List of Filipino football champions

The historical absence of a continuously operating national league and a multi-division football system has made it difficult to truly determine and recognize the highest level tournament in the Philippines. The Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the Philippines, has held men's national championship tournaments in various forms since 1911. The winners of these tournaments are therefore considered the de facto football champions of the Philippines. The latest of these national competitions is the Philippines Football League, which began its inaugural season in 2017.

Given the complex history of football in the Philippines, this article takes into account all notable "national" football competitions organized by the Philippine Football Federation. Also included is the National Capital Region-based United Football League and the PFF Women's League.

Philippine Football Federation competitions

National championship (1911–present)

Various tournaments and leagues have been directly organized by the Philippine Football Federation, such as the Philippine Football League, the Manila Premier Football League (MPFL), the P-League, the National Men's Open Championship, the National Men's Club Championship and currently the Philippines Football League. The majority of these leagues were often short-lived, and thus do not have a champions list readily available. The champions of these tournaments are lumped together in the following tables as "national champions".

National champions Season Champions From 1911 All Manila Manila 1912 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1913 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1914 Manila Nomads Parañaque 1915 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1916 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1917 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1918 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1919 No tournament 1920 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1921 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1922 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1923 Ferencvárosi TC Hungary 1924 Cantabria F.C. Spain 1925 International Manila 1926 Ateneo F.C. Manila 1927 Bohemian Sporting Club Manila 1928 San Beda Athletic Club Manila 1929 Peña Iberica Spain 1930 San Beda Athletic Club Manila 1931 San Beda Athletic Club Manila 1932 San Beda Athletic Club Manila 1933 San Beda Athletic Club Manila 1934 University of Santo Tomas Manila 1935 Malaya Command Singapore No tournament from 1936 to 1966 Only the Manila Football League until 1967 1967 Manila Lions Manila 1968 Meralco Reddy Kilowatts [1] Quezon City 1969 No tournament 1970–71 Dragons Manila 1972 Meralco Reddy Kilowatts [2] Quezon City No tournament from 1973 to 1977 1978–79 San Miguel Corporation [3] Mandaluyong 1979 Barotac Nuevo F.C. [4] Iloilo 1980 San Miguel Corporation [5] Mandaluyong 1980–81 CDCP Manila 1981–82 Philippine Navy Manila 1982–83 Philippine Air Force Manila 1983–84 San Miguel Corporation Mandaluyong 1985 Philippine Air Force Manila 1986 No tournament 1987 Dumaguete F.C. Dumaguete 1988 M. Lhuillier Jewelers F.C. Cebu City 1989 Philippine Air Force Manila 1990 Bacolod F.C. Bacolod 1991 Philippine Navy Manila 1992 Philippine Army [6] Manila 1993 Davao City F.C. [7] Davao City 1994 Pasay [8] Pasay 1995 Makati Makati 1996 No tournament 1997 Philippine Air Force Manila 1998 National Capital Region-South [a] NCR 1999 National Capital Region-B [a] [b] NCR 2000 National Capital Region-South [a] NCR 2001 Philippine Army Manila 2002 Negros Occidental F.A. Negros Occidental 2003 Kaya [c] Makati 2004 National Capital Region [a] NCR 2005 National Capital Region [a] [9] NCR 2006 Negros Occidental F.A. Negros Occidental 2007 National Capital Region [a] NCR 2008 Tournament not finished [10] No tournament from 2009 to 2010 2011 Teknika [d] Tacloban 2012–13 Ceres [e] Bacolod 2013–14 Ceres [e] Bacolod 2014–15 Loyola Meralco Sparks [f] Quezon City 2016 No tournament 2017 Ceres–Negros [e] Bacolod 2018 Ceres–Negros [e] Bacolod 2019 Ceres–Negros [e] Bacolod 2020 United City Capas 2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines 2022–23 Kaya–Iloilo Iloilo City 2024 Kaya–Iloilo Iloilo City 2024–25 Kaya–Iloilo Iloilo City

Philippine Football League (1995)

First attempt of the Philippine Football League.

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1995	Makati	No playoffs	Lipa-Pasay

Manila Premier Football League (1997)

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1997	Philippine Air Force		Philippine Army

P-League (1998–2000)

Second attempt of the Philippine Football League. Renamed as the P-League in 1998.

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1998	National Capital Region-South	3–1	Negros Occidental F.A.
1999	National Capital Region-B (Navy and Air Force combination)		Davao
2000	National Capital Region-South	3–1	Negros Occidental F.A.

National Men's Open Championship (2005–2007)

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2005	National Capital Region F.A.	0–0 Penalties: 4–3	Negros Occidental F.A.
2006	Negros Occidental F.A.	2–1	National Capital Region F.A.
2007	National Capital Region F.A.	2–1	Negros Occidental F.A.

Filipino Premier League (2008)

The Filipino Premier League was planned to be held in three regional tournaments; one for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and culminate with the Filipino Premier League National Championships to be held in late 2009. However, the Visayas and Mindanao regional tournaments that was planned for the first half of 2009 was canceled, as well as the subsequent national championship. Thus, the Luzon tournament winner, Philippine Army, is not considered a "national champion". ^[11]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2008	Philippine Army	2–0	Giligan's F.C.

National Men's Club Championship (2011–2015)

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2011	Teknika F.C.	3–0 0–2 Aggregate: 3–2	Smart–San Beda F.C.
2012–13	Ceres F.C.	1–0	PSG F.C.
2013–14	Ceres F.C.	2–1 1–0 Aggregate: 3–1	Global F.C.
2014–15	Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.	2–0	Global F.C.

Philippines Football League (2017–present)

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2017	Ceres–Negros	4–1	Global Cebu
2018	Ceres–Negros	No playoffs	Kaya–Iloilo
2019	Ceres–Negros	No playoffs	Kaya–Iloilo
2020	United City	No playoffs	Kaya–Iloilo
2021	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
2022–23	Kaya–Iloilo	No playoffs	Dynamic Herb Cebu
2024	Kaya–Iloilo	No playoffs	Dynamic Herb Cebu
2024–25	Kaya–Iloilo	No playoffs	Manila Digger

Performance by club

Only Philippine clubs are listed in the table.

Club	Winners	Winning seasons
Bohemian Sporting Club	10	1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1927
National Capital Region F.A. [a]	6	1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007
United City [e]	6	2012–13, 2013–14, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
San Beda Athletic Club	5	1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
Philippine Air Force	4	1982–83, 1985, 1989, 1997
Kaya–Iloilo [c]	4	2003, 2022–23, 2024, 2024–25
San Miguel Corporation	3	1978–79, 1980, 1983–84
Meralco Reddy Kilowatts	2	1968, 1972
Philippine Navy	2	1981–82, 1991
Philippine Army	2	1992, 2001
Negros Occidental F.A.	2	2002, 2006
All Manila	1	1911
Manila Nomads	1	1914
International	1	1925
Ateneo F.C.	1	1926
University of Santo Tomas	1	1934
Manila Lions	1	1967
Dragons	1	1970–71
Barotac Nuevo F.C.	1	1979
CDCP	1	1980–81
Dumaguete F.C.	1	1987
M. Lhuillier Jewelers F.C.	1	1988
Bacolod F.C.	1	1990
Davao City F.C.	1	1993
Pasay	1	1994
Makati	1	1995
Global F.C. [d]	1	2011
Loyola F.C. [f]	1	2014–15

1. National Capital Region was also known as National Capital Region-B and National Capital Region-South.
2. National Capital Region-B was a combination of Navy and Air Force.
3. Kaya–Iloilo was known as Kaya until 2017 and Kaya–Makati until 2018.
4. Global was competing under the name Teknika for sponsorship reasons in 2011.
5. United City were known as Ceres until 2017 and Ceres–Negros until 2020.
6. Loyola F.C. was known as Loyola Meralco Sparks until 2017 and Meralco Manila until 2018.

Women's competitions

Philippine Ladies' Football National League (1981)

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1981 [12]	University of the Philippines	No playoffs	Philippine Air Force

PFF Women's League (2016–present)

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2016–17	De La Salle University	No playoffs	University of Santo Tomas
2018	De La Salle University	No playoffs	University of Santo Tomas
2019–20	De La Salle University	No playoffs	Far Eastern University
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
2021
2023	Kaya–Iloilo	1–0	Manila Digger
2025	Kaya–Iloilo	No playoffs	Stallion Laguna

Other competitions

Manila Football League (1930–1967)

The Philippine Football Federation did not hold a national tournament from 1936 to 1966. Only the Manila Football League was organized. This league began in 1930 and was restricted to clubs from the Manila metropolitan area. The winners of the Manila Football League are not considered "national champions". Its final competition was in 1967.

Manila Football League Season Champions From 1930 De la Salle College Manila No tournament from 1931 to 1935 1936 De la Salle College Manila 1937 De la Salle College Manila 1938 De la Salle Football Club Manila 1939 YCO Athletic Club Manila 1940 YCO Athletic Club Manila 1941 YCO Athletic Club Manila No tournament from 1942 to 1946 1947 Turba Salvaje Manila 1948 Turba Salvaje Manila 1949 Turba Salvaje Manila 1950 No tournament 1951 San Miguel Brewery Manila 1952 Turba Salvaje Manila 1953 IL-FGU (Insurance Life Fidelity Guaranty Underwriters) Manila 1954 YCO Athletic Club Manila 1955 Manila Lions Manila 1956 Manila Lions Manila 1957 Manila Lions Manila 1958 Manila Lions Manila 1959 Manila Lions Manila 1960 Manila Lions Manila 1961 Manila Lions Manila Not known from 1962 to 1965 1966 Philippine Navy Manila 1967 Electron Manila

United Football League (2009–2016)

The United Football League Division 1 was based in the National Capital Region of the Philippines and established as a "premier league" in 2009. The league was a round-robin format and also had a second division. The winners listed below do not include the winners of the UFL Cup, a knockout-tournament which allowed teams to participate regardless of their division. In a season, the cup competition was held first from mid-October to mid-December, followed by the league competition from January to June of the following year. The winners of the United Football League are not considered "national champions".

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2010	Philippine Air Force	Kaya	Union	Izzo Elhabbib (Kaya)	14
2011	Philippine Air Force	Global	Philippine Army	Izzo Elhabbib (Global)	7
2012	Global	Kaya	Loyola	Phil Younghusband (Loyola)	23
2013	Stallion	Global	Loyola	Rufo Sánchez (Stallion)	18
2014	Global	Loyola	Kaya	Mark Hartmann (Global)	27
2015	Ceres	Global	Loyola	Adrián Gallardo (Ceres)	18
2016	Global	Ceres	Loyola		30

Philippines Football League Finals Series (2017, 2025–present)

Since 2024–25, the Finals Series has been a separate competition from the PFL regular season and features the top 4 teams in the league table. It is held after the conclusion of the season.

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2017	Same as league champions (Finals Series part of league proper)
2018–2024	Not held
2024–25	Dynamic Herb Cebu	1–0	Manila Digger

References

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General

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