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Philippines Football League
Season2024–25
DatesSeptember 28, 2024 – TBA
Matches played34
Goals scored123 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorerSaikou Ceesay
Shuto Komaki
(7 goals each)
Biggest home winKaya–Iloilo 9–1 Mendiola 1991 (Nov 23, 2024)
Biggest away winMendiola 1991 0–6 Dynamic Herb Cebu (Sept 29, 2024)
Highest scoringKaya–Iloilo 9–1 Mendiola 1991 (Nov 23, 2024)
Longest winning runManila Digger (Oct 5 – Nov 12, 2024) (5 matches)
Kaya–Iloilo (Oct 19 – Dec 1, 2024) (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runKaya–Iloilo (Oct 6 – Dec 1, 2024) (6 matches)
Longest winless runMendiola 1991 (Sept 29 – Nov 30, 2024) (7 matches)
Longest losing runMendiola 1991 (Sept 29 – Nov 23, 2024) (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 Youth National Team (U20) 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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As of September 29, 2024, matches have only been held Rizal Memorial Stadium. Future scheduled matches so far are also set to be held in the same venue.

The Dynamic Herb Sports Complex, the home venue of Dynamic Herb Cebu, also hosted the club's match against One Taguig on November 3.[6][7]

Manila Talisay, Cebu
Rizal Memorial Stadium Dynamic Herb Sports Complex
Capacity: 12,873 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 Turkey Mustafa Göksu Philippines Florencio Badelic RAD Apparel Leylam1
Kaya–Iloilo Japan Yu Hoshide Philippines Audie Menzi LGR Sportswear LBC1
Loyola[8] South Korea Kim Chul-soo Philippines Curt Dizon Phenom Elan Vita1
Maharlika Taguig Romania Marian Mihail Cameroon Serge Kaole Chronos Athletics AIA1
Manila Digger[9] 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 Youth National Team Spain Sergi Mascarell Philippines Harry Nuñez Skechers Skechers Performance1
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 Undisclosed 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[10]
Maharlika Taguig Nigeria Lerche Njang Undisclosed 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 Undisclosed September 2024 Japan Yuki Matsuda September 29, 2024
Manila Digger Spain Oriol Mohedano Undisclosed November 16, 2024 2nd Spain Juan Manuel Saez November 16, 2024

Foreign players

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

Club Players Former players1
Davao Aguilas[5] Brazil Gabriel Costa Ivory Coast Yohann Fofana[11] The Gambia Salifu Jatta Brazil Bruno Krenkel Indonesia Dino Tri Laksana South Korea Mun Jun-su Ivory Coast Dini Ouattara[11] Japan Takuto Miki
Mexico Salvador Pliego Brazil Lucas Reis Canada Alessandro Riggi Indonesia Zavier Zakarya
Dynamic Herb Cebu[12][13] Brazil Daniel Alemão Netherlands Yusuf Çekiç[14] Japan Rintaro Hama[15] Suriname Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham[14] Japan Masaya Kobayashi Ivory Coast Marius Kore[16] Netherlands Guytho Mijland[14]
Turkey Berke Önde United States Sam Strong Senegal Abou Sy[14] Japan Ryoo Togashi Turkey Ali Yanık[14]
Kaya–Iloilo Spain Walid Birrou Ghana Eric Esso[17] Japan Daizo Horikoshi Japan Shuto Komaki Mali Bandiougou Konate Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy[18] South Korea Park Yi-young
Japan Akito Saito[19] Japan Kaishu Yamazaki
Loyola Netherlands Djumaney Burnet Mongolia Filip Chinzorig Netherlands Nino de Leeuw Guam Leon Morimoto Portugal Anderson Pinto Canada Matt Silva Senegal Alassane Wade
Maharlika Taguig Ivory Coast Koffi Bini Cameroon Darlton Digha Sierra Leone John Kamara Cameroon Serge Kaole South Korea Mun Te-su Cameroon James Sunday The Gambia Ahmad Saidy
Manila Digger Brazil Abner Ghana Daniel Ashley The Gambia Saikou Ceesay China Su Diao The Gambia Pa Ousman Gai Israel Robert Gingichashvili The Gambia Modou Joof
Japan Hayato Kame Japan Yuya Kuriyama The Gambia Modou Manneh Nigeria Ifeanyi Ugwu Cameroon Dilane Wamba
Mendiola 1991[20] Belgium Bilal Akodad Italy Léo Anthony Iran Milad Behgandom Lebanon Ali Ghamloush Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Liberia Jangobah Johnson Iran Kourosh Manesh
Iran Amir Memari Iran Amir Moayedizadeh Canada Hossein Nahid Canada Thomas Se-hyun Nelson Iran Mehdi Norouzi Canada Kasra Masouleh
One Taguig Argentina Nahuel Amarilla Cameroon Henri Bandeken Japan Naoto Hiraishi Norway Peter Nergaard Cameroon Junior Ngong Sam Nigeria Solomon Okereke Japan So Omae
Japan Shoma Sato Japan Tsukasa Shimomura
Philippine Youth National Team
Stallion Laguna United States Shayan Charalaghi Brazil Magson Dourado Cameroon Jacques Ebene United States Fahmi Ibrahim Argentina Cristián Ivanobski South Korea Lee Seung-won United States Roberto Llamas
United States Victor Parra United States Abraham Placito Argentina Ricardo Sendra Australia Nicholas Simpson Barbados Terence Smith Mexico Juan Trujillo Brazil Johnny Wesley
  • ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2024–25 season.
Foreign players by confederation
AFC  Australia (1),  China (1),  Guam (1),  Indonesia (2),  Iran (6),  Japan (13),  Lebanon (1),  Mongolia (1),  South Korea (4)
CAF  Cameroon (7),  The Gambia (6),  Ghana (2),  Ivory Coast (4),  Liberia (1),  Mali (1),  Nigeria (2),  Senegal (3),  Sierra Leone (1)
CONCACAF  Barbados (1),  Canada (5),  Mexico (2),  Suriname (1),  United States (6)
CONMEBOL  Argentina (3),  Brazil (7)
UEFA  Belgium (1),  Israel (1),  Italy (1),  Netherlands (4),  Norway (1),  Portugal (1),  Spain (1),  Turkey (2)

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kaya–Iloilo 6 5 1 0 23 6 +17 16 Qualification for the finals series
2 Manila Digger 7 5 0 2 16 5 +11 15
3 Dynamic Herb Cebu 7 4 2 1 14 5 +9 14
4 One Taguig 7 4 1 2 16 5 +11 13
5 Stallion Laguna 7 4 0 3 12 10 +2 12
6 Davao Aguilas 7 2 1 4 9 10 −1 7
7 Loyola 7 2 1 4 11 18 −7 7
8 Philippine Youth National Team[a] 6 2 1 3 5 12 −7 7
9 Maharlika Taguig 7 1 2 4 10 18 −8 5
10 Mendiola 1991 7 0 1 6 7 34 −27 1
Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 2024. 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 Aguilas346666
Dynamic Herb Cebu113444
Kaya–Iloilo532111
Loyola988998
Maharlika Taguig867779
Manila Digger654222
Mendiola 1991101010101010
One Taguig475533
Philippine Youth National Team799887
Stallion Laguna221355
Finals Series
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2024. 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
Dynamic Herb Cebu W W L D W W D
Kaya–Iloilo D W W W W W
Loyola L L W L L W D
Maharlika Taguig L W L D L L D
Manila Digger L W W W W W L
Mendiola 1991 L L L L L L D
One Taguig W L W D W W L
Philippine Youth National Team L L D W L W
Stallion Laguna W W W L L 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 1–2
Dynamic Herb Cebu — 0–1 0–0[a] Dec 8
Kaya–Iloilo — 3–2[b] 4–1 Dec 8 9–1
Loyola 0–3[c] 2–2 — 1–4 Dec 7
Maharlika Taguig 0–1 — 1–5[d] 3–3 0–0 Dec 7 1–4
Manila Digger 4–0 — 4–0 1–3 0–1
Mendiola 1991 Dec 8 0–6 2–3 —
Philippine Youth National Team 3–1 0–2 3–1[e] —
One Taguig 0–1 7–0 1–0 — 0–2
Stallion Laguna 0–1[f] 1–5 0–3 4–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 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.
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).[21]
  3. ^ Match was initially scheduled for September 28 as the opening match of the league,[22] but was postponed.[23] The league later deemed the result a 3–0 win in favor of Davao.[24][25]
  4. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[21]
  5. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[21]
  6. ^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).[21]

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top goalscorers

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As of 30 November 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 The Gambia Saikou Ceesay Manila Digger 7
Japan Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo
3 Philippines Rico Andes Loyola 6
Senegal Abou Sy Dynamic Herb Cebu
5 The Gambia Ousman Gai Manila Digger 4
The Gambia Modou Manneh Manila Digger
The Gambia Ahmad Saidy Maharlika Taguig
Japan Tsukasa Shimomura One Taguig
9 Brazil Gabriel Costa Davao Aguilas 3
Philippines Kenshiro Daniels Stallion Laguna
Japan Naoto Hiraishi One Taguig
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo
Philippines Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna
Philippines Jesus Melliza Kaya–Iloilo
Cameroon Junior Ngong Sam One Taguig
Philippines Martini Rey Kaya–Iloilo

Top assists

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As of 30 November 2024
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Philippines Oliver Bias One Taguig 4
The Gambia Ousman Gai Manila Digger
Japan Daizo Horikoshi Kaya–Iloilo
Cameroon Junior Ngong Sam One Taguig
5 Cameroon Darlton Digha Maharlika Taguig 3
Philippines John Lucero Dynamic Herb Cebu
Philippines Jesus Melliza Kaya–Iloilo
South Korea Park Yi-young Kaya–Iloilo
9 Philippines Jorrel Aristorenas Maharlika Taguig 2
Philippines Charlie Beaton Stallion Laguna
Iran Milad Behgandom Mendiola 1991
Philippines Charles Dabao Dynamic Herb Cebu
Philippines Curt Dizon Loyola
Philippines Dean Ebarle Manila Digger
Philippines Eric Giganto Manila Digger
Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Mendiola 1991
The Gambia Modou Joof Manila Digger
Philippines Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna
Netherlands Guytho Mijland Dynamic Herb Cebu
Guam Leon Morimoto Loyola
United States Abraham Placito Stallion Laguna
Canada Alessandro Riggi Davao Aguilas
Philippines Chima Uzoka Dynamic Herb Cebu

Own goals

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

Hat-tricks

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As of 24 November 2024
Player Club 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) Mendiola 1991 30 November 2024
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

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As of December 1 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Japan Yuya Kuriyama Manila Digger 4
2 Philippines Florencio Badelic Dynamic Herb Cebu 3
United States Roberto Llamas Stallion Laguna
4 Philippines Quincy Kammeraad One Taguig 2
5 Philippines Kenry Balobo Maharlika Taguig 1
Cameroon Henri Bandeken One Taguig
Philippines Nathan Bata Philippine Youth National Team
Netherlands Yusuf Çekiç Dynamic Herb Cebu
Philippines Patrick Deyto Kaya–Iloilo
Ivory Coast Dini Ouattara Davao Aguilas
Philippines Jessie Semblante Loyola

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of 1 December 2024
Rank Player Team Red cards
1 Philippines Roberto Corsame Dynamic Herb Cebu 2
2 Philippines James Demate Philippine Youth National Team 1
Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Mendiola 1991
Brazil Allan Machado Davao Aguilas
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

References

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