The first official football game match held in Manila 15th of October 1907. And the
Philippines - the first football federation in Asia.
Sandow football team won the
beautiful silver cup donated by then Governor-General Hon. William H. Taft. They enjoyed some success in its early years between 1913 and 1934 in the
Far Eastern Games.
1913 inaugural champion (gold medal) (
first Asian Regional Champion) as hosted the games in Manila. Then they got
7 silvers and
2 bronzes in the next 9 editions. First international appearance 1 February 1913.
Philippines 0 - 1
China. Biggest run
Japan 2 - 15
Philippines (10 May 1917) (
*Alcantara played here) in Tokyo, Japan. While the biggest setback was
Japan 15 - 0
Philippines (27 September1967) in capital of Japan.
We sent the first Asian born player to
Europe / first Asian nation to send in
Europe to such famous team
F C Barcelona Club (
Spain) and known to be the
best Filipino football player of all time. The
Filipino export named
Paulino Alcantara [aka El Rompe Redes (The Net Breaker)] F C Barcelona club record holder of
357 goals in
357 matches, sounds like
Muslim Magnum 357 one of the action movie of famous Philippine Movie King Fernando Poe Jr. Alcantara won
17 titles with
F C Barcelona (
Spain),
2 titles with
Bohemian Sporting Club (
Philippines) and got
silver medal for
Philippines in 1917 Far Eastern Games in Tokyo, Japan.
(Photos of El Rompe Redes [the Net Breaker] courtesy of Philstar.com)
The PH XI
4th Place finished in
President Aquino Cup. Versus Guandong,
China 2 - 0,
Russia 5 - 0, and their lone goal against
South China AA clubside from
Hong Kong 5 - 1
Philippines. 1993
Philippine International Cup the host finished
4th place. Best games of the 1970s, 1971 Merdaka Cup 4 - 4 vs Singapore and at least lone goal vs.
Indonesia, India,
Hong Kong and
Thailand. 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament best play vs
South Korea 1 - 1 draw. 1972 Merdaka Cup best play vs Sri Lanka 1 - 4
Philippines, 2 - 2 vs
Khmer Republic and 1 - 1 vs
Burma. 1977 SEAGames,
Brunei 1 - 4
Philippines and 1 - 1 vs
Indonesia. In 1980s, 1981 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament best game PHL Booters 2 - 1 Malaysia B. Biggest loss to
Universidad de Guadalajara of Mexico 0 - 12. 1985
Bangkok SEAGames PHL Women Team brought home a
bronze medal behind
Thailand - gold and
Singapore - silver. 1990's, 1991 Manila SEAGames best plays
PHI Tri-Stars 1 - 0
Malaysia, 2 - 2 vs
Vietnam. Semis
PHI Tri-Stars 2 - 6
Thailand. Battle for 3rd,
Singapore 2 - 0
PHI Tri-Stars -
4th Place. Best game in Asian Games in 1958 they beat host Japan 0 - 1
Philippines to enter the best finish quarter-finalist but dropped to
Indonesia 3 - 1
Philippines. 2004 Tiger Cup best play
Philippine Tri-Stars 2 - 1
Timor Leste.
Philippine Azkals Era 2010 Long Teng Cup success in Taiwan.
Philippine Azkals vs
HongKong 2 - 4, vs
Chinese Taipei 1 - 1 and overwhelmed
Macao 5 - 0. And bag the
bronze medal. Tournament top scorer Ian Araneta of the Philippines.
Fair Play Team Award goes to the
Philippine Azkals.
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Qualifying Tournament;
Philippine Azkals vs
Timor Leste 5 - 0, vs
Laos 2 - 2 and vs
Cambodia 0 - 0.
Qualifying champ Laos and runner up Philippines Azkals joined AFF Suzuki Cup finals stage.
Philippines Azkals draw vs
Singapore 1 - 1, biggest upset in history by beating defending champion
Vietnam 2 - 0 and scoreless draw against
Myanmar.
Semi-finals both in
Indonesia. Best finished and known to be the rebirth of the
Philippine Football Team. The home team won both games 0 - 1 each (aggregate score
Indonesia 2 - 0
Philippine Azkals). Tune-up games
Philippines Azkals won over
Central Philippine University International Football Team with young Koreans 4 - 1. AFC Qualifying vs
Mongolia White Wolves at home
Philippine Azkals 2 - 0. Preparation for Mongolia in game 2. Tune up game in Japan to prepare for the subzero cold weather in Ulan Bator.
Philippine Azkals vs
Kanto Gakuin University 0 - 4 and 1 - 8 losses. Away home in Mongolia they got 1 goal - 2 Mongolia won but the Azkals win aggregate tally 3 - 2 to move to the next qualifying round vs Myanmar, Bangladesh and Palestine.
Azkals vs
Myanmar with home court advantage end up 1 - 1 draw.
Azung Kalye (street dogs / stray dogs) scoreless draw against
Palestine. Then salvaged a historic win vs
Bangladesh Bengal Tigers at tune of 3-0.
Qualifying champ Palestine and
qualifying runner-up the Philippine Azkals. Now
Philippine Azkals on AFC 2012 Finals, for the first time in the history. And the next assignment
2014 World Cup qualifying first round vs.
Sri Lanka. If the
Azkals win second round vs.
Kuwait.
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