1998
(8)
2000
(9)

2002
(9)

2004
(10)

2007
(8)

2008
(8)

2010
(8)

2012
(8)

2014
(8)

2016
(8)
2018
(10)
2020
(10)
2022
TBD		 Total
 Australia[note 1] Not an AFF member××××0
 Brunei GS•××ו•×••••×1
 Cambodia GS•GSGSGS•GS•••GSGSGS8
 Indonesia 4th3rd2nd2nd2ndGSSF2ndGSGS2ndGS2nd13
 Laos GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS•GSGS12
 Malaysia 2ndGS3rd4th3rdSFGS1stSF2ndGS2ndGS13
 Myanmar GSGSGSGS4thGSGSGSGSGSSFGSGS13
 Philippines GSGSGSGSGSGS•SFSFSFGSSFGS12
 Singapore GS1stGSGS1st1stSFGS1stGSGSGSSF13
 Thailand 1st4th1st1stGS2nd2ndGS2nd1st1stSF1st13
 Timor-Leste Part of Indonesia×GS••••••GSGS3
 Vietnam 3rd2nd4th3rdGSSF1stSFGSSFSF1stSF13
Legend

Notes
  1. Since joining the AFF in 2013, Australia has never competed in the AFF Championship. Australia has, however, competed in the EAFF Championship in 2013.

Awards
Tournament Most Valuable Player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Young Player of the Tournament Fair play award
1996 Zainal Abidin Hassan Natipong Sritong-In 7 N/A
(awarded in 2020)		  Brunei
1998 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Myo Hlaing Win 4 Not awarded
2000 Kiatisuk Senamuang Gendut Doni Christiawan 5  Malaysia
Worrawoot Srimaka
2002 Therdsak Chaiman Bambang Pamungkas 8 Not awarded
2004 Lionel Lewis Ilham Jaya Kesuma 7
2007 Noh Alam Shah Noh Alam Shah 10
2008 Dương Hồng Sơn Budi Sudarsono 4  Thailand
Agu Casmir
Teerasil Dangda
2010 Firman Utina Safee Sali 5  Philippines
2012 Shahril Ishak Teerasil Dangda 5  Malaysia
2014 Chanathip Songkrasin Safiq Rahim 6  Vietnam
2016 Chanathip Songkrasin Teerasil Dangda 6  Thailand
2018 Nguyễn Quang Hải Adisak Kraisorn 8  Malaysia
2020 Chanathip Songkrasin[lower-alpha 4] Safawi Rasid 4 Pratama Arhan[lower-alpha 4] Indonesia[lower-alpha 4]
Bienvenido Marañón
Chanathip Songkrasin[lower-alpha 4]
Teerasil Dangda[lower-alpha 4]

Overall top goalscorers
As of 2020 final
Rank Player Goals
1 Teerasil Dangda19
2 Noh Alam Shah17
3 Worrawoot Srimaka15
Lê Công Vinh
5 Lê Huỳnh Đức14
6 Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto13
7 Bambang Pamungkas12
Kiatisuk Senamuang
9 Agu Casmir11
Adisak Kraisorn
11 Khairul Amri10
  • Bold denotes players still playing international football

Winning coaches
YearTeamCoach
1996  Thailand Thawatchai Sartjakul
1998  Singapore Barry Whitbread
2000  Thailand Peter Withe
2002  Thailand Peter Withe
2004  Singapore Radojko Avramović
2007  Singapore Radojko Avramović
2008  Vietnam Henrique Calisto
2010  Malaysia K. Rajagopal
2012  Singapore Radojko Avramović
2014  Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang[1]
2016  Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang[1]
2018  Vietnam Park Hang-seo
2020 Thailand[lower-alpha 4] Alexandré Pölking
  • ^[1] - being the only person to win the competition as a player (1996, 2000, 2002) then coach (2014, 2016).

All-time ranking table
As of the 2020 edition
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Best finish
1 Thailand 137849181116991+78165 Champions (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020)
2 Vietnam 137137191514574+71130 Champions (2008, 2018)
3 Indonesia 1370351520177124+53120 Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020)
4 Singapore 136231151611262+50108 Champions (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
5 Malaysia 136930152412081+39105 Champions (2010)
6 Myanmar 13461572458101-4352 Semi-finalists (2004, 2016)
7 Philippines 1244104304750–334 Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
8 Cambodia 830402629102–7312 Group stage (8 times)
9 Laos 1241253430155–12511 Group stage (12 times)
10 Brunei 14103115–143 Group stage (1996)
11 Timor-Leste 3120012650–440 Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020)

See also

Notes
  1. Except the 2020 edition due to all matches were hosted in only venue.
  2. Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. The 2020 AFF Championship was hosted in a centralized venue due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia. On 28 September 2021, it was announced that Singapore would host the tournament.[5]
  4. Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand and Indonesia were not allowed to be represented by their national flags.[6][7] The sanctions took effect in October 2021.[8] Thailand is represented by its national team logo while Indonesia is represented by its coat of arms.

References
  1. A look back at the history of the AFF Suzuki Cup and its past 12 editions
  2. "About AFF". aseanfootball.org.
  3. "Suzuki drives Asean Football Championship to new heights". Singapore: ASEAN Football Federation. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. "New format confirmed for AFF Suzuki Cup". Football Channel Asia. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. Noronha, Anselm (28 September 2021). "Singapore to host AFF Suzuki Cup 2020: Teams, how to watch & more | Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. "Thailand loses right to host tournaments". Bangkok Post. Bangkok Post Public Co. Ltd. Retrieved 25 November 2021. The country has also been denied the right to display its national flag at any such events (international football events).
  7. "Chairman Of PSSI: Regarding The Flag At AFF 2020, We Will Follow Whatever The Decision Is". VOI – Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. "WADA confirms non-compliance of five Anti-Doping Organizations (7 October 2021)". World Anti-Doping Agency. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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