Loyola Meralco Taguig's Phil Younghusband.
AKTV file/Mark Dimalanta
Philippines Football League 2017 update:
The Philippines will finally have its own professional football league. When the Philippines Football League open its first season later this month. The PFF started to conceptualize a nationwide professional football league in 2013 by announcing the PFF National League Task Force on December 2, 2013. The Philippines Football league was officially announced on September 7, 2016.
The PFL will be regionally and community based as it will be easier to get the support of the community, by having a team of their own. The PFL will be Philippines 1st tier of football, supplanting the Manila-Based United Football League that started in 2009, which was the
de facto
top-tier league in the country.
Competition Format:
The PFL will follow a home-and-away, double round-robin format. The top four teams will advance to the play-off round dubbed as the "Finals Series" to determine the champions of the league.A knockout cup competition will also be contested between the PFL's participating clubs, with matches interspersed within the league schedule.
For its inaugural season, the PFL will only have one division. The PFF expressed its hopes to form a second division as the league expands, with a system of promotion and relegation with the PFL to be put in place. The UFL has expressed its openness to serve as the second tier competition or youth league to the PFL
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_Football_League
The Philippines Football league will have 8 teams on its inaugural season, the PFF has confirmed the teams participating for the 2017 PFL season are Loyola Meralco Taguig FC, JPV Marikina FC, Santi Araneta owned Kaya FC-Makati, Ilocos United FC, Stallion Laguna FC, Business man Jefferson Cheng-owned Davao Aguilas FC, Dan Palami-owned Global Cebu Fc, and Ceres Negros FC.
Loyola Meralco will be playing at the 2,000-seating capacity McKinley Hill Stadium in Taguig while JPV Marikina will have Marikina Sports Center as its home stadium, it can accommodate 15,000 spectators. Kaya FC- makati will have University of Makati Stadium. While Ilocos United will be based in Bantay,Ilocos Sur and will be playing its home game at the 5,000 seater Quirino Stadium. The New Binan Football Stadium with 2,500 seating capacity will be the home of the Stallion-Laguna Fc. Davao Aguilas will have Davao del Norte Sports Complex. Global Cebu will have Cebu City Sports Complex with 5,000 capacity and Ceres-Negros at the 12,000-seater Pana'ad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City.
