# 2024–25 Philippines Football League

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.

## 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, the winner of whom would be crowned PFL Champions.
The country's participants for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two and the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship will be determined through this tournament.

## Teams

Ten teams from the previous season were set to participate for the 2024–25 season. 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.
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, similar to the previous Azkals Development Team that had participated in the PFL from 2020 to 2023.
| Team | Location |
| 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.
In January 2025, Rizal Memorial Stadium went under pitch renovation in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, with the league subsequently splitting the hosting of matches between the UP Diliman Football Field and the Biñan Football Stadium.
| Greater ManilaTalisay | Manila | Quezon City |
| Greater ManilaTalisay | Rizal Memorial Stadium | UP Diliman Football Field |
| Greater ManilaTalisay | Capacity: 12,873 | Capacity: 300 |
| Greater ManilaTalisay | Biñan | Talisay, Cebu |
| Greater ManilaTalisay | Biñan Football Stadium | Dynamic Herb Sports Complex |
| Greater ManilaTalisay | 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 Makati, SpeedRegalo, BRODO, Wit.id |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Glenn Ramos | Florencio Badelic | RAD Apparel | Leylam |
| Kaya–Iloilo | Yu Hoshide | Audie Menzi | LGR Sportswear | LBC |
| Loyola | Paulo Jorge Silva | Curt Dizon | Chronos Athletics | Elan Vita |
| Maharlika Taguig | Jung Dong-gyu | Serge Kaole | Chronos Athletics | AIA |
| Manila Digger | Juan Manuel Saez | Dean Ebarle | UCAN | Zealand Metal Corporation, OKFly |
| Mendiola 1991 | Yuki Matsuda | Hamed Hajimehdi | Ropa | Vill-Mell Trading, Mr. Freeze |
| One Taguig | Jovanie Villagracia | Arnel Amita | Azkals Sportswear | Chooks-to-Go, PAGSS, I Love Taguig |
| Philippine YNT | Sergi Mascarell | Harry Nuñez | Skechers | Skechers |
| Stallion Laguna | Ernest Nierras | Matthew Nierras | Blaze Athletics | Giligan's Restaurant, Pythos, SCID |
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 | Pre-season | Mustafa Göksu | September 5, 2024 |
| Maharlika Taguig | Lerche Njang | | August 2024 | Pre-season | Marian Mihail | September 26, 2024 |
| Loyola | Roxy Dorlas | Demoted to assistant manager | September 2024 | Pre-season | Kim Chul-soo | September 28, 2024 |
| Mendiola 1991 | Dan Padernal | | September 2024 | Pre-season | 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 |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Mustafa Göksu | End of contract | January 15, 2025 | 3rd | Glenn Ramos | February 1, 2025 |
| Loyola | Kim Chul-soo | Mutual consent | November 2024 | 9th | Paulo Jorge Silva | February 8, 2025 |

## Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Team | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Former players |
| Davao Aguilas | Victor Cabral | Gabriel Costa | Issa Diallo | Syendio Fernanda | Yohann Fofana | Robert Lopez Mendy | Lukman Hussein | Bruno Krenkel Lucas Reis Salifu Jatta Dino Tri Laksana Takuto Miki Alessandro Riggi |
| Davao Aguilas | Mun Jun-su | Dini Ouattara | Salvador Pliego | Mantvydas Tikstinskis | Zavier Zakarya | | | Bruno Krenkel Lucas Reis Salifu Jatta Dino Tri Laksana Takuto Miki Alessandro Riggi |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Yusuf Çekiç | Göktuğ Demiroğlu | Magson Dourado | Rintaro Hama | Hiromasa Ishikawa | Marius Kore | Guytho Mijland | Daniel Alemão Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham Masaya Kobayashi Sam Strong Berke Önde Ali Yanık |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Gabriel Silva | Abou Sy | Ryoo Togashi | | | | | Daniel Alemão Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham Masaya Kobayashi Sam Strong Berke Önde Ali Yanık |
| Kaya–Iloilo | Ernest Barfo | Alfredo Cortez | Eric Esso | Bandiougou Konate | Kaishu Yamazaki | Shuto Komaki | Akito Saito | Walid Birrou Daizo Horikoshi Robert Lopez Mendy 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 | 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 | Hamed Hajimehdi | Habes Mubarak | Isaac Doka | Tarsicio Onyebuchi | Park Seo-yeom | Shabab Pira | Yuta Tochigi | Léo Anthony Mohammad Darabi Ali Ghamloush Gustavo Jangobah Johnson Kourosh Manesh Amir Memari Amir Moayedizadeh Peyman Nasirizadeh |
| 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 | No foreign players registered | No foreign players registered | No foreign players registered | No foreign players registered | No foreign players registered | 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 | | | Magson Dourado Jacques Ebene Cristián Ivanobski Nicholas Simpson Terence Smith Johnny Wesley Brandon Zambrano |
* ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2024–25 season.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manila Digger | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 9 | +38 | 36 | Qualification for the finals series |
| 2 | Kaya–Iloilo | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 34 | Qualification for the finals series |
| 3 | One Taguig | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 27 | Qualification for the finals series |
| 4 | Stallion Laguna | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 24 | Qualification for the finals series |
| 5 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 24 | |
| 6 | Davao Aguilas | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | |
| 7 | Loyola | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 17 | |
| 8 | Maharlika Taguig (E) | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 12 | |
| 9 | Philippine YNT (E) | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 46 | −33 | 9 | |
| 10 | Mendiola 1991 (E) | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 72 | −58 | 5 | |
* ↑ 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 |
| Davao Aguilas | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | |
| Kaya–Iloilo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 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 | | |
| Maharlika Taguig | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Manila Digger | 6 | 5 | 4 | 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 |
| One Taguig | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | |
| Philippine YNT | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Stallion Laguna | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | |
* Finals Series

## Results by round

| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | SF1 | SF2 | BF3 | Final |
| Davao Aguilas | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | | | |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | | | | | |
| Kaya–Iloilo | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | | | | | |
| Loyola | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | | | | | |
| Maharlika Taguig | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | – | – | – | – |
| Manila Digger | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | | | | |
| Mendiola 1991 | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | – | – | – | – |
| One Taguig | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | | | | |
| Philippine YNT | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | – | – | – | – |
| Stallion Laguna | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | | | | | |

## 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 | Apr 6 | Mar 29 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Apr 13 | — | 1–2 | Mar 30 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | Apr 5 |
| Kaya–Iloilo | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | Apr 5 | 9–1 | 4–1 | Mar 30 | Apr 13 |
| Loyola | 0–3 | 2–2 | Apr 2 | — | 1–4 | Apr 13 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Maharlika Taguig | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–5 | 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 | Mar 29 | 0–10 | — | 2–2 | Apr 12 | 0–6 |
| Philippine YNT | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | Apr 6 | Apr 12 | 1–9 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| One Taguig | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | Apr 6 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Stallion Laguna | 0–1 | Jan 26 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | Mar 29 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | — |
* ↑ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 3 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).
* ↑ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).
* ↑ Match was initially scheduled for September 28 as the opening match of the league, but was postponed. The league later deemed the result a 3–0 win in favor of Davao.
* ↑ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).
* ↑ Match was originally scheduled for October 26 but was postponed to November 12 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).
* ↑ Match was originally scheduled for October 27 but was postponed to November 13 due to Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine).

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Saikou Ceesay | Manila Digger | 16 |
| 2 | Shuto Komaki | Kaya–Iloilo | 10 |
| 2 | Griffin McDaniel | Stallion Laguna | 10 |
| 4 | Modou Manneh | Manila Digger | 9 |
| 5 | Rico Andes | Loyola | 8 |
| 5 | Abou Sy | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 8 |
| 7 | Gabriel Costa | Davao Aguilas | 7 |
| 7 | Ousman Gai | Manila Digger | 7 |
| 7 | Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya–Iloilo Davao Aguilas | 7 |
| 10 | Junior Ngong Sam | One Taguig | 6 |
| 10 | Tsukasa Shimomura | One Taguig | 6 |

### Top assists

    As of 9 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
| 1 | Ousman Gai | Manila Digger | 10 |
| 2 | Junior Ngong Sam | One Taguig | 8 |
| 3 | Oliver Bias | One Taguig | 7 |
| 4 | Zachary Taningco | Manila Digger | 6 |
| 5 | Dean Ebarle | Manila Digger | 5 |
| 5 | Griffin McDaniel | Stallion Laguna | 5 |
| 7 | Pocholo Bugas | Kaya–Iloilo | 4 |
| 7 | Eric Giganto | Manila Digger | 4 |
| 7 | Daizo Horikoshi | Kaya–Iloilo | 4 |
| 7 | Shuto Komaki | Kaya–Iloilo | 4 |
| 7 | Modou Manneh | Manila Digger | 4 |
| 7 | Abraham Placito | Stallion Laguna | 4 |

### 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) | Mendiola 1991 | 30 November 2024 |
| Griffin McDaniel$^4$ | Stallion Laguna | 8–1 (H) | Mendiola 1991 | 1 February 2025 |
| Saikou Ceesay$^6$ | Manila Digger | 9–1 (A) | Philippine YNT | 2 February 2025 |
| Dilane Wamba | Manila Digger | 10–0 (A) | Mendiola 1991 | 17 February 2025 |
| Jacques Ebene$^4$ | Manila Digger | 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 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Team | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Florencio Badelic | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 6 |
| 2 | Roberto Llamas | Stallion Laguna | 5 |
| 2 | Dini Ouattara | Davao Aguilas | 5 |
| 4 | Michael Asong | Manila Digger | 4 |
| 4 | Kenry Balobo | Maharlika Taguig | 4 |
| 4 | Quincy Kammeraad | One Taguig | 4 |
| 4 | Yuya Kuriyama | Manila Digger | 4 |
| 4 | Jessie Semblante | Loyola | 4 |
| 9 | Henri Bandeken | One Taguig | 3 |
| 10 | Nathan Bata | Kaya–Iloilo Philippine YNT | 2 |
| 10 | Jhon Betanio | Davao Aguilas | 2 |

### Red cards

    As of 12 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Team | Red cards |
| 1 | Roberto Corsame | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2 |
| 1 | Hamed Hajimehdi | Mendiola 1991 | 2 |
| 3 | James Demate | Philippine YNT | 1 |
| 3 | Eric Esso | Kaya–Iloilo | 1 |
| 3 | Ousman Gai | Manila Digger | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel Gadia | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 1 |
| 3 | Pete Forrosuelo | Loyola | 1 |
| 3 | Stephen Halm | Stallion Laguna | 1 |
| 3 | Fahmi Ibrahim | Stallion Laguna | 1 |
| 3 | Allan Machado | Davao Aguilas | 1 |
| 3 | Mun Jun-su | Davao Aguilas | 1 |
| 3 | Shabab Pira | Mendiola 1991 | 1 |
| 3 | Abraham Placito | Stallion Laguna | 1 |
| 3 | Lucas Reis | Davao Aguilas | 1 |
| 3 | Nicholas Simpson | Stallion Laguna | 1 |
| 3 | Kart Talaroc | Davao Aguilas | 1 |
| 3 | Ryoo Togashi | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 1 |
| 3 | Juan Trujillo | Stallion Laguna | 1 |
| 3 | Reynald Villareal | Davao Aguilas | 1 |