Asian Football Confederation (AFC) | 65,054 followers on LinkedIn. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of Asian football and one of the six Confederations making up FIFA. Formed in 1954 in Manila, Philippines, the AFC is now headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and consists of 47 Member Associations. Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain is the AFC President and Datuk Seri Windsor John of Malaysia is the AFC General Secretary.