The Philippines national football team (Filipino: Pambansang koponan ng futbol ng Pilipinas) represents the Philippines in international football, governed by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and has been playing internationally since 1913.
Unlike most of Southeast Asia where football is the most popular sport, the Philippines' most popular sports are basketball and boxing, the result from the American rule. This drives away many football talents and contributes to the lack of success of football in the country. Often, the Philippines would participate in the AFF Championship and finished bottom.
However, since the 2010 AFF Championship, the country has attempted to develop football as part of the sport's renaissance, finding more incentives to increase football development and fan support.[7] It eventually led to the country's first major tournament participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[8]
The Philippines participated at the Far Eastern Championship Games, which included football. The first edition was in 1913 and the last was in 1934. The games were the first regional football tournament for national teams outside the British Home Championship. The national team routinely faced Japan and China and at one edition the Dutch East Indies at the games. The Philippines won over China at the inaugural tournament with the scoreline of 2–1. During the 1917 edition, the national team achieved its biggest win in international football. Led by Filipino-Spanish icon Paulino Alcantara, the Philippines defeated Japan 15–2.[5][9][10]
In the 1950s the Philippines hosted friendlies with international-based sides, However the national team experienced lack of funding and barely received any coverage from the media. During that time talents from the national team were drawn from the Manila Football League which received substantial support from the Chinese-Filipino community. The national team's decent performance at the 1958 Asian Games, hosted in Tokyo, where they defeated Japan, 1–0 in a game which was labeled as an upset by the Japanese press.[13]
After 1958, saw the decline of Philippine football, several key players resigned from the national team due to financial challenges for playing for the national team. National team players Ed Ocampo and Eduardo Pacheco switched to basketball, and went on playing for commercial basketball clubs where players are paid.[13] The Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 3135 that revised the charter of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation which had a provision or a 60-40 rule that mandates teams to not have more than 40 percent Chinese and other players with foreign blood.[14] Sponsors withdrew and leagues, which were mostly funded by the Chinese-Filipino community started to decline. The 60–40 rule was lifted much later during the tenure of president Johnny Romualdez of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), after 1982 when the PFA has reorganized itself as the PFF.[13][15]
The national team suffered defeats with big margins at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta.[13] This includes the national team's record 15–1 defeat to Malaysia, which became the worst defeat of the national team at that time. The record was later broken by the 15–0 loss to Japan in 1967 at the qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics. Foreigners were hired to serve as head coaches for the national team in an attempt to reduce big margin loses. Englishman, Allan Rogers was hired following the record defeat to Malaysia and Spaniard Juan Cutillas was likewise tasked to lead the national team following the record defeat to Japan.[16]
In the early sixties, the Philippine Football Association partnered with the San Miguel Corporation to seek foreign assistance to train local football players and coaches and to develop the sport in the country. Coaches from the United Kingdom, Alan Rogers and Brian Birch. After the two were relieved, Danny McClellan and Graham Adams continued their task. In 1961, San Miguel through the national football association bought in four medical students from Spain who were expert in football — Francisco Escarte, Enrique dela Mata, Claudio Sanchez and Juan Cutillas. Escarte and dela Mata left the country after one year.[17]
In 1971, head coach Juan Cutillas recruited five foreign players to play for the national team; four Spaniards and one Chinese. The national team joined several international competitions such as the Merdeka Tournament, Jakarta Anniversary Tournament and the President Park Tournament. The team caused some upset results against the national teams of Thailand, Singapore and South Korea. The national team saw another decline after the four Spanish players left the team due to financial reasons and basketball gains more foothold over football in the country.[17]
The national team under German head coach, Eckhard Krautzun finished fourth overall at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games, its best ever finish at the tournament. The Philippines dealt a 1–0 defeat to defending champions Malaysia at the tournament which knocked out the latter out of the tournament at just the group stage. Norman Fegidero scored the sole goal for the Philippines.[16][18][19]
2000s
In September 2006, the country fell to 195th on the FIFA World Rankings, its lowest ever.[20] By the end of the year, the Philippines moved back up to 171st overall, after a good run in the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship qualification.[21] They were able to win three games in a row which was a first for the Philippines and thus qualifying for the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship.[22] Coach at that time Aris Caslib, aimed to reach the semifinals with two wins at the group stage.[23] The decision came despite Philippine Football Federation president Juan Miguel Romualdez stating that they would still be underdogs in the tournament and that they mustn't raise their expectations too high,[21] as the Philippines have only won their first ever win of the tournament during the 2004 edition.[24]
The Philippines eventually failed to reach their target, only getting a draw in three matches. Their poor performances led to Caslib's resignation,[25] as well as the refusal of the PFF to register and enter the qualification stages for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[26] They would be one of four nations, all from Southeast Asia not to enter after a record number of entries.[27] However it was revealed that the decision not to enter the 2010 as well as the 2006 World Cup qualification was made during the PFF presidency of Rene Adad, whose term ended in 2003.[26] Instead, the PFF wanted to focus on domestic and regional competitions.[28]
Dan Palami, businessman and sports patron, was appointed as team manager of the national team in 2009 by the Philippine Football Federation. The national team still receive minimal support from the government. Palami made financial investments to the team using his own personal money. Since taking responsibility over the national team, he has envisioned a plan named Project 100, which plans to make the team among the top 100 national teams in the world in terms of FIFA rankings. More foreign-born Filipinos were called up to play for the national squad.[31]
2010s: Era of renaissance
The national team (in blue) playing against North Korea (in red) at the Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang. The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match held on October 8, 2015, ended in a goalless draw
The Philippines's campaign at the 2010 AFF Championship under Simon McMenemy's tenure was a breakthrough. Holding a primal ticket as one of two teams along with Laos that had to qualify for the tournament, the Philippines advanced from the group stage for the first time, did not concede a single defeat and their win against defending champions Vietnam in particular was considered one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history.[32] The match, which would later be referred by local Filipino fans as the "Miracle of Hanoi", is also considered the match that started a football renaissance in the country where basketball is the more popular sport.[33][34] In the knockout stage, they had to play both their designated home and away games against Indonesia in Jakarta due to the unavailability of a stadium that passes AFF standards. The Philippines lost both games to end their campaign.
The following year, Michael Weiß became the head coach. The national team managed to qualify for the 2012 edition of the AFC Challenge Cup, the first time since qualifiers were introduced and also recorded their first ever victory in the FIFA World Cup qualification, beating Sri Lanka 4–0 in the second leg of the first preliminary round.[35]Kuwait finished the Philippines' World Cup qualification campaign after winning over them twice in the second round.
In 2012, the Philippines qualified for the semifinals of the AFC Challenge Cup for the first time winning over former champions India and Tajikistan though they lost 2–1 against Turkmenistan in the semifinal.[36] In the third place-playoff the Philippines won 4–3 over Palestine.[37] The Philippines won the 2012 Philippine Peace Cup, a friendly tournament hosted at home, which was their first title since the 1913 Far Eastern Games. At the 2012 AFF Championship, the Philippines replicated their performance in 2010 by advancing to the semifinal. They lost to Singapore on aggregate by a single goal in the two-legged semifinal.
Thomas Dooley became the head coach of the national team. In October 2015 their 2–0 victory over Yemen in Doha, Qatar in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers was their first-ever World Cup qualifier victory away from home.[41] Their campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup ended in the second round though they advance to the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers.
In late 2016 the Philippines jointly hosted the group stage of the AFF Championship with Myanmar though they fail to progress from the group stage like they did in the past three editions.
Though the national team failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, they secured qualification for 2019 AFC Asian Cup after defeating Tajikistan, 2–1 at home in their final qualifier match. In May 2018, the national team reached 111th rank in the FIFA World Ranking making it the highest rank that the team has.[42][43]
Following a relatively successful debut in the Asian Cup, the Philippines began their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification where they were grouped together with Syria, China, Guam and the Maldives. In their opening game, the Azkals met Syria at home and took an early lead, only to see the Syrians managed an outstanding comeback and smashing the Azkals 5–2 in Bacolod.[47] Following the crushing home defeat, the Pinoys regained its pace with two away wins over Guam and the Maldives.[48][49] Between these matches, the Pinoys also hosted China at home where they acquired an encouraging goalless draw, after a splendid performance by the Azkals goalkeeper Neil Etheridge which increased the team's chance. However, the Syrians once again blew the chance of the Filipinos, with the Syrians emerged with a 1–0 win over the Azkals.[50] When COVID-19 pandemic led the games to be postponed to 2021, the Philippines had to play in a centralised venue in Sharjah. The Filipinos then won Guam 3–0, but lost 0–2 to China thus did not manage to reach the 2022 FIFA World Cup, before ending the qualification with a 1–1 draw to the Maldives. Nonetheless, the third place in their group meant the Philippines qualified for the third round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.[51][52][53]
At the third round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in Ulaanbaatar, the Philippines managed to draw with Yemen 0–0 and defeat the hosts Mongolia 1–0 through a last-minute goal by debutant Gerrit Holtmann but were defeated 4–0 by eventual group winners Palestine. Despite finishing second in Group B, in which the five best runner-up teams across all the groups qualify for the tournament, the Azkals failed to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup after finishing as the worst runner-up.[54]
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Supporters
Fans of the national team during a friendly against SV Darmstadt 98 in Germany. June 24, 2011
Some fans have organized themselves to support the national team, one of them is the Ultras Filipinas, which formed in 2011.[55][56] The Kaholeros started out as a gathering of friends using Twitter calling for fans to watch games of the AFC Challenge Cup at the National Sports Grill in Greenbelt. The Ultras Filipinas was established when fans of Philippine Air Force F.C. and Ultras Kayas decided to form a support group for the national teams of the Philippines not necessarily just for the football team. The first outing of Ultras Filipinas was not for the national football team but for the national rugby union team. The two fan groups take alternative turns in cheering and chanting for the national team during games.[56]
Colors
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The traditional home kit is similar to the France national team; blue jersey, white shorts, and red socks.[57] However, in recent times, the home and away kit has either been all-blue, all-red or all-white, currently is the all-white as home jerseys.[58] The current kit supplier of the national team is local firm, LGR Sportswear. German companies Adidas and Puma, as well as Japanese company Mizuno, has provided kits for the team in the past
For three years from March 2008, Mizuno served as the official outfitter and equipment supplier of the team. It also helped the national federation in its grassroots development program.[61][62] On June 4, 2012, Puma supplanted Mizuno's role with the national team.[63]
Local firm LGR Sportswear became the official kit provider of the national team in 2015 and a new set of kits made by LGR were unveiled to the public in on June 5 which was later used by the team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The home and away kits were white and blue respectively. Filipino weave design and the three stars and the sun are present at the back of the home and away kits. The goalkeeper's kit is black and has a yellow trim on the chest area and a weave pattern with the three stars and the sun and azkals logo incorporated in the design, in front around the shoulder area. Adidas was also announced as the footwear sponsor of the team for the qualifiers[64]
Spanish sportwear brand Kelme became the official kit provider of the national team in 2021.[65]
Names
Logo of Azkals Philippines
Crest
The monicker Azkals is only used in broadcasts and not used in an official capacity
Under the official FIFA Trigramme the team's name is abbreviated as PHI; this acronym is used by FIFA, the AFC and the AFF to identify the team in official competitions.[66] The team is also identified under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country code for the Philippines as PHL.[67] However the team was more commonly known as the RP, the acronym for the country's official name, Republika ng Pilipinas,[66] which the local press used when they referred to the team as the "RP Booters"[68] or the "RP XI".[69] This was until late October 2010 when the Department of Foreign Affairs decided to change the official abbreviation of the country from "RP" to "PH" or "PHL", to be in line with ISO standards.[70] The local press have since referred to the team as either "PH/PHL Booters"[71][72] or "PH/PHL XI".[73][74]
The national team is referred to as the "Azkals".[75] The name was coined when an online Philippine football community proposed the nickname Calle Azul (Spanish for Streets of Blue, referring to the color of their kit) which was modified to Azul Calle, shortened to AzCal, and finally became Azkal – a word that is similar to Filipino term Askal meaning street dog.[76] "Azkals" became a trending topic on Twitter during the semifinals of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup.[77]
They are also known as the "Tri–Stars" which is derived from the three stars on the Philippine flag, although this nickname is not frequently used.[78]
Home stadium
During the early years of the Philippine national team, they played their home matches at the Manila Carnival Grounds. By 1934 it became the site of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.[79] One of the facilities within the complex is the 12,000 capacity national stadium, known as the Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium or simply the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Since its opening, it has been the home venue of the Philippine national team until May 2015 where they declared the 25,000 seater and Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan as their new home. However, due to disappointing attendance numbers in PSS and RMS and an impressive crowd for Ceres–Negros F.C.'s run to the 2017 AFC Cup, the Philippine Football Federation decided to make Panaad Stadium as the national team's home again for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.[80]
The RMS has also become a hub for track and field. 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. In 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 international matches.[81]
Dionisio Calvo, one of the earliest head coach for the national team
One of the earlier head coaches of the national team was Dionisio Calvo. Foreign coaches of American, Argentinean, English, German, Scottish, Spanish, and Swedish nationality have managed the national team. Juan Cutillas has managed the team in at least four non-consecutive tenures (1969–1978, 1981–1984, 1996–2000 and 2008–09).
COV Withdrew due to COVID-19 INJ Withdrew due to an injury PRE Included in the preliminary squad RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension
Player records
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The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The national team entered the 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification[114] but withdrew without playing a single game.[115] The Philippines had intended to enter the 1962 edition but did not push through with the plan.[116] The country's entry to the 1966 edition was not accepted due to its association not being able to pay the registration fee for the qualifiers and the national team withdrew from the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification just as they did in the 1950 qualifiers.[117][118] The national team made its first participation in a FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the 1998 edition.
The national team did not enter the qualifiers for the next succeeding editions until the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, about 10 years later.[121] The national team secured their first victory in a World Cup qualifier against Sri Lanka, 4–0.[122][123]
The Philippines qualified once for the Asian Cup, in 2019. For the 2011 and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, the Philippines attempted to qualify for the tournament through the AFC Challenge Cup.[120][124][125] The Philippines would have been invited to host the 1968 Asian Cup, a tournament in which it did not qualify for, if Iran withdrew as hosts.[126]
The AFC Challenge Cup was organized as a route for nations classified as "emerging" or "developing" as a sole route to qualify for the Asian Cup. The Philippines is among these nations[124][125] and participated at the inaugural 2006 AFC Challenge Cup. After a qualification phase was introduced the Philippines failed to qualify for the next two succeeding editions in 2008 and 2010. The Philippines qualified for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup where the finished third.[127]Phil Younghusband was the Golden Boot winner of the edition scoring six goals in the final tournament.[128] The team reached the finals of 2014 edition of the tournament settling for second place after losing to Palestine in the finals.[129] The AFC Challenge Cup tournament was dissolved after the 2014 edition.[125]
Out of the ten football tournaments held in ten editions of the Far Eastern Games, The Philippines only won the inaugural 1913 edition[130] despite fielding American, Spanish and British players violating tournament rules in that edition. The team was nevertheless named champions.[131] China was awarded champions of the nine other editions of the tournaments.[130] At the 1917 Far Eastern Games, the Philippines recorded its biggest victory in an international match to date, which was the 15–2 win against Japan. FC Barcelona player, Paulino Alcántara was part of the national squad.[132]
The Philippines participated in every edition of the AFF Championship except the 2008 edition in which the team failed to qualify for the final tournament. Their first match in the tournament was a 0–5 defeat handed by Thailand in 1996 edition. Freddy Gonzalez scored the first goal for the Philippines in the tournament in a 1–3 defeat, also to Thailand in the 1998 edition. Emelio Caligdong made a brace in the national team's 2–1 victory against Timor Leste in the 2004 edition. The victory was the first for the Philippines in the AFF Championship.[133]
The national team fared poorly during the first seven editions of the AFF Championship from 1996 to 2008 losing 19 out of 21 matches.[127] The Philippines' worst defeat at the tournament was the 1–13 match against Indonesia at the 2002 AFF Championship which was also remains the highest scoreline in the tournament as of 2020.[134] The national team made to its first semi-finals at the 2010 AFF Championship.[127]
The senior national team managed to reach the semi-finals of the football tournament of the Southeast Asian Games before the football was made into an under-23 tournament.
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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Philippines women s national football team The Philippines national football team Filipino Pambansang koponan ng futbol ng Pilipinas represents the Philippines in international football governed by the Philippine Football Federation PFF and has been playing internationally since 1913 PhilippinesNickname s Azkals 1 Street Dogs AssociationPhilippine Football FederationConfederationAFC Asia Sub confederationAFF Southeast Asia Head coachJosep FerreCaptainNeil EtheridgeMost capsPhil Younghusband 108 Top scorerPhil Younghusband 52 Home stadiumVariousFIFA codePHIFirst colorsSecond colorsFIFA rankingCurrent134 1 December 22 2022 2 Highest111 May 2018 Lowest195 September October 2006 First international Philippines 2 1 China Manila Philippines February 1 1913 Biggest win Japan 2 15 Philippines Tokyo Japan May 10 1917 3 Biggest defeat Japan 15 0 Philippines Tokyo Japan September 28 1967 Asian CupAppearances1 first in 2019 Best resultGroup stage 2019 AFC Challenge CupAppearances3 first in 2006 Best resultRunners up 2014 AFF ChampionshipAppearances12 first in 1996 Best resultSemi finals 2010 2012 2014 2018 Medal record Men s association footballRepresenting PhilippinesAFC Challenge Cup2014 Maldives Team2012 Nepal TeamWebsitepff wbr org wbr phPrior to World War II the Philippines had regularly competed with Japan and the Republic of China in the Far Eastern Championship Games So far the national team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup 5 and has qualified for the AFC Asian Cup only once in 2019 They finished second at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup after losing to Palestine in the final 6 Unlike most of Southeast Asia where football is the most popular sport the Philippines most popular sports are basketball and boxing the result from the American rule This drives away many football talents and contributes to the lack of success of football in the country Often the Philippines would participate in the AFF Championship and finished bottom However since the 2010 AFF Championship the country has attempted to develop football as part of the sport s renaissance finding more incentives to increase football development and fan support 7 It eventually led to the country s first major tournament participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup 8 Contents 1 History 1 1 1910s 1940s Early years 1 2 1950s 1990s Decline of football 1 3 2000s 1 4 2010s Era of renaissance 1 5 2020s 2 Team image 2 1 Supporters 2 2 Colors 2 3 Names 2 4 Home stadium 3 Fixtures and results 3 1 2022 3 2 2023 4 Personnel 4 1 Current technical staff 4 2 Management 4 3 Coaching history 5 Players 5 1 Current squad 5 2 Recent call ups 6 Player records 6 1 Most appearances 6 2 Top goalscorers 7 Competition records 7 1 FIFA World Cup 7 2 Olympic Games 7 3 AFC Asian Cup 7 4 Asian Games 7 5 AFC Challenge Cup 7 6 Far Eastern Games 7 7 AFF Championship 7 8 Southeast Asian Games 7 9 Minor tournaments 8 Head to head record 9 See also 9 1 Men s 9 2 Women s 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksHistory Edit1910s 1940s Early years Edit The national team squad at the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games The Philippines participated at the Far Eastern Championship Games which included football The first edition was in 1913 and the last was in 1934 The games were the first regional football tournament for national teams outside the British Home Championship The national team routinely faced Japan and China and at one edition the Dutch East Indies at the games The Philippines won over China at the inaugural tournament with the scoreline of 2 1 During the 1917 edition the national team achieved its biggest win in international football Led by Filipino Spanish icon Paulino Alcantara the Philippines defeated Japan 15 2 5 9 10 After the dissolution of the Far Eastern Championship Games the national squad participated at the 1940 East Asian Games organized to commemorate the 2600th anniversary of the foundation of the Empire of Japan by Emperor Jimmu The team finished third behind champions Japan and second placers Manchukuo and ahead of the Republic of China 11 12 1950s 1990s Decline of football Edit In the 1950s the Philippines hosted friendlies with international based sides However the national team experienced lack of funding and barely received any coverage from the media During that time talents from the national team were drawn from the Manila Football League which received substantial support from the Chinese Filipino community The national team s decent performance at the 1958 Asian Games hosted in Tokyo where they defeated Japan 1 0 in a game which was labeled as an upset by the Japanese press 13 After 1958 saw the decline of Philippine football several key players resigned from the national team due to financial challenges for playing for the national team National team players Ed Ocampo and Eduardo Pacheco switched to basketball and went on playing for commercial basketball clubs where players are paid 13 The Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 3135 that revised the charter of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation which had a provision or a 60 40 rule that mandates teams to not have more than 40 percent Chinese and other players with foreign blood 14 Sponsors withdrew and leagues which were mostly funded by the Chinese Filipino community started to decline The 60 40 rule was lifted much later during the tenure of president Johnny Romualdez of the Philippine Football Federation PFF after 1982 when the PFA has reorganized itself as the PFF 13 15 The national team suffered defeats with big margins at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta 13 This includes the national team s record 15 1 defeat to Malaysia which became the worst defeat of the national team at that time The record was later broken by the 15 0 loss to Japan in 1967 at the qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics Foreigners were hired to serve as head coaches for the national team in an attempt to reduce big margin loses Englishman Allan Rogers was hired following the record defeat to Malaysia and Spaniard Juan Cutillas was likewise tasked to lead the national team following the record defeat to Japan 16 In the early sixties the Philippine Football Association partnered with the San Miguel Corporation to seek foreign assistance to train local football players and coaches and to develop the sport in the country Coaches from the United Kingdom Alan Rogers and Brian Birch After the two were relieved Danny McClellan and Graham Adams continued their task In 1961 San Miguel through the national football association bought in four medical students from Spain who were expert in football Francisco Escarte Enrique dela Mata Claudio Sanchez and Juan Cutillas Escarte and dela Mata left the country after one year 17 In 1971 head coach Juan Cutillas recruited five foreign players to play for the national team four Spaniards and one Chinese The national team joined several international competitions such as the Merdeka Tournament Jakarta Anniversary Tournament and the President Park Tournament The team caused some upset results against the national teams of Thailand Singapore and South Korea The national team saw another decline after the four Spanish players left the team due to financial reasons and basketball gains more foothold over football in the country 17 The national team under German head coach Eckhard Krautzun finished fourth overall at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games its best ever finish at the tournament The Philippines dealt a 1 0 defeat to defending champions Malaysia at the tournament which knocked out the latter out of the tournament at just the group stage Norman Fegidero scored the sole goal for the Philippines 16 18 19 2000s Edit In September 2006 the country fell to 195th on the FIFA World Rankings its lowest ever 20 By the end of the year the Philippines moved back up to 171st overall after a good run in the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship qualification 21 They were able to win three games in a row which was a first for the Philippines and thus qualifying for the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship 22 Coach at that time Aris Caslib aimed to reach the semifinals with two wins at the group stage 23 The decision came despite Philippine Football Federation president Juan Miguel Romualdez stating that they would still be underdogs in the tournament and that they mustn t raise their expectations too high 21 as the Philippines have only won their first ever win of the tournament during the 2004 edition 24 The Philippines eventually failed to reach their target only getting a draw in three matches Their poor performances led to Caslib s resignation 25 as well as the refusal of the PFF to register and enter the qualification stages for the 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 They would be one of four nations all from Southeast Asia not to enter after a record number of entries 27 However it was revealed that the decision not to enter the 2010 as well as the 2006 World Cup qualification was made during the PFF presidency of Rene Adad whose term ended in 2003 26 Instead the PFF wanted to focus on domestic and regional competitions 28 The Philippines failed to qualify for any major competition in 2008 They missed out on the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup only on goal difference 29 and the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup with an inferior goals scored record 30 Dan Palami businessman and sports patron was appointed as team manager of the national team in 2009 by the Philippine Football Federation The national team still receive minimal support from the government Palami made financial investments to the team using his own personal money Since taking responsibility over the national team he has envisioned a plan named Project 100 which plans to make the team among the top 100 national teams in the world in terms of FIFA rankings More foreign born Filipinos were called up to play for the national squad 31 2010s Era of renaissance Edit The national team in blue playing against North Korea in red at the Kim Il sung Stadium in Pyongyang The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match held on October 8 2015 ended in a goalless draw Players of the national team celebrating their first qualification ever for the AFC Asian Cup following their 2 1 win over Tajikistan on March 27 2018 The Philippines s campaign at the 2010 AFF Championship under Simon McMenemy s tenure was a breakthrough Holding a primal ticket as one of two teams along with Laos that had to qualify for the tournament the Philippines advanced from the group stage for the first time did not concede a single defeat and their win against defending champions Vietnam in particular was considered one of the biggest upsets in the tournament s history 32 The match which would later be referred by local Filipino fans as the Miracle of Hanoi is also considered the match that started a football renaissance in the country where basketball is the more popular sport 33 34 In the knockout stage they had to play both their designated home and away games against Indonesia in Jakarta due to the unavailability of a stadium that passes AFF standards The Philippines lost both games to end their campaign The following year Michael Weiss became the head coach The national team managed to qualify for the 2012 edition of the AFC Challenge Cup the first time since qualifiers were introduced and also recorded their first ever victory in the FIFA World Cup qualification beating Sri Lanka 4 0 in the second leg of the first preliminary round 35 Kuwait finished the Philippines World Cup qualification campaign after winning over them twice in the second round In 2012 the Philippines qualified for the semifinals of the AFC Challenge Cup for the first time winning over former champions India and Tajikistan though they lost 2 1 against Turkmenistan in the semifinal 36 In the third place playoff the Philippines won 4 3 over Palestine 37 The Philippines won the 2012 Philippine Peace Cup a friendly tournament hosted at home which was their first title since the 1913 Far Eastern Games At the 2012 AFF Championship the Philippines replicated their performance in 2010 by advancing to the semifinal They lost to Singapore on aggregate by a single goal in the two legged semifinal Etheridge De Murga Villanueva Rota Sato Ingreso Ma Ott P Younghusband C Mi Ott Ramsay BahadoranThe starting lineup of the Azkals in their Asian Cup qualifiers match against Tajikistan The Philippines reached the final of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup With a berth to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup on the line the Philippines lost to Palestine 1 0 on May 30 The Philippines once again advance from the group stage at the 2014 AFF Championship by winning over Indonesia the first time since the 1934 Far Eastern Games 38 and Laos despite their loss to Vietnam 39 The Philippines faced Thailand in the two legged semifinal coming up with a goalless draw against their opponents at home in Manila but losing the away match at Bangkok 40 Thomas Dooley became the head coach of the national team In October 2015 their 2 0 victory over Yemen in Doha Qatar in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers was their first ever World Cup qualifier victory away from home 41 Their campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup ended in the second round though they advance to the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers In late 2016 the Philippines jointly hosted the group stage of the AFF Championship with Myanmar though they fail to progress from the group stage like they did in the past three editions Though the national team failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia they secured qualification for 2019 AFC Asian Cup after defeating Tajikistan 2 1 at home in their final qualifier match In May 2018 the national team reached 111th rank in the FIFA World Ranking making it the highest rank that the team has 42 43 Philippines at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup The Philippines made its historic debut in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup with a 0 1 defeat to South Korea 44 then a 0 3 loss to China 45 and was edged 1 3 by Kyrgyzstan with Stephan Schrock scoring a historic goal for the Azkals in the tournament 46 2020s Edit Following a relatively successful debut in the Asian Cup the Philippines began their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification where they were grouped together with Syria China Guam and the Maldives In their opening game the Azkals met Syria at home and took an early lead only to see the Syrians managed an outstanding comeback and smashing the Azkals 5 2 in Bacolod 47 Following the crushing home defeat the Pinoys regained its pace with two away wins over Guam and the Maldives 48 49 Between these matches the Pinoys also hosted China at home where they acquired an encouraging goalless draw after a splendid performance by the Azkals goalkeeper Neil Etheridge which increased the team s chance However the Syrians once again blew the chance of the Filipinos with the Syrians emerged with a 1 0 win over the Azkals 50 When COVID 19 pandemic led the games to be postponed to 2021 the Philippines had to play in a centralised venue in Sharjah The Filipinos then won Guam 3 0 but lost 0 2 to China thus did not manage to reach the 2022 FIFA World Cup before ending the qualification with a 1 1 draw to the Maldives Nonetheless the third place in their group meant the Philippines qualified for the third round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers 51 52 53 At the third round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in Ulaanbaatar the Philippines managed to draw with Yemen 0 0 and defeat the hosts Mongolia 1 0 through a last minute goal by debutant Gerrit Holtmann but were defeated 4 0 by eventual group winners Palestine Despite finishing second in Group B in which the five best runner up teams across all the groups qualify for the tournament the Azkals failed to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup after finishing as the worst runner up 54 Team image EditSupporters Edit Fans of the national team during a friendly against SV Darmstadt 98 in Germany June 24 2011 Some fans have organized themselves to support the national team one of them is the Ultras Filipinas which formed in 2011 55 56 The Kaholeros started out as a gathering of friends using Twitter calling for fans to watch games of the AFC Challenge Cup at the National Sports Grill in Greenbelt The Ultras Filipinas was established when fans of Philippine Air Force F C and Ultras Kayas decided to form a support group for the national teams of the Philippines not necessarily just for the football team The first outing of Ultras Filipinas was not for the national football team but for the national rugby union team The two fan groups take alternative turns in cheering and chanting for the national team during games 56 Colors Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philippines national football team kits Kit suppliers of the Philippine national teamCompany Dates Puma 1996 Adidas 1996 2006 Mizuno 2008 2012 LGR 2012 Puma 2012 2015 LGR 2015 2021 Kelme 2021 presentThe traditional home kit is similar to the France national team blue jersey white shorts and red socks 57 However in recent times the home and away kit has either been all blue all red or all white currently is the all white as home jerseys 58 The current kit supplier of the national team is local firm LGR Sportswear German companies Adidas and Puma as well as Japanese company Mizuno has provided kits for the team in the pastPuma was the official outfitter of the national team during the 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification 59 Later that year Adidas assumed that role and outfitted the team that participated at the 1996 Tiger Cup 60 For three years from March 2008 Mizuno served as the official outfitter and equipment supplier of the team It also helped the national federation in its grassroots development program 61 62 On June 4 2012 Puma supplanted Mizuno s role with the national team 63 Local firm LGR Sportswear became the official kit provider of the national team in 2015 and a new set of kits made by LGR were unveiled to the public in on June 5 which was later used by the team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers The home and away kits were white and blue respectively Filipino weave design and the three stars and the sun are present at the back of the home and away kits The goalkeeper s kit is black and has a yellow trim on the chest area and a weave pattern with the three stars and the sun and azkals logo incorporated in the design in front around the shoulder area Adidas was also announced as the footwear sponsor of the team for the qualifiers 64 Spanish sportwear brand Kelme became the official kit provider of the national team in 2021 65 Names Edit Logo of Azkals Philippines CrestThe monicker Azkals is only used in broadcasts and not used in an official capacity Under the official FIFA Trigramme the team s name is abbreviated as PHI this acronym is used by FIFA the AFC and the AFF to identify the team in official competitions 66 The team is also identified under the International Organization for Standardization ISO country code for the Philippines as PHL 67 However the team was more commonly known as the RP the acronym for the country s official name Republika ng Pilipinas 66 which the local press used when they referred to the team as the RP Booters 68 or the RP XI 69 This was until late October 2010 when the Department of Foreign Affairs decided to change the official abbreviation of the country from RP to PH or PHL to be in line with ISO standards 70 The local press have since referred to the team as either PH PHL Booters 71 72 or PH PHL XI 73 74 The national team is referred to as the Azkals 75 The name was coined when an online Philippine football community proposed the nickname Calle Azul Spanish for Streets of Blue referring to the color of their kit which was modified to Azul Calle shortened to AzCal and finally became Azkal a word that is similar to Filipino term Askal meaning street dog 76 Azkals became a trending topic on Twitter during the semifinals of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup 77 They are also known as the Tri Stars which is derived from the three stars on the Philippine flag although this nickname is not frequently used 78 Home stadium Edit During the early years of the Philippine national team they played their home matches at the Manila Carnival Grounds By 1934 it became the site of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex 79 One of the facilities within the complex is the 12 000 capacity national stadium known as the Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium or simply the Rizal Memorial Stadium Since its opening it has been the home venue of the Philippine national team until May 2015 where they declared the 25 000 seater and Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue Bulacan as their new home However due to disappointing attendance numbers in PSS and RMS and an impressive crowd for Ceres Negros F C s run to the 2017 AFC Cup the Philippine Football Federation decided to make Panaad Stadium as the national team s home again for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers 80 The RMS has also become a hub for track and field 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 In 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 international matches 81 The national team also held official international matches at the Cebu City Sports Center in Cebu City 82 and at the Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field in Barotac Nuevo Iloilo 83 Philippines national football team home stadiumsImage Stadium Capacity Location Last match Philippine Sports Stadium 20 000 Santa Maria Bulacan v Thailand November 25 2016 2016 AFF Championship Rizal Memorial Stadium 12 873 Manila v Indonesia January 2 2023 2022 AFF Championship Panaad Stadium 9 825 Bacolod v China October 15 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification Cebu City Sports Center Cebu City v Malaysia April 27 2014 Friendly Quirino Stadium 5 000 Bantay Ilocos Sur v Perth Glory FC June 26 2016 Friendly Fixtures and results EditFurther information Philippines national football team results 2020 present The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months as well as any future matches that have been scheduled 2022 Edit Philippines v Malaysia March 23 2022 2022 03 23 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesPhilippines 0 2 MalaysiaKallang Singapore20 00 UTC 8 Report Akhyar 3 24 Stadium National Stadium Referee Taqi Aljaafari Singapore Singapore v Philippines March 29 2022 2022 03 29 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesSingapore 2 0 PhilippinesKallang Singapore20 00 UTC 8 Safuwan 10 Shawal 90 Stadium National Stadium Attendance 9 183Referee Ahmad A Qashah Singapore Philippines v PFL All Stars June 3 2022 2022 06 03 Unofficial friendlyPhilippines 0 1 PFL All StarsBinan PhilippinesBedic Stadium Binan Football Stadium Philippines v Yemen June 8 2022 2022 06 08 2023 ACQ R3Philippines 0 0 YemenUlaanbaatar Mongolia12 30 UTC 8 Report Stadium MFF Football Centre Attendance 25Referee Kim Dae yong South Korea Mongolia v Philippines June 11 2022 2022 06 11 2023 ACQ R3Mongolia 0 1 PhilippinesUlaanbaatar Mongolia12 30 UTC 8 Report Holtmann 90 3 Stadium MFF Football Centre Attendance 1 287Referee Chen Hsin chuan Chinese Taipei Palestine v Philippines June 14 2022 2022 06 14 2023 ACQ R3Palestine 4 0 PhilippinesUlaanbaatar Mongolia12 30 UTC 8 Chihadeh 31 Seyam 42 Yameen 55 Abu Warda 72 Report Stadium MFF Football Centre Attendance 92Referee Mooud Bonyadifard Iran Philippines v Timor Leste July 16 2022 2022 07 16 FriendlyPhilippines 4 1 Timor LesteBali IndonesiaMi Ott 23 Menzi 45 Bedic 51 90 2 Report Dom Lucas 56 Stadium Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium Referee Sance Lawita Indonesia Vietnam v Philippines December 14 2022 2022 12 14 FriendlyVietnam 1 0 PhilippinesHanoi Vietnam18 00 UTC 7 Nguyễn Văn Quyết 90 2 Stadium Hang Đẫy Stadium Referee Wiwat Jumpaoon Thailand Cambodia v Philippines December 20 2022 2022 12 20 2022 AFF GSCambodia 3 2 PhilippinesPhnom Penh Cambodia17 00 UTC 7 Bunheing 16 59 Chanpolin 20 Report AFFMEC Report AFF Daniels 41 55 Stadium Morodok Techo National Stadium Attendance 4 860Referee Majed Al Shamrani Saudi Arabia Philippines v Brunei December 23 2022 2022 12 23 2022 AFF GSPhilippines 5 1 BruneiManila Philippines18 00 UTC 8 Daniels 7 Reyes 12 Melliza 50 Rasmussen 51 88 Report AFFMEC Report AFF Ramlli 70 Stadium Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance 1 650Referee Tam Ping Wun Hong Kong Thailand v Philippines December 26 2022 2022 12 26 2022 AFF GSThailand 4 0 PhilippinesPathum Thani ThailandTeerasil 3 41 pen Adisak 57 Suphanan 63 Report AFFMEC Report AFF Stadium Thammasat Stadium Attendance 6 567Referee Yudai Yamamoto Japan 2023 Edit Philippines v Indonesia January 2 2023 2023 01 02 2022 AFF GSPhilippines 1 2 IndonesiaManila Philippines20 30 UTC 8 Rasmussen 83 Report AFFMEC Report AFF Dendy 21 Marselino 43 Stadium Rizal Memorial Stadium Referee Ahmed Faisal Al Ali Jordan Personnel EditUpdated as of December 8 2022 Current technical staff Edit Position Name Ref Technical Director Stewart HallHead Coach Josep Ferre 84 Assistant Coach Ernani Regis Jovanie Villagracia Arvin Jay SolimanGoalkeeper Coach Kim VersalesPhysiotherapist Joselle Dumlao 85 86 Masseur Kevin Conejos Manny FerrerManagement Edit Position Name Ref Head of Delegation Dan Palami 85 Team Manager Ernest NierrasAssistant Team Manager Josef Malinay 86 Administrative Manager Anna Katrina LiscanoMedia Manager Patrick Ace BrightMedia Officer Erel CabatbatEquipment Manager Chester PelinoCoaching history Edit Dionisio Calvo one of the earliest head coach for the national team One of the earlier head coaches of the national team was Dionisio Calvo Foreign coaches of American Argentinean English German Scottish Spanish and Swedish nationality have managed the national team Juan Cutillas has managed the team in at least four non consecutive tenures 1969 1978 1981 1984 1996 2000 and 2008 09 Thomas Dooley led the national team to its best finish in a tournament sanctioned by the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA by leading the team to second place at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup The past three coaches Simon McMenemy Michael Weiss and Thomas Dooley also made some strides at the regional level leading the team to the semifinals at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 2012 and 2014 editions respectively the top football tournament in Southeast Asia Eckhard Krautzun also led the national team to the semifinals its best finish at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games before football became an under 23 tournament at said multi sporting event Caretaker managers are listed in italics Dionisio Calvo 1930 1954 Luis Javellana 1956 Ramon Echevarria Sr 1958 87 Fernando Gimenez Alvarez 1962 Alan Rogers 1962 1963 Danny McLennan 1963 Orlando Plagata 1965 88 Emilio Pacheco 1967 Juan Cutillas 1967 1972 Florentino Broce 1973 1974 17 Juan Cutillas 1975 1978 Bernhard Zgoll 1980 Juan Cutillas 1981 1984 Alberto Honasan 1987 89 Carlos Cavagnaro 1989 Consorcio Manresa 1991 90 Eckhard Krautzun 1991 1992 Mariano Araneta 1993 91 Rodolfo Alicante 1993 Noel Casilao 1993 1996 Juan Cutillas 1996 2000 Rodolfo Alicante 2000 Masataka Imai 2001 Sugao Kambe 2002 2003 Aris Caslib 2004 2007 92 Norman Fegidero 2008 Juan Cutillas 2008 2009 Aris Caslib 2009 Des Bulpin 2009 2010 93 Simon McMenemy 2010 94 Michael Weiss 2011 2014 95 Thomas Dooley 2014 2018 96 Marlon Maro 2017 note 1 Terry Butcher 2018 99 Scott Cooper 2018 100 101 Anto Gonzales 2018 note 2 Sven Goran Eriksson 2018 2019 103 Scott Cooper 2019 104 Goran Milojevic 2019 105 Scott Cooper 2019 2021 106 Stewart Hall 2021 2022 107 Thomas Dooley 2022 108 Josep Ferre 2022 109 110 Players EditCurrent squad Edit The 23 players are included in the squad for the 2022 AFF Championship 84 Caps and goals updated as of January 2 2023 after the match against Indonesia No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 1 GK Kevin Ray Mendoza 1994 09 29 September 29 1994 age 28 7 0 Kuala Lumpur City15 1 GK Anthony Pinthus 1998 04 11 April 11 1998 age 24 3 0 United City16 1 GK Julian Schwarzer 1999 10 26 October 26 1999 age 23 3 0 Kuching City2 2 DF Simen Lyngbo 1998 02 18 February 18 1998 age 24 4 0 United City3 2 DF Paul Tabinas 2002 07 05 July 5 2002 age 20 1 0 Unattached4 2 DF Jefferson Tabinas 1998 08 07 August 7 1998 age 24 11 0 Mito HollyHock5 2 DF Kamil Amirul 2004 02 16 February 16 2004 age 19 0 0 ADT11 2 DF Yrick Gallantes 2001 01 14 January 14 2001 age 22 7 0 ADT12 2 DF Amani Aguinaldo 1995 04 24 April 24 1995 age 27 51 0 Nakhon Ratchasima18 2 DF Christian Rontini 1999 07 20 July 20 1999 age 23 4 0 Kelantan23 2 DF Audie Menzi 1994 10 11 October 11 1994 age 28 6 1 Kaya Iloilo6 3 MF Sandro Reyes 2003 03 29 March 29 2003 age 19 9 1 Greuther Furth7 3 MF Jesus Melliza 1992 04 20 April 20 1992 age 30 8 1 Kaya Iloilo8 3 MF Arnel Amita 1995 01 10 January 10 1995 age 28 4 0 Kaya Iloilo9 3 MF Kenshiro Daniels 1995 01 13 January 13 1995 age 28 31 4 Sukhothai10 3 MF Oliver Bias 2001 06 15 June 15 2001 age 21 11 0 ADT19 3 MF Hikaru Minegishi 1991 06 05 June 5 1991 age 31 17 1 Uthai Thani21 3 MF Harry Nunez 2004 12 16 December 16 2004 age 18 2 0 ADT22 3 MF Pocholo Bugas 2001 12 03 December 3 2001 age 21 5 0 ADT13 4 FW Sebastian Rasmussen 2002 06 17 June 17 2002 age 20 3 3 Hobro II14 4 FW Jarvey Gayoso 1997 02 11 February 11 1997 age 26 9 1 Kaya Iloilo20 4 FW Mark Hartmann 1992 01 20 January 20 1992 age 31 39 8 Nakhon Si UnitedRecent call ups Edit The following players have been called up for the Philippines within the past 12 months 111 112 85 Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club Latest call upGK Neil Etheridge captain 1990 02 07 February 7 1990 age 33 70 0 Birmingham City Asian Cup QualifiersGK Quincy Kammeraad 2001 02 01 February 1 2001 age 22 0 0 Kaya Iloilo Asian Cup QualifiersPREGK Christian Lauron 2005 01 16 January 16 2005 age 18 0 0 Stallion Laguna 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREGK Enrico Mangaoang 2002 05 28 May 28 2002 age 20 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Justin Baas 2000 03 16 March 16 2000 age 22 11 0 Melaka United 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesDF Diego Bardanca 1993 03 20 March 20 1993 age 29 3 0 Chonburi v Timor Leste July 16 2022DF Kouichi Belgira 1996 12 28 December 28 1996 age 26 0 0 Stallion Laguna 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Marco Casambre 1998 12 18 December 18 1998 age 24 2 0 Kaya Iloilo 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Jesse Curran 1996 07 26 July 26 1996 age 26 3 0 Chonburi vPREDF Dylan de Bruycker 1997 12 05 December 5 1997 age 25 6 0 Nakhon Ratchasima 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Haren de Gracia 2003 05 06 May 6 2003 age 19 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Carli de Murga 1988 11 30 November 30 1988 age 34 48 4 Johor Darul Ta zim Asian Cup QualifiersPREDF Mar Diano 1997 07 24 July 24 1997 age 25 2 0 Kaya Iloilo Asian Cup QualifiersDF Pete Forrosuelo 1999 07 06 July 6 1999 age 23 1 0 Rajpracha 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Joshua Grommen 1996 07 10 July 10 1996 age 26 0 0 Khon Kaen United 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesPREDF Kike Linares 1999 07 12 July 12 1999 age 23 3 0 Lamphun Warriors v Timor Leste July 16 2022DF Miguel Mendoza 1999 02 03 February 3 1999 age 24 0 0 Stallion Laguna Asian Cup QualifiersDF Matthew Nierras 1993 02 06 February 6 1993 age 30 0 0 Stallion Laguna v Timor Leste July 16 2022DF Jesper Nyholm 1993 09 10 September 10 1993 age 29 3 1 Muangthong United 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Jaime Rosquillo 2003 03 10 March 10 2003 age 19 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREDF Simone Rota 1984 11 06 November 6 1984 age 38 31 2 Kaya Iloilo Asian Cup QualifiersDF Daisuke Sato 1994 09 20 September 20 1994 age 28 54 3 Persib Bandung Asian Cup QualifiersDF John Patrick Strauss 1996 01 28 January 28 1996 age 27 13 2 Hansa Rostock Asian Cup QualifiersPREMF Stephan Schrock 1986 08 21 August 21 1986 age 36 57 6 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipRETMF Michael Baldisimo 2000 04 13 April 13 2000 age 22 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Jeremiah Borlongan 1998 12 08 December 8 1998 age 24 0 0 Dynamic Herb Cebu 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Dennis Chung 2001 01 24 January 24 2001 age 22 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Harry Foll INJ 1998 03 02 March 2 1998 age 24 2 0 08 Villingen 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesMF Justin Frias 2003 07 24 July 24 2003 age 19 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Daniel Gadia 1995 07 03 July 3 1995 age 27 2 0 Dynamic Herb Cebu 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Eric Giganto 1994 05 09 May 9 1994 age 28 0 0 Kaya Iloilo 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Gerrit Holtmann 1995 03 25 March 25 1995 age 27 2 1 VfL Bochum Asian Cup QualifiersMF Kevin Ingreso 1993 02 10 February 10 1993 age 30 35 4 Sri Pahang 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesMF Oskari Kekkonen 1999 09 24 September 24 1999 age 23 6 0 PK 35 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Troy Limbo 1998 11 17 November 17 1998 age 24 0 0 Stallion Laguna 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Jacob Maniti 2002 10 16 October 16 2002 age 20 0 0 Hobro II 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Raphael Obermair 1996 04 01 April 1 1996 age 26 0 0 SC Paderborn Asian Cup QualifiersPREMF Manny Ott 1992 05 06 May 6 1992 age 30 56 4 Kedah Darul Aman Asian Cup QualifiersMF Mike Ott 1995 03 02 March 2 1995 age 27 32 4 Barito Putera Asian Cup QualifiersMF Chester Pabualan 1999 04 29 April 29 1999 age 23 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF OJ Porteria 1994 05 09 May 9 1994 age 28 26 2 Kelantan United Asian Cup QualifiersMF Iain Ramsay 1988 02 27 February 27 1988 age 34 36 5 Chiangmai United 2022 FAS Tri Nations SeriesMF Cyrelle Saut 2005 09 03 September 3 2005 age 17 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREMF Dennis Villanueva 1992 04 28 April 28 1992 age 30 15 0 Nakhon Ratchasima Asian Cup QualifiersMF Bryan Ybanez 1999 11 30 November 30 1999 age 23 0 0 Stallion Laguna 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREFW Andres Aldeguer 2003 12 18 December 18 2003 age 19 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREFW oscar Arribas 1998 10 22 October 22 1998 age 24 0 0 Johor Darul Ta zim 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREFW Jovin Bedic 1990 06 08 June 8 1990 age 32 11 4 Kaya Iloilo v Timor Leste July 16 2022FW Dov Carino 2003 12 18 December 18 2003 age 19 0 0 ADT 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREFW Curt Dizon 1994 02 04 February 4 1994 age 29 19 1 Penang v Timor Leste July 16 2022FW Bienvenido Maranon 1986 05 15 May 15 1986 age 36 8 4 Villarrubia Asian Cup QualifiersFW Griffin McDaniel 2000 03 30 March 30 2000 age 22 0 0 Stallion Laguna 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREFW Ivan Ouano 2000 03 06 March 6 2000 age 22 0 0 Dynamic Herb Cebu 2022 AFF ChampionshipPREFW Patrick Reichelt 1988 06 05 June 5 1988 age 34 73 12 Kuala Lumpur City Asian Cup QualifiersCOV Withdrew due to COVID 19INJ Withdrew due to an injuryPRE Included in the preliminary squadRET Retired from the national teamSUS Serving suspensionPlayer records EditThis section is missing information about matches before 1991 Please expand the section to include this information Further details may exist on the talk page April 2021 As of January 3 2023 113 Players in bold are still active Most appearances Edit Phil Younghusband is Philippines top goalscorer and most capped player Rank Name Caps Goals Career1 Phil Younghusband 108 52 2006 20192 James Younghusband 98 12 2006 20193 Patrick Reichelt 75 12 2012 present4 Chieffy Caligdong 71 16 2004 20135 Neil Etheridge 70 0 2008 present6 Rob Gier 68 3 2009 20157 Misagh Bahadoran 60 8 2011 20188 Stephan Schrock 57 6 2011 20239 Manuel Ott 57 4 2010 present10 Daisuke Sato 54 3 2014 presentTop goalscorers Edit Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career1 Phil Younghusband 52 108 0 48 2006 20192 Chieffy Caligdong 16 71 0 23 2004 20133 Angel Guirado 13 46 0 28 2011 20214 Patrick Reichelt 12 75 0 16 2012 presentJames Younghusband 98 0 12 2006 20196 Ian Araneta 9 49 0 18 2002 20137 Mark Hartmann 8 39 0 21 2011 presentMisagh Bahadoran 60 0 13 2011 20189 Javier Patino 7 19 0 37 2013 2019Chris Greatwich 50 0 14 2004 2014Competition records EditFIFA World Cup Edit The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup The national team entered the 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification 114 but withdrew without playing a single game 115 The Philippines had intended to enter the 1962 edition but did not push through with the plan 116 The country s entry to the 1966 edition was not accepted due to its association not being able to pay the registration fee for the qualifiers and the national team withdrew from the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification just as they did in the 1950 qualifiers 117 118 The national team made its first participation in a FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the 1998 edition At the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Yanti Barsales made the first goal for the Philippines at a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Syria 119 120 The national team did not enter the qualifiers for the next succeeding editions until the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers about 10 years later 121 The national team secured their first victory in a World Cup qualifier against Sri Lanka 4 0 122 123 FIFA World Cup recordYear FIFA World Cup record Qualification recordRound Pld W D L GF GA Round Pld W D L GF GA 1930 to 1938 did not enter did not enter 1950 Withdrew 117 Withdrew 1954 to 1962 did not enter did not enter 1966 Entry not accepted 117 Entry not accepted 1970 did not enter did not enter 1974 Withdrew 117 Withdrew 1978 to 1994 did not enter did not enter 1998 did not qualify Round 1 3 0 0 3 0 10 2002 Round 1 6 0 1 5 2 29 2006 and 2010 did not enter did not enter 2014 did not qualify Round 2 4 1 1 2 6 6 2018 Round 2 8 3 1 4 8 12 2022 Round 2 8 3 2 3 12 11 2026 To be determined To be determinedTotal 0 22 29 7 5 17 28 68Olympic Games Edit The Philippines Olympic Games recordYear Summer Olympics record Qualifying recordRound Pld W D L GF GA Round Pld W D L GF GA 1908 to 1952 did not enter 1956 Withdrew 1960 did not enter 1964 Withdrew 1968 did not qualify Round 1 5 0 0 5 3 48 1972 Round 1 4 1 0 3 1 19 1976 Round 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 1980 Round 1 5 0 0 5 0 32 1984 Round 1 5 0 0 2 1 17 1988 Round 1 4 0 0 4 0 311992 present See Philippines national under 23 teamTotal 0 17 22 1 0 21 5 153AFC Asian Cup Edit Main article Philippines at the AFC Asian Cup The Philippines qualified once for the Asian Cup in 2019 For the 2011 and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup the Philippines attempted to qualify for the tournament through the AFC Challenge Cup 120 124 125 The Philippines would have been invited to host the 1968 Asian Cup a tournament in which it did not qualify for if Iran withdrew as hosts 126 The Philippines AFC Asian Cup recordYear AFC Asian Cup record Qualification recordRound Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA 1956 did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 5 1960 2 0 0 2 4 14 1964 Withdrew Withdrew 1968 did not qualify 4 0 0 4 0 24 1972 Withdrew Withdrew 1976 1980 did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 10 1984 5 0 0 5 3 16 1988 did not enter did not enter 1992 1996 did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 20 2000 3 1 0 2 2 11 2004 did not enter did not enter 2007 2011 did not qualify AFC Challenge Cup 2015 2019 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 7 Squad 14 6 4 4 21 20 2023 did not qualify 11 4 3 4 13 15 2027 to be determined to be determinedTotal Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 7 47 11 7 29 45 135Asian Games Edit The Philippines Asian Games recordYear Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad 1951 Withdrew 1954 Round 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 Squad 1958 Quarter finals 3 1 0 2 2 8 Squad 1962 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 27 Squad 1966 and 1970 did not enter 1974 Round 1 3 0 0 3 0 21 Squad 1978 to 1998 did not enter2002 to present See Philippines national under 23 teamTotal 4 13 11 1 0 10 5 63 AFC Challenge Cup Edit The AFC Challenge Cup was organized as a route for nations classified as emerging or developing as a sole route to qualify for the Asian Cup The Philippines is among these nations 124 125 and participated at the inaugural 2006 AFC Challenge Cup After a qualification phase was introduced the Philippines failed to qualify for the next two succeeding editions in 2008 and 2010 The Philippines qualified for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup where the finished third 127 Phil Younghusband was the Golden Boot winner of the edition scoring six goals in the final tournament 128 The team reached the finals of 2014 edition of the tournament settling for second place after losing to Palestine in the finals 129 The AFC Challenge Cup tournament was dissolved after the 2014 edition 125 The Philippines AFC Challenge Cup recordYear AFC Challenge Cup record Qualification recordRound Pld W D L GF GA Squad Round Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad No qualification 2008 did not qualify Group stage 3 2 1 0 4 0 2010 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 8 2012 Third place 5 3 0 2 9 8 Squad Round 2 5 2 2 1 7 3 2014 Runners up 5 3 1 1 7 3 Squad Group stage 2 2 0 0 9 0Total 3 5 13 6 3 4 18 14 13 7 3 3 23 11Far Eastern Games Edit Out of the ten football tournaments held in ten editions of the Far Eastern Games The Philippines only won the inaugural 1913 edition 130 despite fielding American Spanish and British players violating tournament rules in that edition The team was nevertheless named champions 131 China was awarded champions of the nine other editions of the tournaments 130 At the 1917 Far Eastern Games the Philippines recorded its biggest victory in an international match to date which was the 15 2 win against Japan FC Barcelona player Paulino Alcantara was part of the national squad 132 The Philippines Far Eastern Games recordYear Round Pld W D L GF GA 1913 Champions 1 1 0 0 2 1 1915 Runners up 3 0 2 1 1 2 1917 Runners up 2 1 0 1 15 5 1919 Runners up 3 1 0 2 3 5 1921 Runners up 2 1 0 1 3 1 1923 Runners up 2 1 0 1 2 4 1925 Runners up 2 1 0 1 5 5 1927 Third place 2 0 0 2 2 5 1930 Third place 2 0 0 2 2 12 1934 Third place 3 1 0 2 6 8Total 10 10 22 7 2 13 41 48AFF Championship Edit The Philippines participated in every edition of the AFF Championship except the 2008 edition in which the team failed to qualify for the final tournament Their first match in the tournament was a 0 5 defeat handed by Thailand in 1996 edition Freddy Gonzalez scored the first goal for the Philippines in the tournament in a 1 3 defeat also to Thailand in the 1998 edition Emelio Caligdong made a brace in the national team s 2 1 victory against Timor Leste in the 2004 edition The victory was the first for the Philippines in the AFF Championship 133 The national team fared poorly during the first seven editions of the AFF Championship from 1996 to 2008 losing 19 out of 21 matches 127 The Philippines worst defeat at the tournament was the 1 13 match against Indonesia at the 2002 AFF Championship which was also remains the highest scoreline in the tournament as of 2020 134 The national team made to its first semi finals at the 2010 AFF Championship 127 The Philippines AFF Championship recordYear AFF Championship record Qualification recordRound Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA 1996 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 0 16 Squad No qualification 1998 8th 3 0 0 3 3 11 Squad 2 0 1 1 1 2 2000 8th 3 0 0 3 0 8 Squad No qualification 2002 9th 4 0 0 4 3 24 Squad 2004 7th 4 1 0 3 4 9 Squad 2007 7th 3 0 1 2 0 8 Squad 4 3 0 1 13 3 2008 did not qualify 4 2 1 1 6 5 2010 Semi finals 4th 5 1 2 2 3 3 Squad 3 1 2 0 7 2 2012 3rd 5 2 1 2 4 3 Squad Automatic qualification 2014 4th 5 2 1 2 9 7 Squad 2016 Group stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad Qualified as co hosts 2018 Semi finals 4th 6 2 2 2 7 7 Squad Automatic qualification 2020 Group stage 5th 4 2 0 2 12 6 Squad 2022 7th 4 1 0 3 8 10 SquadTotal Semi finals 13 14 53 11 9 33 55 115 13 6 4 3 27 12Southeast Asian Games Edit The senior national team managed to reach the semi finals of the football tournament of the Southeast Asian Games before the football was made into an under 23 tournament The Philippines Southeast Asian Games recordYear Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad1959 to 1975 Not affiliated to SEAP 1977 Round 1 3 1 1 1 5 7 1979 did not enter 1981 Round 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1983 2 0 1 1 0 5 1985 2 0 0 2 0 13 1987 did not enter 1989 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 10 1991 Semi finals 4 1 1 2 6 10 Squad 1993 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 11 1995 4 1 0 3 2 9 1997 4 0 0 4 1 13 1999 4 0 0 4 3 18 Squad2001 to present td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
