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==Foreign players==
==Foreign players==
A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s (AFC) '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation.
A maximum of five foreigners are allowed per club, with four players of any nationality and one coming from an AFC member nation. This is a change from the previous four seasons which followed the [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s (AFC) '3+1 rule. This resulted from an earlier press conference dubbed "We Are PFL 2021", where the managers of the clubs expressed a desire to increase the foreign quota from four to five.


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Revision as of 11:01, 10 April 2021

Philippines Football League
Season2021
DatesJuly 17, 2021
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 Philippines Football League, also known as The Philippines Football League brought to you by Qatar Airways, due to the league's title sponsorship of Qatar Airways, will be the fifth season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines.

It is yet to be determined if the 2021 season will be still held under a bubble format, like in the previous season due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation.[1] The league's cup tournament, the Copa Paulino Alcantara will not be held for a second time after it was cancelled the previous season.[2] Although there were plans to hold the cup tournament in April prior to the start of the league.[3]

The 2021 season is planned to commence as early as June[3] with two or three potential expansion clubs.[1] Two of these clubs are Loyola (which was among the founding clubs of the PFL as Meralco Manila) and Laos.[4] As of March 2021, Loyola and Laos are currently completing their licensing requirements. Also in March of 2021, it was announced that a third club from Cebu was already in the process of procuring its licensing documents, making for a 9-team league, the most in the league's history.[5] The league will kick off on July 17, 2021[2] to give room for teams that will participate in both the 2021 AFC Cup and 2021 AFC Champions League.

Teams

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
Azkals Development Team Republic of Ireland Scott Cooper Philippines Marvin Angeles Philippines LGR Alphaland Corporation
Stream Mobile
Kaya–Iloilo Japan Yu Hoshide Philippines Jovin Bedic Philippines LGR LBC
Fitness First
Maharlika Manila Philippines Roxy Dorlas TBA Philippines Gameville Sportswear Philam Life
Reparil Ice-Spray
Arepa Nootropics
Mendiola 1991 Philippines Dan Padernal Philippines Ashley Flores Indonesia FAT Penson and Company
Focus Athletics
Stallion Laguna Philippines Ernest Nierras Philippines Ruben Doctora Philippines Cutz Apparel Giligan's Restaurant
Pi Tracer
Airlock389
United City England Jason Withe[6] Philippines Stephan Schröck Philippines Montè Athletics Manila Regenerative Center
Midas Magnesium
Gatorade

Foreign players

A maximum of five foreigners are allowed per club, with four players of any nationality and one coming from an AFC member nation. This is a change from the previous four seasons which followed the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) '3+1 rule. This resulted from an earlier press conference dubbed "We Are PFL 2021", where the managers of the clubs expressed a desire to increase the foreign quota from four to five.

Club Players Former Players
Azkals Development Team None
Kaya–Iloilo Trinidad and Tobago Carlyle Mitchell[7] Japan Daizo Horikoshi[7] Japan Masanari Omura[7] Japan Ryo Fujii Ghana Patrick Asare Ghana Emmanuel Osei
Maharlika Manila Spain Joaco Cañas South Korea Kim Sung-min Cameroon Serge Kaole Cameroon Henri Bandeken Democratic Republic of the Congo Gary Epesso
Mendiola 1991 Cameroon Souleyman Ndepe Iran Hamed Hajimehdi Ivory Coast Dini Ouattara Ghana Stephen Appiah
Stallion Laguna Argentina Ricardo Sendra Senegal Ibrahima Ndour Senegal Abou Sy
United City Spain Bienvenido Marañón[8] United States Jonny Campbell South Korea Jung Da-hwon New Zealand Jai Ingham Japan Takashi Odawara
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy

References

  1. ^ a b Leyba, Olmin (January 2, 2021). "Expanded cast expected in next PFL tourney". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Terrado, Reuben (March 27, 2021). "Copa Paulino Alcantara canceled as PFL looks to open new season in July". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "PFL eyes 2021 opening in April with Copa Paulino Alcantara". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Suyu, Ian (February 11, 2021). "2 teams to join PFL". Daily Tribune. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Suyu, Ian (March 14, 2021). "PFL welcomes new team". Daily Tribune. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  6. ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (March 31, 2021). "United City taps English coach Jason Withe". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Kaya FC-Iloilo's 2021 Squad is Taking Shape – Kaya FC–Iloilo". Kaya F.C. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  8. ^ Masoy, Niel Victor (March 13, 2021). "Schrock, Marañon stay with United City – The Manila Times". Manila Times. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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