The new vision will also see the AFC focus on the success of Asian teams on the world’s biggest stages and strengthen the level of fan engagement to ensure football is the number one sport throughout the continent. Speaking at the launch, AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: “Today we unveil our plans to ensure Asian Football and the AFC is recognised as the blueprint for success across the world of football. Our duty is to hand this great game over to the stars of tomorrow in even better shape than we inherited it.