Philippines at the AFC Asian Cup

Philippines at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

The Philippines has played in one edition of the AFC Asian Cup, in 2019 when they made their debut. The country failed to qualify prior to this edition. The closest occasion was in 2014 when they lost to Palestine in the final of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, in which the winner qualified to the tournament.

They finally clinched qualification on 27 March 2018 when they beat Tajikistan at home. ^{[1] [2]}

Record

Year	AFC Asian Cup record								Qualifying record
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	5
1960									2	0	0	2	4	14
1964	Withdrew								Withdrew
1968	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	5
1972	Withdrew								Withdrew
1976
1980	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	10
1984									5	0	0	5	3	16
1988	Did not enter								Did not enter
1992
1996	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	20
2000									3	1	0	2	2	11
2004	Did not enter								Did not enter
2007
2011	Did not qualify								See 2008 & 2010 AFC Challenge Cup records
2015									See 2012 & 2014 AFC Challenge Cup records
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	7		14	6	4	4	21	20
2023	Did not qualify								11	4	3	4	13	15
Total	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	7		45	11	7	27	45	116

2019 in the United Arab Emirates

Further information: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group C

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Carli de Murga playing against China.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: AFC

7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)

17:30

South Korea	1–0	Philippines
Hwang Ui-jo 67'	Report

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 3,185

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)

17:30

Philippines	0–3	China
	Report	Wu Lei 40', 66' Yu Dabao 80'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 16,013

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

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16 January 2019 (2019-01-16)

17:30

Kyrgyzstan	3–1	Philippines
Lux 24', 51', 77'	Report	Schröck 80'

Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 4,217

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

See also

• Philippines at the AFC Women's Asian Cup

References

1. Dennis Gasgonia (29 March 2018). "Football: Azkals boss on Asian Cup debut — 'We want to create an impact'". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
2. "Philippines to Make AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Debut in Group C". Philippine Football Federation. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.