Philippines national football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | Azkals (unofficial) | ||
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Association | Philippine Football Federation | ||
Head coach | Jose Ariston Caslib | ||
Most caps | ? | ||
Top scorer | ? | ||
FIFA code | PHI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 191 | ||
First international | |||
Philippines 2 - 1 China (Philippines; February 1, 1913) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Template:Country data Japan (bordered) Japan 2 - 15 Philippines (Tokyo, Japan; September 10, 1917) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Template:Country data Japan (bordered) Japan 15 - 0 Philippines (Tokyo, Japan; September 27, 1967) | |||
Appearances | (first in -) | ||
Best result | - | ||
Appearances | (first in -) | ||
Best result | - |
The Philippines national football team is the national team of the Philippines and is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
Despite being the oldest team in Asia (their first-ever match took place on home soil against China on February 1, 1913), the Philippines has never had any significant success on the international stage, ranking only 191st out of 205 countries in the latest FIFA World Rankings as of 2006. They are currently one of the weakest teams in the world and did not enter the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in order to focus more on developing youth football and competing in regional tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games. The main reason for this lack of success is mainly because football is not the country's principal sport. The national identity of the Filipinos is tied very closely to basketball.
Football, however, is very popular and is in fact played by many people in the provinces of Iloilo, particularly in the municipality of Barotac Nuevo, and Negros Occidental and in the Mindanao islands.
Current players
Player | Club |
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Goalkeepers | |
Louie Michael Casas | San Beda College |
Ref Cuaresma | Navy FC |
Eduard Sacapano | Army FC |
Jonas Valenzuela | University of Santo Tomas |
Defenders | |
Franco Bambico | University of the Philippines |
Jesan Candolesa | Mendiola FC |
Wilson Walada De La Cruz | Army FC |
Bervic Italia | Iloilo FA |
Gerard Orcullo | San Beda College |
Andrew Santiago | University of the Philippines |
Mark Peterson Pentoko Villon | Mendiola FC |
Midfielders: | |
Marjo Besa Allado | University of Santo Tomas |
Alfie Caminos | Navy FC |
Anton Del Rosario | Kaya FC |
Joel Gener | Army FC |
Anton Gonzales | University of the Philippines |
Christopher Greatwich | Hartwick College |
Jeremias Jiao | Mendiola FC |
Jeffrey Liman | San Beda College |
Vaughn Mellendrez | Mendiola FC |
Rolly Perez | University of the East |
Winnie Subere | Air Force FC |
Alvin Valeroso | University of the East |
James Younghusband | Chelsea F.C. |
Strikers: | |
Ian Araneta | National Capital Region |
Alexander Borromeo (captain) | National Capital Region |
Luisito Bagaygay Brillantes | Army FC |
Emelio Caligdong | National Capital Region |
Alfredo Fernando Gonzalez | Kaya FC |
Chad Gould | |
Peter Jaugan | University of Mindanao |
Phil Younghusband | Chelsea F.C. |
Ariel Zerrudo Jr. | Lateo FC |
Famous Players
Paulino Alcantara is the Philippines' greatest footballer of all-time and the first player born outside Europe ever to play football in Europe. He played for F.C. Barcelona early in the 20th century and won five Spanish Cup championships. He was Barca's all-time goal-scorer with 357 goals in as many games. Alcantara went on to represent both Spain and the Philippines in international football, appearing five times for the Spanish national team and scored six goals, including two in his Spanish debut in 1921. He played for the Philippine national team in the 1917 Far Eastern Games in Tokyo, Japan and led the country's demolition of the host nation 15-2, the country's best ever result in international football.
Freddy Gonzalez
Alfredo Razon Gonzalez is considered by many as the first ever Filipino professional football player in history. He was the country's finest striker since the legendary Paulino Alcantara, Gonzalez played for the Eastern Asian Bank football team (signed on January 2003) in the Vietnam Football League (or the V-League). A football superstar in Ho Chi Minh City's Thong Nat Stadium, he was a many time member of the Philippine national team and played as a part-time player in Europe.
Early in 2005, two Chelsea Football Club reserve players received a surprise call-up for the Philippines Under-23 team for the Southeast Asian Games after a young fan sitting in front of his PlayStation 2 game console discovered that the Ashford-born brothers were eligible for selection because of their mother.
James Younghusband, then 19, and his younger brother Phil, then 18, were on the list of Chelsea FC players in the FIFA football game and an anonymous e-mail alerted the Philippine Football Federation as to their availability.
James scored his first international goal against Cambodia, the final score resulting in a 4-2 victory for the Philippines.
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1938 - Did not enter
- 1950 - Withdrew
- 1954 to 1962 - Did not enter
- 1966 - Suspended by FIFA for failure to pay the necessary fees
- 1970 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Withdrew
- 1978 to 1994 - Did not enter
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Did not enter
Asian Cup record
- 1956 - Preliminary round
- 1960 - Qualifying round
- 1964 - Did not qualify
- 1968 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Did not enter
- 1992 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Disqualified*
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2004 to 2007 - Did not enter
* for fielding in illegal player Mark Yutan, who is an American[1] [2]
Tiger Cup record
AFC Challenge Cup record
- 2006 - Round 1
Philippines International Record
- Played: 176
- Won: 21
- Drawn: 11
- Lost: 144
- Goals Scored: 133
- Goals Conceded: 639
List of wins
- 04/02/1913 - Philippines 2-1 China, Far Eastern Games
- 07/05/1917 - Japan 2-15 Philippines, Far Eastern Games
- ??/05/1919 - Philippines 2-1 China, Far Eastern Games
- ??/05/1919 - Philippines 3-2 China, Far Eastern Games
- 30/05/1921 - Philippines 3-1 Japan, Far Eastern Games (in China)
- 23/05/1923 - Japan 1-2 Philippines, Far Eastern Games
- 17/05/1925 - Philippines 4-0 Japan, Far Eastern Games
- ??/05/1934 - Philippines 4-3 Dutch East Indies, Far Eastern Games
- 26/05/1958 - Japan 0-1 Philippines, Asian Games
- 21/08/1971 - Philippines 3-1 Thailand, friendly (in Malaysia)
- ??/09/1971 - Philippines 3-0 Taiwan, Olympic Games qualifier (in South Korea)
- ??/06/1972 - Philippines 2-0 Singapore, friendly (in Indonesia)
- ??/06/1972 - Philippines 1-0 Thailand, friendly (in Indonesia)
- 26/07/1972 - Philippines 4-1 Sri Lanka, friendly (in Malaysia)
- 20/11/1977 - Philippines 4-1 Brunei, Southeast Asian Games (in Malaysia)
- ??/??/1991 - Philippines 2-1 Brunei, friendly
- 28/11/1991 - Philippines 1-0 Malaysia, Southeast Asian Games
- 12/12/1995 - Philippines 2-1 Brunei, Southeast Asian Games (in Thailand)
- 29/01/2000 - Philippines 2-0 Guam, Asian Cup qualifier (in Vietnam)
- 14/12/2004 - Philippines 2-1 Timor Leste, Tiger Cup (in Malaysia)
- 23/11/2005 - Philippines 4-2 Cambodia, Southeast Asian Games
List of draws
- ??/05/1915 - China 1-1 Philippines, Far Eastern Games
- ??/??/1934 - Japan 3-3 Philippines, Far Eastern Games
- 07/06/1940 - China 0-0 Philippines, friendly (in Japan)
- 13/08/1971 - Philippines 4-4 Singapore, friendly (in Malaysia)
- ??/06/1972 - Philippines 1-1 South Korea, friendly (in Indonesia)
- ??/07/1972 - Khmer Republic (Cambodia) 2-2 Philippines, friendly (in Malaysia)
- 23/11/1977 - Indonesia 1-1 Philippines, Southeast Asian Games (in Malaysia)
- 30/05/1983 - Malaysia 0-0 Philippines, Southeast Asian Games (in Singapore)
- 26/11/1991 - Philippines 2-2 Vietnam, Southeast Asian Games
- 26/03/1998 - Cambodia 1-1 Philippines, Tiger Cup qualifier (in Singapore)
- 26/05/2001 - Philippines 2-2 Laos, FIFA World Cup qualifier
- 03/04/2006 - Philippines 1-1 India, AFC Challenge Cup (in Bangladesh)
- 05/04/2006 - Afghanistan 1-1 Philippines, AFC Challenge Cup (in Bangladesh)
Achievements
- 1913 Far Eastern Games champions
- 1991 Southeast Asian Games semifinalists
References
- ^ "Pinoy Soccer - News archives".
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