List of Filipino football champions

The historical absence of a continuously operating national league and a multi-division football system has made it difficult to truly determine and recognize the highest level tournament of the Philippines. The Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the Philippines, has held men's national championship tournaments in various forms since 1911. The latest of these national tournaments is the National Men's Club Championship, which was started in 2011. These annual championship tournaments are not regularly recurring professional leagues, but are usually the only notable football competitions occurring in the country for that year. The winners of these tournaments are therefore considered the de facto football champions of the Philippines.

Given the complex history of football in the Philippines, this article takes into account all notable "national" football competitions organized by the Philippine Football Federation. Also included are newer leagues such as the United Football League, the Philippines Football League, and the Philippine Premier League.

Philippine Football Federation competitions[]

Men's[]

National championship[]

Various tournaments and leagues have been directly organized by the Philippine Football Federation, such as the National Men's Open Championship, the Philippine Football League (P-League), the Manila Premier Football League (MPFL), and the Filipino Premier League, among others. These leagues were often short-lived, and thus do not have a champions list readily available. The champions of these tournaments are lumped together in the following tables as "national champions".

**National champions (1911–1984)**
Season	Champions	From
1911	All Manila	Manila
1912	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1913	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1914	Manila Nomads	Parañaque
1915	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1916	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1917	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1918	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1919	No tournament
1920	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1921	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1922	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1923	Ferencvárosi TC	Hungary
1924	Cantabria F.C.	Spain
1925	International	Manila
1926	Ateneo F.C.	Manila
1927	Bohemian Sporting Club	Manila
1928	San Beda Athletic Club	Manila
1929	Peña Iberica	Spain
1930	San Beda Athletic Club	Manila
1931	San Beda Athletic Club	Manila
1932	San Beda Athletic Club	Manila
1933	San Beda Athletic Club	Manila
1934	University of Santo Tomas	Manila
1935	Malaya Command	Singapore
No tournament from 1936 to 1966 Only the Manila Football League until 1961
1967	Manila Lions	Manila
1968	Meralco Reddy Kilowatts^[1]	Quezon City
No tournament from 1969 to 1970
1970-71	Dragons	Manila
1972	Meralco Reddy Kilowatts^[2]	Quezon City
No tournament from 1973 to 1976
1977	San Miguel Corporation	Mandaluyong
1978	U/Tex Wranglers	Manila
1978–79	San Miguel Corporation^[3]	Mandaluyong
1979	Barotac Nuevo F.C.^[4]	Iloilo
1980	San Miguel Corporation^[5]	Mandaluyong
1980–81	Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines	Manila
1981–82	Philippine Navy	Manila
1982–83	Philippine Air Force	Manila
1983–84	San Miguel Corporation	Mandaluyong

**National champions (1985–)**
Season	Champions	From
1985	Philippine Air Force	Manila
1986	No tournament
1987	Dumaguete F.C.	Dumaguete
1988	M. Lhuillier Jewelers	Cebu City
1989	Philippine Air Force	Manila
1990	Bacolod F.C.	Bacolod
1991	Philippine Navy	Manila
1992	Philippine Army^[6]	Manila
1993	Davao City F.C.^[7]	Davao City
1994	Pasay^[8]	Pasay
1995	Makati	Makati
1996	No tournament
1997	Philippine Air Force Eagles	Manila
1998	National Capital Region-South	NCR
1999	National Capital Region-B Navy and Air Force combination	NCR
2000	National Capital Region-South	NCR
2001	Philippine Army	Manila
2002	WNC - A Negros Occidental	Negros Occidental
2003	Kaya	Makati
2004	National Capital Region	NCR
2005	Philippine Navy	NCR
2006	USLS	Negros Occidental
2007	National Capital Region	NCR
No tournament from 2008 to 2010
2011	Teknika	Tacloban
2012–13	Ceres	Bacolod
2013–14	Ceres	Bacolod
2014–15	Loyola	Quezon City
2015–16	No tournament

**Manila Football League (1930–1967)**
Season	Champions	From
1930	De la Salle College	Manila
No tournament from 1931 to 1935
1936	De la Salle College	Manila
1937	De la Salle College	Manila
1938	De la Salle Football Club	Manila
1939	YCO Athletic Club	Manila
1940	YCO Athletic Club	Manila
1941	YCO Athletic Club	Manila
No tournament from 1942 to 1946
1947	Turba Salvaje	Manila
1948	Turba Salvaje	Manila
1949	Turba Salvaje	Manila
No tournament in 1950
1951	San Miguel Brewery	Manila
1952	Turba Salvaje	Manila
1953	IL-FGU (Insurance Life Fidelity Guaranty Underwriters)	Manila
1954	YCO Athletic Club	Manila
1955	Manila Lions	Manila
1956	Manila Lions	Manila
1957	Manila Lions	Manila
1958	Manila Lions	Manila
1959	Manila Lions	Manila
1960	Manila Lions	Manila
1961	Manila Lions	Manila
not known from 1962 to 1965
1966	Philippine Navy F.C.	Manila
1967 not known

Philippine Football League (P-League)[]

First attempt[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1995	Makati	No playoffs	Lipa-Pasay

Relaunch[]

Relaunched as the "P-League" in 1998.

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1998	National Capital Region-South	3–1	Negros Occidental
1999	National Capital Region-B Navy and Air Force combination		Davao
2000	National Capital Region-South	3–1	Negros Occidental

Manila Premier Football League[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1997	Philippine Air Force Eagles		Philippine Army Tamaraws

Filipino Premier League[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2008	Philippine Army F.C.	2–0	Giligan's F.C.

Men's National Club Championship (2011–15)[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2011	Teknika F.C. (Leyte)	3–0 0–2 Aggregate: 3–2	Smart–San Beda F.C. ()
2012–13	Ceres F.C. (Negros Occidental)	1-0	PSG F.C. (NCR)
2013–14	Ceres F.C. (Negros Occidental)	2-1 1-0 Aggregate: 3-1	Global F.C. (NCR)
2014–15	Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. (NCR)	2-0	Global F.C. (NCR)

Philippines Football League (2017–)[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2017	Ceres–Negros	4–1	Global Cebu
2018	Ceres–Negros	No playoffs	Kaya–Iloilo
2019	Ceres–Negros	No playoffs	Kaya–Iloilo
2020	United City (formerly Ceres–Negros)	No playoffs	Kaya–Iloilo

Women's[]

Philippine Ladies' Football National League (1980s)[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
1981^[9]	University of the Philippines	No playoffs	Philippine Air Force

Women's League (2016–)[]

Season	Champions	Score/s	Runners-up
2016–17	De La Salle University	No playoffs	University of Santo Tomas
2018	De La Salle University	No playoffs	University of Santo Tomas

United Football League (2009–16)[]

The United Football League Division 1 was established as a premier league in 2009. The League is a round-robin tournament with a First Division and Second Division. The winners listed below do not include the winners of the UFL Cup, a knockout-tournament which allows teams to participate regardless of their division. In a season, the Cup competition is held first from mid-October to mid-December, followed by the League competition from January to June of the following year.

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2010	Philippine Air Force	Kaya	Union	Izzo Elhabbib (Kaya)	14
2011	Philippine Air Force (2)	Global	Philippine Army	Izzo Elhabbib (Global)	7
2012	Global	Kaya	Loyola	Phil Younghusband (Loyola)	23
2013	Stallion (1)	Global	Loyola	Rufo Sánchez (Stallion)	18
2014	Global (2)	Loyola	Kaya	Mark Hartmann (Global)	27
2015	Ceres (1)	Global	Loyola	Adrián Gallardo (Ceres)	18
2016	Global (3)	Ceres	Loyola	Adrián Gallardo (Ceres)	30

References[]

^ http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/136267-jerry-vaflor-ex-mr-football-philippines-dies
^ http://www.dlsaa.com/honors-and-awards/awardees/ugarte-emilio-m-jr
^ http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/136267-jerry-vaflor-ex-mr-football-philippines-dies
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/phil80.html
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup94.html
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup95.html
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup96.html
^ "UP soccerbelles emerge champions". Facebook. Times Journal. 28 April 1981. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021. Both UP-Diliman and Air Force finished with 11 points from five wins, one draw, and one loss. The Collegians, however ended with the higher goal difference (goals for minus goals against) of 19 goals against PAF's 14.

General

Schöggl, Hans. "Philippines - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

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[2] ttp://www.dlsaa.com/honors-and-awards/awardees/ugarte-emilio-m-jr

[3] ttp://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/136267-jerry-vaflor-ex-mr-football-philippines-dies

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/phil80.html

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