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2024–25 Philippines Football League

The 2024–25 Philippines Football League will be the seventh season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. Ten teams are set to participate for this season which is scheduled to begin on September 28, 2024. Kaya–Iloilo are the defending champions.[1]

Philippines Football League
Season2024–25
DatesSeptember 28, 2024 – TBA
← 2024

Teams

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Ten teams are set to participate for the 2024–25 season.[2][better source needed] Don Bosco Garelli, Manila Montet, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, Tuloy, and United City are the clubs from the previous season which are not among the roster of teams for this season.

United City withdrew due to financial issues.[3]

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
PFF Development Club
(Philippine national youth team) 		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.

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Davao Aguilas   Aber Ruzgal TBD   Chronos Athletics University of Makati1, SpeedRegalo2, Brodo2, Wit.id2
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Mustafa Göksu   Daniel Gadia   RAD Apparel Leylam1, WinZir2, Jpark Island Resort and Waterpark Cebu2
Kaya–Iloilo   Yu Hoshide   Audie Menzi   LGR Sportswear LBC1
Loyola[4]   Roxy Dorlas   Kim Sung-min   RAD Apparel Popeyes1, Unioil2, VV&Co2
Maharlika Taguig   Marian Mihail   Anton del Rosario   Blaze Athletics AIA1, Palaro2
Manila Digger[5]   Oriol Mohedano   Shin Min-ki   UCAN OKFly1
Mendiola 1991   Dan Padernal   Hamed Hajimehdi   Ropa Vill-Mell Trading2, Mr. Freeze2
One Taguig   Jovanie Villagracia   Arnel Amita   Azkals Sportswear Chooks-to-Go2, I Love Taguig2
PFF Developmental Team TBD TBD TBD TBD
Stallion Laguna   Ernest Nierras   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   Pong Liman Undisclosed August 31, 2024 Pre-season   Oriol Mohedano September 1, 2024
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Memiş Özata Mutual consent August 23, 2024   Mustafa Göksu September 5, 2024[6]
Maharlika Taguig   Lerche Njang Undisclosed August 2024   Marian Mihail September 26, 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[3]   Gabriel Costa   Yohann Fofana[7]   Salifu Jatta   Bruno Krenkel   Dino Tri Laksana   Mun Jun-su   Dini Ouattara[7]   Takuto Miki
  Salvador Pliego   Lucas Reis   Alessandro Riggi   Zavier Zakarya
Dynamic Herb Cebu[8][9]   Daniel Alemão   Yusuf Çekiç[10]   Rintaro Hama[11]   Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham[10]   Masaya Kobayashi   Marius Kore[12]   Guytho Mijland[10]
  Berke Önde   Sam Strong   Abou Sy[10]   Ryoo Togashi   Ali Yanık[10]
Kaya–Iloilo   Walid Birrou   Eric Esso[13]   Daizo Horikoshi   Shuto Komaki   Bandiougou Konate   Robert Lopez Mendy[14]   Park Yi-young
  Akito Saito[15]   Kaishu Yamazaki
Loyola   Djumaney Burnet   Filip Chinzorig   Nino de Leeuw
Maharlika Taguig   Darlton Digha
Manila Digger   Saikou Ceesay   Robert Gingichashvili   Modou Joof   Yuya Kuriyama   Modou Manneh
Mendiola 1991[16]   Bilal Akodad   Léo Anthony   Milad Behgandom   Hamed Hajimehdi   Kourosh Manesh   Amir Memari   Amir Moayedizadeh
  Hossein Nahid   Mehdi Norouzi   Kasra Masouleh
One Taguig   Nahuel Amarilla   Henri Bandeken   Naoto Hiraishi   Peter Nergaard   Junior Ngong Sam   Solomon Okereke   So Omae
  Shoma Sato   Tsukasa Shimomura
PFF Developmental Team
Stallion Laguna   Riccardo Ammirati   Magson Dourado   Shayan Charalaghi   Fahmi Ibrahim   Cristián Ivanobski   Roberto Llamas   Victor Parra
  Abraham Placito   Ricardo Sendra   Nicholas Simpson   Terence Smith   Juan Trujillo   Johnny Wesley
  • ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2024–25 season.

References

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  1. ^ Suing, Ivan (September 20, 2024). "Torre: PFL running smoothly". Daily Tribune. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Handa na ba kayo, mga ka-liga? 🔥 Ito ang mga teams na maglalaban-laban sa PFL 2024-25 season". Facebook. Philippines Football League. September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Suing, Ivan (September 20, 2024). "Aguilas ramp up recruitment". Daily Tribune. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "LOYOLA FC CONFIRMS JOINING THE PHILIPPINES FOOTBALL LEAGUE". December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "PFL 2024 TRYOUT SCHEDULE". Manila Digger FC on Facebook. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Dynamic Herb Cebu Football Club welcomes new head coach". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑: Davao Aguilas FC". Twitter. Philippines Football League on Twitter. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  8. ^ Rosale, Glendale (September 19, 2024). "Cebu FC set to face Mendiola 1991 in PFL opener". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Cebu FC unveils 5 new players ahead of AFC Champions League". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Cebu Football Club introduces new faces for the upcoming PFL season". Cebu Daily Inquirer. Philippine Daily Inquirer. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  11. ^ Aznar, Edri (February 16, 2023). "Cebu FC signs new players, plays against Kaya Feb. 19". Sunstar PH. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "Meet your 'Gentle Giants' (Part 4 of 5)". Sunstar PH. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Ghanaian midfielder Eric Esso joins Filipino club Kaya FC". GhanaWeb. February 10, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Kaya FC-Iloilo Welcomes Back Robert Lopez Mendy". Kaya F.C. January 27, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  15. ^ Co, Adrian Stewart (August 12, 2023). "Kaya-Iloilo beefs up line-up, introduces 3 more new recruits". Panay News. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  16. ^ "Mendiola '91 marks 30th anniversary with breakthrough". Tiebreaker Times. November 7, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
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