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2024–25 Philippines Football League

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Philippines Football League
Season2024–25
DatesSeptember 28, 2024 – TBA
Matches played57
Goals scored204 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorerSaikou Ceesay (16 goals)
Biggest home winKaya–Iloilo 9–1 Mendiola 1991
Biggest away winMendiola F.C. 1991 0–10 Manila Digger
Highest scoringKaya–Iloilo 9–1 Mendiola 1991
Philippine YNT 1–9 Manila Digger
Mendiola F.C. 1991 0–10 Manila Digger
Longest winning runKaya–Iloilo (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runKaya–Iloilo (9 matches)
Longest winless runMendiola 1991 (11 matches)
Longest losing runMendiola 1991
Philippine YNT
(6 matches)
2024

The 2024–25 Philippines Football League is the seventh season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. Ten teams are participating this season which began on September 28, 2024. Kaya–Iloilo are the defending champions.[1]

Format changes

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The league would shift once more to an inter-year format, reverting to a double round-robin that would see the teams play each other twice. The season would also see the return of the "Finals Series" that was previously implemented in the 2017 season, with the top four qualifying for a knockout round series that would culminate in a final, the winner of whom would be crowned PFL Champions.[2]

The country's participants for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two and the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship will be determined through this tournament.[2]

Teams

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Ten teams from the previous season were set to participate for the 2024–25 season.[3][better source needed][2][4] Don Bosco Garelli, Manila Montet, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, and Tuloy would not participate in the season. Furthermore, before the season began, United City withdrew from the competition citing financial issues.[5]

The league announced the roster of teams in early September, also announced the participation of the Philippine national youth team as the PFF Developmental Team,[3][4] similar to the previous Azkals Development Team that had participated in the PFL from 2020 to 2023.

Team Location[V 1]
Davao Aguilas Tagum, Davao del Norte
Dynamic Herb Cebu Talisay, Cebu
Kaya–Iloilo Iloilo City, Iloilo
Loyola Manila, Metro Manila
Maharlika Taguig Taguig, Metro Manila
Manila Digger Taguig, Metro Manila
Mendiola 1991 Imus, Cavite
Philippine YNT Carmona, Cavite
One Taguig Taguig, Metro Manila
Stallion Laguna Biñan, Laguna
Notes
  1. ^ General location where the club is based in. Only select clubs have their own/designated home stadium.

Stadiums

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For the first round of the league, matches were mainly held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, with the Dynamic Herb Sports Complex, the home venue of Dynamic Herb Cebu, also hosting the club's match against One Taguig on November 3.[6][7]

In January 2025, Rizal Memorial Stadium went under pitch renovation in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers,[8] with the league subsequently splitting the hosting of matches between the UP Diliman Football Field and the Biñan Football Stadium.[9]

Manila Quezon City
Rizal Memorial Stadium UP Diliman Football Field
Capacity: 12,873 Capacity: 300
Biñan Talisay, Cebu
Biñan Football Stadium Dynamic Herb Sports Complex
Capacity: 2,580 Capacity: 550
Notes

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Davao Aguilas Philippines Aber Ruzgal Ivory Coast Dini Ouattara Chronos Athletics University of Makati1, SpeedRegalo2, BRODO2, Wit.id2
Dynamic Herb Cebu Philippines Glenn Ramos Philippines Florencio Badelic RAD Apparel Leylam1
Kaya–Iloilo Japan Yu Hoshide Philippines Audie Menzi LGR Sportswear LBC1
Loyola[10] Portugal Paulo Jorge Silva Philippines Curt Dizon Chronos Athletics Elan Vita1
Maharlika Taguig South Korea Jung Dong-gyu Cameroon Serge Kaole Chronos Athletics AIA1
Manila Digger[11] Spain Juan Manuel Saez Philippines Dean Ebarle UCAN Zealand Metal Corporation1, OKFly2
Mendiola 1991 Japan Yuki Matsuda Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Ropa Vill-Mell Trading2, Mr. Freeze2
One Taguig Philippines Jovanie Villagracia Philippines Arnel Amita Azkals Sportswear Chooks-to-Go2, PAGSS2, I Love Taguig3
Philippine YNT Spain Sergi Mascarell Philippines Harry Nuñez Skechers Skechers1
Stallion Laguna Philippines Ernest Nierras Philippines Matthew Nierras Blaze Athletics Giligan's Restaurant1, Pythos2, SCID2

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

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Manila Digger Philippines Pong Liman August 31, 2024 Pre-season Spain Oriol Mohedano September 1, 2024
Dynamic Herb Cebu Turkey Memiş Özata Mutual consent August 23, 2024 Turkey Mustafa Göksu September 5, 2024[12]
Maharlika Taguig Nigeria Lerche Njang August 2024 Romania Marian Mihail September 26, 2024
Loyola Philippines Roxy Dorlas Demoted to assistant manager September 2024 South Korea Kim Chul-soo September 28, 2024
Mendiola 1991 Philippines Dan Padernal September 2024 Japan Yuki Matsuda September 29, 2024
Manila Digger Spain Oriol Mohedano November 16, 2024 2nd Spain Juan Manuel Saez November 16, 2024
Maharlika Taguig Romania Marian Mihail Change of club ownership January 21, 2025 9th South Korea Jung Dong-gyu January 21, 2025[13]
Dynamic Herb Cebu Turkey Mustafa Göksu End of contract January 15, 2025 3rd Philippines Glenn Ramos February 1, 2025[14]
Loyola South Korea Kim Chul-soo Mutual consent November 2024 9th Portugal Paulo Jorge Silva February 8, 2025

Foreign players

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

Team Players Former players1
Davao Aguilas[5] Brazil Victor Cabral Brazil Gabriel Costa Mali Issa Diallo Indonesia Syendio Fernanda Ivory Coast Yohann Fofana[15] Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Nigeria Lukman Hussein Brazil Bruno Krenkel
Brazil Lucas Reis
The Gambia Salifu Jatta
Indonesia Dino Tri Laksana
Japan Takuto Miki
Canada Alessandro Riggi
South Korea Mun Jun-su Ivory Coast Dini Ouattara[15] Mexico Salvador Pliego Lithuania Mantvydas Tikstinskis Indonesia Zavier Zakarya
Dynamic Herb Cebu[16][17] Netherlands Yusuf Çekiç[18] Turkey Göktuğ Demiroğlu Brazil Magson Dourado Japan Rintaro Hama[19] Japan Hiromasa Ishikawa Ivory Coast Marius Kore[20] Netherlands Guytho Mijland[18] Brazil Daniel Alemão
Suriname Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham[18]
Japan Masaya Kobayashi
United States Sam Strong
Turkey Berke Önde
Turkey Ali Yanık[18]
Brazil Gabriel Silva Senegal Abou Sy[18] Japan Ryoo Togashi
Kaya–Iloilo Ghana Ernest Barfo United States Alfredo Cortez Ghana Eric Esso[21] Mali Bandiougou Konate Japan Kaishu Yamazaki Japan Shuto Komaki Japan Akito Saito[22] Spain Walid Birrou
Japan Daizo Horikoshi
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy[23]
South Korea Park Yi-young
Loyola Netherlands Djumaney Burnet Mongolia Filip Chinzorig Guam Leon Morimoto Japan Koki Narita Japan Natsu Okamoto Portugal Anderson Pinto Japan Kazuha Sudo Canada Matt Silva
Netherlands Nino de Leeuw
Senegal Alassane Wade
Maharlika Taguig Ivory Coast Franck Anoh United States Shayan Charalaghi Chinese Taipei Chen Ting-hao Cameroon Darlton Digha Cameroon Serge Kaole Chinese Taipei Kai Hsiang-lin Cameroon Desmond Ngai Ivory Coast Koffi Bini
Sierra Leone John Kamara
South Korea Mun Te-su
Cameroon James Sunday
Denmark Sebastian Nielsen Australia Cooper Ross The Gambia Ahmad Saidy Barbados Terence Smith Chinese Taipei Yu Chun-hsiang
Manila Digger Brazil Abner Ghana Daniel Ashley The Gambia Saikou Ceesay China Su Diao Cameroon Jacques Ebene The Gambia Ousman Gai The Gambia Modou Joof Japan Yuya Kuriyama
Israel Robert Gingichashvili
Japan Hayato Kame The Gambia Modou Manneh Nigeria Ifeanyi Ugwu Cameroon Dilane Wamba Brazil Johnny Wesley
Mendiola 1991[24] Iran Milad Behgandom United States Edison Castro Canada Nick Fuzesi Israel Robert Gingichashvili Iran Behnam Habibi Ghana Marlle Habila Uganda Allan Kiggundu Italy Léo Anthony
Iran Mohammad Darabi
Lebanon Ali Ghamloush
Brazil Gustavo
Lebanon Jangobah Johnson
Iran Kourosh Manesh
Iran Amir Memari
Iran Amir Moayedizadeh
Iran Peyman Nasirizadeh
Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Jordan Habes Mubarak Uganda Isaac Doka Spain Tarsicio Onyebuchi South Korea Park Seo-yeom Iran Shabab Pira Japan Yuta Tochigi
One Taguig Argentina Nahuel Amarilla Cameroon Henri Bandeken Japan Naoto Hiraishi Ghana Kofi Kordzi Switzerland Patrick Lingg Norway Peter Nergaard Cameroon Junior Ngong Sam
Nigeria Solomon Okereke Japan So Omae Japan Shoma Sato Japan Tsukasa Shimomura Australia Nicholas Simpson Japan Yusuke Unoki
Philippine YNT No foreign players registered
Stallion Laguna United States Gabriel Claudio Mexico Alonzo del Mundo Ghana Stephen Halm United States Fahmi Ibrahim South Korea Lee Seung-won United States Roberto Llamas United States Victor Parra Brazil Magson Dourado
Cameroon Jacques Ebene
Argentina Cristián Ivanobski
Australia Nicholas Simpson
Barbados Terence Smith
Brazil Johnny Wesley
United States Brandon Zambrano
United States Abraham Placito Argentina Ricardo Sendra Japan Yuji Takatoku Mexico Juan Trujillo Ghana David Yeboah
  • ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2024–25 season.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kaya–Iloilo 11 9 1 1 34 10 +24 28 Qualification for the finals series
2 Manila Digger 11 9 0 2 38 7 +31 27
3 Dynamic Herb Cebu 11 6 2 3 23 11 +12 20
4 One Taguig 11 6 1 4 23 9 +14 19
5 Stallion Laguna 11 6 1 4 24 15 +9 19
6 Davao Aguilas 12 5 1 6 15 13 +2 16
7 Loyola 11 5 1 5 15 19 −4 16
8 Maharlika Taguig 12 2 3 7 13 26 −13 9
9 Philippine YNT[a] 12 2 1 9 9 36 −27 7
10 Mendiola 1991 12 1 1 10 10 58 −48 4
Updated to match(es) played on February 23, 2025. Source: PFL
Notes:
  1. ^ The Philippine Youth National Team are a guest team for the PFL and ineligible to qualify for AFC club competitions.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718Finals Series
Davao Aguilas34666666777
Dynamic Herb Cebu11344435333
Kaya–Iloilo53211111111
Loyola98899877666
Maharlika Taguig86777999888
Manila Digger65422222222
Mendiola 19911010101010101010101010
One Taguig47553343444
Philippine YNT79988788999
Stallion Laguna22135554555
Finals Series
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: PFL

Results by round

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Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 SF1 SF2 BF3 Final
Davao Aguilas W D L L W L L W L L W W
Dynamic Herb Cebu W W L D W W D L W L W
Kaya–Iloilo D W W W W W W W W L W
Loyola L L W L L W D W W W L
Maharlika Taguig L W L D L L D L W D L L
Manila Digger L W W W W W L W W W W
Mendiola 1991 L L L L L L D L L L L W
One Taguig W L W D W W L W L W L
Philippine YNT L L D W L W L L L L L L
Stallion Laguna W W W L L L W W D L W

Results

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Home \ Away DAV DHC KAY LFC MAH MAD MEN PYT TAG STA
Davao Aguilas 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 Apr 6 Mar 29 1–2 Mar 9
Dynamic Herb Cebu Apr 13 Mar 1 Mar 30 Mar 16 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0[a] Apr 5
Kaya–Iloilo 0–1 3–1 3–2[b] 4–1 Apr 5 9–1 4–1 Mar 30 Apr 13
Loyola 0–3[c] 2–2 Apr 2 1–4 Apr 13 0–1 2–0 Mar 2 Mar 16
Maharlika Taguig Mar 2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–5[d] 3–3 0–0 0–5 1–4
Manila Digger Mar 16 2–1 Jan 29 4–0 Mar 9 4–0 Mar 1 1–3 0–1
Mendiola 1991 0–3 0–6 Mar 15 2–3 Mar 29 0–10 Mar 8 Apr 12 Mar 1
Philippine YNT 3–1 0–2 0–2 Apr 6 Apr 12 1–9 3–1[e] Mar 15 2–3
One Taguig 0–2 Mar 8 0–1 Jan 29 Apr 6 0–1 7–0 1–0 0–2
Stallion Laguna 0–1[f] Jan 26 1–5 0–3 0–0 Mar 29 8–1 4–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on February 23, 2025. 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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 3 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[7]
  2. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[25]
  3. ^ Match was initially scheduled for September 28 as the opening match of the league,[26] but was postponed.[27] The league later deemed the result a 3–0 win in favor of Davao.[28][29]
  4. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[25]
  5. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[25]
  6. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[25]

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 23 February 2025
Rank Player Team Goals
1 The Gambia Saikou Ceesay Manila Digger 16
2 Japan Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo 9
3 The Gambia Modou Manneh Manila Digger 8
4 Philippines Rico Andes Loyola 7
The Gambia Ousman Gai Manila Digger
Philippines Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna
7 Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo
Davao Aguilas
6
Senegal Abou Sy Dynamic Herb Cebu
9 Brazil Gabriel Costa Davao Aguilas 5
Japan Tsukasa Shimomura One Taguig

Top assists

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As of 22 February 2025
Rank Player Team Assists
1 The Gambia Ousman Gai Manila Digger 10
2 Philippines Oliver Bias One Taguig 7
3 Cameroon Junior Ngong Sam One Taguig 5
4 Philippines Dean Ebarle Manila Digger 4
Philippines Eric Giganto Manila Digger
Japan Daizo Horikoshi Kaya–Iloilo
United States Abraham Placito Stallion Laguna
Philippines Zachary Taningco Manila Digger
9 Philippines Pocholo Bugas Kaya–Iloilo 3
Cameroon Darlton Digha Maharlika Taguig
United States Fahmi Ibrahim Stallion Laguna
Philippines John Lucero Dynamic Herb Cebu
The Gambia Modou Manneh Manila Digger
Philippines Jesus Melliza Kaya–Iloilo
Netherlands Guytho Mijland Dynamic Herb Cebu
South Korea Park Yi-young Kaya–Iloilo
Argentina Ricardo Sendra Stallion Laguna

Own goals

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As of 19 October 2024
Rank Player Team Own
goals
1 Cameroon James Sunday Maharlika Taguig 1

Hat-tricks

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As of 2 February 2025
Player Team Result Against Date
The Gambia Saikou Ceesay Manila Digger 4–0 (H) Loyola 9 November 2024
Japan Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo 9–1 (H) Mendiola 1991 23 November 2024
The Gambia Ahmad Saidy Maharlika Taguig 3–3 (H) 30 November 2024
Philippines Griffin McDaniel4 Stallion Laguna 8–1 (H) 1 February 2025
The Gambia Saikou Ceesay6 Manila Digger 9–1 (A) Philippine YNT 2 February 2025
Cameroon Dilane Wamba 10–0 (A) Mendiola 1991 17 February 2025
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 Player scored four goals
6 Player scored six goals

Clean sheets

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As of 23 February 2025
Rank Player Team Clean sheets
1 Philippines Florencio Badelic Dynamic Herb Cebu 4
United States Roberto Llamas Stallion Laguna
Japan Yuya Kuriyama Manila Digger
Ivory Coast Dini Ouattara Davao Aguilas
Philippines Jessie Semblante Loyola
6 Philippines Kenry Balobo Maharlika Taguig 3
Philippines Quincy Kammeraad One Taguig
8 Philippines Michael Asong Manila Digger 2
Cameroon Henri Bandeken One Taguig
Philippines Nathan Bata Kaya–Iloilo
Philippine YNT

Red cards

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As of 23 February 2025
Rank Player Team Red cards
1 Philippines Roberto Corsame Dynamic Herb Cebu 2
Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Mendiola 1991
3 Philippines James Demate Philippine YNT 1
Ghana Eric Esso Kaya–Iloilo
The Gambia Ousman Gai Manila Digger
Ghana Stephen Halm Stallion Laguna
United States Fahmi Ibrahim Stallion Laguna
Brazil Allan Machado Davao Aguilas
South Korea Mun Jun-su Davao Aguilas
Iran Shabab Pira Mendiola 1991
United States Abraham Placito Stallion Laguna
Brazil Lucas Reis Davao Aguilas
Australia Nicholas Simpson Stallion Laguna
Philippines Kart Talaroc Davao Aguilas
Japan Ryoo Togashi Dynamic Herb Cebu
Mexico Juan Trujillo Stallion Laguna
Philippines Reynald Villareal Davao Aguilas

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