2025–26 Philippines Football League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 30, 2025 – TBA |
| Matches | 89 |
| Goals | 440 (4.94 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Griffin McDaniel (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | One Taguig 13–0 Philippine Army One Taguig 13–0 Tuloy |
| Biggest away win | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola 2–9 Manila Digger |
| Highest scoring | One Taguig 13–0 Philippine Army One Taguig 13–0 Tuloy |
| Longest winning run | One Taguig (12 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Manila Digger (14 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Philippine Army (16 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola (13 matches) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 21 March 2026. | |
The 2025–26 Philippines Football League is the eighth season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. Eleven teams are participating this season, which began on August 30, 2025.[1][2][3]
Kaya–Iloilo are the defending champions, having clinched the previous season's title on the final match day.
Teams
The 2025–26 season have eleven teams participating.[4] Last season's eighth- and ninth-placed teams, Loyola and the Philippine YNT, will not participate this season. In August, three teams from the 2024 season, namely DB Garelli United, Tuloy and Philippine Army, would rejoin the league.[5]
Davao Aguilas, who finished sixth in the previous season, relocated their club to Makati and renamed to Aguilas–UMak F.C., with the latter derived from the University of Makati Stadium, where the club had previously trained and held matches.[6] After changing its name last season, Maharlika Taguig once again changed its name to simply Maharlika F.C. Mendiola 1991 relocated from Imus, Cavite to Valenzuela and renamed to Valenzuela PB–Mendiola due to sponsorship reasons.[7]
| Team | Location[V 1] |
|---|---|
| Aguilas–UMak | Makati, Metro Manila |
| Don Bosco Garelli United | Makati, Metro Manila |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Talisay, Cebu |
| Kaya–Iloilo | Iloilo City, Iloilo |
| Maharlika | Taguig, Metro Manila |
| Manila Digger | Taguig, Metro Manila |
| One Taguig | Taguig, Metro Manila |
| Philippine Army | Taguig, Metro Manila |
| Stallion Laguna | Biñan, Laguna |
| Tuloy | Muntinlupa, Metro Manila |
| Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | Valenzuela, Metro Manila |
- Notes
- ^ General location where the club is based in. Only select clubs have their own/designated home stadium.
Stadiums
Most if not all games will be held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.[8] Dynamic Herb Cebu played their first home match at Dynamic Herb–Borromeo Sports Complex hosting Philippine Army on February 11.[9]
|
Manila 2025–26 PFL venue |
Manila | Talisay, Cebu |
|---|---|---|
| Rizal Memorial Stadium | Dynamic Herb–Borromeo Sports Complex | |
| Capacity: 12,873 | Capacity: 550 | |
Personnel and kits
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguilas–UMak | Franklin Muescan | Arnel Amita | Primal | A Brown Company1, Markenburg2, Blast TV3, PAGSS3 |
| Don Bosco Garelli United | Karl Claudio | Banjo Mahinay | Blaze Athletics | Elan Vita1, Techno Tamashi1, Smokin' Hills2 |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Glenn Ramos | Roberto Corsame | RAD Apparel | Nature's Spring1, Herb Food Solutions2 |
| Kaya–Iloilo | Yu Hoshide | Audie Menzi | LGR Sportswear[10] | LBC1 |
| Maharlika | Moon Hong | Jorrel Aristorenas | Chronos Athletics | M1 International1, Matchday Media2, Coca-Cola2 |
| Manila Digger | Haijun Li | Shirmar Felongco | UCAN | Zealand Metal1, Prime Rehabilitation2, Starbalm2, Yison3 |
| One Taguig | Arvin Soliman | Daisuke Sato | Chronos Athletics | I Love Taguig3 |
| Philippine Army | Roel Gener | Jalsor Soriano | Chronos Athletics | Cherry Turf2 |
| Stallion Laguna | Ernest Nierras | Matthew Nierras | Blaze Athletics | Giligan's Restaurant1, SCID2, Pythos2 |
| Tuloy | Taketomo Suzuki | Harry Nuñez | Skechers | Tuloy Foundation4 |
| Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | Dan Padernal | Ruben Doctora | MEBL Apparel | Pureblends1, Top Down1, Anytime Fitness2, Pablings4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharlika | Jung Dong-gyu | Undisclosed | May 28, 2025 | Pre-season | Moon Hong | July 29, 2025 |
| Aguilas–UMak | Aber Ruzgal | May 15, 2025 | Jörg Steinebrunner | August 1, 2025[6] | ||
| Manila Digger | Kim Versales | July 2025 | Haijun Li | August 10, 2025 | ||
| One Taguig | Arvin Soliman | July 31, 2025 | Scott Cooper | August 17, 2025 | ||
| Aguilas–UMak | Jörg Steinebrunner | Mutual agreement | October 16, 2025 | 6th (Regular season) | Franklin Muescan | October 18, 2025 |
| One Taguig | Scott Cooper | Signed by Visakha | November 17, 2025 | 2nd (Regular season) | Arvin Soliman | November 2025 |
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Team | Players | Former players1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguilas–UMak | Pedro de Paula | David Koum | Kareem Akinnibi | Tom Unsworth | Iddrisu Natogma | Richard Tetteh | Reycredo Beremanda | Muhammad Mishbah | List
|
| Tomoki Fuhihira | Ikumi Hiruta | Timothy Shiraoka | Kira Yamamoto | Boubacar Diallo | Issa Diallo | Ibrahim Adamu | Mikailou Djibrila | ||
| Don Bosco Garelli United | Samuel Crowford | Felipe Melgaço | Desmond Ngai | Daniel Stokoe | Ebenezer Agyei | Michael Brobbey | Matin Mohtasham | Shotaro Ishii | List
|
| Hayato Kame | Kai Kimura | Yuta Yamaguchi | Karim Chahine | Solomon Okereke | Babacar Ndiaye | Pape Malang Traore | Kim Min-kap | ||
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Kirk Aitken | Victor Cabral | Willy Kapawa | Lamine Konate | Marius Kore | Kaito Asano | Arya Igami | Shinichiro Ochiai | |
| Kazuha Sudo | Naoki Takasu | Anderson Pinto | Abou Sy | Rami Jridi | Göktuğ Demiroğlu | ||||
| Kaya–Iloilo | Ricardo Verza | Pathy Malumandsoko | Eric Esso | Shuto Komaki | Taiyo Toyoda | Kaishu Yamazaki | Julius Myrbakk | Lucas del Rosario | List
|
| Brandon Zambrano | |||||||||
| Maharlika | Stanislaw Pankiewicz | Cristian Molina | Joslyn Katuala | Fahmi Ibrahim | Daniel Oppong | Dini Ouattara | Yuya Kashiwabara | Jo Woo-hyuk | |
| Kang Beom-seok | Kim Ji-an | Kim Jin-hyeon | Park Eun-soo | Park Jae-hyun | |||||
| Manila Digger | Dilane Wamba Tafem | Su Diao | Assan Badjie | Saikou Ceesay | Ousman Gai | Mustapha Jallow | Modou Joof | Modou Manneh | |
| Omar Njie | David Sambou | Baboucarr Touray | Daniel Ashley | Yuga Watanabe | Ifeanyi Ugwu | ||||
| One Taguig | Goldeson | Henri Bandeken | Marcus Haber | Miloš Čupić | Frank Akoto | Isaac Opoku Agyemang | Stephen Halm | Abdul Razak Yusif | List
|
| Hamed Hajimehdi | So Omae | Naoto Hiraishi | |||||||
| Philippine Army | No foreign players registered | ||||||||
| Stallion Laguna | Cristián Ivanobski | Ricardo Sendra | Terence Smith | Magson Dourado | Gabriel Farias | Kevin Ebene Moukouta | Arnol Tchamgoue | Ousmane Badji | List
|
| Benoit Beaujeon | Issa Gakou | Amir Memari | Juan Trujillo | Deane Mountney | Yousuf Butt | Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham | Abraham Placito | ||
| Tuloy | Markus Toves | List
| |||||||
| Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | Keyvan Mottaghian | Maleek Powell | Yohan Mbida | Arturo | Adonai Gomez | Amir Azadnouran | Mehdi Ghobadi | Salar Nezamikhah | List
|
| Ali Pourallahyar | Yohann Fofana | Ali Ghamloush | Onyeka Obi | Kyoung Hyeon-ko | Park Yong-min | Song Jae-hong | Domenic-Shawn Davis | ||
- ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2025–26 season.
League table
Round robin
The eleven teams will play in a double round robin consisting of two rounds.[8]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Taguig | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 3 | +64 | 42 | Championship round |
| 2 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 10 | +54 | 38 | |
| 3 | Manila Digger | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 12 | +49 | 36 | |
| 4 | Kaya–Iloilo | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 11 | +49 | 35 | |
| 5 | Aguilas–UMak | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 29 | |
| 6 | Stallion Laguna | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 14 | +38 | 28 | |
| 7 | Maharlika | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 23 | Classification round |
| 8 | Tuloy | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 94 | −68 | 11 | |
| 9 | Don Bosco Garelli United | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 68 | −50 | 9 | |
| 10 | Valenzuela PB-Mendiola | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 91 | −83 | 4 | |
| 11 | Philippine Army | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 89 | −78 | 2 |
Breakout group
The top six from the round robin phase will advance to the championship round with the bottom teams to play in the classification round. Both which are considered as part of the third round will adopt a round robin format.[8]
Championship round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2nd placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3rd placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Classification round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 8th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 11th placed team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Positions by round
Regular season
Results by round
Regular season
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
- As of 21 March 2026
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Griffin McDaniel | Stallion Laguna | 22 |
| 2 | Patrick Reichelt | One Taguig | 17 |
| 3 | Baboucarr Touray | Manila Digger | 12 |
| 4 | Saikou Ceesay | Manila Digger | 11 |
| Mike Ott | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
| 6 | Ousman Gai | Manila Digger | 9 |
| Cyrelle Saut | Tuloy | ||
| 8 | Kaito Asano | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 8 |
| Issa Diallo | Aguilas–UMak | ||
| Goldeson | One Taguig | ||
| Julius Myrbakk | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
| Kenji Nishioka | Manila Digger |
Top assists
- As of 17 March 2026
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Hartmann | One Taguig | 14 |
| 2 | Juan Trujillo | Stallion Laguna | 11 |
| 3 | Mike Ott | Kaya–Iloilo | 10 |
| 4 | Baboucarr Touray | Manila Digger | 8 |
| 5 | Kim Jin-hyeon | Maharlika | 6 |
| Esrom Paulos | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| Yuga Watanabe | Manila Digger | ||
| 8 | Goldeson | One Taguig | 5 |
| Abdulfatohi Khudoidodzoda | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| Leo Maquiling | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| Daisuke Sato | One Taguig | ||
| Cyrelle Saut | Tuloy | ||
| Stephan Schröck | Stallion Laguna One Taguig |
Own goals
- As of 22 February 2026
| Rank | Player | Team | Own goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Clarino | Aguilas–UMAK | 1 |
| John Delariarte | Philippine Army | ||
| Park Eun-soo | Maharlika | ||
| Markus Toves | Tuloy | ||
| Pape Malang Traore | Don Bosco Garelli United | ||
| Kevin Skinker | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola |
Hat-tricks
- As of 21 March 2026
| Player | Team | Result | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Melliza | Kaya–Iloilo | 12–0 (H) | Philippine Army | 30 August 2025 |
| Saikou Ceesay4 | Manila Digger | 9–2 (A) | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | |
| Sherwin Basindanan | Kaya–Iloilo | 8–0 (H) | 21 September 2025 | |
| Ibrahim Adamu | Aguilas–UMak | 5–0 (A) | Philippine Army | 27 September 2025 |
| Baboucarr Touray | Manila Digger | 8–2 (H) | Tuloy | 5 October 2025 |
| Goldeson | One Taguig | 13–0 (H) | Philippine Army | |
| Patrick Reichelt | ||||
| Griffin McDaniel6 | Stallion Laguna | 7–0 (H) | 25 October 2025 | |
| Griffin McDaniel5 | 8–0 (A) | Don Bosco Garelli United | 22 November 2025 | |
| Saikou Ceesay4 | Manila Digger | Philippine Army | 29 November 2025 | |
| Julius Myrbakk | Kaya–Iloilo | 6–0 (H) | Don Bosco Garelli United | 7 February 2026 |
| John Lloyd Jalique | Tuloy | 6–2 (H) | Philippine Army | |
| Baboucarr Touray | Manila Digger | 12–0 (H) | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | 11 February 2026 |
| Mustapha Jallow4 | ||||
| Abou Sy4 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 10–2 (H) | Philippine Army | |
| Julius Myrbakk | Kaya–Iloilo | 3–1 (H) | Maharlika | |
| Kaito Asano | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 10-0 (H) | Tuloy | 21 February 2026 |
| Griffin McDaniel4 | Stallion Laguna | 5-1 (A) | Philippine Army | 22 February 2026 |
| Ousman Gai | Manila Digger | 6-1 (H) | Don Bosco Garelli United | 25 February 2026 |
| Griffin McDaniel | Stallion Laguna | 4-0 (H) | Don Bosco Garelli United | 28 February 2026 |
| Patrick Reichelt5 | One Taguig | 13-0 (H) | Tuloy | 1 March 2026 |
| Issa Diallo4 | Aguilas–UMak | 7–2 (A) | 8 March 2026 | |
| Desmond Ngai4 | Don Bosco Garelli United | 7–1 (H) | Philippine Army | 11 March 2026 |
| Kevin Ebene Moukouta5 | Stallion Laguna | 12–1 (H) | Tuloy | 21 March 2026 |
- Note
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals6 Player scored six goals
Clean sheets
- As of 22 March 2026
| Rank | Player | Team | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miloš Čupić | One Taguig | 10 |
| 2 | Alfredo Cortez | Kaya–Iloilo | 6 |
| Rami Jridi | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| 4 | Omar Njie | Manila Digger | 4 |
| Henri Bandeken | One Taguig | ||
| 5 | Enrico Mangaoang | Aguilas–UMak | 3 |
| Joseph Ceniza | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| 7 | Michael Antilo | Tuloy | 2 |
| Kenry Balobo | Maharlika | ||
| Patrick Deyto | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
| Jack Landreth | Stallion Laguna | ||
| Matin Mohtasham | Stallion Laguna | ||
| Yousuf Butt | Stallion Laguna | ||
| Jessie Semblante | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| Timothy Shiraoka | Aguilas–UMak |
Red cards
- As of 21 March 2026
| Rank | Player | Team | Red cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Opoku Agyemang | One Taguig | 1 |
| Kamil Amirul | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| Amir Aningalan | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | ||
| Franck Anoh | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola | ||
| Jimuel Ariola | Philippine Army | ||
| Michael Asong | Manila Digger | ||
| Emilio Bongolan | Aguilas–UMak | ||
| John Celiz | Philippine Army | ||
| Boubacar Diallo | Aguilas–UMak | ||
| Pete Forrosuelo | One Taguig | ||
| Fahmi Ibrahim | Maharlika | ||
| Modou Joof | Manila Digger | ||
| Abdulfatohi Khudoidodzoda | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| Griffin McDaniel | Stallion Laguna | ||
| Dini Ouattara | Maharlika | ||
| Hayeson Pepito | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
| Magnus Ravn | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
| Stephan Schröck | Stallion Laguna | ||
| Ali Pourallahyar | Valenzuela PB–Mendiola |
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