Philippines - List of Champions


The first official football match in the Philippines was held in Manila on October 15th, 1907, in celebration of the opening of the Philippine Assembly, for a trophy donated by Governor-General William H. Taft (later US President); it was won by the Sandow team (renamed Sandow Athletic Club in 1909).
1911    All Manila
1912    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1913    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1914    Nomads SC (Parañaque)
1915    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1916    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1917    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1918    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1919      no competition
1920    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1921    Bohemian Club (Manila) 
1922    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1923    Ferencváros TC
1924    Cantabria
1925    International    
1926    Ateneo FC (Manila)
1927    Bohemian Club (Manila)
1928    San Beda College
1929    Peña Iberica
1930    San Beda Athletic Club
1931    San Beda Athletic Club
1932    San Beda Athletic Club
1933    San Beda Athletic Club
1934    University of Santo Tomás
1935    Malaya Command (Singapore)
1936-50   not held (only a Manila Football League was organised)
1951-66   not known
1967    Lions FC (Manila)
1968    Meralco Reddy Kilowatts (Quezon City)
1969-70   no competition
1970/71 Dragons
1972    Meralco Reddy Kilowatts (Quezon City)
1973-77   no competition
1978/79 San Miguel Corporation (Mandaluyong)
1979    Barotac Nuevo FC
1980    San Miguel Corporation (Mandaluyong)
1980/81 CDCP (Manila)
1981/82 Navy 
1982/83 Air Force 
1983/84 San Miguel Corporation (Mandaluyong)
1985    Air Force
1986      no competition
1987    Dumaguete FC
1988    M Lhuillier Jewellers FC (Cebu)
1989    Air Force
1990    Bacolod FC
1991    Navy                                   1-0 M Lhuillier Jewelers FC (Cebu) 
1992    Philipppine Army
1993    Davao City
1994    Pasay City
1995    Makati
1996      no competition
1997    Air Force Hawks
1998    NCR South                              3-1 Negros Occidental FA
1999    NCR-B (Navy and Air Force combination)
2000    NCR South                              3-1 Negros Occidental FA
2001    Philippine Army
2002    Negros Occidental FA                   2-1 NCR
2003    Kaya (Makati)
2004    NCR                                    4-1 Laguna
2005    NCR
2006    Negros Occidental FA
2007    NCR
2008      not finished
2009-10   not held
2011    Global FC (Manila)
2012/13 Ceres FC (Bacolod City)
2013    Ceres-La Salle FC (Bacolod City)
2014/15 Loyola Meralco Sparks FC (Manila)
2015-16   not held
Philippines Football League
2017    Ceres-Negros FC (Bacolod City)         4-1 Global Cebu FC (Cebu)  
2018    Ceres-Negros FC (Bacolod City)  
2019    Ceres-Negros FC (Bacolod City)  
2020    United City FC
2021      not held
2022/23 Kaya-Iloilo FC 

NB: NCR = National Capital Region

Number of Wins PFL (5, since 2017):

 4 United City FC [includes Ceres-Negros FC]

 1 Kaya-Iloilo FC 

The leagues listed below were or are restricted to clubs from the Manila Metropolitan Area.
Manila Football League

1930    De la Salle College
1931-35   not held
1936    De la Salle College
1937    De la Salle College
1938    De la Salle Football Club
1939    YCO Athletic Club
1940    YCO Athletic Club
1941    YCO Athletic Club
1942-46   not held
1947    Turba Salvaje
1948    Turba Salvaje
1949    Turba Salvaje
1950      not held
1951    San Miguel Brewery
1952    Turba Salvaje
1953    IL-FGU (Insurance Life Fidelity Guaranty Underwriters)
1954    YCO Athletic Club
1955    Lions
1956    Lions
1957    Lions
1958    Lions
1959    Lions
1960    Lions
1961    Lions
1962-65   not known
1966    Philippine Navy
1967    Electron

Filipino Premier League

2008/09 Philippine Army FC 

NB: league restricted to Manila Metropolitan Area; other regional tournaments were
    announced but never took place

United Football League

2009/10 Air Force Rider 
2010/11 Air Force Rider 
2011/12 Global FC   
2012/13 Stallion FC           
2013/14 Global FC   
2014/15 Ceres FC   
2016    Global FC   

NB: league disbanded after the 2016 season due to the start of the Philippines Football League
    in 2017

Number of Wins (7):

 3 Global FC

 2 Air Force Rider 

 1 Ceres FC   
   Stallion FC        


About this document

Information until 1961 from "The Philippine Football Golden Jubilee Yearbook" (1979)

With thanks to Neil Morrison, Radek Jelínek (infokart@volny.cz) and Gemini Sitoy (getoi@bellsouth.net)

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 24 May 2023

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