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Philippines
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Azkals (unofficial)
AssociationPhilippine Football Federation
Head coachJose Ariston Caslib
Most caps?
Top scorer?
FIFA codePHI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current191
First international
Philippines Philippines 2 - 1 China China
(Philippines; February 1, 1913)
Biggest win
Template:Country data Japan (bordered) Japan 2 - 15 Philippines Philippines
(Tokyo, Japan; September 10, 1917)
Biggest defeat
Template:Country data Japan (bordered) Japan 15 - 0 Philippines 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
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

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.

Philip and James Younghusband

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

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

  1. ^ "Pinoy Soccer - News archives". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)
  2. ^ "Asian Cup (Disciplinary code)" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)

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