2024 Philippines Football League

The 2024 Philippines Football League will be the sixth season of Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. The PFL was previously under the sponsorship title of the Qatar Airways. Kaya–Iloilo are the defending champions.

Philippines Football League
Season2024
Dates6 April – 15 July
Matches played33
Goals scored181 (5.48 per match)
Top goalscorerGriffin McDaniel
(10 goals)
Biggest home winStallion Laguna 13–0 Manila Montet (April 21)
Biggest away winDB Garelli United 0–12 Kaya Iloilo (April 13)
Highest scoringStallion Laguna 13–0 Manila Montet (April 21)
Longest winning runStallion Laguna
Davao Aguilas
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runKaya Iloilo
(5 matches)
Longest winless runPhilippine Army
Manila Montet
(5 matches)
Longest losing runPhilippine Army
Manila Montet
(5 matches)
2025

Format changes edit

Philippine Football Federation and Liga Futbol Inc. decided on shifting the season back to an intra-year format, starting in February. Due to the sudden withdrawals of Azkals Development Team and United City at the tail-end of the previous season, the league will be looking to increase number of teams from current 5 to a number ranging up to 16, the highest ever in the PFL.[1]

Every PFL season since 2018 consisted of a round-robin format after which the table topper would be crowned champions, but this season would mark the first change in the league format since 2017, with each team playing other twice before a second round would split the league table into two, where teams would play the teams in their bracket once more. After the conclusion of those matches, the top eight teams overall would advance to a final series consisting of two-legged quarter- and semi-final ties, after which a champion would be crowned in the final. Though clubs may still play home and away matches, the league would also use a "hybrid home-and-away format", which will see more matches played at centralized venues to alleviate costs.

Important season dates[2]
Date Event
January 1 Opening of first transfer window
January 15 Deadline for club registration
January 20 Preliminary submission of roster (clubs must submit at least 18 players)
February 20 Second submission of roster (clubs must have a minimum of 25 players in roster with at least 7 players added)
April 6 PFL season start[3]

Teams edit

The PFL would adopt a hybrid format, allowing clubs with no professional club licenses to participate.[4] Five clubs from the previous season initially confirmed its participation, alongside former participants Davao Aguilas and Loyola (formerly competing as Meralco Manila) who expressed their commitment to the upcoming season in November and December 2023, respectively.[5][6] DB Garelli United, a team that participated in the Copa, and Manila Montet also confirmed their participation in December. The league initially planned to expand to a number of 12 clubs and invited all the other non-UAAP sides, but due to the overwhelming demand plans were made for further expansion.[7]

In February 2023, United City, who had previously withdrawn midway through the 2022–23 season due to financial and legal issues with the Singaporean group Riau Capital Live,[8] announced their return to the league. The club had previously opted out of participating in the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara.[9] On February 5, the league officially announced that the number of participating clubs had grown to 15. The other new clubs included four who had participated in the previous edition of the Copa; Manila Digger, Tuloy, Philippine Army, and 2019 participants Philippine Air Force, as well as a completely new club, One Taguig.[10][11]

Team Location[V 1]
Davao Aguilas Tagum, Davao del Norte[V 2]
DB Garelli United Makati, Metro Manila
Dynamic Herb Cebu Talisay, Cebu[V 3]
Kaya–Iloilo Iloilo City, Iloilo[V 4]
Loyola Manila, Metro Manila
Maharlika Taguig Taguig, Metro Manila[V 5]
Manila Digger Taguig, Metro Manila
Manila Montet Manila, Metro Manila[V 6]
Mendiola 1991 Imus, Cavite
One Taguig Taguig, Metro Manila
Philippine Air Force Pasay, Metro Manila
Philippine Army Taguig, Metro Manila
Stallion Laguna Biñan, Laguna
Tuloy Muntinlupa, Metro Manila
United City Capas, Tarlac

Stadiums edit

Most league matches are scheduled to be held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium,[15] a venue which was also explicitly named as Manila Montet's home.[14]

Tagum-based Davao Aguilas, a club which are in partnership with the University of Makati in Taguig,[16] scheduled to play their home matches at the school's stadium.[15][better source needed]

In January, the club renamed from Maharlika Manila to Maharlika Taguig following their location change. Although they have no matches scheduled in Taguig. The same goes for Mendiola 1991, Stallion Laguna, and United City which also have their designated home stadiums.

Manila Iloilo City
Rizal Memorial Stadium Iloilo Sports Complex[V 4]
Capacity: 12,873 Capacity: 7,000
   
Taguig Talisay, Cebu
University of Makati Stadium[V 2] Dynamic Herb Sports Complex[V 3]
Capacity: 3,295 Capacity: 550
   
Notes
  1. ^ General location where the club is based in. Only select clubs have their own/designated home stadium.
  2. ^ a b Davao Aguilas has designated the University of Makati Stadium in Taguig as its home venue for this season.
  3. ^ a b The Dynamic Herb Sports Complex is the home venue of Dynamic Herb Cebu.[12]
  4. ^ a b The Iloilo Sports Complex is the home venue of Kaya–Iloilo.
  5. ^ The McKinley Hill Stadium is the home venue of Maharlika Taguig.[13] However no league games are scheduled to be held in the stadium.
  6. ^ Manila Montet has named the Rizal Memorial Stadium as its home venue.[14]

Personnel and kits edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Davao Aguilas   Aber Ruzgal   Daisuke Sato   Chronos Athletics University of Makati1, SpeedRegalo2, Brodo2, Wit.id2
DB Garelli United[17]   Karl Claudio   James Dorego   Chronos Athletics Smokin' Hills2, Growee2, GSMH Law2, Clink4
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Memiş Özata   Nathanael Villanueva   RAD Apparel Leylam1, WinZir2, Jpark Island Resort and Waterpark Cebu2
Kaya–Iloilo   Yu Hoshide   Audie Menzi   LGR Sportswear LBC1
Loyola[18]   Roxy Dorlas   Kim Sung-min   RAD Apparel Popeyes1, Unioil2, VV&Co2
Maharlika Taguig   Lerche Njang   Anton del Rosario   Blaze Athletics AIA1, Palaro2
Manila Digger[19]   Pong Liman   Shin Min-ki   UCAN OKFly1
Manila Montet[20]   Eliezer Fabroada   Vincent Gavino   Wika Sport The Montet Group1
Mendiola 1991   Christopher Pedimonte   Hamed Hajimehdi   Ropa Vill-Mell Trading2, Mr. Freeze2
One Taguig   Jovanie Villagracia   Kevin Ingreso   Azkals Sportswear Chooks-to-Go2, I Love Taguig2
Philippine Air Force   Joebel Bermejo   Antonio Albor Jr.   Chronos Athletics Elan Vita1
Philippine Army   Nestorio Margarse   Ricardo Becite   Chronos Athletics Elan Vita1
Stallion Laguna   Ernest Nierras   Matthew Nierras   Blaze Athletics Giligan's Restaurant1, Pythos2, SCID2
Tuloy   Taketomo Suzuki   Harry Nuñez   Blaze Athletics TSL Football Foundation1
United City   Ramon Tribulietx[21]   Matt Silva   Almer Apparel[22] UCFC Fan Token1, Fairmont Makati1

Notes:

  1. ^ Located on the front of the shirt.
  2. ^ Located on the back of the shirt.
  3. ^ Located on the sleeves.
  4. ^ Located on the shorts.

Coaching changes edit

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Kaya–Iloilo   Yu Hoshide Demoted to assistant coach August 5, 2023 Pre-season   Colum Curtis August 5, 2023
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Mehmet Kakil[23] Mutual consent July 16, 2023   Joshua Schirmer August 9, 2023
Maharlika Taguig   Roxy Dorlas Appointed head coach of Loyola   David Basa August 12, 2023
Manila Montet None N/A   Kim Jeong-il December 13, 2023
DB Garelli United   Ake Pastoral Undisclosed December 17, 2023   Joel Villarino December 17, 2023
Kaya–Iloilo   Colum Curtis Mutual consent December 12, 2023   Yu Hoshide January 13, 2024
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Joshua Schirmer Sacked January 22, 2024   Memiş Özata[24] January 30, 2024
Manila Montet   Kim Jeong-il Undisclosed February 23, 2024   Eliezer Fabroada February 23, 2024
United City   Joan Esteva Force majeure February 16, 2023   Marian Mihail March 13, 2024
One Taguig None N/A   Jovanie Villagracia March 21, 2024
Mendiola 1991   Joel Villarino Appointed head coach of DB Garelli United December 17, 2023   Christopher Pedimonte April 6, 2024
United City   Marian Mihail Resigned April 21, 2024 7th   Ramon Tribulietx May 1, 2024
DB Garelli United   Joel Villarino Mutual consent May 1, 2024 13th   Karl Claudio

Foreign players edit

The 2024 season will mark the first time where the league will impose no maximum number of foreign players per team. However, the league imposed a ceiling on foreign players that can be played during a match, with a maximum of 5 foreigners plus one foreign goalkeeper allowed on the pitch at the same time per team.[25][failed verification]

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Players Former players1
Davao Aguilas   Gary Epesso   Yohann Fofana[26]   Dosso Lancine[26]   Mun Jun-su   Mun Te-su   Ibrahima Ndour[27]   So Omae   Serge Kaole[26]
  Dini Ouattara[26]   Shoma Sato   Yusuke Unoki
DB Garelli United   Jangobah Johnson   Jules Koumoin   Leandro   Solomon Obu   Bode Solomon
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Yusuf Çekiç[28]   Göktuğ Demiroğlu[29]   Rintaro Hama[30]   Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham[28]   Marius Kore[31]   Guytho Mijland[28]   Abou Sy[28]   Arda Çınkır[32]
  Ken Murayama [29]
  Ren Okuda
  Ryo Togashi[33]
  Devrim Yanık[28]
Kaya–Iloilo   Walid Birrou   Eric Esso[34]   Shuto Komaki   Bandiougou Konate   Lee Do-kyung   Robert Lopez Mendy[35]   Park Yi-young   Henri Bandeken[36]
  Daizo Horikoshi[37]
  Ricardo Sendra[38]
  Abou Sy[39]
  Akito Saito[40]   Kaishu Yamazaki
Loyola   Isaac Acheampong   Mohammed Ali   Isaac Annan   Franck Anoh[41]   David Asare   Takaya Harada   Boris Kante
  Kim Sung-min   Daisuke Kobayashi   Emmanuel Osei   Ousmane Sidibé   Alassane Wade
Maharlika Taguig   Gael Basana   Soufiane Bouazzaoui[27]   Mikailou Djibrila   Jonathan Gold   Ousman Jeng[27]   Junior Mailly   Yoshio Nakamoto   Tyler John[27]
  Boris Moundang
  Ibrahima Ndour[27]
  Victor Nkoa   Emmanuel Otuyemi   Mamadou Sene
Manila Digger   Daniel Ashley   Su Diao   Daiki Jahana   Salifu Jatta   Jeon Sang-cheon   Yuya Kuriyama   Mengyang Liu   Stephen Appiah
  Ilemona Usman
  Alassane Wade
  Yussif Mubarik   Shin Min-ki   Ifeanyi Ugwu   Sha Shuo
Manila Montet No foreign players registered
Mendiola 1991[42]   Ali Ghamloush[43]   Hamed Hajimehdi[43]   Hiromasa Ishikawa   Sajad Mohebizadeh   Yusuke Nitta   Milad Behgandom[43]
  Junior Ngong Sam[43]
One Taguig   Milad Behgandom   Izzeldin Elhabib   Naoto Hiraishi   Taher Jahanbakhsh   Tsukasa Shimomura   Ilemona Usman
Philippine Air Force No foreign players registered
Philippine Army No foreign players registered
Stallion Laguna   Ezequiel Cirigliano   Alfredo Cortez   Magson Dourado   Hayato Kame   Aoi Isami   Cristian Ivanobski[44]   Junior Ngong Sam[43]   Kraig Bonanken[45]
  Reo Nakamura[46]
  Yuta Nomura[46][47]
  Leonardo Nogueira   Abraham Placito[48]   Jesús Salazar   Gabriel Silva   Julian Stifano   Théo   Juan Trujillo[49]
Tuloy   Jerald Aquino   Dev Bachani
United City   Henri Bandeken   Koffi Bini   Darlton Digha   Serge Kaole[26]   John Kamara   Ariel Ngueukam   Nurhidayat
  Ricardo Sendra   Matt Silva   James Sunday
  • ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2024 season.
Foreign players by confederation
AFC   China (1),   Indonesia (1),   Iran (4),   Japan (18),   Lebanon (1),   South Korea (7),   Northern Mariana Islands (2)
CAF   Cameroon (8),   Democratic Republic of the Congo (1),   The Gambia (2),   Ghana (9),   Ivory Coast (8),   Liberia (1),   Mali (1),   Morocco (1),   Nigeria (4),   Senegal (5),   Sierra Leone (1),   Sudan (1),   Togo (1)
CONCACAF   Canada (1),   Mexico (1),   Suriname (1),   United States (5)
CONMEBOL   Argentina (3),   Brazil (5)
UEFA   England (1),   France (1),   Netherlands (2),   Spain (1),   Turkey (2)

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kaya–Iloilo[a] 5 4 1 0 25 1 +24 13 Qualification for 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 group stage
2 Stallion Laguna 4 4 0 0 31 0 +31 12 Qualification for 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 qualifying play-offs
3 Davao Aguilas 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13 12
4 Manila Digger 5 4 0 1 11 7 +4 12
5 One Taguig 4 3 1 0 17 1 +16 10
6 Dynamic Herb Cebu 4 3 0 1 21 2 +19 9
7 United City 4 3 0 1 14 4 +10 9
8 Mendiola 1991 5 2 0 3 17 8 +9 6
9 Tuloy 4 1 0 3 9 12 −3 3
10 Loyola 4 1 0 3 6 13 −7 3
11 Philippine Air Force 4 1 0 3 3 20 −17 3
12 Maharlika Taguig 4 1 0 3 5 24 −19 3
13 Don Bosco Garelli 5 1 0 4 5 33 −28 3
14 Philippine Army 4 0 0 4 3 22 −19 0
15 Manila Montet 5 0 0 5 1 34 −33 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Assured a place in the AFC Champions League 2 play-offs as 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara Winners

Positions by round edit

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: PFL

Results by round edit

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: PFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

Home \ Away DAV DBGU DHC KAY LFC MAH MAD MMF MEN TAG PAF PAR STA TFC UCC
Davao Aguilas 25 May 2 Jun 30 Jun 1–0 6–0 1–0 18 May 12 May
DB Garelli United 0–12 6 Jul 8 Jun 4–2 16 Jun 0–7 11 May
Dynamic Herb Cebu 9 Jun 1 Jun 4–0 10–0 23 Jun 19 May 29 Jun 6 Jul 25 May
Kaya–Iloilo 7 Jul 1–0 2 Jun 9 Jun 11 May 22 Jun 30 Jun 26 May
Loyola 5–1 13 Jul 11 May 15 Jun 23 Jun 25 May 30 Jun
Maharlika Taguig 18 May 1–10 9 Jun 2 Jun 7 Jul 5 May 22 Jun 13 Jul
Manila Digger 16 Jun 3–1 2–1 8 Jun 3–2 11 May
Manila Montet 15 Jun 13 Jul 0–6 1–4 29 Jun 0–5
Mendiola 1991 13 Jul 2–3 1 Jun 12 May 29 Jun
One Taguig 29 Jun 12 May 0–0 26 May 8–0 14 Jul
Philippine Air Force 14 Jul 22 Jun 0–7 7 Jul 2–1 1–4
Philippine Army 0–5 14 Jul 19 May 15 Jun 26 May 0–5 1–3
Stallion Laguna 5–0 26 May 13–0 19 May 5 May 9 Jun 6–0 16 Jun
Tuloy 23 Jun 1–7 6 Jul 2–3 19 May 1 Jun
United City 16 Jun 7–0 0–2 19 May 22 Jun 6 Jul 1 Jun 9 Jun
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: PFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 4 May 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna 10
2   Junior Ngong Sam Stallion Laguna 7
  Tsukasa Shimomura One Taguig
4   Jarvey Gayoso Kaya–Iloilo 6
5   Magson Dourado Stallion Laguna 5
  Hiromasa Ishikawa Mendiola 1991
  John Lloyd Jalique Tuloy
  Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo
  Jesus Melliza Kaya–Iloilo
  Ibrahima Ndour Davao Aguilas
  Abou Sy Dynamic Herb Cebu

Own goals edit

As of May 4, 2024
Rank Player Club Own
goals
1   Isaac Annan Loyola 1


Hat-tricks edit

As of 3 May 2024
Player Club Result Against Date
  Sajad Mohebizadeh Mendiola 1991 7–0 (A) Philippine Air Force 6 April 2024
  Tsukasa Shimomura4 One Taguig 8–0 (H) Philippine Air Force 13 April 2024
  Jarvey Gayoso4 Kaya–Iloilo 12–0 (A) DB Garelli United 13 April 2024
  Jules Koumoin DB Garelli United 4–2 (H) Mendiola 1991 20 April 2024
  Griffin McDaniel5 Stallion Laguna 13–0 (H) Manila Montet 21 April 2024
  Magson Dourado Stallion Laguna 13–0 (H) Manila Montet 21 April 2024
  Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo 10–1 (A) Maharlika Taguig 21 April 2024
  Guytho Mijland Dynamic Herb Cebu 10–0 (H) Maharlika Taguig 27 April 2024
  Ibrahima Ndour Davao Aguilas 6–0 (H) Manila Montet 28 April 2024
  Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna 6–0 (H) Philippine Army 28 April 2024
  Jon Nebreja Mendiola 1991 6–0 (A) Manila Montet 3 May 2024
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

4 Player scored four goals 5 Player scored five goals

Clean sheets edit

As of 4 May 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Alfredo Cortez Stallion Laguna 4
  Dini Ouattara Davao Aguilas
  Walid Birrou Kaya–Iloilo
4   Quincy Kammeraad One Taguig 2
5   Michael Antilo Tuloy 1
  Florencio Badelic Jr. Dynamic Herb Cebu
  Kenry Balobo Kaya–Iloilo
  Lance Bencio One Taguig
  John Betanio Mendiola 1991
  Yusuf Çekiç Dynamic Herb Cebu
  Javier Coscolluela Loyola
  Kenneth Guballo Davao Aguilas
  Marc Pellejo Mendiola 1991
  Henri Bandeken United City

Discipline edit

Red cards edit

As of 28 April 2024
Rank Player Team Red cards
1   Jimuel Ariola Philippine Army 2
2   Paolo Alovera Don Bosco Garelli 1
  Abrielle Belgira Philippine Army
  Boris Kante Loyola
  Victor Nkoa Maharlika Taguig
  So Omae Davao Aguilas

Awards edit

These are the following awards that would be awarded after the season concludes.

Award Winner Club
Golden ball TBD
Golden boot
Golden glove

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