The Premier League is the top level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL).
Sven-Göran Eriksson is a Swedish football manager and former player.
The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world.
The English Football League (EFL) is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in world football. It was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split away to form the Premier League.
The Pasargad Football Club is a Filipino association football club. The team played in the former United Football League which was the highest level of club football in the Philippines.
The Philippine Army Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines. It was founded in 1960 through the effort of the Philippine Army Special Services Unit. A unit that promotes sports and physical fitness within the Army, under the direction of the Commanding General. As the club name indicates, the team is composed of members of the Philippine Army.
The Mendiola Football Club 1991 or Mendiola United is a Filipino football club based in Manila. The club is named after Mendiola Street, a short thoroughfare in the San Miguel district of Manila. The team plays in the Philippine Premier League, the top-flight association football league in the Philippines.
Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Cardiff City and the Philippines national team. He joined the Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at Chelsea and made his debut for Fulham in UEFA Europa League against Danish club Odense Boldklub, though he never played in a league match with the club. While with Fulham from 2006 until 2014 he was loaned to various lower tier clubs; Leatherhead, Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, and Crewe Alexandra.
Green Archers United Futbol Club, formerly known as Alabang Grins Futbol Club, is a professional association football club based in the Philippines. The team plays in the Philippine Premier League, the top-flight association football league in the Philippines.
The United Football League, commonly known as the UFL, was an association football league, replaced by the Philippines Football League, based in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, governed by the Football Alliance (FA) in partnership with United Football Clubs Association (UFCA). The UFL was the Philippines' primary football league. In its last season in 2016, it was contested by 12 clubs and operated without a system of promotion and relegation with UFL Division 2, which was discontinued. Games were often scheduled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. To avoid the country's rainy season, the league usually kicks off sometime between the months of January and February each year.
The Philippine Air Force Football Club is a Filipino football club serving under a combination of officers, enlisted personnel and civilians of the Philippine Air Force. The team plays in the Philippine Premier League, the top-flight association football league in the Philippines. Philippine Air Force is affiliated with the Batangas Football Association, the football association of the province of Batangas.
Chathura Gunaratne Wellala Hettige, better known as Chathura Gunaratne, is an association footballer from Sri Lanka. Chathura plays in midfield and has played for three clubs in Sri Lanka as well as the Sri Lanka national football team.
Ceres–Negros Football Club, commonly referred to as Ceres–Negros or just Ceres, is a Filipino football club based in the city of Bacolod, Negros Occidental that plays in the Philippine Premier League. The club is a member of the Negros Occidental Football Association. It was previously known as the Ceres–La Salle Football Club.
The Maybank Tigers are a professional men's volleyball team playing major leagues such as the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by Maybank Philippines and was one of the four pioneer men's teams in the PSL. It debuted in the men's inaugural tournament, the 2013 Grand Prix conference, where it finished in third (bronze) place.
The Giligan's Sisig Kings were volleyball teams playing in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). The teams were owned by Giligan's Restaurant & Bar.
The Philippines Football League (PFL) was a Filipino professional association football league, sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Football League (UFL), which was previously the de facto top-tier league in the country.
The Copa Paulino Alcantara, also known as the PFL Cup, is an annual association football tournament in Philippines sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation. The cup's first iteration began on September 1, 2018. It replaced the PFF National Men's Club Championship and the UFL Cup as the country's top domestic cup tournament.
The Philippine Premier League (PPL) will be the top-flight association football league in the Philippines sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation. It succeeded the Philippine Football League (PFL) which ran for two seasons. The first PPL season is set to start on April 27, 2019.
The 2019 Philippine Premier League will be the inaugural season of the Philippine Premier League (PPL) and the third consecutive season of top-flight professional football in the Philippines, after the two seasons of the Philippines Football League (PFL). It will start on April 27, 2019 to allow Mendiola and Philippine Air Force to process their licensing and it will be followed by 2019 Copa Paulino Alcantara late in the season.
