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Philippines did not play any friendlies in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.On February 19, 2021, FIFA and AFC confirmed the dates for the remaining matches of the World Cup qualifiers held in June. [1]
The 2024–25 Philippines Football League is the seventh season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. Ten teams are participating this season which began on September 28, 2024. Kaya–Iloilo are the defending champions. [1]
With consent from the Philippine Football Federation, the Azkals name was adopted by an independent 7-a-side club launched in August 2024. [4] [5] [6] It is led by Palami and former national team players. [7] [8] They had an exhibition game against personalities from the Philippine entertainment industry in the Azkals Celebrity Cup. [9]
With the goal of establishing a truly nationwide professional football league in the Philippines, the PFF launched National League Task Force on December 2, 2013. [4] The task force was led by PFF president Mariano Araneta Jr. and general secretary Edwin Gastanes, also composing of Filipino economist Bernie Villegas, UFL president Randy Roxas, AFC deputy general secretary and competition ...
The Philippine Football Federation and Liga Futbol Inc. decided on shifting the season back to an intra-year format, starting in February. Due to the sudden withdrawals of Azkals Development Team and United City at the tail-end of the previous season, the league will be looking to increase the number of teams from 5 to a number ranging up to 16, the highest ever in the PFL.
Following the Philippines national team's best record so far in the 2010 AFF Championship, football in the Philippines experienced a renaissance.However, the country had no true national league nor a cup competition (the national cup competition was last held in 2007, to celebrate the Philippine Football Federation's centennial [2]).
The continued use for athletics along with poor maintenance has deteriorated the stadium and the 1991 Southeast Asian Games was the last time it was used for international football matches.vIn early 2009, the Philippine Sports Commission planned to transform it to a modern football stadium which would make it usable by the national team for ...
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in the Philippines.Established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA) in 1907, the PFF is one of the oldest national football associations in Asia and is among the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).