The 2025–26 Philippines Football League was the eighth season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. Eleven teams participated this season, which began on August 30, 2025.
Kaya–Iloilo were the defending champions, having clinched the previous season's title on the final match day, but were mathematically ruled unable to retain their title for the fourth year running after Manila Digger's draw with Cebu on May 16.
Manila Digger won their first title by two points on the final matchday, after drawing with second-placed One Taguig. The season saw the league's scoring and clean sheet records broken for the first time since the 2019 season, with Manila Digger's Ousman Gai scoring 32 goals and One Taguig's Miloš Čupić keeping 12 clean sheets.
Teams The 2025–26 season have eleven teams participating. Last season's eighth- and ninth-placed teams, Loyola and the Philippine YNT, will not participate this season. In August, three teams from the 2024 season, namely DB Garelli United, Tuloy and Philippine Army, would rejoin the league.
Davao Aguilas, who finished sixth in the previous season, relocated their club to Makati and renamed to Aguilas–UMak F.C., with the latter derived from the University of Makati Stadium, where the club had previously trained and held matches. After changing its name last season, Maharlika Taguig once again changed its name to simply Maharlika F.C. Mendiola 1991 relocated from Imus, Cavite to Valenzuela and renamed to Valenzuela PB–Mendiola due to sponsorship reasons.
TeamLocationAguilas–UMakMakati, Metro ManilaDon Bosco Garelli UnitedMakati, Metro ManilaDynamic Herb CebuTalisay, CebuKaya–IloiloIloilo City, IloiloMaharlikaTaguig, Metro ManilaManila DiggerTaguig, Metro ManilaOne TaguigTaguig, Metro ManilaPhilippine ArmyTaguig, Metro ManilaStallion LagunaBiñan, LagunaTuloyMuntinlupa, Metro ManilaValenzuela PB–MendiolaValenzuela, Metro Manila Notes
Stadiums All games in the first round were held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. For the second round, Dynamic Herb Cebu played home matches at the Dynamic Herb–Borromeo Sports Complex, first hosting Philippine Army on February 11.
ManilaTalisay, CebuRizal Memorial StadiumDynamic Herb–Borromeo Sports ComplexCapacity: 12,873Capacity: 550
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptain Kit manufacturerSponsorsAguilas–UMak Oliver Colina Arnel AmitaPrimalA Brown Company, Markenburg, Blast TV, PAGSSDon Bosco Garelli United Karl Claudio Banjo MahinayBlaze AthleticsElan Vita, Techno Tamashi, Smokin' HillsDynamic Herb Cebu Glenn Ramos Roberto CorsameRAD ApparelNature's Spring, Herb Food SolutionsKaya–Iloilo Yu Hoshide Audie MenziLGR SportswearLBCMaharlika Moon Hong Jorrel AristorenasChronos AthleticsM1 International, Matchday Media, Coca-ColaManila Digger Haijun Li Shirmar FelongcoUCANZealand Metal, Prime Rehabilitation, Starbalm, YisonOne Taguig Arvin Soliman Daisuke SatoChronos AthleticsI Love TaguigPhilippine Army Roel Gener Jalsor SorianoChronos AthleticsCherry TurfStallion Laguna Ernest Nierras Matthew NierrasBlaze AthleticsGiligan's Restaurant, SCID, PythosTuloy Taketomo Suzuki Harry NuñezSkechersTuloy FoundationValenzuela PB–Mendiola Dan Padernal Ruben DoctoraMEBL ApparelPureblends, Top Down, Anytime Fitness, Pablings Notes: Located on the front of the shirt. Located on the back of the shirt. Located on the sleeves. Located on the shorts.
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointment Maharlika Jung Dong-gyu Undisclosed May 28, 2025Pre-season Moon Hong July 29, 2025 Aguilas–UMak Aber Ruzgal May 15, 2025 Jörg Steinebrunner August 1, 2025 Manila Digger Kim Versales July 25, 2025 Haijun Li August 10, 2025 One Taguig Arvin Soliman July 31, 2025 Scott Cooper August 17, 2025 Aguilas–UMak Jörg Steinebrunner Mutual agreement October 16, 2025 6th (Regular season) Franklin Muescan (interim) October 18, 2025 One Taguig Scott Cooper Signed by Visakha November 17, 2025 2nd (Regular season) Arvin Soliman November 23, 2025 Aguilas–UMak Franklin Muescan End of interim tenure January 16, 2026 6th (Regular season) Oliver Colina January 16, 2026
Foreign players Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window. TeamPlayersFormer players Aguilas–UMak Pedro de Paula David Koum Kareem Akinnibi Tom Unsworth Iddrisu Natogma Richard Tetteh Reycredo Beremanda Muhammad Mishbah Tomoki Fuhihira Ikumi Hiruta Timothy Shiraoka Kira Yamamoto Boubacar Diallo Issa Diallo Ibrahim Adamu Mikailou Djibrila Don Bosco Garelli United Samuel Crowford Felipe Melgaço Desmond Ngai Daniel Stokoe Ebenezer Agyei Michael Brobbey Matin Mohtasham Shotaro Ishii Hayato Kame Kai Kimura Yuta Yamaguchi Karim Chahine Solomon Okereke Babacar Ndiaye Pape Malang Traore Kim Min-kap Dynamic Herb Cebu Kirk Aitken Victor Cabral Willy Kapawa Lamine Konate Marius Kore Kaito Asano Arya Igami Shinichiro Ochiai Kazuha Sudo Naoki Takasu Anderson Pinto Abou Sy Rami Jridi Göktuğ Demiroğlu Kaya–Iloilo Ricardo Verza Pathy Malumandsoko Eric Esso Shuto Komaki Taiyo Toyoda Kaishu Yamazaki Julius Myrbakk Lucas del Rosario Brandon Zambrano Maharlika Stanislaw Pankiewicz Cristian Molina Joslyn Katuala Fahmi Ibrahim Daniel Oppong Dini Ouattara Yuya Kashiwabara Jo Woo-hyuk Kang Beom-seok Kim Ji-an Kim Jin-hyeon Park Eun-soo Park Jae-hyun Manila Digger Dilane Wamba Tafem Su Diao Assan Badjie Saikou Ceesay Ousman Gai Mustapha Jallow Modou Joof Modou Manneh Omar Njie David Sambou Baboucarr Touray Daniel Ashley Yuga Watanabe Ifeanyi Ugwu One Taguig Goldeson Henri Bandeken Marcus Haber Miloš Čupić Frank Akoto Isaac Opoku Agyemang Stephen Halm Abdul Razak Yusif Hamed Hajimehdi So Omae Naoto Hiraishi Philippine ArmyNo foreign players registered Stallion Laguna Cristián Ivanobski Ricardo Sendra Terence Smith Magson Dourado Gabriel Farias Kevin Ebene Moukouta Arnol Tchamgoue Ousmane Badji Benoit Beaujeon Issa Gakou Amir Memari Juan Trujillo Deane Mountney Yousuf Butt Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham Abraham Placito Tuloy Markus Toves Valenzuela PB–Mendiola Keyvan Mottaghian Maleek Powell Yohan Mbida Arturo Adonai Gomez Amir Azadnouran Mehdi Ghobadi Salar Nezamikhah Ali Pourallahyar Yohann Fofana Ali Ghamloush Onyeka Obi Kyoung Hyeon-ko Park Yong-min Song Jae-hong Domenic-Shawn Davis Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2025–26 season.
Regular season
League table The eleven teams will play in a double round robin consisting of 20 games.
Positions by round
Results by round
Results
Championship round The top six teams from the regular season phase will advance to the championship round, which will adopt a single round robin format. Points from the regular season are included.
League table
Results
Classification round The bottom five teams from the first two rounds will likewise contest the classification round, which will also adopt a single round robin format.
League table
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals1 Ousman Gai Manila Digger322 Griffin McDaniel Stallion Laguna243 Patrick Reichelt One Taguig214 Saikou Ceesay Manila Digger17 Baboucarr Touray Manila Digger6 Yuta Yamaguchi Don Bosco Garelli United167 Kenji Nishioka Manila Digger148 Solomon Okereke Don Bosco Garelli United139 Mike Ott Kaya–Iloilo12 Cyrelle Saut Tuloy
Top assists
Rank Player Team Assists1 Mark Hartmann One Taguig192 Mike Ott Kaya–Iloilo16 Juan Trujillo Stallion Laguna4 Kenji Nishioka Manila Digger135 Modou Manneh Manila Digger10 Baboucarr Touray Manila Digger Yuga Watanabe Manila Digger8 Kim Jin-hyeon Maharlika99 Goldeson One Taguig810 Andres Aldeguer One Taguig7 Lucas del Rosario Kaya–Iloilo Cyrelle Saut Tuloy Yuta Yamaguchi Don Bosco Garelli United
Own goals
Rank Player Team Owngoals1 Miguel Clarino Aguilas–UMAK1 John Delariarte Philippine Army Enzo Lucindo Maharlika Onyeka Obi Valenzuela PB–Mendiola Park Eun-soo Maharlika Kevin Skinker Valenzuela PB–Mendiola Markus Toves Tuloy Pape Malang Traore Don Bosco Garelli United Divine Uguafakwu Valenzuela PB–Mendiola
Hat-tricks
PlayerTeamiResultAgainst Date Jesus MellizaKaya–Iloilo 12–0 (H)Philippine Army30 August 2025 Saikou Ceesay4Manila Digger9–2 (A)Valenzuela PB–Mendiola Sherwin BasindananKaya–Iloilo8–0 (H)21 September 2025 Ibrahim AdamuAguilas–UMak5–0 (A)Philippine Army27 September 2025 Baboucarr TourayManila Digger8–2 (H)Tuloy5 October 2025 GoldesonOne Taguig13–0 (H)Philippine Army Patrick Reichelt Griffin McDaniel6Stallion Laguna7–0 (H)25 October 2025 Griffin McDaniel58–0 (A)Don Bosco Garelli United22 November 2025 Saikou Ceesay4Manila DiggerPhilippine Army29 November 2025 Julius MyrbakkKaya–Iloilo6–0 (H)Don Bosco Garelli United7 February 2026 John Lloyd JaliqueTuloy6–2 (H)Philippine Army Baboucarr TourayManila Digger12–0 (H)Valenzuela PB–Mendiola11 February 2026 Mustapha Jallow4 Abou Sy4Dynamic Herb Cebu10–2 (H)Philippine Army Julius MyrbakkKaya–Iloilo3–1 (H)Maharlika Kaito AsanoDynamic Herb Cebu10–0 (H)Tuloy21 February 2026 Griffin McDaniel4Stallion Laguna5–1 (A)Philippine Army22 February 2026 Ousman GaiManila Digger6–1 (H)Don Bosco Garelli United25 February 2026 Griffin McDanielStallion Laguna4–0 (H)Don Bosco Garelli United28 February 2026 Patrick Reichelt5One Taguig13–0 (H)Tuloy1 March 2026 Issa Diallo4Aguilas–UMak7–2 (A)8 March 2026 Desmond Ngai4Don Bosco Garelli United7–1 (H)Philippine Army11 March 2026 Kevin Ebene Moukouta5Stallion Laguna12–1 (H)Tuloy21 March 2026 Mark Hartmann5One Taguig8–0 (A)Philippine Army25 March 2026 Ousman Gai6Manila Digger14–0 (A)Tuloy10–0 (H)Philippine Army29 March 2026 Fahmi IbrahimMaharlika8–0 (H)Tuloy12 April 2026 Kai KimuraDon Bosco Garelli United3–1 (H)Tuloy19 April 2026 Solomon Okereke49–1 (A)Philippine Army25 April 2026 Ousman GaiManila Digger5–1 (A)Stallion Laguna2 May 2026 Yuta Yamaguchi4Don Bosco Garelli United4–2 (A)Tuloy10 May 2026 Solomon Okereke8–1 (H)Philippine Army20 May 2026 Yuta Yamaguchi Note (H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 Player scored four goals5 Player scored five goals6 Player scored six goals
Clean sheets
Rank Player Team Clean sheets1 Miloš ČupićOne Taguig122 Omar NjieManila Digger83 Rami JridiDynamic Herb Cebu74 Alfredo CortezKaya–Iloilo65 Michael AsongManila Digger4 Kenry BaloboMaharlika Henri BandekenOne Taguig Joseph CenizaDynamic Herb Cebu Enrico MangaoangAguilas–UMak10 Patrick DeytoKaya–Iloilo3 Jessie SemblanteDynamic Herb Cebu Timothy ShiraokaAguilas–UMak
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 8 Yohann Fofana (Valenzuela PB–Mendiola) Most red cards: 2 Amir Aningalan (Valenzuela PB–Mendiola) Magson Dourado (Stallion Laguna) Dini Ouattara (Aguilas–UMak)
Club Most yellow cards: 59 Aguilas–UMak Fewest yellow cards: 11 Tuloy Most red cards: 6 Philippine Army Fewest red cards: 0 Don Bosco Garelli United
Awards The following awards were given to players after the conclusion of the regular season.
Award Winner Club Golden Ball Modou Manneh Manila Digger Golden Boot Ousman Gai Golden Glove Miloš Čupić One Taguig
References