February 14 – The Russian Under-17 women’s team will participate in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship having had a request to participate accepted by the sub-regional confederation.
February 8 – All matches in the Chinese Super League (CSL) will be played on home-and-away basis this year bringing to an end three seasons of COVID-19 restrictions.
February 7 – Carlos Queiroz will lead Qatar until the 2026 World Cup, the Qatar Football Association (QFA) have announced.
February 7: Criticism of FIFA’s proposed sponsorship deal for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the Saudi Arabia tourist board has been loud, but domestically the Saudi’s look to be making all the right moves to provide more opportunity for women in football.
February 3 – The AFC Executive Committee has set up a dedicated AFC Professional Football Task Force to oversee the changes in the region’s club initiated by the AFC Competitions Committee last year.
February 3 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a view to exploring future competitions for national teams.
By Paul Nicholson
February 1 – Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa was elected by acclamation for a fourth term as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) at its 33rd Congress today in Salman’s home country of Bahrain.
February 1 – Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the host for the Asian Cup in 2027 at the 33rd AFC Congress in Qatar.
February 1 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino, speaking at the AFC’s 33rd Congress in Bahrain, emphasised the financial support that FIFA has given the region since he took over as president.
January 30 – Graham Arnold has extended his contract with Australia and will lead the Socceroos through until the 2026 World Cup.
January 26 – In a further sign of the collapse of China’s domestic game, Wuhan Yangtze, once a Super League outfit, has folded, months after a points deduction for failing to pay player salaries.
January 22 – Saudi Arabia’s women have come away victorious from their first international tournament, topping Pakistan, Mauritius and Comoros in their home-hosted competition as they see their first FIFA ranking.
January 20 – Hosts Iraq won the Arab Gulf Cup for the first time since 1988 on Thursday with a 3-2 victory over Oman but the triumph was marred by a deadly stampede outside the Basra International Stadium.
January 19 – Hosts Thailand will face 2006 champions Bahrain, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia in Group A of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup 2023.
January 17 – Indonesian authorities have opened the trial against five men – police and match officials – charged with negligence over their alleged roles in one of football’s deadliest stadium tragedies on October 1 in East Java’s Malang city.