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Revision as of 08:36, 16 March 2022
Season | 2022 |
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Dates | February – TBA |
2023 → |
The 2022 Philippines Football League (known as The Philippines Football League brought to you by Qatar Airways for sponsorship reasons) will be the fifth season of Philippines Football League (PFL), professional football league of the Philippines.
The 2021 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] to be replaced by the league cup tournament, 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara.[2]
Teams
Cebu F.C. was given a provisional club license, which would have allow the club to debut in the cancelled 2021 season, while potential new entries are Laos and Rapids F.C. from Cagayan de Oro.[3][4][5]
Maharlika Manila and United City did not enter the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara but have expressed intentions to return for the 2022 season.[6][7][8]
Personnel and kits
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Azkals Development Team | Norman Fegidero | TBD | Kelme | Ayamas, PHSD, Chooks-to-Go |
Dynamic Herb Cebu | TBD | Evren Tasci | RAD Apparel | Dynamic Herb Sports, The Green Table, Tigertek Sports, Pocari Sweat, Leylam |
Kaya–Iloilo | Yu Hoshide | Jovin Bedic | LGR | LBC, Fitogether |
Maharlika Manila | Jeongil Kim | Ousman Jeng | Equipt Studios[9] | Reparil Ice-Spray, Wheyl Nutrition, Timeout Massage, AIA, Kinetix Lab |
Mendiola 1991 | Dan Padernal | Ashley Flores | FAT | Penson and Company, Focus Athletics, Best Diagnostic Corporation[10] |
Stallion Laguna | Ernest Nierras | Ruben Doctora | Cutz Apparel | Giligan's Restaurant, Pi Tracer, Airlock389, TANIS, South Coast Industrial Door Inc. |
United City | Jason Withe | Stephan Schröck | Chronos Athletics | Manila Regenerative Center, Midas Magnesium, Gatorade, BCDA, Allianz[11] |
Coaching changes
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Kaya–Iloilo | Graham Harvey | End of Contract | 17 July 2021[12] | Pre-season | Yu Hoshide[13] | November 20211 |
Maharlika Manila | Arvin Soliman | End of contract | 2021 | Pre-season | Jeongil Kim | February 2022 |
Azkals Development Team | Giovanni Villagracia | Undisclosed | 2021 | Pre-season | Norman Fegidero[14] | March 2022 |
Dynamic Herb Cebu | Oliver Colina | Appointed as head coach of Philippines U23 | 14 March 2022[15] | Pre-season | TBD | TBD |
- 1. ^ Exact date of appointment not known. Coach of the club during the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara which commenced on 7 November.
Foreign players
A maximum of six foreigners are allowed per club, with five players of any nationality and a sixth coming from an AFC member nation. This is in line with the upcoming AFC regulations that allow for more foreigners to be signed by clubs. However, only 4 foreign players can be registered during a matchday, with one of them being from an AFC member nation..
Club | Players | Former players | |||||
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Azkals Development Team | |||||||
Dynamic Herb Cebu | Joaco Cañas | Ricardo Sendra | |||||
Kaya–Iloilo | Carlyle Mitchell[16] | Daizo Horikoshi[16] | Robert Lopez Mendy | Ryo Fujii | Jesse Curran | Masanari Omura Patrick Asare | |
Maharlika Manila | Boris Moundang | Kim Sungmin | Henri Bandeken | Ousman Jeng | David Asare | Gary Epesso | |
Mendiola 1991[17] | Hamed Hajimehdi | Daniel Ashley | Hosni Dosso | Stephen Appiah | Kim Minsu | ||
Stallion Laguna | Leonardo Nogueira | Abou Sy | Gabriel Silva | Rafael Nogueda | Oscar Delgado | Abraham Placito Kim Sungmin | |
United City | Matt Silva | Sam Junior | Alan Robertson | Amirbek Juraboev | Ricardo Sendra | Jai Ingham Jung Da-hwon Jonny Campbell |
Foreign players by confederation | |
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AFC | Australia (1), Japan (2), Iran (1), South Korea (2), Tajikistan (1) |
CAF | Ghana (3), Cameroon (3), Senegal (2), Ivory Coast (1), South Africa (1), The Gambia (1), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1) |
CONCACAF | Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2), Canada (1) |
CONMEBOL | Brazil (2), Argentina (1) |
UEFA | Spain (1) |
References
- ^ "Copa Paulino Alcantara to usher in 2022 season". The Philippines Football League. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ Rosal, Glendale (October 22, 2021). "PFL to hold Copa Paulino Alcantara on Nov. 7 in Cavite". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (July 30, 2021). "PFF gives Cebu provisionary license; Laos given deadline to fulfill requirements". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ Suyu, Ian (February 11, 2021). "2 teams to join PFL". Daily Tribune. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Suyu, Ian (March 14, 2021). "PFL welcomes new team". Daily Tribune. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "Maharlika Manila F.C. to skip Copa - Focus on PFL 2022 Season". Facebook. Maharlika Manila F.C. October 29, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Pedralvez, Manolo (October 24, 2021). "PFL Cup sees 6 teams participating; kickoff on Nov. 7". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (October 31, 2021). "Sudden United City FC pullout leaves Copa with only 5 clubs". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ "MAHARLIKA MANILA FC AND EQUIPT STUDIOS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP". equiptstudios.com. Kaya FC-Iloilo. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Mendiola '91 marks 30th anniversary with breakthrough". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "United Clark, Allianz team up for PFL, ACL season". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (July 17, 2021). "Kaya-Iloilo, coach part ways as Graham Harvey returns to Redlands". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (November 6, 2021). "With United City out, Kaya, ADT, and Co. look to win Copa Paulino Alcantara". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (March 11, 2022). "PFF names Fegidero as head coach of Azkals SEAG team, Hall as director". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Rosal, Dale (March 14, 2022). "Cebu Football Club takes on Mendiola FC 1991 on May 2". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Kaya FC-Iloilo's 2021 Squad is Taking Shape – Kaya FC–Iloilo". Kaya F.C. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "Mendiola '91 marks 30th anniversary with breakthrough". Tiebreaker Times. November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.