2024–25 Philippines Football League

Philippines Football League
Season	2024–25
Dates	September 28, 2024 – TBA
Matches played	88
Goals scored	300 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Saikou Ceesay (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Kaya–Iloilo 9–1 Mendiola 1991
Biggest away win	Mendiola F.C. 1991 0–10 Manila Digger
Highest scoring	Mendiola F.C. 1991 0–10 Manila Digger
Longest winning run	Kaya–Iloilo (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Kaya–Iloilo (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Mendiola 1991 (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Philippine YNT; (7 matches)
	← 2024 All statistics correct as of 6 April 2025.

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]

Format changes

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.^[2]

However, in contrast to the 2017 season, the table topper at the end of the league's regular season will be declared the league champion and earn automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two, with second place earning a qualifying slot for the same tournament. Qualification for the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship will be determined through the Finals Series, with the winner earning a direct slot.^[2]

Teams

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 YNT	Carmona, Cavite
One Taguig	Taguig, Metro Manila
Stallion Laguna	Biñan, Laguna

Notes

^ General location where the club is based in. Only select clubs have their own/designated home stadium.

Stadiums

For the first round of the league, matches were mainly held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, with the Dynamic Herb Sports Complex, the home venue of Dynamic Herb Cebu, also hosting the club's match against One Taguig on November 3.^[6]^[7]

In January 2025, Rizal Memorial Stadium went under pitch renovation in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers,^[8] with the league subsequently splitting the hosting of matches between the UP Diliman Football Field and the Biñan Football Stadium^{[failed verification]}.^[9] The Iloilo Sports Complex of Kaya–Iloilo has also been used.^[10]

	Biñan	Talisay, Cebu
Greater Manila Talisay Iloilo City	Manila	Quezon City	Iloilo City
	Rizal Memorial Stadium	UP Diliman Football Field	Iloilo Sports Complex
	Capacity: 12,873	Capacity: 300	Capacity: 7,000

	Biñan Football Stadium	Dynamic Herb Sports Complex
	Capacity: 2,580	Capacity: 550

Notes

Personnel and kits

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	Glenn Ramos	Florencio Badelic	RAD Apparel	Leylam¹
Kaya–Iloilo	Yu Hoshide	Audie Menzi	LGR Sportswear	LBC¹
Loyola^[11]	Paulo Jorge Silva	Curt Dizon	Chronos Athletics	Elan Vita¹
Maharlika Taguig	Jung Dong-gyu	Serge Kaole	Chronos Athletics	AIA¹
Manila Digger^[12]	Juan Manuel Saez	Dean Ebarle	UCAN	Zealand Metal Corporation¹, OKFly²
Mendiola 1991	Yuki Matsuda	Hamed Hajimehdi	Ropa	Vill-Mell Trading², Mr. Freeze²
One Taguig	Vacant	Arnel Amita	Azkals Sportswear	Chooks-to-Go², PAGSS², I Love Taguig³
Philippine YNT	Sergi Mascarell	Harry Nuñez	Skechers	Skechers¹
Stallion Laguna	Ernest Nierras	Matthew Nierras	Blaze Athletics	Giligan's Restaurant¹, Pythos², SCID²

Notes:

^ Located on the front of the shirt.
^ Located on the back of the shirt.
^ Located on the sleeves.
^ Located on the shorts.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Manila Digger	Pong Liman		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^[13]
Maharlika Taguig	Lerche Njang		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		September 2024		Yuki Matsuda	September 29, 2024
Manila Digger	Oriol Mohedano		November 16, 2024	2nd	Juan Manuel Saez	November 16, 2024
Maharlika Taguig	Marian Mihail	Change of club ownership	January 21, 2025	9th	Jung Dong-gyu	January 21, 2025^[14]
Dynamic Herb Cebu	Mustafa Göksu	End of contract	January 15, 2025	3rd	Glenn Ramos	February 1, 2025^[15]
Loyola	Kim Chul-soo	Mutual consent	November 2024	9th	Paulo Jorge Silva	February 8, 2025
One Taguig	Jovanie Villagracia	Resigned	April 1, 2025	3rd	TBD	TBD

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Players							Former players¹
Davao Aguilas^[5]	Victor Cabral	Gabriel Costa	Issa Diallo	Syendio Fernanda	Yohann Fofana^[16]	Robert Lopez Mendy	Lukman Hussein	Bruno Krenkel Lucas Reis Salifu Jatta Dino Tri Laksana Takuto Miki Alessandro Riggi
Davao Aguilas^[5]	Mun Jun-su	Dini Ouattara^[16]	Salvador Pliego	Mantvydas Tikstinskis	Zavier Zakarya
Dynamic Herb Cebu^[17]^[18]	Yusuf Çekiç^[19]	Göktuğ Demiroğlu	Magson Dourado	Rintaro Hama^[20]	Hiromasa Ishikawa	Marius Kore^[21]	Guytho Mijland^[19]	Daniel Alemão Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham^[19] Masaya Kobayashi Sam Strong Berke Önde Ali Yanık^[19]
Dynamic Herb Cebu^[17]^[18]	Gabriel Silva	Abou Sy^[19]	Ryoo Togashi
Kaya–Iloilo	Ernest Barfo	Alfredo Cortez	Eric Esso^[22]	Bandiougou Konate	Kaishu Yamazaki	Shuto Komaki	Akito Saito^[23]	Walid Birrou Daizo Horikoshi Robert Lopez Mendy^[24] Park Yi-young
Loyola	Djumaney Burnet	Filip Chinzorig	Leon Morimoto	Koki Narita	Natsu Okamoto	Anderson Pinto	Kazuha Sudo	Matt Silva Nino de Leeuw Alassane Wade
Maharlika Taguig	Franck Anoh	Shayan Charalaghi	Chen Ting-hao	Darlton Digha	Serge Kaole	Kai Hsiang-lin	Desmond Ngai	Koffi Bini John Kamara Mun Te-su James Sunday
Maharlika Taguig	Sebastian Nielsen	Cooper Ross	Ahmad Saidy	Terence Smith	Yu Chun-hsiang			Koffi Bini John Kamara Mun Te-su James Sunday
Manila Digger	Abner	Daniel Ashley	Saikou Ceesay	Su Diao	Jacques Ebene	Ousman Gai	Modou Joof	Yuya Kuriyama Robert Gingichashvili
Manila Digger	Hayato Kame	Modou Manneh	Ifeanyi Ugwu	Dilane Wamba	Johnny Wesley			Yuya Kuriyama Robert Gingichashvili
Mendiola 1991^[25]	Milad Behgandom	Edison Castro	Nick Fuzesi	Robert Gingichashvili	Behnam Habibi	Marlle Habila	Allan Kiggundu	Léo Anthony Mohammad Darabi Ali Ghamloush Gustavo Jangobah Johnson Kourosh Manesh Amir Memari Amir Moayedizadeh Peyman Nasirizadeh
Mendiola 1991^[25]	Hamed Hajimehdi	Habes Mubarak	Isaac Doka	Tarsicio Onyebuchi	Park Seo-yeom	Shabab Pira	Yuta Tochigi
One Taguig	Nahuel Amarilla	Henri Bandeken	Naoto Hiraishi	Kofi Kordzi	Patrick Lingg	Peter Nergaard	Junior Ngong Sam
One Taguig	Solomon Okereke	So Omae	Shoma Sato	Tsukasa Shimomura	Nicholas Simpson	Yusuke Unoki
Philippine YNT	No foreign players registered
Stallion Laguna	Gabriel Claudio	Alonzo del Mundo	Stephen Halm	Fahmi Ibrahim	Lee Seung-won	Roberto Llamas	Victor Parra	Magson Dourado Jacques Ebene Cristián Ivanobski Nicholas Simpson Terence Smith Johnny Wesley Brandon Zambrano
Stallion Laguna	Abraham Placito	Ricardo Sendra	Yuji Takatoku	Juan Trujillo	David Yeboah

^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2024–25 season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaya–Iloilo (Q)	17	13	2	2	46	15	+31	41	Qualification for the finals series
2	Manila Digger (Q)	17	13	1	3	51	10	+41	40
3	One Taguig (Q)	18	10	3	5	39	13	+26	33
4	Dynamic Herb Cebu (Q)	18	9	4	5	33	18	+15	31
5	Stallion Laguna (E)	17	8	3	6	36	23	+13	27
6	Davao Aguilas (E)	18	7	4	7	24	16	+8	25
7	Maharlika Taguig (E)	18	5	3	10	21	37	−16	18
8	Loyola (E)	17	5	2	10	20	34	−14	17
9	Philippine YNT^[a] (E)	18	3	4	11	16	49	−33	13
10	Mendiola 1991 (E)	18	1	2	15	14	85	−71	5

Updated to match(es) played on April 12, 2025. Source: PFL
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ The Philippine Youth National Team are a guest team for the PFL and ineligible to qualify for AFC club competitions.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Finals Series
Team ╲ Round
Davao Aguilas	3	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Dynamic Herb Cebu	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Kaya–Iloilo	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Loyola	9	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Maharlika Taguig	8	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Manila Digger	6	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Mendiola 1991	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
One Taguig	4	7	5	5	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Philippine YNT	7	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Stallion Laguna	2	2	1	3	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5

	Finals Series

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2025. Source: PFL

Results by round

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	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	—	—	—	—
Dynamic Herb Cebu	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D
Kaya–Iloilo	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Loyola	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L		—	—	—	—
Maharlika Taguig	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	—	—	—	—
Manila Digger	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Mendiola 1991	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	—	—	—	—
One Taguig	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W
Philippine YNT	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	—	—	—	—
Stallion Laguna	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L		–	–	–	–

Results

Home \ Away	DAV	DHC	KAY	LFC	MAH	MAD	MEN	PYT	TAG	STA
Davao Aguilas	—	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1
Dynamic Herb Cebu	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	0–0^[a]	1–0
Kaya–Iloilo	0–1	3–1	—	3–2^[b]	4–1	1–1	9–1	4–1	2–0	Apr 13
Loyola	0–3^[c]	2–2	0–1	—	1–4	Apr 13	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–2
Maharlika Taguig	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–1	—	1–5^[d]	3–3	0–0	0–5	1–4
Manila Digger	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	—	4–0	7–1	1–3	0–1
Mendiola 1991	0–3	0–6	2–6	2–3	0–5	0–10	—	2–2	0–5	0–6
Philippine YNT	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–9	3–1^[e]	—	1–1	2–3
One Taguig	0–2	0–0	0–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	7–0	1–0	—	0–2
Stallion Laguna	0–1^[f]	3–1	1–5	0–3	0–0	0–3	8–1	4–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on April 12, 2025. 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:

^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 3 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).^[7]
^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).^[26]
^ Match was initially scheduled for September 28 as the opening match of the league,^[27] but was postponed.^[28] The league later deemed the result a 3–0 win in favor of Davao.^[29]^[30]
^ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).^[26]
^ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).^[26]
^ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).^[26]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 6 April 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Saikou Ceesay	Manila Digger	16
2	Modou Manneh	Manila Digger	11
2	Griffin McDaniel	Stallion Laguna	11
4	Shuto Komaki	Kaya–Iloilo	10
5	Rico Andes	Loyola	9
5	Ousman Gai	Manila Digger	9
7	Tsukasa Shimomura	One Taguig	8
7	Abou Sy	Dynamic Herb Cebu	8
9	Gabriel Costa	Davao Aguilas	7
	Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya–Iloilo Davao Aguilas
	Junior Ngong Sam	One Taguig

Top assists

As of 7 April 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Ousman Gai	Manila Digger	10
2	Junior Ngong Sam	One Taguig	9
3	Oliver Bias	One Taguig	7
3	Shuto Komaki	Kaya–Iloilo	7
5	Griffin McDaniel	Stallion Laguna	6
5	Zachary Taningco	Manila Digger	6
7	Dean Ebarle	Manila Digger	5
8	Pocholo Bugas	Kaya–Iloilo	4
	Darlton Digha	Maharlika Taguig
	Eric Giganto	Manila Digger
	Daizo Horikoshi	Kaya–Iloilo
	Modou Manneh	Manila Digger
	Guytho Mijland	Dynamic Herb Cebu
	Abraham Placito	Stallion Laguna
	Stephan Schröck	Stallion Laguna
	Kart Talaroc	Davao Aguilas

Own goals

As of 19 October 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Own goals
1	James Sunday	Maharlika Taguig	1

Hat-tricks

As of 1 March 2025

Player	Team	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)		30 November 2024
Griffin McDaniel⁴	Stallion Laguna	8–1 (H)		1 February 2025
Saikou Ceesay⁶	Manila Digger	9–1 (A)	Philippine YNT	2 February 2025
Dilane Wamba		10–0 (A)	Mendiola 1991	17 February 2025
Jacques Ebene⁴		7–1 (H)	Philippine YNT	1 March 2025

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away ⁴ Player scored four goals
⁶ Player scored six goals

Clean sheets

As of 12 April 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	Florencio Badelic	Dynamic Herb Cebu	7
2	Dini Ouattara	Davao Aguilas	6
3	Michael Asong	Manila Digger	5
	Quincy Kammeraad	One Taguig
	Roberto Llamas	Stallion Laguna
6	Kenry Balobo	Maharlika Taguig	4
	Henri Bandeken	One Taguig
	Yuya Kuriyama	Manila Digger
	Jessie Semblante	Loyola
10	Jhon Betanio	Davao Aguilas	3

Red cards