Philippine Football Federation

Philippine Football Federation

AFC
Founded	1907 (1907)
Headquarters	PFF House of Football #27 Danny Floro-Capt. Henry Javier Sts., Oranbo, Pasig City
FIFA affiliation	1930
AFC affiliation	1954
AFF affiliation	1984
President	Mariano Araneta, Jr.
Vice-President	Joselito Piñol
Website	http://www.pff.org.ph/

The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of football in the Philippines.

History

Early history

The football body's origins dates back to 1907 when it was established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA). It was among the twelve founding Asian football associations of the Asian Football Confederation.

In 1917, the first Spanish and Filipino footballer to play for a European club, Paulino Alcántara Riestra, was selected by the Philippines to represent the country at the Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo. He helped them defeat Japan 15–2, which remains the largest win in Philippine international football history.

In 1961, stakeholders of Philippine football officially organized themselves to establish the Philippine Football Association (PFA) which was later reorganized as the Philippine Football Federation in 1982.

Adad era

On October 1996, Rene Adad was installed as PFF president after a snap election which ousted his predecessor, Ricardo Tan. In 2002, the PFF inaugurated its first regional center in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo.

Martinez era

Mari Martinez three year administration as PFF President has been controversial. On his first year as President in 2007, there was an attempt to remove Martinez from office. However this move was halted when several members of the opposition decided against pursuing for Martinez's ouster, following a guest appearance by then Asian Football Confederation President Mohammed bin Hammam who announced a gift donation to the PFF ammounting to ₱10 million. This move was viewed as a bribe by critics of Martinez.

In 2009, a crisis affected the Philippine women's national futsal and men's national football teams which saw the ouster of women's futsal coach Emmanuel Batungbacal and long-time men's national football coach Juan Cutillas. Batungbacal was sacked by the PFF under recommendation from PFF Futsal Committee chairman Esmaeil Sedigh, from his position for sending an unsanctioned squad to futsal competition in New Zealand. Batungbacal described the move as "ironic" and showed documents to the media showing that the PFF indeed sanctioned his squad. He also accused Martinez of ignoring his pleas to express his concerns regarding the matter. The players who played under Batungbacal resigned from international duty as protests. Martinez said that Batungbacal was sacked due to lack of a coaching license and denied accusations that he ignored Batungbacal saying a dialogue between them already took place.

On November 27, 2010 at the PFF 7th Ordinary Congress at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig, Martinez was ousted by 25 Presidents out of the 29 present member associations to approve a resolution made by 8 members of the Board of Governors calling for the ousting and replacement of Martinez as PFF president. Martinez was accused and charged in court for falsifying public documents particularly when he notarized a Secretary's Certification with an individual by the name of Henry Tsai included as one of the signatories to the account of the federation in Banco de Oro and Bank of the Philippine Islands even if there was no motion to include Tsai as a signatory. Tsai was a former co-worker of Martinez at Soriamont Steamship Agencies, who was also named Managing Consultant of the PFF and later Executive Vice President. Martinez is accused of misusing funds of the federation amounting to ₱5 million, ₱4 million of which is unliquidated, which was designated to Tsai, for his own personal use and buying shares at the Valle Verde Country Club. Mariano Araneta was named Interim President.

Araneta era

After serving as Interim President for about a year after Martinez's ouster in 2010, Araneta was elected as President on November 26, 2011 at a PFF congress held at the Astoria Plaza in Pasig.

Structure

Member associations

There are 33 member associations and 7 probational member associations under the PFF.

Regular members

• Agusan del Sur F.A.
• Baguio City F.A.
• Bukidnon F.A.
• Butuan – Agusan del Norte F.A.
• Cagayan de Oro – Misamis Oriental F.A.
• Camarines Norte F.A.
• Cebu F.A.
• Compostela Valley F.A.
• Davao del Norte F.A.

• Davao F.A.
• Iligan – Lanao del Norte F.A.
• Iloilo F.A.
• Laguna F.A.
• Legazpi City – Albay Federated F.A.
• Leyte F.A.
• Maguindanao – Cotabato City F.A.
• Federated F.A. of Masbate
• Misamis Occidental – Ozamiz F.A.

• Naga City – Camarines Sur F.A.
• National Capital Region F.A.
• Negros Occidental F.A.
• Negros Oriental F.A.
• North Cotabato F.A.
• Oriental Mindoro F.A.
• Quezon F.A.
• F.A. of Rizal
• F.A. of South Cotabato

• Sultan Kudarat F.A.
• Surigao del Norte F.A.
• F.A. of Tarlac
• Zamboanga del Norte – Dipolog F.A.
• Zamboanga del Sur – Pagadian F.A.
• Zamboanga F.A.

Associate members

• Beach Football Association of the Philippines
• Muntinlupa-Parañaque-Las Piñas F.A.
• Markina City F.A.
• Rizal F.A.

Probationary member

• Romblon F.A.
• Sorsogon F.A.
• Cavite F.A.

Presidents

List of Presidents

Name	Term		Ref.
	Start	End
Manuel Tinio
Francisco Elizalde
Ramon Farolan
Henri Kahn
Lope Pascual	?	1995
Honesto Isleta (acting)	1995	1996
Ricardo Tan	1996
Rene Adad	1996	2004
Johnny Romualdez	2004	2008
Jose Mari Martinez	2008	2010
Mariano Araneta	2010	present

Competitions

National Cups

• PFF National Men's Club Championship

Women's competitions

• PFF Women's Cup

Youth competitions

• PFF National Men's U-23 Championship
• PFF National Men's U-19 Championship

Current Head Coaches

Men's Team	Name
National team	Thomas Dooley
Under-23 team	Marlon Maro
Under-19 team	Marlon Manos
Under-16 team	Anto Gonzales
Under-14 team	Jaron Genota
Futsal team	Baltazar Avelino

Women's Team	Name
National team	Buda Bautista
Under-16 team	Joyce Landagan
Under-14 team	Marnelli Dimzon
Futsal team	Paul Encarnacion

See also

• Philippines national football team
• Philippine women's national football team
• List of football clubs in the Philippines

External links

• Philippines at FIFA site
• Philippines at AFC site
• AFF webpage