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2024–25 Philippines Football League

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]

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

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
   
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Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Davao Aguilas   Aber Ruzgal   Dini Ouattara Chronos Athletics University of Makati1, SpeedRegalo2, Brodo2, Wit.id2
Dynamic Herb Cebu   Mustafa Göksu   Florencio Badelic RAD Apparel Leylam1
Kaya–Iloilo   Yu Hoshide   Audie Menzi LGR Sportswear LBC1
Loyola[8]   Kim Chul-soo   Curt Dizon Phenom Elan Vita1
Maharlika Taguig   Marian Mihail   Serge Kaole Chronos Athletics AIA1
Manila Digger[9]   Juan Manuel Saez   Dean Ebarle UCAN Zealand Metal Corporation1, OKFly2
Mendiola 1991   Yuki Matsuda   Hamed Hajimehdi Ropa Vill-Mell Trading2, Mr. Freeze2
One Taguig   Jovanie Villagracia   Arnel Amita Azkals Sportswear Chooks-to-Go2, PAGSS2, I Love Taguig3
Philippine Youth National Team   Sergi Mascarell   Harry Nuñez Skechers Skechers Performance1
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[10]
Maharlika Taguig   Lerche Njang Undisclosed August 2024   Marian Mihail September 26, 2024
Loyola   Roxy Dorlas Demoted to assistant manager September 2024   Kim Chul-soo September 28, 2024
Mendiola 1991   Dan Padernal Undisclosed September 2024   Yuki Matsuda September 29, 2024
Manila Digger   Oriol Mohedano Undisclosed November 16, 2024 2nd   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]   Gabriel Costa   Bruno Krenkel   Lucas Reis   Yohann Fofana[11]   Dini Ouattara[11]   Salifu Jatta   Salvador Pliego   Takuto Miki
  Alessandro Riggi   Mun Jun-su   Zavier Zakarya   Dino Tri Laksana
Dynamic Herb Cebu[12][13]   Ali Yanık[14]   Berke Önde   Guytho Mijland[14]   Yusuf Çekiç[14]   Rintaro Hama[15]   Ryoo Togashi   Masaya Kobayashi   Daniel Alemão
  Sam Strong
  Marius Kore[16]   Abou Sy[14]   Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham[14]
Kaya–Iloilo   Walid Birrou   Eric Esso[17]   Bandiougou Konate   Kaishu Yamazaki   Shuto Komaki   Akito Saito[18]   Daizo Horikoshi
  Robert Lopez Mendy[19]
  Park Yi-young
Loyola   Djumaney Burnet   Nino de Leeuw   Anderson Pinto   Alassane Wade   Leon Morimoto   Filip Chinzorig   Matt Silva
Maharlika Taguig   Koffi Bini   Darlton Digha   Serge Kaole   James Sunday   Ahmad Saidy   John Kamara   Mun Te-su
Manila Digger   Abner   Dilane Wamba   Modou Manneh   Saikou Ceesay   Pa Ousman Gai   Modou Joof   Daniel Ashley   Yuya Kuriyama
  Su Diao   Hayato Kame   Robert Gingichashvili   Ifeanyi Ugwu
Mendiola 1991[20]   Léo Anthony   Milad Behgandom   Mohammad Darabi   Ali Ghamloush   Gustavo   Jangobah Johnson   Behnam Habibi   Bilal Akodad
  Kourosh Manesh
  Kasra Masouleh
  Amir Moayedizadeh
  Hossein Nahid
  Hamed Hajimehdi   Amir Memari   Habes Mubarak   Thomas Nelson   Mehdi Norouzi   Shabab Pira
One Taguig   Nahuel Amarilla   Henri Bandeken   Junior Ngong Sam   Naoto Hiraishi   So Omae   Shoma Sato   Tsukasa Shimomura
  Peter Nergaard   Solomon Okereke
Philippine Youth National Team
Stallion Laguna   Shayan Charalaghi   Fahmi Ibrahim   Roberto Llamas   Victor Parra   Abraham Placito   Juan Trujillo   Lee Seung-won
  Cristián Ivanobski   Ricardo Sendra   Nicholas Simpson   Johnny Wesley   Magson Dourado   Terence Smith   Jacques Ebene
  • ^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   Saikou Ceesay Manila Digger 7
  Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo
3   Rico Andes Loyola 6
  Abou Sy Dynamic Herb Cebu
5   Ousman Gai Manila Digger 4
  Modou Manneh Manila Digger
  Ahmad Saidy Maharlika Taguig
  Tsukasa Shimomura One Taguig
9   Gabriel Costa Davao Aguilas 3
  Kenshiro Daniels Stallion Laguna
  Naoto Hiraishi One Taguig
  Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo
  Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna
  Jesus Melliza Kaya–Iloilo
  Junior Ngong Sam One Taguig
  Martini Rey Kaya–Iloilo

Top assists

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

Own goals

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

Hat-tricks

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As of 24 November 2024
Player Club Result Against Date
  Saikou Ceesay Manila Digger 4–0 (H) Loyola 9 November 2024
  Shuto Komaki Kaya–Iloilo 9–1 (H) Mendiola 1991 23 November 2024
  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   Yuya Kuriyama Manila Digger 4
2   Florencio Badelic Dynamic Herb Cebu 3
  Roberto Llamas Stallion Laguna
4   Quincy Kammeraad One Taguig 2
5   Kenry Balobo Maharlika Taguig 1
  Henri Bandeken One Taguig
  Nathan Bata Philippine Youth National Team
  Yusuf Çekiç Dynamic Herb Cebu
  Patrick Deyto Kaya–Iloilo
  Dini Ouattara Davao Aguilas
  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   Roberto Corsame Dynamic Herb Cebu 2
2   James Demate Philippine Youth National Team 1
  Hamed Hajimehdi Mendiola 1991
  Allan Machado Davao Aguilas
  Lucas Reis Davao Aguilas
  Nicholas Simpson Stallion Laguna
  Kart Talaroc Davao Aguilas
  Ryoo Togashi Dynamic Herb Cebu
  Juan Trujillo Stallion Laguna
  Reynald Villareal Davao Aguilas

References

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  21. ^ a b c d "Due to Typhoon Kristine, the matches scheduled for October 26 & 27 2024 have been postponed". Instagram. Philippines Football League. October 25, 2024. Archived from the original on November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
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