page_title: Kaya F.C.–Iloilo
section_title: Philippines Football League
hierarchical_section_title: Kaya F.C.–Iloilo / History / Philippines Football League
caption_attribution_description: English: The University of Makati Stadium. This photo was taken minutes prior to the Kaya FC-Makati v. JPV Marikina FC - Philippines Football League match. Players of both clubs and referees are doing warm-up exercises.
context_page_description: Kaya Futbol Club–Iloilo is a Filipino professional football club based in Iloilo City. They play in the Philippines Football League, the highest tier of Philippine football. The club has won one UFL cup and one Copa Paulino Alcantara. Kaya has also competed in the AFC Cup.
  Founded in 1996 as Kaya Futbol Club in Makati, the club's name comes from the Filipino word káya. While in Old Tagalog, the word is defined as susi ng kapatiran. Both of these definitions provide the basis for Kaya's team spirit and vision. The club was a founding member of the United Football League —the de facto top-level league of Philippine football back then. They played in the UFL throughout its existence from 2010 to 2016. In 2017, the club changed its name to Kaya F.C.–Makati upon joining the Philippines Football League, the official top flight of Philippine football. In 2018, they relocated to Iloilo City and changed their name accordingly.
context_section_description: After the announcement of the establishment of Philippines Football League as the country's new top-tier league, in November 2016, Kaya was confirmed to be one of the first teams to compete in the inaugural season of the league. Kaya adopted the name "Kaya FC-Makati and set their home ground to University of Makati Stadium with 4,000 seating capacity. For the inaugural season, Kaya finished third in the regular season and lost to Ceres-Negros in the semi-final of the Final series.
  In January 2018, it was reported that Kaya that plans to move its home venue to the Iloilo Sports Complex in La Paz, Iloilo City. On 6 February 2018, Kaya transferred from Makati to Iloilo with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between club officials and the provincial government of Iloilo. The team changed their name to Kaya FC–Iloilo.
  Kaya later secured a return to Asian club football after it won over the Davao Aguilas in the final of the 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara and qualified for the 2019 AFC Cup.
caption: The University of Makati Stadium, the home of Kaya during the inaugural 2017 season.
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