The founding members of the West Asian Football Federation are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.

In 2009, three more associations, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, joined the federation.

Four other West Asian nations, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia, joined in 2010.

[2] Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014, with the creation of the Central Asian Football Association.

AFF Men's National Beach Soccer Team Ranking by BSWWUpdate: 8 April 2024 On 29 January 2015, after the defeat of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, West Asian Football Federation members reportedly sought to remove Australia from the AFC primarily due to "Australia benefiting hugely from Asian involvement without giving much in return".