Philippines women's national football team

The Philippines women's national football team is the women's national football team of the Philippines. It is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the country.

Philippines
Nickname(s)Malditas (Feisty ladies)
AssociationPhilippine Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachMarnelli Dimzon
Home stadiumBiñan Football Stadium
FIFA codePHI
First colors
Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current 67 (26 June 2020)[1]
Highest67 (July 2019)
Lowest133 (September 2011)
First international
 Hong Kong 2–0 Philippines 
(Hong Kong; 7 June 1981)
Biggest win
 Philippines 11–0 Macau 
(Carmona, Philippines; 3 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
 China PR 21–0 Philippines 
(Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; 24 September 1995)
Women's Asian Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1981)
Best result6th (2018)

The women's national football team of the Philippines was formalized in the 1980s. The Philippines has participated in the Women's Asian Cup, first participating in 1981 when the tournament was still known as the AFC Women's Championship. The Philippines hosted the tournament in 1999 in Iloilo and Bacolod. They had a hiatus from the continental tournament after taking part in the 2003 with a qualification process being introduced in the 2006 edition. They returned to the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2018 after qualifying in 2017. In that iteration of the tournament, they progress to the knockout stages for the very first time in their Asian Cup participation history.

In Southeast Asian football, the Philippine women's team has limited success in the AFF Women's Championship and Southeast Asian Games with their only honor being the third place finish at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games which saw only three teams participating in the women's football event.

The head coach of the national team since August 2018 is Marnelli Dimzon and the team is 74th in the women's FIFA ranking as of December 2018.

History

Early years

The Philippines women's national football team was formally organized after the Philippine Ladies' Football Association was established in 1980 by Cristina Ramos. The Philippines managed to make its first podium finish in a tournament when it won bronze at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games.[2] However the football event of the tournament was only contested by two other teams, Thailand and Singapore with the Philippines not winning a single match.

2000s

Marlon Maro coached the women's national football team as early as 2001 when he guided the national team through the 2001 Southeast Asian Games.[3] He was head coach of the national team until 2007, coaching the team for the last time at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games[4][5]

2010s
Fans of the Philippine national team at the Bangabandhu National Stadium

2011 AFF Championship and 2012 LA Viking Cup

The Philippine national team participated at the 2011 AFF Women's Championship in Laos from 16–25 October, after being inactive for the last 21 months.[6]

The national team had a training camp in the United States in 2012. The team management scouted for players with Filipino heritage in the United States for the national team. Part of the training camp was participation at the 2012 LA Viking Cup, which saw the national team play against American club sides California Cosmos, Metro Stars and Leon. The national team won the tournament beating California Cosmos in the final 4–3 on extra time, the scoreline between the two teams was 1–1 before extra time.[7]

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers
The Philippines national football team after their away match against Bangladesh on 25 May 2013 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

The national team attempted to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup. The Philippines was grouped with Bangladesh, Iran and Thailand at the qualifiers single group stage with the winner advancing to the Asian Cup finals. The team fell short of qualifying after losing to Thailand by a single goal despite winning convincingly over its other group opponents, Iran and Bangladesh.[8]

2013–2015 Southeast Asian tournaments

The 2013 AFF Women's Championship saw the participation of the Philippine squad. The Philippines was grouped with Laos, Indonesia, hosts Myanmar and invitees Japan U23. The Philippines failed to proceed to the knock-out stage, after placing third in the group, with only the top two teams proceeding to the next phase of the tournament. The Philippines lost to Japan U23 and Myanmar and won against the other two teams.[9]

The women's national football team participated at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. The Philippine Olympic Committee decided only to send the women's national football team. The committee decided against sending their men counterpart to the games.[10] The Philippines failed to get past the Group Stage losing against all three nations grouped with the country.[11]

In February 2015, it was reported that PFF General Secretary Ed Gastanes said that the head coach position for the women's national team is vacant. The previous holder of the post, Ernie Nierras was not an A license coach meaning he was not able to continue his coaching stint. Nierras led the team in his last competitive match as coach in 2013.[12] The PFF announced in April 2015 that Bautista was appointed as head coach and was tasked to first lead the team at the 2015 AFF Women's Championship.[13] Bautista is also the first female coach of the national team.[14][15] The national team failed to get past the group stage of the 2015 AFF Women's Championship only winning a game against Malaysia and losing the other two matches.

2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Jordan v. Philippines; 2018 AFC Asian Cup

The Philippines made their first appearance at the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2018 since the qualification phase for the continental tournament was introduced. The national team secured qualification by finishing second in their group behind Jordan, the 2018 final tournament hosts in the qualifiers.

As part of their preparations for the continental cup, the Philippine Football Federation launched the "Project Jordan" task force to help the team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The PFF secured major sponsorship and hired United States-based English coach, Richard Boon; an identification camp was held in the United States participated by national team players and prospects.[16] A three month training camp in the United States was later set up in late December 2017.[17] In March 2018, Boon was replaced by French coach Rabah Benlarbi[18] as the national team held a camp at the PFF National Training Centre in Philippines.[19] Before participating in the Jordan to compete in the Asian Cup the national team will hold their last camp in Japan from 20 to 27 March 2018.[20]

2019 onwards

The Philippines attained its highest FIFA ranking in July 2019 at 67th place. They were also the best improved team moving up 7 places from the previous rankings.[21]

Stadium
The Biñan Football Stadium.

Since October 2015, the home stadium of the national team is the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna.[22]

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named in the squad for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Inna Palacios (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 Green Archers United
18 1GK Kimberly Pariña (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 Far Eastern University
2 2DF Claire Lim (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 Unattached
3 2DF Chelo Hodges (1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 De La Salle University
4 2DF Cathrine Graversen (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 B.93 Pigefodbold
5 2DF Hali Long (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 Green Archers United
8 2DF Alesa Dolino (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 OutKast
14 2DF Mea Bernal (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 OutKast
16 2DF Tara Shelton (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 Holy Names Academy
6 3MF Eloiza Fagsao (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 University of the Philippines
7 3MF Camille Rodriguez (1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 Hiraya
11 3MF Patrice Impelido (c) (1987-10-09) 9 October 1987 Hiraya
12 3MF Sara Castañeda (1996-12-05) 5 December 1996 De La Salle University
13 3MF Hazel Lustan (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 University of Santo Tomas
17 3MF Charisa Lemoran (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 University of Santo Tomas}
19 3MF Eva Madarang (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 Doncaster Rovers Belles
9 4FW Sarina Bolden (1996-06-30) 30 June 1996 Xinbei Hangyuan
10 4FW Quinley Quezada (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 Xinbei Hangyuan
15 4FW Shelah Cadag (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 University of Santo Tomas
20 4FW Alisha del Campo (1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 Green Archers United

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the Philippines within the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Stacey Cavill (1994-11-20) 20 November 1994 - - Perth Glory 2019 AFF Women's Championship
GK Mari Caparros - - Hiraya v.  Hong Kong, 15 September 2019
DF Analou Amita (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 - - OutKast v.  Hong Kong, 15 September 2019
DF Mary Lam (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 - - Far Eastern University 2019 AFF Women's Championship
DF Hannah Pachejo (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 - - Far Eastern University v.  Hong Kong, 15 September 2019
DF Calah Simarago (1996-10-09) 9 October 1996 - - Unattached 2019 AFF Women's Championship
DF Patricia Tomanon (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 - - Unattached 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
MF Kyla Inquig (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 - - Green Archers United 2019 AFF Women's Championship
MF Loreta Ladero (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 - - OutKast 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
MF Rocelle Mendaño (2000-05-19) 19 May 2000 - - De La Salle University 2019 AFF Women's Championship
MF Irish Navaja (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 - - De La Salle University v.  Hong Kong, 15 September 2019]
MF Joyce Semacio (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 - - Philippine College of Technology 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
MF Dionesa Tolentin - - Far Eastern University v.  Hong Kong, 15 September 2019
FW Joyce Onrubia - - Far Eastern University v.  Hong Kong, 15 September 2019

Previous squads
Previous squads of the Philippines
Tournament Edition
AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFF Women's Championship
Southeast Asian Games

Coaches

Notes

  1. Smit was born as an Indonesia citizen, he became a naturalized Filipino citizen in 2016.[25]
  2. English coach[27] based in the United States that oversaw the Philippine national team's training camp in the United States.[28] The national team has never played an official FIFA match under Boon's watch.

Results and fixtures
Main article: Philippines women's national football team results
3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) Non-FIFA FriendlyPhilippines 11–0 MacauCarmona, Philippines
 Report Stadium: PFF National Training Centre
15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) 2019 AFF C.Philippines 3–0 MalaysiaChonburi, Thailand
15:00
Report Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 2019 AFF C.Timor-Leste 0–7 PhilippinesChonburi, Thailand
15:00
Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium
21 August 2019 (2019-08-21) 2019 AFF C.Philippines 2–4 ThailandChonburi, Thailand
18:00
Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) 2019 AFF C.Singapore 0–4 PhilippinesChonburi, Thailand
15:00
  • Del Campo  1', 45', 49'
  • Quezada  7'
 Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 20
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) 2019 AFF C. SFVietnam 2–1 PhilippinesChonburi, Thailand
15:00
Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 40
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) 2019 AFF C. 3/4 pMyanmar 3–0 PhilippinesChonburi, Thailand
15:00
Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 60
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) FriendlyHong Kong 1–1 PhilippinesTseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
20:00 Cheung Wai Ki  8' Report Bernal  89' Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Attendance: 505
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 2019 SEA GamesPhilippines 0–0 MyanmarBiñan Football Stadium, Biñan
20:00
29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) 2019 SEA GamesMalaysia 0–5 PhilippinesBiñan Football Stadium, Biñan
16:00 Report Bolden  25', 42', 45+2'
del Campo  39'
Madarang  90+3'		 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 2019 SEA Games SemifinalsVietnam 2–0 PhilippinesBiñan Football Stadium, Biñan
20:00 Thái Thị Thảo  60'
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung  84'
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 2019 SEA Games Bronze medal matchMyanmar 2–1 PhilippinesRizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
16:00 July Kyaw  78'
Yee Yee Oo  80'		 Report Quezada  57' Referee: Choki Om (Bhutan)

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup. It didn't attempt to qualify for the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 with its non participation at the 1991 AFC Women's Championship which also served as the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup. The national team first attempted to qualify for the succeeding editions of the tournament from 1995 except for the 2011 edition.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

The Philippines entered a qualification tournament for the Olympics. At the first two editions of the Olympics where women's football was played, the standings at the preceding FIFA Women's World Cup was used. With the country not being able to qualify for the final tournament of the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cups the country was not able to qualify for the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

AFC Women's Asian Cup
Further information: Philippines at the AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Games

AFF Women's Championship

The Philippines participated in all editions of the tournament, except in 2006, when the women's national team did not enter. In 2019, the team advanced to the semifinals for the first time in history, finishing in 4th place. Prior to 2019, the team has never managed to get past the Group Stage of the AFF Championship.

SEA Games

At the 1985 Southeast Asian Games, where women's football was first contested in the regional tournament, the Philippines finished third place. However, there were only three participants of the tournament with the Philippines losing its only two games against Singapore and Thailand. The national team has never managed to get past the Group Stage at the succeeding editions of the tournament which contested women's football and did not participate at the 2009 edition.

Minor tournaments
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
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See also

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