Kaya FC Iloilo held its nerve in the penalty shootout to outlast Davao Aguilas-UMak and wrest the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara before a big Saturday night crowd at Rizal Memorial Stadium. Midfielder Justin Baas converted his spot kick to complete a 4-3 shootout win and ran into the waiting arms of teammate Quincy Kammeraad as Kaya celebrated a third Copa…
The Philippine Football Federation has began its preparations for the expanded Philippines Football League season 2024 which is slated to kickoff on February 2024. Following the success of the Copa Paulino Alcantara 2023 wherein amateur football clubs and armed forces made their entry in the national cup competition, PFF has seen this as an opportunity to expand the league and…
Last week saw a historic first in Philippine club football as all of its three representatives in Kaya FC-Iloilo, Dynamic Herb Cebu FC, and Stallion Laguna FC all successfully mounted their maiden hosting in their respective AFC Champions League and AFC Cup matches. Kaya started the week with the country’s first-ever hosting of an AFC Champions League match against Shandong…
Dynamic Herb Cebu FC banked on a strong performance to dispatch Manila Digger FC in the Copa Paulino Alcantara 2023 last Sunday 27 August 2023 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Playing their second game in Group B, Cebu relied on the performance of Arda Cinkir, Rintaro Hama, Kintaro Miyagi, and Goktug Demiroglu to collect their second win in Group B,…
Stallion Laguna FC proved its mettle after snapping Davao Aguilas-UMak FC’s unbeaten record after a 4-0 win in Saturday’s Copa Paulino Alcantara 2023 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. New signing Yuta Nomura scored a hat-trick in the win, which was punctuated by a late Abraham Placito free kick for the horsemen, who have won their second game in…
Chima Uzoka scored a brace to put Dynamic Herb Cebu FC on the mark in the Copa Paulino Alcantara 2023 after a 2-0 win over University of the Philippines at the Dynamic Herb Sports Complex in Talisay, Cebu. Uzoka scored on either side of the half in the win. The forward opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a…
Marwin Angeles produced a hat-trick performance as two-time cup champions Kaya FC-Iloilo came with guns blazing after amassing 11 unanswered goals in their Copa Paulino Alcantara 2023 Group A clash against Garelli United Saturday night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Angeles’ hat-trick sparked a barrage of goals from Kaya beginning in the 46th, 73rd, and 78th minutes to complete his…
Finn McDaniel opened his Copa Paulino Alcantara account with a hat-trick performance as Stallion Laguna ran past ten-man Philippine Army FC, 6-1, in Sunday’s Copa Paulino Alcantara at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. The Stallion forward, who also wore the captain’s armband for the first time, netted in the fifth, 56th, and 90th minutes to complete his hat-trick as the Laguna…
The much anticipated return of the Philippines Football League clubs saw Kaya FC-Iloilo hammer old rivals Loyola FC, 7-0, in Saturday’s Copa Paulino Alcantara triple header at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium. In a rematch six years in the making, it was Kaya that found themselves on top, and preparing for the continental competition while Loyola mark their return with…
Last season’s runners up Dynamic Herb Cebu FC announced on Wednesday 09 August 2023 that Joshua Schirmer has been appointed as head coach for the upcoming season. Schrimer replaces Mehmet Kakil, who steered the club to a second place finish in their first season in the Philippines Football League. The American coach had stints in Europe for Sparta Prague and…