Philippines national football team records and statistics

The lists shown below shows the Philippines national football team records in competitive and non-competitive tournaments, as well as individual and team records, and their head-to-head record against all opponents.

Individual records

Player records

As of 29 November 2024

Players in bold are still active.

Most capped players Rank Name Caps Goals Career 1 Phil Younghusband 108 52 2006–2019 2 James Younghusband 98 12 2006–2019 3 Patrick Reichelt 90 16 2012–present 4 Neil Etheridge 82 0 2008–present 5 Chieffy Caligdong 71 16 2004–2013 6 Rob Gier 68 3 2009–2015 7 Manny Ott 65 4 2010–present 8 Stephan Schröck 61 6 2011–2023 9 Daisuke Sato 60 3 2014–present Misagh Bahadoran 8 2011–2018

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Phil Younghusband 52 108 0.48 2006–2019 2 Chieffy Caligdong 16 71 0.23 2004–2013 3 Patrick Reichelt 16 90 0.18 2012–present 4 Ángel Guirado 13 46 0.28 2011–2021 5 James Younghusband 12 98 0.12 2006–2019 6 Ian Araneta 9 49 0.18 2002–2013 7 Mark Hartmann 8 41 0.2 2011–2022 Misagh Bahadoran 60 0.13 2011–2018 9 Javier Patiño 7 20 0.35 2013–2019 Chris Greatwich 50 0.14 2004–2014

Manager records

As of 29 November 2024

Manager	Nat	Length	G	W	D	L	Win %
Simon McMenemy		2010	10	3	5	2	30%
Michael Weiß		2011–2014	44	21	11	12	47.73%
Thomas Dooley		2014–2018	46	19	12	15	41.3%
Scott Cooper		2018	2	0	2	0	0%
Sven-Göran Eriksson		2018–2019	9	2	2	5	22.22%
Scott Cooper		2019–2021	4	1	1	2	25%
Stewart Hall		2021–2022	6	2	0	4	33.33%
Thomas Dooley		2022	4	2	1	1	50%
Josep Ferré		2022–2023	5	1	0	4	20%
Barae Jrondi		2023	2	0	0	2	0%
Michael Weiß		2023–2024	7	2	2	3	28.57%
Tom Saintfiet		2024	4	0	0	4	0%
Norman Fegidero		2024	2	0	1	1	0%
Albert Capellas		2024–present	3	1	0	2	33.33%

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The national team entered the 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification ^[1] but withdrew without playing a single game. ^[2] The Philippines had intended to enter the 1962 edition but did not push through with the plan. ^[3] The country's entry to the 1966 edition was not accepted due to its association not being able to pay the registration fee for the qualifiers and the national team withdrew from the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification just as they did in the 1950 qualifiers. ^{[4] [5]} The national team made its first participation in a FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the 1998 edition.

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Yanti Barsales made the first goal for the Philippines at a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Syria. ^{[6] [7]}

The national team did not enter the qualifiers for the next succeeding editions until the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, about 10 years later. ^[8] The national team secured their first victory in a World Cup qualifier against Sri Lanka, 4–0. ^{[9] [10]}

FIFA World Cup record
Year	FIFA World Cup record								Qualification record
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1938	Did not enter								Did not enter
1950	Withdrew [4]								Withdrew
1954 to 1962	Did not enter								Did not enter
1966	Entry not accepted [4]								Entry not accepted
1970	Did not enter								Did not enter
1974	Withdrew [4]								Withdrew
1978 to 1994	Did not enter								Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify								Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	10
2002									Round 1	6	0	1	5	2	29
2006 and 2010	Did not enter								Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify								Round 2	4	1	1	2	6	6
2018									Round 2	8	3	1	4	8	12
2022									Round 2	8	3	2	3	12	11
2026									Round 2	6	0	1	5	3	14
Total	0/23	-	-	-	-	-	-			35	7	6	22	31	82

Olympic Games

The senior national team never managed to qualify for the Olympics.

The Philippines' Olympic Games record
Year	Summer Olympics record								Qualifying record
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1908 to 1952	Did not enter
1956	Withdrew
1960	Did not enter
1964	Withdrew
1968	Did not qualify								Round 1	5	0	0	5	3	48
1972									Round 1	4	1	0	3	1	19
1976									Round 1	2	0	0	2	0	6
1980									Round 1	5	0	0	5	0	32
1984									Round 1	5	0	0	2	1	17
1988									Round 1	4	0	0	4	0	31
1992–present	See Philippines national under-23 team
Total	0/17	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	22	1	0	21	5	153

• Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years of age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.

AFC Asian Cup

Main article: Philippines at the AFC Asian Cup

The Philippines qualified once for the Asian Cup, in 2019. For the 2011 and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, the Philippines attempted to qualify for the tournament through the AFC Challenge Cup. ^{[7] [11] [12]} The Philippines would have been invited to host the 1968 Asian Cup, a tournament in which it did not qualify for, if Iran withdrew as hosts. ^[13]

The Philippines' AFC Asian Cup record
Year	AFC Asian Cup record								Qualification 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								4	0	0	4	0	24
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								AFC Challenge Cup
2015
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
2027	To be determined								6	0	1	5	3	14
Total	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	7		53	11	8	34	48	149

• After the inception of the AFC Challenge Cup, new changes in AFC Competition rules were made. Countries categorized as "emerging nations" which include the Philippines, do not enter Asian Cup qualification starting with the 2011 edition. Therefore, failure to qualify and failure to win the Challenge Cup automatically results in failure to qualify for the Asian Cup. ^[14]

Asian Games

The senior national team made its best finish at the 1958 Asian Games where it reached the Quarterfinals of the tournament. The Philippines also has hosted the 1954 edition.

The Philippines' Asian Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Withdrew
1954	Round 1	2	0	0	2	2	7
1958	Quarter-finals	3	1	0	2	2	8
1962	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	27
1966 and 1970	Did not enter
1974	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	21
1978 to 1998	Did not enter
Total	4/13	11	1	0	10	5	63

• Only until the 1998 edition is listed; football at the Asian Games changed to an under-23 tournament since the 2002 edition.

AFC Challenge Cup

The AFC Challenge Cup was organized as a route for nations classified as "emerging" or "developing" as a sole route to qualify for the Asian Cup. The Philippines is among these nations ^{[11] [12]} and participated at the inaugural 2006 AFC Challenge Cup. After a qualification phase was introduced the Philippines failed to qualify for the next two succeeding editions in 2008 and 2010. The Philippines qualified for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup where the finished third. ^[15] Phil Younghusband was the Golden Boot winner of the edition scoring six goals in the final tournament. ^[16] The team reached the finals of 2014 edition of the tournament settling for second place after losing to Palestine in the finals. ^[17] The AFC Challenge Cup tournament was dissolved after the 2014 edition. ^[12]

The Philippines' AFC Challenge Cup record
Year	AFC Challenge Cup record								Qualification record
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3		No qualification
2008	Did not qualify								Group stage	3	2	1	0	4	0
2010									Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	8
2012	Third place	5	3	0	2	9	8		Round 2	5	2	2	1	7	3
2014	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	7	3		Group stage	2	2	0	0	9	0
Total	3/5	13	6	3	4	18	14		-	13	7	3	3	23	11

Far Eastern Games

Out of the ten football tournaments held in ten editions of the Far Eastern Games, The Philippines only won the inaugural 1913 edition ^[18] despite fielding American, Spanish and British players violating tournament rules in that edition. The team was nevertheless named champions. ^[19] China was awarded champions of the nine other editions of the tournaments. ^[18] At the 1917 Far Eastern Games, the Philippines recorded its biggest victory in an international match to date, which was the 15–2 win against Japan. FC Barcelona player, Paulino Alcántara was part of the national squad. ^[20]

The Philippines' Far Eastern Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1913	Champions	1	1	0	0	2	1
1915	Runners-up	3	0	2	1	1	2
1917	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	15	5
1919	Runners-up	3	1	0	2	3	5
1921	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	1
1923	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	4
1925	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	5	5
1927	Third place	2	0	0	2	2	5
1930	Third place	2	0	0	2	2	12
1934	Third place	3	1	0	2	6	8
Total	10/10	22	7	2	13	41	48

AFF Championship

The Philippines participated in every edition of the AFF Championship except the 2008 edition in which the team failed to qualify for the final tournament. Their first match in the tournament was a 0–5 defeat handed by Thailand in 1996 edition. Freddy Gonzalez scored the first goal for the Philippines in the tournament in a 1–3 defeat, also to Thailand in the 1998 edition. Emelio Caligdong made a brace in the national team's 2–1 victory against Timor Leste in the 2004 edition. The victory was the first for the Philippines in the AFF Championship. ^[21]

The national team fared poorly during the first seven editions of the AFF Championship from 1996 to 2008 losing 19 out of 21 matches. ^[15] The Philippines' worst defeat at the tournament was the 1–13 match against Indonesia at the 2002 AFF Championship which was also remains the highest scoreline in the tournament as of 2014. ^[22] The national team made to its first semi-finals at the 2010 AFF Championship. ^[15]

The Philippines' AFF Championship record
Year	AFF Championship record										Qualification record
	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Group stage	10th	4	0	0	4	0	16	Squad		No qualification
1998		8th	3	0	0	3	3	11	Squad		2	0	1	1	1	2
2000		8th	3	0	0	3	0	8	Squad		No qualification
2002		9th	4	0	0	4	3	24	Squad
2004		7th	4	1	0	3	4	9	Squad
2007		7th	3	0	1	2	0	8	Squad		4	3	0	1	13	3
2008	Did not qualify										4	2	1	1	6	5
2010	Semi-finals	4th	5	1	2	2	3	3	Squad		3	1	2	0	7	2
2012		3rd	5	2	1	2	4	3	Squad		Automatic qualification
2014		4th	5	2	1	2	9	7	Squad
2016	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad		Qualified as co-hosts
2018	Semi-finals	4th	6	2	2	2	7	7	Squad		Automatic qualification
2020	Group stage	5th	4	2	0	2	12	6	Squad
2022		7th	4	1	0	3	8	10	Squad
Total	Semi-finals	13/14	53	11	9	33	55	115	–		13	6	4	3	27	12

Southeast Asian Games

The senior national team managed to reach the semi-finals of the football tournament of the Southeast Asian Games before the football was made into an under-23 tournament.

The Philippines' Southeast Asian Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Round 1	3	1	1	1	5	7
1979	Did not enter
1981	Round 1	2	0	0	2	0	3
1983		2	0	1	1	0	5
1985		2	0	0	2	0	13
1987	Did not enter
1989	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	10
1991	Semi-finals	4	1	1	2	6	10
1993	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	11
1995		4	1	0	3	2	9
1997		4	0	0	4	1	13
1999		4	0	0	4	3	18
Total	10/12	31	3	3	25	19	99

• Only until the 1999 edition is listed; football at the SEA Games changed to an under-23 tournament since the 2001 edition.
• The 1959–1975 editions are not listed as the Philippines were not yet members of the SEAP Federation.

Minor tournaments

The Philippines participated at numerous minor friendly tournaments. Aside from other national teams, the Philippine nationals also faced selection teams and club sides from other nations at some of these tournaments. The team made a podium finish, placing not below third place, at the Japanese Empire-sanctioned East Asian Games in 1940, the Long Teng Cup (2010, 2011) held in Taiwan, and all three editions of the Philippine Peace Cup (2012, 2013 and 2014) hosted by the home country.

The Philippines' minor tournaments record
Tournament	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1940 East Asian Games (2600th Anniversary Since Kigen)	Group stage	3rd	3	0	2	1	3	4
1962 Merdeka Tournament	Group stage	5th in group	4	0	0	4	2	23
1971 Merdeka Tournament	Group stage	11th	5	0	1	4	7	16
1971 Pesta Sukan Cup	Quarter-finals	8th	2	0	0	2	1	4
1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	Group stage	3rd in group	4	2	1	1	4	5
1972 Merdeka Tournament	Group stage	8th	5	1	2	2	8	10
1972 Pesta Sukan Cup	Group stage	3rd in group	2	0	0	2	1	7
1972 President's Cup Football Tournament	Group stage	8th	4	0	0	4	0	22
1981 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	Group stage	3rd in group	3	1	0	2	2	15
1982 King's Cup	Group stage	5th in group	4	0	0	4	0	6
1985 Brunei Merdeka Games	Group stage	3rd in group	2	0	0	2	1	8
1986 Brunei Merdeka Games	Group stage	3rd in group	2	0	0	2	1	6
1986 President Aquino Cup	Group stage	4th	3	0	0	3	1	12
1987 Brunei Merdeka Games	Group stage	3rd in group	2	0	0	2	0	4
1990 Brunei Merdeka Games	Group stage	3rd in group	2	0	0	2	0	7
1991 Philippines International Cup	Group stage	4th	3	1	1	1	2	2
1993 Philippines International Cup	Third place match	4th	5	2	1	2	4	4
1997 President's Cup	Third place match	4th	Unknown
1998 President's Centennial Cup	Third place match	4th	5	2	0	3	5	11
2010 Long Teng Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	1	1	8	5
2011 Long Teng Cup	Group stage	2nd	3	1	2	0	5	3
2012 Philippine Peace Cup	Group stage	1st	3	3	0	0	9	1
2013 Philippine Peace Cup	Group stage	1st	2	1	0	1	3	2
2014 Philippine Peace Cup	Final	2nd	2	1	0	1	7	4
2017 CTFA International Tournament	Group stage	2nd	3	1	0	2	3	5
2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup	Semi-finals	3rd	3	2	0	1	4	3
2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series	Group stage	3rd	2	0	0	2	0	4
2024 Merdeka Tournament	Third place match	4th	2	0	1	1	1	2
2024 King's Cup	Third place match	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	3
Total	–	–	78	18	11	49	80	185

Head-to-head record

Last match updated was against   Laos on 15 December 2024 ^[23]

Key

	Positive balance(more Wins)
	Neutral balance(equal W/L ratio)
	Negative balance(more Losses)

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Afghanistan	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	AFC
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	AFC
Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Bahrain	7	1	2	4	5	10	−5	AFC
Bangladesh	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	AFC
Bhutan	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	AFC
Brunei	15	7	2	6	21	17	+4	AFC
Cambodia	13	4	5	4	21	15	+6	AFC
China	25	2	3	20	9	86	−77	AFC
Chinese Taipei	17	4	4	9	23	47	−24	AFC
Fiji	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	OFC
Estonia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Guam	5	5	0	0	13	1	+12	AFC
Hong Kong	11	1	1	9	9	49	−40	AFC
India	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	AFC
Indonesia	32	2	5	25	22	106	−84	AFC
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6	AFC
Iraq	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6	AFC
Israel	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	UEFA
Japan	20	5	2	13	35	57	−22	AFC
Jordan	1	0	0	4	0	4	−4	AFC
Kuwait	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	AFC
Kyrgyzstan	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	AFC
Laos	14	4	3	7	22	23	–1	AFC
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	1	14	−13	AFC
Macau	5	3	0	2	14	7	+7	AFC
Malaysia	21	1	6	14	5	78	−73	AFC
Maldives	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	AFC
Mongolia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	AFC
Myanmar	16	3	4	9	15	36	−21	AFC
Nepal	7	5	1	1	15	2	+13	AFC
North Korea	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	AFC
Oman	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	AFC
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	AFC
Palestine	4	1	1	2	4	8	–4	AFC
Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	OFC
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	AFC
Singapore	26	4	4	18	14	62	−48	AFC
South Korea	8	0	0	8	0	37	−37	AFC
Sri Lanka	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	AFC
Syria	5	0	0	5	3	25	−22	AFC
Tajikistan	7	4	2	1	11	7	+4	AFC
Thailand	24	2	2	20	12	74	−62	AFC
East Timor	8	7	0	1	29	5	+24	AFC
Turkmenistan	4	2	0	2	4	7	−3	AFC
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	AFC
Uzbekistan	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	AFC
Vietnam	18	2	1	15	13	53	−40	AFC
Yemen	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	AFC
Total	372	89	58	225	389	936	−547

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External links

• FIFA.com