2022 Philippines Football League

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.

Philippines Football League
Season2022
DatesTBA
← 2020
←2021
2023 →

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

All 6 clubs from the previous PFL season are set to compete, with Maharlika Manila and United City competing for the first time in 2 years, having taken a break during the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara.[3][4][5] Dynamic Herb Cebu were given a provisional club license,[6] which would have allow the club to debut in the cancelled 2021 season, but due to the season's cancellation, 2022 will be their first league season in the Philipine top flight.

Two potential new entries in the 2022 season are LAOS (Leyte Association of Organized Sports), who last competed in the 2016 United Football League, and new club Rapids F.C. from Cagayan de Oro.[7][8] The two clubs started their license application process at the same time as Dynamic Herb Cebu. However, the PFF approved Cebu's license while the other two clubs' licenses were still found lacking in requirements.[6]

Personnel and kits

As part of the criteria imposed by the sponsorship of Qatar Airways, each team's kit should contain the Qatar Airways logo where the manufacturer's logo would usually be.[9] The official logo of the PFL should also be placed on one of the sleeves of the kit.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Azkals Development Team Norman Fegidero Quincy Kammeraad Kelme 4Gives1, Chooks-to-Go2, PHSD4
Dynamic Herb Cebu Mehmet Kakil Evren Tasci RAD Apparel Leylam1, Borromeo Bros. Estate, Inc.2, My Pinoy Teleserye3, Tigertek Sports4, Dynamic Herb Sports, The Green Table, Pocari Sweat
Kaya–Iloilo Yu Hoshide Jovin Bedic LGR LBC1, Fitogether2, Peakform, Bootcamp
Maharlika Manila Jeongil Kim Ousman Jeng Equipt Studios[10] AIA1, Reparil Ice-Spray2, Elan Vita3, Wheyl Nutrition, Timeout Massage, Kinetix Lab
Mendiola 1991 Christopher Pedimonte Ashley Flores FAT Vill-Mell Trading, Bado Designs, Jon Enterprises, Thunderbird Feed, Best Diagnostic Corporation[11]
Stallion Laguna Ernest Nierras Nathaniel Alquiros Cutz Apparel Giligan's Restaurant1, Airlock3892, South Coast Industrial Door Inc.3 Pi Tracer, TANIS
United City Jason Withe Mike Ott Chronos Athletics Allianz1,[12] Gravity Sport3, Sportskred, Rsportz, BCDA, Klean Athlete

Notes:

  1. ^ Located on the front of the shirt.
  2. ^ Located on the back of the shirt.
  3. ^ Located on the sleeves.
  4. ^ Located on the shorts.

Coaching changes
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Kaya–Iloilo Graham Harvey End of Contract 17 July 2021[13] Pre-season Yu Hoshide[14] November 20211
Maharlika Manila Arvin Soliman End of contract Undisclosed Pre-season Jeongil Kim 20 February 2022
Azkals Development Team Giovanni Villagracia Undisclosed Undisclosed Pre-season Norman Fegidero[15] 11 March 2022
Mendiola 1991 Dan Padernal Personal Reasons February 2022 Pre-season Christopher Pedimonte 10 March 2022[16]
Dynamic Herb Cebu Oliver Colina Appointed by Philippines U23 14 March 2022[17] Pre-season Mehmet Kakil[18] 18 March 2022[19]
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.

Player is from an AFC country
Club Players Former players
Azkals Development Team None announced
Dynamic Herb Cebu Ren Okuda Nazım Özcan[20] Arda Çınkır[20] Mert Altınöz[20] Joaco Cañas[21] Ricardo Sendra
Kaya–Iloilo Ryo Fujii[22] Daizo Horikoshi[23] Carlyle Mitchell[23] Robert Lopez Mendy[22] Patrick Arthur Masanari Omura
Patrick Asare
Jesse Curran1
Maharlika Manila Kim Sungmin[24] Gary Epesso[24] Boris Moundang[24] Ousman Jeng[24] David Asare[24] Henri Bandeken[24]
Mendiola 1991[25] Hamed Hajimehdi[11] Kim Minsu[11] Stephen Appiah Sam Junior Alassane Wade Hosni Dosso
Daniel Ashley
Stallion Laguna Abou Sy Gabriel Silva Juan Trujillo Leonardo Nogueira[26] Rafael Nogueda[26] Oscar Delgado[26] Abraham Placito
Kim Sungmin
United City Amirbek Juraboev[27] Alan Robertson[27] Ricardo Sendra[27] Matt Silva[27] Jai Ingham
Jung Da-hwon
Jonny Campbell
Sam Junior

Notes

1.^ Originally a citizen of Australia but was called up by the Azkals to participate in the 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series.[28][29]
Foreign players by confederation
AFC Japan (3),  Iran (1),  South Korea (2),  Tajikistan (1)
CAF Ghana (3),  Cameroon (3),  Senegal (3),  South Africa (1),  The Gambia (1),  Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
CONCACAF Trinidad and Tobago (1),  United States (2),  Canada (1),  Mexico (1)
CONMEBOL Brazil (2),  Argentina (1)
UEFA Spain (1),  Turkey (3)

References
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