Philippine Football Federation

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The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in the Philippines. Established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA) in 1907, the PFF is one of the oldest national football associations in Asia and is among the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The PAFA reorganized as the Philippine Football Association (PFA), and later as the Philippine Football Federation.

Aside from being a member of the AFC, the PFF is also a member of the ASEAN Football Federation. It is recognized as the national sports association (NSA) for the sport of football in the Philippines by Philippine Olympic Committee.

It organizes the Philippines men's, women's and youth national football teams (as well as national teams for the football variants of futsal and beach soccer). It is also responsible for the organization of domestic football tournaments in the Philippines such as the Philippines Football League and the Copa Paulino Alcantara through the Liga Futbol Inc., and the PFF Women's League.

History

Early history

The football body's origins dates back to 1907 when it was established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA). It was among the twelve founding Asian football associations of the Asian Football Confederation.

In 1917, the first Spanish and Filipino footballer to play for a European club, Paulino Alcántara Riestra, was selected by the Philippines to represent the country at the Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo. He helped them defeat Japan 15–2, which remains the largest win in Philippine international football history.

In 1961, stakeholders of Philippine football officially organized themselves to establish the Philippine Football Association (PFA) which was later reorganized as the Philippine Football Federation in 1982.<ref name="pocnsaprof">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Adad era

In October 1996, Rene Adad was installed as PFF president after a snap election which ousted his predecessor, Ricardo Tan.<ref name=thingsperking>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2002, the PFF inaugurated its first regional center in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Martinez era

During Jose Mari Martinez’s presidency the PFF experienced a number of organizational crises affecting both management and the national teams

Under Martinez, the PFF also had a new headquarters, the PFF House of Football in Pasig, which was inaugurated by then FIFA President Sepp Blatter and AFC President bin Hammam in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The PFF moved to the building after occupying the PhilSports Complex as its headquarters for decades.<ref name="newhq">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2009, a crisis affected the Philippine women's national futsal which resulted to the ouster of women's futsal coach Emmanuel Batungbacal and long-time men's national football coach Juan Cutillas. Batungbacal was dismissed amid allegations that he led the futsal team in a tournament without PFF sanction. Batungbacal denied the allegation and said he had sanction; some players subsequently resigned from international duty in protest. Martinez said that a lack of suitable coaching license was the reason to Batungbacal's dismissal.<ref name=crisishitrpwomenfutsal>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 27 November 2010, at the PFF 7th Ordinary Congress at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig, Martinez was ousted by 25 Presidents out of the 29 present member associations to approve a resolution made by 8 members of the Board of Governors calling for the ousting and replacement of Martinez as PFF president.Martinez was dismissed amid allegations that he falsified public documents and misused funds. Mariano Araneta was named Interim President.<ref name=marimartinez>Template:Cite news</ref>

Araneta era

After serving as Interim President for about a year after Martinez's ouster in 2010, Araneta was elected as president on 26 November 2011 at a PFF congress held at the Astoria Plaza in Pasig.<ref name=aranetareelect/>

On 14 October 2016, at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Pasig, the Online PFF Player Registration System was launched following a contract signing between the PFF, MMC Sportz Marketing and RSportz. The PFF described the initiative as an early example of its type in Southeast Asia. The registration system will create a database of Filipino players which will be accessible to organizers of PFF-sanctioned tournaments. The registration system was planned to be online by November 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In November 2016, Araneta announced that the PFF will move its headquarters to Carmona, Cavite in 2017 where an artificial football pitch is due to be finished within the month. The new location will also house a dormitory, a natural grass pitch and corporate offices.<ref name="newhq"/>

The PFF's registration system dubbed "My PFF" was officially launched in June 2017 and will be embedded in PFF's website on 3 July 2017 to be more accessible for registrants.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A financial dispute with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was resolved on 14 September 2018, when the PFF remitted ₱4.8 million in unliquidated government assistance. The scope of the financial aid covers the administrations of the PFF from past 1996 to 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The PFF was given the right to hold AFC ‘A’ and AFC ‘B’ Diploma Courses in the Philippines by the Asian Football Confederation starting 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The federation launched its first esports tournament, the PFF eTrophy which featured the video game title FIFA 21 in 2021.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 30 July 2022, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new PFF headquarters in Carmona took place.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In November 2022, the PFF decided to allow the expansion of its regional associations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gutierrez era

As Araneta reached the organisation’s two-term limit, the PFF held an election on 25 November 2023 to select new officials.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=pff18>Template:Cite news</ref>

John Gutierrez of Bukidnon FA was elected Araneta’s successor.<ref name=elect>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The other candidates were Filbert Alquiros of Stallion Laguna, and Henry Sabate of Davao-South RFA.<ref name=pff18/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gutierrez garnered 30 out of 36 votes, with the other contenders receiving three votes each.<ref name="abs-new-gutierrez">Template:Cite news</ref>

During the first eighteen months of Gutierrez’s term, several senior federation officials resigned. These include Filipinas team manager Jefferson Cheng, Pinay5 team manager Danny Moran, PMNFT coaches Albert Capellas and Tom Saintfiet, Senior National Teams Director and PMNFT manager Freddy Gonzalez, PMNFT Assistant Team Manager Mikkel Paris, and PMNFT Media Officer Jing Jamlang.<ref name="tribune-pfl-chaos">Template:Cite news</ref>

Presidents

List of presidents
Name Term
Start End
Manuel Tinio<ref name=setstone>Template:Cite news</ref> ?
Ramon Farolan<ref name=setstone/> ?
Felipe Monserrat 1962 1967
Luis Javellana ? 1969
Andres Soriano Jr. 1969 1981
Francisco Elizalde 1982 1986
Henri Kahn 1988 1989
Lope Pascual ? 1995
Honesto Isleta (acting) 1995
Ricardo Tan 1995 1996
Rene Adad 1996 2004
Johnny Romualdez 2004 2008
Jose Mari Martinez 2008 2010
Mariano Araneta<ref name=aranetareelect>Template:Cite news</ref> 2010 2023
John Gutierrez 2023 incumbent

Association staff

Name Position Source
Template:Flagicon John Gutierrez President <ref name=elect/>
Template:Flagicon Lawrence Fortun First Vice President <ref name=elect/>
Template:Flagicon Jay Adriatico Second Vice President <ref name=elect/>
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Template:Flagicon Kevin Goco Assistant General Secretary
vacant Technical Director
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Template:Flagicon Mark Torcaso Team Coach (Women's) <ref name="FIFA.com"/><ref name="the-afc.com"/>
Template:Flagicon Vincent Santos Director of Football
vacant Media/Communications Manager <ref name="FIFA.com"/>
vacant Broadcast Chief <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagicon Tetsuya Tsuchida Youth Development Head citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Flagicon Michael Kevin Goco Futsal Department Head citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Flagicon Allan Martinez Referee Coordinator <ref name="FIFA.com"/>
vacant Child safeguarding officer <ref name="FIFA.com"/><ref name="the-afc.com"/>

Member associations

There are 36 member associations, three of which are professional football clubs, under the PFF.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

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PFF competitions

National league

National Cups

Youth competitions

  • PFF U-19 National Championship
  • PFF U-16 National Championship
  • PFF National Men's U-23 Championship (defunct)
  • PFF National U-22 Amateur Championship (inactive)
  • PFF U-15 Boys National Championship (inactive)

Esports

  • PFF eTrophy

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Men's
Senior
Philippines Football League 2024–25 Kaya–Iloilo 3rd Manila Digger 2025–26
Copa Paulino Alcantara 2023 Kaya–Iloilo 3rd Davao Aguilas
Youth
PFF U-19 Boys National Football Championship 2024 Central Visayas F.A. 1st Negros Occidental F.A. 2025
Women's
Senior
PFF Women's League 2025 Kaya–Iloilo 2nd Stallion Laguna
PFF Women's Cup 2024 Stallion Laguna 1st Kaya–Iloilo

National team coaches

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Men's team Name
National team Template:Flagicon Carles Cuadrat
Under-23 team Template:Flagicon Michael Alvarez
Under-19 team vacant
Under-17 team Template:Flagicon Tetsuya Tsuchida
Futsal team vacant

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Women's team Name
National team Template:Flagicon Mark Torcaso
Under-20 team vacant
Under-17 team Template:Flagicon Pradhyum Reddy
Futsal team Template:Flagicon Rafa Rodriguez

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Honors

The PFF was given the AFC President Recognition Award for Grassroots Football in the Developing Category in 2014<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

References

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