Association | Philippine Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
Head coach | Michael Martinez Alvarez | ||
Captain | Sandro Reyes | ||
Home stadium | PFF National Training Center | ||
FIFA code | PHI | ||
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Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Biñan, Philippines; 4 December 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Hong Kong; 12 June 1999) |
The Philippines national under-23 football team represents the Philippines in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the country.
Their best finish in the ASEAN U-23 Championship is in 2025, when they reached the semifinals. [1]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose
July 15 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship GS | Malaysia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
17:00 UTC+7 | Report | Banatao ![]() | Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan) |
July 18 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship GS | Philippines ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
20:00 UTC+7 | Rosquillo ![]() | Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al Ismail (Saudi Arabia) |
July 21 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship GS | Philippines ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Bekasi, Indonesia |
20:00 UTC+7 | Mariona ![]() Nuñez ![]() | Stadium: Patriot Stadium Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand) |
July 25 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship SF | Vietnam ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
16:00 UTC+7 | Nguyễn Đình Bắc ![]() Nguyễn Xuân Bắc ![]() | Mariona ![]() | Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Usaid Jamal (Malaysia) |
July 28 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship 3rd place | Philippines ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
20:00 UTC+7 | Banatao ![]() | Phanthamit ![]() Siraphop ![]() Seksan ![]() | Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Naufal Adya Fairuski (Indonesia) |
August 8 Closed-doors friendly | Philippines ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Pasay, Philippines |
--:-- UTC+8 | Report | Stadium: MOA Sky Football Pitch |
September 3 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Syria ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Al Aswad ![]() Al Mustafa ![]() | Reyes ![]() | Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Saeed Rashid Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates) |
September 6 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Philippines ![]() | v | ![]() | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Stadium: Pamir Stadium |
September 9 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Philippines ![]() | v | ![]() | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Stadium: Pamir Stadium |
Position | Name |
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Team manager | ![]() |
Kit manager | ![]() |
List of head coaches of the Philippines U-23 | |||
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Country | Name | Period | References / Notes |
![]() | Orlando Plagata | 1991 | [3] |
![]() | Aris Caslib | 2005 | [4] |
![]() | Michael Weiß | 2011 | [5] |
![]() | John Carmona | 2012 | [6] |
![]() | Brian Reid | 2013 | [7] |
![]() | Jim Fraser | 2015 | [8] |
![]() | Marlon Maro | 2015–2017 | [9] |
![]() | Salvador Salvacion | 2019 | [10] |
![]() | Anto Gonzales | 2019 | [11] |
![]() | Goran Milojević | 2019 | [12] |
![]() | Scott Cooper | 2021 | [13] |
![]() | Stewart Hall | 2022 | [14] |
![]() | Norman Fegidero | 2022 | [15] |
![]() | Rob Gier | 2023 | [16] |
![]() | Marlon Maro | 2023 | |
![]() | Norman Fegidero | 2024–2025 | [17] |
![]() | Garrath McPherson | 2025 | |
![]() | Michael Martinez Alvarez | 2025– |
The following players are included in the 24-man squad for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers against Syria,
Tajikistan and
Nepal. [18]
Caps and goals updated as of 3 September 2025, after the match against Syria.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Nicholas Guimarães | 9 August 2006 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Alfonso Gonzalez | 5 January 2005 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | GK | Iñigo Castro | 2 July 2006 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Noah Leddel | 30 August 2003 (aged 22) | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Jian Caraig | 6 August 2005 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Isaiah Alakiu | 7 October 2007 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Gabriel Guimarães | 9 August 2006 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Jaime Rosquillo | 10 March 2003 (aged 22) | 16 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | DF | Santiago Rublico | 18 August 2005 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | DF | Zachary Taningco | 8 October 2004 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
24 | DF | Kamil Amirul | 6 February 2004 (aged 21) | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Sandro Reyes | 29 March 2003 (aged 22) | 10 | 2 | ![]() |
7 | MF | John Lucero | 1 December 2003 (aged 21) | 14 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Gavin Muens | 24 October 2004 (aged 20) | 12 | 1 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Javier Mariona | 17 October 2004 (aged 20) | 6 | 2 | ![]() |
16 | MF | Jax Peña | 8 May 2006 (aged 19) | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Antoine Ortega | 12 May 2003 (aged 22) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Otu Banatao | 11 November 2006 (aged 18) | 6 | 3 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Dov Cariño | 18 December 2003 (aged 21) | 12 | 1 | ![]() |
13 | FW | Alex Monis | 20 March 2003 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | FW | Ramil Bation III | 15 December 2004 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | FW | Karl Absalon | 17 October 2003 (aged 21) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Selwyn Mamon | 7 July 2004 (aged 21) | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
22 | FW | Uriel Dalapo | 8 August 2004 (aged 21) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
The following players have been called up for the Philippines U-23 within the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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DF | Joshua Meriño | 11 February 2005 (aged 20) | 8 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
DF | Cian Galsim | 13 January 2004 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
DF | Bryan Villanueva | 30 July 2006 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
MF | Harry Nuñez | 16 December 2004 (aged 20) | 7 | 1 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
MF | Edgar Aban Jr. | 24 September 2004 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
MF | Jethro Flores | 29 March 2003 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
FW | Andres Aldeguer | 18 December 2003 (aged 21) | 9 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
FW | Theo Libarnes | 6 June 2004 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship |
Previous squads of the Philippines | |
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Tournament | Edition |
Southeast Asian Games | |
ASEAN U-23 Championship | |
The Philippines' Olympics Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
![]() | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Notes: | |||||||||
Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992. |
The Philippines' AFC U-23 Asian Cup Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
![]() | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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![]() | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
The Philippines' Asian Games Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
![]() ![]() | Did not enter | ||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Notes: | |||||||||
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002. |
The Philippines' Southeast Asian Games Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
![]() | Withdrew | ||||||||
![]() | Did not enter | ||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 6th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
![]() ![]() | Did not enter | ||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 10th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
![]() | Did not enter | ||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 10th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
![]() | 7th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
![]() | 6th place | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
![]() | 7th place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||
![]() | 8th place | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
Total | Group stage | 6th place | 29 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 61 | |
Notes: | |||||||||
Football at the Southeast Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2001. |
The Philippines' ASEAN U-23 Championship Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
![]() | Group stage | 6th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
![]() | Group stage | 8th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
![]() | Group stage | 6th place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
![]() | Group stage | 7th place | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
![]() | Fourth Place | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
Total | Best: Fourth Place | 5/5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |
Notes: | |||||||||
The ASEAN U-23 Championship was an under-22 tournament in 2019. |