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With consent from the Philippine Football Federation, the Azkals name was adopted by an independent 7-a-side club launched in August 2024. [4] [5] [6] It is led by Palami and former national team players. [7] [8] They had an exhibition game against personalities from the Philippine entertainment industry in the Azkals Celebrity Cup. [9]
Despite finishing second in Group B, in which the five best runner-up teams across all the groups qualify for the tournament, the Azkals failed to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup after finishing as the worst runner-up.
The club participated in the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara due to the cancellation of the 2021 PFL season. In the group stage they thrashed Mendiola 1991 9–0, their biggest-ever victory, and narrowly won 2–1 in the semifinals against Stallion, setting up a final with Kaya-Iloilo, where they lost 1–0. [15]
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.
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.
The following players are included in the 23-man squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification matches against Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh in Chonburi, Thailand. [ 16 ] Caps and goals updated as of 22 August 2023, after the match against Vietnam .
On 18 February 2011, the AFC announced that the hosts for each group were: Myanmar for Group A, Malaysia for Group B, Maldives for Group C, and Nepal for Group D; with match dates on 21, 23 and 25 March 2011. [7] However, for Group D, the All Nepal Football Association proposed the hosting rights since the end of December 2010, which the AFC ...
1. ^ As a result of the 2021 Philippines Football League being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the PFF nominated the 2020 champions, United City, as the participating club in the 2021 AFC Champions League Group Stage. 2. ^ The Azkals Development Team are a guest team for the PFL and ineligible to qualify for AFC club ...