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| Association | Philippine Football Federation (PFF) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Carles Cuadrat | |||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Manny Ott | |||||||||||||||||
| Mostcaps | Phil Younghusband (108) | |||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Phil Younghusband (52) | |||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Rizal Memorial Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | PHI | |||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current | 141 2 (October 17, 2025)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 111 (May 2018) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 195 (September – October 2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||||||||
 Philippines 2–1China  (Manila, Philippines; February 4, 1913) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||||||||||
 Japan2–15Philippines (Tokyo, Japan; May 10, 1917)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||||||||
Japan15–0Philippines  (Tokyo, Japan; September 28, 1967) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in2019) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2019) | |||||||||||||||||
| AFC Challenge Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (first in2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2014) | |||||||||||||||||
| ASEAN Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 14 (first in1996) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Semi-finals (2010,2012,2014,2018,2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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ThePhilippines national football team (Filipino:Pambansang koponan ng futbol ng Pilipinas) represents thePhilippines in men's internationalfootball, governed by thePhilippine Football Federation (PFF) and has been playing internationally since 1913.
Prior toWorld War II, the Philippines had regularly competed withJapan and theRepublic of China in theFar Eastern Championship Games. So far, the national team has never qualified for theFIFA World Cup[4] and has qualified for theAFC Asian Cup only once, in 2019. They finished second at the2014 AFC Challenge Cup after losing toPalestine in the final.[5]
Unlike most ofSoutheast Asia, where football is the most popular sport, the Philippines' most popularsports arebasketball andboxing, inherited fromAmerican rule. Before 2010, the Philippines would suffer group stage eliminations at theAFF Championship.
However, since the2010 AFF Championship, which saw the "Miracle of Hanoi", the country has attempted to develop football as part of the sport's renaissance, finding more incentives to increase football development and fan support.[6]
The Philippines participated in theFar Eastern Championship Games, which included football. The first edition was in1913 and the last was in1934. The games were the first regional football tournament for national teams outside theBritish Home Championship. The national team routinely facedJapan andChina and at one edition theDutch East Indies at the games. The Philippines won over China at the inaugural tournament with a scoreline of 2–1. During the1917 edition, the national team achieved its biggest win in international football. Led byFilipino-Spanish iconPaulino Alcantara, the Philippines defeated Japan15–2.[4][7][8]
After the dissolution of the Far Eastern Championship Games, the national squad participated in the1940 East Asian Games organized to commemorate the2600th anniversary of the foundation of theEmpire of Japan byEmperor Jimmu. The team finished third behind championsJapan and second placersManchukuo, and ahead of theRepublic of China.[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 theChinese-Filipino community. The national team's decent performance at the1958 Asian Games, hosted inTokyo, where they defeated Japan 1–0, was labeled as an upset by the Japanese press.[11]
The years following 1958 saw the decline of Philippine football, as several key players resigned from the national team due to financial challenges for playing. National team playersEd Ocampo andEduardo Pacheco switched to basketball, and went on playing for commercial basketball clubs where players are paid.[11] The Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 3135 that revised the charter of thePhilippine Amateur Athletic Federation, which had a provision, or a 60-40 rule, that mandated teams to not have more than 40 percent Chinese and other players with foreign blood.[12] 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 thePhilippine Football Federation (PFF), after 1982 when the PFA had reorganized itself as the PFF.[11][13]
The national team suffered defeats with big margins at the1962 Asian Games inJakarta.[11] This includes the national team's record 15–1 defeat toMalaysia, 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 the1968 Summer Olympics. Foreigners were hired to serve as head coaches for the national team in an attempt to reduce big margin loses. EnglishmanAllan Rogers was hired following the record defeat to Malaysia, and SpaniardJuan Cutillas was likewise tasked to lead the national team following the record defeat to Japan.[14]
In the early sixties, the Philippine Football Association partnered with theSan Miguel Corporation to seek foreign assistance to train local football players and coaches and to develop the sport in the country. These includedAlan Rogers and Brian Birch, coaches from theUnited Kingdom. After the two were relieved, Danny McClellan and Graham Adams continued their task. In 1961, San Miguel, through the national football association, brought in four medical students from Spain who were experts in football — Francisco Escarte, Enrique dela Mata, Claudio Sanchez andJuan Cutillas. Escarte and dela Mata left the country after one year.[15]
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 theMerdeka Tournament,Jakarta Anniversary Tournament and thePresident Park Tournament. The team caused some upset results against the national teams ofThailand,Singapore andSouth Korea. The national team saw another decline after the four Spanish players left the team due to financial reasons and basketball gained more foothold over football in the country.[15]
The national team under German head coachEckhard Krautzun finished fourth overall at the1991 Southeast Asian Games, its best ever finish at the tournament. The Philippines dealt a 1–0 defeat to defending championsMalaysia 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.[14][16][17]
In September 2006, the country fell to 195th on theFIFA World Rankings, its lowest ever.[18] By the end of the year, the Philippines moved back up to 171st overall, after a good run in the2007 AFF Championship qualification.[19] They were able to win three games in a row, which was a first for the Philippines and thus qualifying for the2007 AFF Championship.[20] Coach at that timeAris Caslib, aimed to reach the semifinals with two wins at the group stage.[21] The decision came despite Philippine Football Federation president Juan Miguel Romualdez stating that they would still be underdogs in the tournament and that they should not raise their expectations too high,[19] as the Philippines have only gotten their first ever win of the tournament during the2004 AFF Championship.[22]
The Philippines eventually failed to reach their target, only getting a draw in three matches. Their poor performances led to Caslib's resignation,[23] as well as the refusal of the PFF to register and enter the qualification stages for the2010 FIFA World Cup.[24] They would be one of four nations, all fromSoutheast Asia, not to enter after a record number of entries.[25] 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.[24] Instead, the PFF wanted to focus on domestic and regional competitions.[26]
The Philippines failed to qualify for any major competition in 2008. They missed out on the2008 AFC Challenge Cup only ongoal difference,[27] and the2008 AFF Championship with an inferior goals scored record.[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 received minimal support from the government. Palami made financial investments into the team using his own personal money. Since taking responsibility over the national team, he envisioned a plan named Project 100, which aimed 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.[29]
The Philippines's campaign at the2010 AFF Championship underSimon McMenemy's tenure was a breakthrough. Holding a primal ticket as one of two teams along withLaos that had toqualify 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 championsVietnam in particular was considered one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history.[30] 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.[31][32] In the knockout stage, they had to play both their designated home and away games againstIndonesia inJakarta 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 theAFC Challenge Cup, the first time since qualifiers were introduced and also recorded their first ever victory in theFIFA World Cup qualification, beatingSri Lanka 4–0 in the second leg of the first preliminary round.[33]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 theAFC Challenge Cup for the first time winning over former championsIndia andTajikistan, though they lost 2–1 againstTurkmenistan in the semifinal.[34] In the third place-playoff the Philippines won 4–3 overPalestine.[35] The Philippines won the2012 Philippine Peace Cup, a friendly tournament hosted at home, which was their first title since the 1913Far Eastern Games. At the2012 AFF Championship, the Philippines replicated their performance in 2010 by advancing to the semifinal. They lost toSingapore on aggregate by a single goal in the two-legged semifinal.
The Philippines reached the final of the2014 AFC Challenge Cup. With a berth to the2015 AFC Asian Cup on the line, the Philippines lost toPalestine 1–0 on May 30. The Philippines once again advanced from the group stage at the2014 AFF Championship by winning overIndonesia, the first time since the1934 Far Eastern Games,[36] andLaos despite their loss toVietnam.[37] The Philippines facedThailand in the two-legged semifinal, coming up with a goalless draw against their opponents at home in Manila but losing the away match atBangkok.[38]
Thomas Dooley became the head coach of the national team. In October 2015 their 2–0 victory overYemen inDoha,Qatar in the2018 FIFA World Cup and2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers was their first-ever World Cup qualifier victory away from home.[39] 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 theAFF Championship withMyanmar 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 the2018 FIFA World Cup inRussia, they secured qualification for2019 AFC Asian Cup after defeatingTajikistan, 2–1 at home in their final qualifier match. In May 2018, the national team reached 111th rank in theFIFA World Ranking making it the highest rank that the team has.[40][41]
The Philippines made its historic debut in the2019 AFC Asian Cup with a 0–1 defeat toSouth Korea.[42] then a 0–3 loss toChina[43] and was edged 1–3 byKyrgyzstan, withStephan Schröck scoring a historic goal for the Azkals in the tournament.[44]
Following a relatively successful debut in the Asian Cup, the Philippines began their2022 FIFA World Cup qualification where they were grouped together withSyria,China,Guam andMaldives. In their opening game, the Azkals met Syria at home and took an early lead, only to see the Syrians manage an outstanding comeback and smash the Azkals 5–2 inBacolod.[45] Following the crushing home defeat, the Pinoys regained its pace with two away wins over Guam and the Maldives.[46][47] Between these matches, the Pinoys also hosted China at home where they acquired an encouraging goalless draw, after a splendid performance by the Azkals goalkeeperNeil Etheridge which increased the team's chance. However, the Syrians once again blew the chance of the Filipinos, with the Syrians emerging with a 1–0 win over the Azkals.[48] WhenCOVID-19 pandemic led the games to be postponed to 2021, the Philippines had to play in a centralised venue inSharjah. The Filipinos then won against Guam 3–0, but lost 0–2 to China and thus did not manage to reach the2022 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 thethird round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.[49][50][51]
At the third round of the2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers inUlaanbaatar, the Philippines managed to draw withYemen 0–0 and defeat the hostsMongolia 1–0 through a last-minute goal by debutantGerrit Holtmann but were defeated 4–0 by eventual group winnersPalestine. Despite finishing second inGroup B, in which the five best runner-up teams across all the groups qualify for the tournament, the Azkals failed to qualify for the2023 AFC Asian Cup after finishing as theworst runner-up.[52]
Philippines then played in the second round of the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification being place alongsideIraq and two regional rivals, Indonesia and Vietnam. The team the finished last in the table with 1 draw against Indonesia on November 21, 2023, and 5 losses.
Long-time general manager, Dan Palami stepped down from his role in January 2024.[53][54] In 2024, Philippines was invited by Malaysia for the2024 Merdeka Tournament in September and Thailand for the2024 King's Cup in October. Philippines then played in the2024 ASEAN Championship drawing 1–1 all their first group stage match againstMyanmar,Laos andVietnam. Needing a win in their final group stage fixtures against Indonesia, against all odds, Philippines went on to win 1–0 afterBjørn Martin Kristensen scored from the penalty spot to secure a spot in the semi-finals where the team didn't lose a game in the group stage. During the first leg of the semi-finals match on December 27 against Thailand, with the match coming to an end,Kike Linares scored in the 90+5' stoppage time header to secured a 2–1 win which then see Philippines beating Thailand for the first time in 52 years.
Some fans have organized themselves to support the national team, one of them is theUltras Filipinas, which formed in 2011.[55][56] The Kaholeros started out as a gathering of friends usingTwitter calling for fans to watch games of theAFC Challenge Cup at the National Sports Grill inGreenbelt. The 'Ultras Filipinas' was established when fans ofPhilippine Air Force 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 thenational rugby union team. The two fan groups take alternative turns in cheering and chanting for the national team during games.[56]
| Kit suppliers of the Philippine national team | |
|---|---|
| Company | Dates |
 Puma | 1996 |
| Adidas | 1996–2004 |
 Asics | 2005 |
| Adidas | 2006 |
| Mizuno | 2008–2012 |
 LGR | 2012 |
| Puma | 2012–2015 |
| LGR | 2015–2021 |
 Kelme | 2021–2023 |
| Chronos (as Azkals Sportswear)[note 1] | 2023–2024 |
| Puma | 2024–present |
The traditional home kit is similar to theFrance 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 German sportswearPuma.Adidas, as well as Japanese companyMizuno, has provided kits for the team in the past.
Puma was the official outfitter of the national team during the1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[59] Later that year,Adidas assumed that role and outfitted the team that participated at the1996 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 firmLGR 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 on June 5 which was later used by the team at the2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The home and away kits were white and blue respectively. Filipino weave design andthe 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 sportswear brandKelme became the official kit provider of the national team in 2021.[65]
In June 2022, the team used Chronos Athletics-made kits when they competed in the third round of the2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in Mongolia. It was later explained that the Kelme kits they were supposed to wear arrived late.
Following Kelme's deal with the Philippines expiring in January 2023, local sportswear brand Chronos Athletics finally became the Philippines' new kit supplier. In March 2023, following aTikTok video that wentviral, presenting a concept shirt for the Philippines. The management then decided to acquire the design made by JerseyBird, a small US-based sportswear brand. Chronos Athletics remained as the kit supplier, with both sides agreed to retain the JerseyBird logo on the kits and to be distributed under a subsidiary brand, Azkals Sportswear.[66]
In the recent2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iraq, the Philippines were seen wearing a new kit design supplied byPuma. On May 3, 2024, Philippines announced a four-year partnership with Puma until 2028.[67]
Under the officialFIFA Trigramme the team's name is abbreviated asPHI; this acronym is used byFIFA, theAFC and theAFF to identify the team in official competitions.[68] The team is also identified under theInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO)country code for the Philippines asPHL.[69] However the team was more commonly known as theRP, the acronym for the country's official name,Republika ng Pilipinas,[68] which the local press used when they referred to the team as the "RP Booters"[70] or the "RP XI".[71] This was until late October 2010 when theDepartment 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.[72] The local press have since referred to the team as either "PH/PHL Booters"[73][74] or "PH/PHL XI".[75][76]
They were also known as the "Tri–Stars," which was derived from the three stars on thePhilippine flag, although this nickname was not frequently used.[77]
The national team was referred to as the "Azkals".[78] The name was coined when an online Philippine football community proposed the nicknameCalle Azul (Spanish forStreets of Blue, referring to the color of their kit) which was modified toAzul Calle, shortened toAzCal, and finally becameAzkal – a word that is similar to Filipino termAskal meaning street dog.[79] "Azkals" became a trending topic on Twitter during the semifinals of the2010 AFF Championship.[80] The name would be officially adopted by the PFF during the tenure of general team managerDan Palami until 2023. Its discontinuation of its use by the federation was confirmed in February 2024.[81] The Azkals name would be adopted by anindependent 7-a-side club in 2024 competing in the7's Football League led by Palami and former national team players.[82][83] There are no serious efforts to replace the "Azkals" moniker as of December 2024.[84]
During the early years of the Philippine national team, they played their home matches at theManila Carnival Grounds. By 1934 it became the site of theRizal Memorial Sports Complex.[85] One of the facilities within the complex is the 12,000 capacitynational 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 when they declared the 25,000 seater andPhilippine Sports Stadium inBocaue, Bulacan as their new home. However, due to disappointing attendance numbers in PSS and RMS and an impressive crowd forCeres–Negros's run to the2017 AFC Cup, thePhilippine Football Federation decided to makePanaad Stadium the national team's home again for the2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.[86]
The RMS has also become a hub fortrack and field. The continued use for athletics along with poor maintenance has deteriorated the stadium and the1991 Southeast Asian Games was the last time it was used for international football matches.vIn early 2009, thePhilippine Sports Commission planned to transform it to a modern football stadium which would make it usable by the national team for international matches.[87]
The national team also held official international matches at theCebu City Sports Center inCebu City,[88] and at theBarotac Nuevo Plaza Field inBarotac Nuevo,Iloilo.[89]
| Philippines national football team home stadiums | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Last match |
.jpg) | New Clark City Athletics Stadium | 20,000 | Capas,Tarlac | v  Tajikistan(June 10, 2025;2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification) |
 | Philippine Sports Stadium | 20,000 | Santa Maria,Bulacan | v  Thailand(November 25, 2016;2016 AFF Championship) |
 | Rizal Memorial Stadium | 12,873 | Manila | v Thailand (December 27, 2024;2024 ASEAN Championship) |
 | Panaad Stadium | 10,500 | Bacolod | v  China(October 15, 2019;2022 FIFA World Cup qualification) |
 | Cebu City Sports Center | 5,500 | Cebu City | v  Malaysia(April 27, 2014;Friendly) |
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
v Philippines| November 14Friendly | Hong Kong | 3–1 | Philippines | So Kon Po, Hong Kong |
| 20:00 UTC+8 | Report |
| Stadium:Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 4,966 Referee: Warintorn Sassadee (Thailand) |
v
Myanmar| December 122024 ASEAN Championship | Philippines | 1–1 | Myanmar | Manila, Philippines |
| 18:30 UTC+8 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea) |
v Philippines| December 152024 ASEAN Championship | Laos | 1–1 | Philippines | Vientiane, Laos |
| 17:30 UTC+7 |
| Report |
| Stadium:New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 6,389 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto (Japan) |
v
Vietnam| December 182024 ASEAN Championship | Philippines | 1–1 | Vietnam | Manila, Philippines |
| 21:00 UTC+8 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,346 Referee: Akobirxuja Shukurullaev (Uzbekistan) |
v Philippines| December 212024 ASEAN Championship | Indonesia | 0–1 | Philippines | Surakarta, Indonesia |
| 20:00 UTC+7 | Report |
| Stadium:Manahan Stadium Attendance: 17,390 Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan) |
v Thailand| December 272024 ASEAN Championship SF Leg 1 | Philippines | 2–1 | Thailand | Manila, Philippines |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | Report |
| Stadium:Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea) |
v Philippines| December 302024 ASEAN Championship SF Leg 2 | Thailand | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3agg.) | Philippines | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 20:00 UTC+7 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 31,876 Referee: Kimura Hiroyuki (Japan) |
v
Maldives| March 252027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Philippines | 4–1 | Maldives | Capas, Philippines |
| 19:00 UTC+8 |
| Report (AFC) |
| Stadium:New Clark City Athletics Stadium Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Daniel Elder (Australia) |
v Tajikistan| June 102027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Philippines | 2–2 | Tajikistan | Capas, Philippines |
| 19:00 UTC+8 |
| Report (AFC) |
| Stadium:New Clark City Athletics Stadium Attendance: 10,854 Referee:Hasan Akrami (Iran) |
v Philippines| October 92027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Timor-Leste | 1–4 | Philippines | Darwin, Australia |
| 19:00 UTC+9:30 |
| Report (AFC) |
| Stadium:Territory Rugby League Stadium Attendance: 1,356 Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia) |
v Timor-Leste| October 142027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Philippines | 3–1 | Timor-Leste | Capas, Philippines |
| 19:00 UTC+8 |
| Report Report (AFC) |
| Stadium:New Clark City Athletics Stadium Attendance: 10,034 Referee: Torphong Somsing (Thailand) |
v Philippines| November 182027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Maldives | v | Philippines | Malé, Maldives |
| 15:30 UTC+5:30 | Stadium:National Football Stadium |
v TBD| TBDGoTyme Bank Cup | Philippines | v | TBD | Philippines |
| 20:30 UTC+8 |
v Philippines| March 312027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Tajikistan | v | Philippines | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| --:-- UTC+5:30 | Stadium:Pamir Stadium |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Carles Cuadrat |
| Assistant coaches | Albert Roca |
| Dimas Delgado | |
| Arvin Soliman | |
| Jake Cuaycong | |
| Norman Fegidero | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Eduard Sacapaño |
| Physical coach | Aristotle Andrey |
| Performance manager |  Stephen Oonan |
| Analysts |  Garrath McPherson |
| Masseur | Alexander Gamat |
| Kevin Conejos | |
| Physiotherapists | Augustine Rivas |
| Jamie Trespicio | |
| Doctor | Lawrence Irving Bernardo |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Team manager | Mico Gutierrez |
| Kitmen | Joebert Reamon |
| Alfe Sebuha | |
| Travel manager | Allan Salvador |
| Travel coordinator | Rellyn Anne Makiling |
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One of the earlier head coaches of the national team wasDionisio 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 theAsian Football Confederation andFIFA by leading the team to second place at the2014 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 theAFF Suzuki Cup (2010,2012 and2014 editions respectively), the top football tournament inSoutheast Asia.Eckhard Krautzun also led the national team to the semifinals, its best finish at the1991 Southeast Asian Games, before football became an under-23 tournament at said multi-sporting event.
Dionisio Calvo (1930–1954) Jose Rodriguez[90][91] (1934)Jose Ozamis[92] (1935) Luis Javellana (1956) Ramon Echevarria Sr. (1958)[93]Fernando Giménez Álvarez (1962)
Alan Rogers (1962–1963)
Danny McLennan (1963)Orlando Plagata (1965)[94]Emilio Pacheco (1967)
/
/Juan Cutillas (1967–1972, 1975–1978, 1981–1984)Florentino Broce (1973–1974)[15]Bernhard Zgoll (1980)
Lope Pascual (1985) Alberto Honasan (1987)[95][96]
Carlos Cavagnaro (1989) Consorcio Manresa (1991)[97]Eckhard Krautzun (1991–1992)Mariano Araneta (1993)[98]Rodolfo Alicante (1993) Noel Casilao (1993–1996)Juan Cutillas (1996–2000, 2008–2009) Rodolfo Alicante (2000)Masataka Imai (2001)Sugao Kambe (2002–2003)Aris Caslib (2004–2007)[99]Norman Fegidero (2008)Aris Caslib (2009)[99]Des Bulpin (2009–2010)[100]Simon McMenemy (2010)[101]Michael Weiß (2011–2014, 2023–24)[102]
Thomas Dooley (2014–2018, 2022)[103][104]Marlon Maro (2017)[note 2]Terry Butcher (2018)[107]Scott Cooper (2018)[108][109]Anto Gonzales (2018)[note 3][111]
Sven-Göran Eriksson (2018–2019)[112]
Goran Milojević (2019)[113]Scott Cooper (2019)[108][109]Stewart Hall (2021–2022)[114]Josep Ferré (2022–2023)[115][116]
Barae Jrondi[117][118][119] (2023)
Tom Saintfiet (2024)Norman Fegidero (2024)[note 4]Albert Capellas (2024–2025)Carles Cuadrat (2025–present)The following 23 players were called up for theAFC Asian Cup qualifiers againstTimor Leste.
Caps and goals updated as of October 14, 2025, after the match againstTimor-Leste.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Kevin Ray Mendoza | (1994-09-29)September 29, 1994 (age 31) | 16 | 0 | Chonburi |
| 15 | 1GK | Nicholas Guimarães | (2006-08-09)August 9, 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Juntendo University |
| 16 | 1GK | Quincy Kammeraad | (2001-02-01)February 1, 2001 (age 24) | 3 | 0 | Kuala Lumpur City |
| 2 | 2DF | Adrian Ugelvik | (2001-09-21)September 21, 2001 (age 24) | 6 | 0 | PT Prachuap |
| 4 | 2DF | Jefferson Tabinas | (1998-08-07)August 7, 1998 (age 27) | 23 | 4 | Chonburi |
| 5 | 2DF | Jesper Nyholm | (1993-09-10)September 10, 1993 (age 32) | 12 | 1 | PT Prachuap |
| 12 | 2DF | Amani Aguinaldo | (1995-04-24)April 24, 1995 (age 30) | 71 | 0 |  DPMM |
| 14 | 2DF | Josef Baccay | (2001-04-29)April 29, 2001 (age 24) | 4 | 0 |  Odd |
| 20 | 2DF | Michael Kempter | (1995-01-12)January 12, 1995 (age 30) | 14 | 0 | Muangthong United |
| 21 | 2DF | Santiago Rublico | (2005-08-18)August 18, 2005 (age 20) | 15 | 0 | AD Alcorcón |
| 3 | 3MF | Christian Rontini | (1999-07-20)July 20, 1999 (age 26) | 24 | 1 |  Antella |
| 6 | 3MF | Sandro Reyes | (2003-03-29)March 29, 2003 (age 22) | 27 | 4 | FC Gütersloh |
| 8 | 3MF | Manny Ott | (1992-05-06)May 6, 1992 (age 33) | 68 | 4 | Rayong |
| 11 | 3MF | Randy Schneider | (2001-08-27)August 27, 2001 (age 24) | 4 | 1 |  Winterthur |
| 19 | 3MF | Zico Bailey | (2000-08-27)August 27, 2000 (age 25) | 13 | 1 | New Mexico United |
| 22 | 3MF | John Lucero | (2003-12-01)December 1, 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Kanchanaburi Power |
| 7 | 4FW | André Leipold | (2001-11-12)November 12, 2001 (age 23) | 3 | 0 |  Helmond Sport |
| 9 | 4FW | Jarvey Gayoso | (1997-02-11)February 11, 1997 (age 28) | 30 | 4 | Bangkok |
| 10 | 4FW | Bjørn Martin Kristensen | (2002-05-04)May 4, 2002 (age 23) | 15 | 13 | KFUM Oslo |
| 13 | 4FW | Alex Monis | (2003-03-20)March 20, 2003 (age 22) | 15 | 0 | New England Revolution II |
| 17 | 4FW | Gerrit Holtmann | (1995-03-25)March 25, 1995 (age 30) | 7 | 2 | VfL Bochum |
| 18 | 4FW | Dylan Demuynck | (2004-05-06)May 6, 2004 (age 21) | 9 | 0 | Lierse |
| 23 | 4FW | Sebastian Rasmussen | (2002-06-17)June 17, 2002 (age 23) | 10 | 4 |  Hobro |
The following players have been called up for the Philippines within the past 12 months.[123]
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Julian Schwarzer | (1999-10-26)October 26, 1999 (age 26) | 3 | 0 | Free agent | v. Maldives, March 25, 2025 |
| GK | Patrick DeytoINJ | (1990-02-15)February 15, 1990 (age 35) | 22 | 0 | Kaya–Iloilo | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| GK | Florencio Badelic | (1994-05-22)May 22, 1994 (age 31) | 0 | 0 | Melaka | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| DF | Paul Tabinas | (2002-07-05)July 5, 2002 (age 23) | 18 | 0 |  Vukovar 1991 | v. Tajikistan, June 10, 2025 |
| DF | Jesse Curran | (1996-07-26)July 26, 1996 (age 29) | 14 | 0 | Ratchaburi | v. Maldives, March 25, 2025 |
| DF | Joshua Meriño | (2005-02-11)February 11, 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | University of the Philippines | v. Maldives, March 25, 2025 |
| DF | Kike Linares | (1999-07-12)July 12, 1999 (age 26) | 12 | 1 | Lamphun Warriors | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| DF | Audie Menzi | (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (age 31) | 7 | 1 | Kaya–Iloilo | v. Hong Kong, November 14, 2024 |
| DF | Joshua GrommenRET | (1996-07-14)July 14, 1996 (age 29) | 1 | 0 | Free agent | v. Hong Kong, November 14, 2024PRE |
| MF | Oskari Kekkonen | (1999-09-24)September 24, 1999 (age 26) | 15 | 0 | Lamphun Warriors | v. Tajikistan, June 10, 2025 |
| MF | Scott Woods | (2000-05-07)May 7, 2000 (age 25) | 12 | 0 | Kuching City | v. Tajikistan, June 10, 2025 |
| MF | John-Patrick Strauß | (1996-01-28)January 28, 1996 (age 29) | 18 | 2 | Muangthong United | v. Tajikistan, June 10, 2025PRE |
| MF | Michael Baldisimo | (2000-04-13)April 13, 2000 (age 25) | 10 | 0 |  Cavalry FC | v. Maldives, March 25, 2025 |
| MF | Pocholo Bugas | (2001-12-03)December 3, 2001 (age 23) | 13 | 0 | Free agent | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| MF | Jared Peña | (2006-08-05)August 5, 2006 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Walsh University | v. Hong Kong, November 14, 2024 |
| FW | Dov Cariño | (2003-12-18)December 18, 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Ateneo de Manila University | v. Tajikistan, June 10, 2025 |
| FW | Javier Mariona | (2004-10-17)October 17, 2004 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | AV Alta | v. Maldives, March 25, 2025PRE |
| FW | Uriel Dalapo | (2004-08-08)August 8, 2004 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | De La Salle University | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| FW | Leo Maquiling | (2000-10-26)October 26, 2000 (age 25) | 0 | 0 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
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| Rank | Name | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Younghusband | 108 | 52 | 2006–2019 |
| 2 | James Younghusband | 98 | 12 | 2006–2019 |
| 3 | Patrick Reichelt | 93 | 16 | 2012–2024 |
| 4 | Neil Etheridge | 82 | 0 | 2008–present |
| 5 | Amani Aguinaldo | 71 | 0 | 2013–present |
| Chieffy Caligdong | 71 | 16 | 2004–2013 | |
| 7 | Rob Gier | 68 | 3 | 2009–2015 |
| Manny Ott | 68 | 4 | 2010–present | |
| 9 | Stephan Schröck | 61 | 6 | 2011–2023 |
| 10 | Misagh Bahadoran | 60 | 8 | 2011–2018 |
| Daisuke Sato | 60 | 3 | 2014–present |
| Rank | Name | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Younghusband | 52 | 108 | 0.48 | 2006–2019 |
| 2 | Chieffy Caligdong | 16 | 71 | 0.23 | 2004–2013 |
| Patrick Reichelt | 16 | 93 | 0.17 | 2012–2024 | |
| 4 | Paulino Alcántara | 14 | 11 | 1.27 | 1917 |
| 5 | Bjørn Martin Kristensen | 13 | 15 | 0.87 | 2024–present |
| Ángel Guirado | 13 | 46 | 0.28 | 2011–2021 | |
| 7 | James Younghusband | 12 | 98 | 0.12 | 2006–2019 |
| 8 | Ian Araneta | 9 | 49 | 0.18 | 2002–2013 |
| 9 | Mark Hartmann | 8 | 41 | 0.2 | 2011–2023 |
| Misagh Bahadoran | 8 | 60 | 0.13 | 2011–2018 |
For the head-to-head record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team'shead-to-head record page.
The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The national team entered the1950 FIFA World Cup qualification[125] but withdrew without playing a single game.[126] The Philippines had intended to enter the 1962 edition but did not push through with the plan.[127] The country's entry to the1966 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 the1974 FIFA World Cup qualification just as they did in the 1950 qualifiers.[128][129] The national team made its first participation in aFIFA World Cup qualifiers for the1998 edition.
At the2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Yanti Barsales made the first goal for the Philippines at a FIFA World Cup qualifier againstSyria.[130][131]
The national team did not enter the qualifiers for the next succeeding editions until the2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, about 10 years later.[132] The national team secured their first victory in a World Cup qualifier againstSri Lanka, 4–0.[133][134]
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930 to 1938 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1950 | Withdrew[128] | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1954 to 1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | Entry not accepted[128] | Entry not accepted | |||||||||||||
 1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | Withdrew[128] | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
| 1978 to1994 | 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 | Round 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||
 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
 2034 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 82 | |
| Summer Olympics record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1908to  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 | 31 | ||||||||
| 1992 to present | SeePhilippines national under-23 team | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 153 | |
The Philippines qualified once for the Asian Cup, in 2019. For the 2011 and the2015 AFC Asian Cup, the Philippines attempted to qualify for the tournament through the AFC Challenge Cup.[131][135][136] 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.[137]
| AFC Asian Cup record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Link | |
 1956 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1956 | ||||||||
 1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1960 | |||||||||
 1964 | Withdrew | Withdrew | 1964 | |||||||||||||
 1968 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1968 | ||||||||
| 1972 | Withdrew | Withdrew | 1972 | |||||||||||||
| 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 determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | – | 47 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 45 | 135 | ||
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 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 and1970 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1974 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | Squad |
| 1978 to1998 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 2002 topresent | SeePhilippines national under-23 team | |||||||
| Total | 4/13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 63 | – |
The AFC Challenge Cup was organized as a route for nations classified as "emerging" or "developing" as a sole route to qualify for theAsian Cup. The Philippines is among these nations[135][136]and participated at the inaugural2006 AFC Challenge Cup. After a qualification phase was introduced the Philippines failed to qualify for the next two succeeding editions in2008 and2010. The Philippines qualified for the2012 AFC Challenge Cup where they finished third.[138]Phil Younghusband was the Golden Boot winner of the edition scoring six goals in the final tournament.[139] The team reached the finals of2014 edition of the tournament settling for second place after losing toPalestine in the finals.[140] The AFC Challenge Cup tournament was dissolved after the 2014 edition.[136]
| AFC Challenge Cup record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Challenge Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Round | 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 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3/5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | – | – | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | ||
Out of the tenfootball tournaments held in ten editions of theFar Eastern Games, The Philippines only won the inaugural 1913 edition[141] despite fielding American, Spanish and British players violating tournament rules in that edition. The team was nevertheless named champions.[142] China was awarded champions of the nine other editions of the tournaments.[141] At the1917 Far Eastern Games, the Philippines recorded its biggest victory in an international match to date, which was the15–2 win against Japan.FC Barcelona playerPaulino Alcántara was part of the national squad.[7]
| Far Eastern Games record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 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 | 8 | ||||||
| Total | 10/10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 48 | ||||||
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 byThailand in the 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.Chieffy Caligdong scored abrace in the national team's 2–1 victory againstTimor Leste in the 2004 edition. The victory was the first for the Philippines in the AFF Championship.[143]
The national team fared poorly during the first seven editions of theASEAN Championships from1996 to2008, losing 19 out of 21 matches.[138] worst defeat at the tournament was the1–13 match against Indonesia at the2002 AFF Championship which was also remains the highest scoreline in the tournament as of 2020.[144] The national team reached its first semi-finals at the2010 AFF Championship after defeatingVietnam in a 2–0upset victory dubbed the "Miracle of Hanoi".[138]
| ASEAN Championship record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASEAN Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Round | 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 | Qualified automatically | ||||||||
| 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 | Qualified automatically | |||||||
| 2020 | Group stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | Squad | ||||||||
| 2022 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | Squad | |||||||||
| 2024 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Squad | ||||||||
| Total | Semi-finals | 15/15 | 59 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 62 | 122 | – | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | ||
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.
| Southeast Asian Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1959 to1975 | 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 | Squad | |
| 2001 topresent | SeePhilippines national under-23 team | |||||||
| Total | 10/12 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 99 | – |
The Philippines participated at numerous minor friendly tournaments. Aside from other national teams, the Philippine nationals also faced selection teams and club sides from other nations at some of these tournaments. The team made a podium finish, placing not below third place, at theJapanese Empire-sanctionedEast Asian Games in 1940, theLong Teng Cup (2010,2011) held in Taiwan, and all three editions of thePhilippine Peace Cup (2012,2013 and2014) hosted by the home country.
| Minor tournaments record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1940 East Asian Games (2600th Anniversary Since Kigen) | Group stage | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 1962 Merdeka Tournament | Group stage | 5th in group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 1971 Merdeka Tournament | Group stage | 11th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 1971 Pesta Sukan Cup | Quarter-finals | 8th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament | Group stage | 3rd in group | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1972 Merdeka Tournament | Group stage | 8th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 1972 Pesta Sukan Cup | Group stage | 3rd in group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 1972 President's Cup Football Tournament | Group stage | 8th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 1981 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament | Group stage | 3rd in group | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 1982 King's Cup | Group stage | 5th in group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1985 Brunei Merdeka Games | Group stage | 3rd in group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1986 Brunei Merdeka Games | Group stage | 3rd in group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1986 President Aquino Cup | Group stage | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 1987 Brunei Merdeka Games | Group stage | 3rd in group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1990 Brunei Merdeka Games | Group stage | 3rd in group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1991 Philippines International Cup | Group stage | 4th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1993 Philippines International Cup | Third place match | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 President's Cup | Third place match | 4th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 President's Centennial Cup | Third place match | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
 2010 Long Teng Cup | Group stage | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 2011 Long Teng Cup | Group stage | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2012 Philippine Peace Cup | Group stage | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2013 Philippine Peace Cup | Group stage | 1st | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 Philippine Peace Cup | Final | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 CTFA International Tournament | Group stage | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup | Semi-finals | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series | Group stage | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 Merdeka Tournament | Third place match | 4th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 King's Cup | Third place match | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | – | – | 78 | 18 | 11 | 49 | 80 | 185 |
| Opponents | Date | Score | Outcome | Match type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunei | December 23, 2022 | 5−1 | Won | 2022 AFF Championship |
 Cambodia | December 20, 2022 | 2−3 | Lost | 2022 AFF Championship |
| Indonesia | December 21, 2024 | 1−0 | Won | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Laos | December 15, 2024 | 1−1 | Draw | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Malaysia | September 4, 2024 | 1−2 | Lost | 2024 Merdeka Tournament |
| Myanmar | December 12, 2024 | 1−1 | Draw | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Singapore | March 29, 2022 | 2−0 | Lost | 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series |
| Thailand | December 30, 2024 | 3−1 | Lost | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Timor-Leste | December 11, 2021 | 7−0 | Won | 2020 AFF Championship |
| Vietnam | December 18, 2024 | 1−1 | Draw | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
Only official honours are included, according toFIFA statutes (competitions organized/recognized byFIFA or an affiliated confederation).
| Competition |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Challenge Cup | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
During the Third Asian Games in Tokyo in 1958, he coached the Philippine National Football Team defeating Japan before 60,000 spectators at the National Stadium, and placing 6th among 14 participating Asian nations.
Alberto Honasan has been designate coach of the team
"We lack serious games which can only be attained in overseas tournament", said head coach Mariano Araneta
English coach Stewart Hall, appointed to call the shots for the Azkals..." / "...Hall will handle the squad with coach Scott Cooper still part of the staff.
If Iran declined (to host the 1968 Asian Cup), the Philippines will be asked to stage the matches.
The Azkals had lost all of their five matches against Indonesia prior to this year's tournament including a 13–1 drubbing in Jakarta in 2002 which remains the competition's highest-ever scoreline.
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