East Asian Football Federation
EAFF logo
EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002
Type	Sports organization
Membership	10 member associations
President	Junji Ogura (Japan)
Website	http://www.eaff.com

The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), founded in May 28, 2002, is a governing body of football in East Asia.

Contents 1 Member associations 2 Presidents 3 Competitions 4 European-based players 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Member associations

EAFF has 10 member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation except for Northern Mariana Islands Football Association which is currently a provisional associate member of the AFC (previously an associated member of the Oceania Football Confederation).

Association	Men's team	Women's team	League
China	China	China	Chinese Super League
Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong First Division League
Macau, China	Macau, China	Macau, China	Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Intercity Football League
Guam	Guam	Guam	Guam League
Japan	Japan	Japan	J. League
Korea D.P.R.	Korea D.P.R.	Korea D.P.R.	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	Korea Republic	Korea Republic	K-League
Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Championship

[edit] Presidents

President	Years
Shun-ichiro Okano	2004 - 2006
Chung Mong-Joon	2006
Xie Yalong	2006 - 2008
Junji Ogura	2008 -

[edit] Competitions

EAFF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Competition	Holders	Current event
East Asian Football Championship	Korea Republic (2008)	2010
EAFF Women's Football Championship	Japan (2008)	2010
EAFF Futsal Championship		2009
EAFF U-14 Youth Festival	Korea Republic (2008)	2010

[edit] European-based players

List of East Asian football players who currently play in a European club.^[1]

Belgian Pro League (level 1) Wang Yang (Cercle Brugge K.S.V.) Czech Gambrinus Liga (level 1) Osama Elsamni (FK Teplice) Hidetoshi Wakui (FC Bohemoans Praha) Lee Hyung-Sang (FC Baník Ostrava) English Premier League (level 1) Cho Won-Hee (Wigan Athletic F.C.) Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United F.C.) Seol Ki-Hyeon (Fulham F.C.) Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton Wanderers F.C.) Finnish Veikkausliiga (level 1) Gao Leilei (FC KooTeePee) Kwon Jung-Hyuk (RoPS) Nam Ik-Kyung (Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi) French Ligue 1 (level 1) Junichi Inamoto (Stade Rennais F.C.) Sho Ito (Grenoble Foot 38) Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble Foot 38) Nam Tae-Hee (Valenciennes FC) Park Chu-Young (AS Monaco FC) French Ligue 2 (level 2) Wang Chu (FC Metz) Yi Teng (FC Metz) Norio Suzuki (Angers SCO) German Fußball-Bundesliga (level 1) Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg) Shinji Ono (VfL Bochum) Cha Du-Ri (SC Freiburg) German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (level 2) Shao Jiayi (FC Energie Cottbus) Kozo Yuki (Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I (level 1) Kazuo Homma (Nyíregyháza Spartacus) Italian Serie A (level 1) Takayuki Morimoto (Calcio Catania) Dutch Eredivisie (level 1) Zhou Haibin (PSV Eindhoven) Keisuke Honda (VVV-Venlo) Norwegian Tippeligaen (level 1) Daigo Kobayashi (Stabæk Fotball) Portuguese Primeira Liga (level 1) Yu Dabao (S.L. Benfica)[2] Takahito Soma (C.S. Marítimo) Portuguese Liga de Honra (level 2) Wang Gang (S.C. Beira-Mar) Yuto Nakamura (Portimonense S.C.) Romanian Liga I (level 1) Takayuki Seto (FC Astra Ploieşti) Russian Premier-Liga (level 1) Hong Yong-Jo (FC Rostov) Kim Dong-Jin (FC Zenit St. Petersburg) Scottish Premier League (level 1) Zheng Zhi (Celtic F.C.) Koki Mizuno (Celtic F.C.) Spanish Primera División (level 1) Shunsuke Nakamura (RCD Espanyol) Spanish Segunda División (level 2) Hiroshi Ibusuki (Girona FC) Swiss Challenge League (level 2) Kim Kuk-Jin (FC Wil) Ukrainian Premier League (level 1) Hwang Hun-Hee (FC Metalurh Zaporizhya) Kim Pyung-Rae (FC Metalurh Zaporizhya)

[edit] See also

• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
• ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
• South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
• West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• East Asian Football Federation Official website (English) (Chinese) (Japanese) (Korean)

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