2025 PFF Women's League

PFF Women's League

Season	2025
Dates	March 22, 2025 – June 21, 2025
Champions	Kaya–Iloilo
Matches played	30
Goals scored	132 (4.4 per match)
Best Player	Hali Long [1]
Top goalscorer	Julissa Cisneros (12 goals)
Highest scoring	Capital1 Solar Strikers 12–1 University of Santo Tomas (May 31, 2025) Kaya–Iloilo 11–0 University of the Philippines (April 27, 2025)
Longest winning run	5 matches Kaya–Iloilo
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches Stallion Laguna
Longest winless run	8 matches University of Santo Tomas
Longest losing run	8 matches University of Santo Tomas
← 2023

The 2025 PFF Women's League is the fifth season of the women's national league of the Philippines following the 2023 season.

Kaya–Iloilo, the defending champions, retained the league title. ^{[2] [1]} The Stallion Laguna meanwhile entered the season as the 2024 PFF Women's Cup winners. ^[3]

Format

The league followed a double round-robin format, which began on March 22, 2025. The primary venue for the league's matches was the SM Mall of Asia Football Pitch in Pasay, Metro Manila. ^[4]

In July 2024, there were plans to have two divisions were disclosed. ^[5] But as of the official launch, no second division has been announced.

Mico Gutierrez is the league commissioner and Grid Sports Athletic has been tasked with the conduct of the league. ^[6]

Clubs

Six teams are participating in the 2025 season with the Capital1 Solar Strikers and Makati making their debuts. This is four less teams than the previous seasons. ^{[7] [8]}

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partners
Capital1 Solar Strikers	Let Dimzon	Hazel Lustan	Blaze Athletics	SpeedRegalo
Kaya–Iloilo	David Basa	Hali Long	LGR	LBC
Makati	Dan Padernal	Ayishatu Simpson	In-house	Qingdao Hailiya
Stallion Laguna	Clint McDaniel	Chandler McDaniel [9]	Blaze Athletics	Giligan's Restaurant, PAGSS, SCID
University of Santo Tomas	Marjo Allado	Bianca Sy	In-house	Studio 300
University of the Philippines	Anto Gonzales	Jeri Facturanan	Steeze	SMC

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Capital1 Solar Strikers	None	Let Dimzon [10]	February 2025 (Pre-season)
Makati	Jayson Cutamora [11]	Dan Padernal [12]	April 2025

Foreign players

Club	Players
Capital1 Solar Strikers	Helina Lamptey	Arianna Del Moral	Emma Young
Kaya–Iloilo	Julissa Cisneros	Julia Humphreys	Judit Peran Pericas
Makati	Selina Anima	Veronica Appiah	Sheva Furyzcha	Kawinthida Kikuntod	Nafeeza Nori	Nasywa Rambe	Ayishatu Simpson	Shalika Viandrisa	Gea Yumanda
Stallion Laguna	Haley Bostard	Sierra Castles	Nia Fountain	Megan Janikowski	Kala McDaniel	Jenna Merrill	Kaelyn Miller	Madison Samilo	Mikayla Simons
University of Santo Tomas	None in roster
University of the Philippines	None in roster

Venue

The league matches will be played at the MOA Football Pitch at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay. ^[13]

City	Stadium	Capacity
Pasay	MOA Football Pitch	1,800

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kaya–Iloilo (C)	10	7	2	1	41	6	+35	23
2	Stallion Laguna	10	7	2	1	22	3	+19	23
3	Capital1 Solar Strikers	10	6	1	3	32	10	+22	19
4	Makati	10	5	1	4	28	10	+18	16
5	University of Santo Tomas	10	1	0	9	7	50	−43	3
6	University of the Philippines	10	1	0	9	2	53	−51	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Kaya–Iloilo	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Stallion Laguna	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Capital1 Solar Strikers	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Makati	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
University of Santo Tomas	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
University of the Philippines	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League

Source: PFFWL

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Capital1 Solar Strikers	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Kaya–Iloilo	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W
Makati	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
Stallion Laguna	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
University of Santo Tomas	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
University of the Philippines	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L

Source: PFFWL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Club/Team	CSS	KAY	MFC	STA	UST	UPD
Capital1 Solar Strikers		0–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	6–0
Kaya–Iloilo	1–1		2–1	1–1	8–0	11–0
Makati	2–1	1–2		0–0	5–1	5–0
Stallion Laguna	1–0	2–1	1–0		3–0	6–0
University of Santo Tomas	1–2	0–7	0–4	0–6		1–2
University of the Philippines	0–5	0–5	0–9	0–2	0–3

Source: PFFWL
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Julissa Cisneros	Kaya–Iloilo	13
2	Judie Arevalo	Capital1 Solar Striker	10
3	Rhiauna de la Calzada	Makati	8
	Chandler McDaniel	Stallion Laguna
4	Sheva Furyzcha	Makati	6
	Dionesa Tolentin	Kaya–Iloilo
7	Sierra Castles	Stallion Laguna	5
	Angelica Teves	Capital1 Solar Striker
9	Julia Humphreys	Kaya–Iloilo	4
	Kala McDaniel	Stallion Laguna
	Regine Rebosura	Capital1 Solar Striker

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Julissa Cisneros	Kaya–Iloilo	University of Santo Tomas	8–0	March 22, 2025	[14]
		University of the Philippines	11–0	April 27, 2025	[15]
		University of Santo Tomas	7–0	May 3, 2025	[16]
		University of the Philippines	5–0	May 31, 2025	[17]
Rhiauna de la Calzada	Makati	University of Santo Tomas	5–1	May 14, 2025	[18]
Rhiauna de la Calzada4		University of the Philippines	9–0	May 17, 2025	[19]
Judie Rose Arevalo5	Capital1 Solar Striker	University of Santo Tomas	12–1	May 31, 2025	[20]
Regine Rebosura
Angelica Teves

⁴ – Player scored four goals.
⁵ – Player scored five goals.

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Olivia McDaniel	Stallion Laguna	7
2	Ayishatu Simpson	Makati	4
3	Inna Palacios	Kaya–Iloilo	3
4	Kiara Fontanilla	Kaya–Iloilo	2
	Yasmin May Elauria	Capital1 Solar Striker
6	Jessa Lehayan	Capital1 Solar Striker	1
	Lizlie Garcia	University of Santo Tomas

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[21]

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Hali Long	Kaya–Iloilo
Golden Boot	Julissa Cisneros	Kaya–Iloilo

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