The Philippines women's national futsal team represents the Philippines in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Philippine Futsal Committee of the Philippine Football Federation.[3]
A Philippines women's futsal team was formed under Emmanuel Batungbacal five months prior to the 2005 Asian Indoor Games, their first international tournament.[4][5]
Batungbacal first came into contact with Philippine Football Federation. At that time Johnny Romualdez was the federation president and former Ateneo player Domeka Garamenda was the secretary general. Batungbacal was given the green light to form a team but he had to rely on his funding. The team finished fourth place in the Asian Indoor Games. They later joined the 2007 Southeast Asian Games where they overcame Malaysia in the bronze medal game.[6][7]
In 2007, José Mari Martínez would succeed Romualdez as PFF president. In 2009, the federation was riddled with controversy. The PFF Futsal Committee head Esmaeil Sedigh recommended Batungbacal's removal as head coach in early 2009, which prompted the resignation of the women's futsal team's players.[8] Batungbacal was allegedly removed for sending an unsanctioned women's futsal squad to the Vikings Futsal Cup in New Zealand although the coach presented a PFF document contradicting this claim. Martinez cites the coach's lack of coaching credentials for the move.[9]
Dutch former player and coach Victor Hermans was brought in by the PFF in 2020 to serve as a technical consultant for futsal.[11][12][13]
Hermans focused initially on the women's team and formed the core of the new team from players hailing from the Tuloy sa Don Bosco Foundation. The squad would train despite the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] In 2022, the new women's futsal team was unveiled adopting the moniker "Pinay5". The team took part at the Pinay5 Futsal Faceoff, a two-game friendly series with Guam.[15] They lost the first game 0–1, but won the second one 3–1.[16]
The Philippines was announced to host the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup to be held in 2025 consequently qualifying its national team for the tournament.[17]
Its first tournament as part of its preparation is the 2024 ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship in Pasig. The team was formed through scouting during High 5 Futsal League season and with a few players scouted outside of the country.[18][19] The hosts narrowly missed a place in the third place playoff of the five-team tournament after losing 1–2 to their final group stage opponent Indonesia. They only needed a draw to advance.[20]
However, in December 2024, Hermans was reportedly removed from his position and "realigned" with the men's program. Key players announced their resignation from the team due to alleged 'chaos' and 'disorganization' of top PFF officials. This included the PFF trying to arrange a short-notice training camp, without the Head Coach, and telling players they would be cut if they did not go to this short notice camp scheduled for December 26, despite several players already being out of Manila, as well as a push towards including more players from a footballing background whom they believed were better athletes despite lacking futsal experience. [21][22]
Team manager Danny Moran was also removed from the team, though he maintained support for Hermans and together they pushed through with the originally scheduled Pinay5 training camp in January 2024, and their futsal programs.[23][24]
The PFF hired Spanish coach Rafa Merino Rodriguez as the new head coach of the women's team in December 2024.[25] His appointment was announced in January 2025 with a new pool of players announced for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers[26] Only five players are holdovers from Hermans' team.[27] In the relevant press conference PFF President John Gutierrez has requested the media not to discuss controversies which unfolded in late 2024 until the tournament is over.[28] Moran demanded the PFF desist from using "Pinay 5" in subsequent official PFF events, alleging a breach of contract.[29]
The Philippines qualified for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup in China as the best third-place team.[30] They however failed to progress out of the group stage in their debut appearance.[31]
They had training camps in Japan and Spain in preparation for the inaugural 2025 World Cup.[32][33][34] The Philippines lost all of their three games to Poland (0–6), Morocco (2–3), and Argentina (1–5). Their closest result was with Morocco and was leading 2–0 before their eventual defeat.[35]
Team image
Jaclyn Sawicki wearing the 2026 Puma pink away kit at the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
The Philippines women's national team is known by the moniker Filipina5 which was formally introduced by the PFF in April 2025.[36] Previously the team was known as Pinay 5 when it was under the sponsorship of the Moran Foundation. The moniker, also a trademark owned by its backers, was dropped in January 2025.[37][29]
Their current kit provider is Puma. The women's national futsal team first used the 2026 set introduced by Puma in November 2025 at the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. It consists of a blue kit for the home colors and pink kit exclusive for the women's side for the away colors.[38][39]
↑The women's national team competed under the name IROK Philippines at the Vikings Futsal Cup. After the national team under coach Emmanuel Batungbacal was sacked by the Philippine Football Federation after the team competed at the tournament allegedly without the sanction of the federation. The former national team renamed itself as IROK Philippines Futsal Club in 2009 planning to compete in the 2009 edition of the Vikings Futsal Cup.[45][46]
↑Tupas, Cedelf (February 9, 2009). "RP football men's coach Cutillas quits". Inquirer Sports. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014. ...Esmael Sedigh had recommended the sacking of women's futsal head coach Emmanuel Batungbacal., The ouster of Batungbacal prompted the resignation of the women's futsal squad last week.
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Malaysia 2–5 Philippines 
Laos 1–4 Philippines 
Kuwait 1–4 Philippines 
Iran 18–2 Philippines 
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