It has been nine years since Australia joined the Asian Football Confederation and on the eve of the region's largest football tournament landing down under, the confederation has been left exposed with an embarrassing mishap - omitting the map of Australia from their logo.

The confederation's icon features a map of the entire Asian region spanning from the northern tip of the Arabian gulf, India, south-east Asia and East Asia but does not feature the slightest hint of Australian borders south of the archipelago of Indonesia.

The new logo is missing something. Credit:AFP

On the logo, a clear map of Asia is present and represented in pixels similar to panels of a football. The image marks the geography of their members and even goes so far as to portray the rising sun east of what appears to be Japan. However, just nine days from the opening ceremony of the 2015 Asian Cup hosted by Australia, the AFC has not yet remodelled its logo to show any resemblance of Australia as a member. It is understood the logo has not been adapted since 2001 despite Australia joining in 2006 and becoming one of the region's most powerful football forces in the men's and women's game.