By Cedelf P. Tupas
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Mariano “Nonong” Araneta Saturday got a fresh mandate to lead Philippine football for the next four years during the annual PFF Congress in Mandaluyong.
Representatives of 32 football associations from all over the country voted for the former national team captain in a united front witnessed by several officials of the International Football Federation and the Asian Football Confederation.
Araneta, who served the remainder of ousted president Mari Martinez’s term starting late last year, Saturday vowed to prioritize the implementation of grassroots programs, give more exposure to the national team and organize more tournaments, especially at the youth level.
Grassroots
“We will prioritize grassroots, the national teams and of course to the women’s team because they have shown tremendous effort and improvement,” Araneta said.
“The popularity of the sport has grown tremendously over the past year. I think in general, people involved in Philippine football have done a good job,” he said.
Araneta said the PFF will be partnering with the AFC, the Japan Football Association and the German Football Federation in the implementation of the grassroots program that will be launched early next year.
AFC acting president Zhang Jilong attended the Congress and Araneta said he was assured of the smooth release of funds intended for the PFF and its development programs.
“He (Zhang) promised to facilitate the release for developing countries like the Philippines so that nobody will be controlling funds,” he said, noting that the AFC president immediately ordered the release of the remaining $130,000 for the PFF intended for the Aid 27 Program for coaches.
Transparency
Araneta said transparency remains an important thrust of his federation, which receives $250,000 from Fifa every year and $200,000 from AFC.
AFC vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan has also promised to help the PFF’s grassroots program with equipment and logistical needs and Araneta said this will allow the federation to realign some funds for other projects.
Araneta is still hoping that the DFB will finalize the grant for the country that will pave the way for a German technical expert to work on grassroots development in the country.
Another project of Araneta is the staging of regional Under-17 and Under-15 tournaments.
Elected to the PFF Board were Charlie Cojuangco, Dick Emperado, Richard Montayre and Dan Palami for Visayas, Ronald Tulay, Diobe Arellano, Leopoldo Arnaiz and Mario Garovillo for Luzon and Ramon Manlunas, Cabili Sinsuat, Flaviano Fucoy and Abenir Labja for Mindanao.
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Isn't that nice? Everything signed, sealed and dusted without the most important part of PH fooball - the fans - not even knowing what happened. Any chance of a livestream video?
ReplyDeletePriority: Grassroots Development? Too many grasses really. Too many. IMHO. The PFF should give more priority to higher age groups who seem to lack the needed help from the federation.
ReplyDeleterhetorics. all words. none of the money fm fifa or afc went to any grassroot program this year. even the coming years, none of these $ asistance will ever be used for anything football good. its the same fucking story. would be nice to rave like this on a PFF website, yah il give em my transparency.
ReplyDeleteFIFA/AFC/SEA etc football websites list PFF's official website as THE-PFF.COM. Try it and understand why the rest of the world has to treat your country as a joke.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the artificial turf project (Goal 1 & 2). We badly needed that. Our football fields are really bad that it also dictates the type of football we are playing (long balls).
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the elected officials of the Philippine Football Federation
ReplyDeletedon't you think the presidency of Mr. Araneta is way way much better than the previous ... Give the elected officials a chance to prove themselves. Even the four years reign and budget is not enough to develop all sectors , but with all the support and cooperation from other countries , FIFA / AFC , sponsors and all the football clubs and committees i do hope it will be the start of THE REAL development. We should work hand in hand to make it work for the better .
ReplyDeleteThis is a totally different ballgame , media is on our side , our voices can be heard , other countries are on close scrutiny of football growth not for the chosen few but to all sectors. Transparency is a must , corruption ??? Yare tayo diyan!!! may na oust na dahil diyan ... di ba mga pare.
i hope the elected officials learn their lessons well. This is the future , not the past...
ReplyDeleteThe fans are not the most important part of the PFF. The players are. Fans are nice to have but getting fields, equipment, coaching, and young children to play the sport is far more important then who shows up to watch. The national teams are not the main priority of the PFF. The main priority is to build up football to have millions of players. Once that is done, fans will come to watch.
ReplyDelete"The national teams are not the main priority of the PFF"
ReplyDeleteseriously? this is interesting. is that what's happening right now? that's right: REVENUES. oh yeah, about how much ang kikitain ngayon sa mala-ulap na presyo ng LA Galaxy na laro? ah, siya nga gagamitin ang kita para sa pag build up ng football. right. that's right, build up football by recruitng cute looking Filipinos from abroad so that The fans would come. Let the girls and the madlang bayan have a go at them with their shirts off.
the NATIONAL Team should be THE priority! The steak, and everything else just gravy. The national team is the main artery where fresh new talents from the very heart if the people passes through. the national team is grassroots, period.
This new administration should be much better than the previous two. Lets just get involved if you really love the game. There are many ways for one to help promote the sport other than watching games on TV and yapyapping here.
ReplyDeleteWe would take that as in football will be competetive against mexico coz we have rivalry
ReplyDeletemy yapyapping here will be my involvement along with the thousands yapyappers who will be anxious with guarded optimism in contrasting this administration with the previous ones. if you've been living here long enough you'll understand how stories like these ends.
ReplyDeleteTama din si yapyapir. Isang taon na ni wala man lang official website ang PFF sabi nuong mama "transparency" daw eh bat ganuon di naman ata kailangan maraming salapi para bumuo ng web di bah? Siguro ayaw nila marinig yapyap ng mga tagahanga tungkol sa pondo at iba pang mga issues di bah? parang gobyerno rin PFF puno2 ng misteryo.
ReplyDeleteMr. Araneta took over the presidency after the oust of Mr. Martinez , and from that time on so many things had happened and we are all a witness to it. The priority of the then and now president is to be careful in the disbursal of the funds. Ang alam ko negative ang PFF noon, paying off almost all the debts of previous PFF management, and now revenue and profit is making the PFF stand again as an entity that can support the Future of Football Growth. There is no mystery in the PFF , ang misteryoso sa akin ay ang mga tao na walang ginagawa para i-promote ang football and yet has the audacity of being pessimistic and sarcastic on something yet to be seen and yet to be done. Huwag mong unahan , isa isa lang , or better yet baka may kilala ka to do the website for them , i-recommend mo makakatulong ka pa.sa website lang ba makikita ang "Transparency" ng isang Entity, at kung malaman mo how much the PFF is getting , masaya ka na o baka manigas sa inggit. Pera at Pondo yon ng PFF , they will put it in good use , and with Mr.Araneta's presidency , i think it is in good hands.
ReplyDelete"ang misteryoso sa akin ay ang mga tao na walang ginagawa para i-promote ang football and yet has the audacity of being pessimistic and sarcastic on something yet to be seen and yet to be done"
ReplyDeleteOh fuck off you goody-goody!! So everyone is all of a sudden obligated to literally do something to further the sport? And if we don't we don't have a right to an opinion especially if its supposedly pessimistic?! lol! Get a grip!!
" Ang alam ko negative ang PFF noon, paying off almost all the debts of previous PFF management...."
ReplyDeleteOkay. This is reminiscent of governments in our country past and present. It's the "blame-the-previous-government" card. You must be the "transparency" representative for Araneta, aren't you? You sound more like Khaddafi's aide to me. If the current PFF had the best intentions, real transparency should have been drawn out from the start. That guy that said something about webpage here makes a lot of sense. It's a simple official web site. If they can't do that, do we expect them to have the "audacity" like you said (u have a colkege degree?) to be able to turn things around.
It was our apathy in the past that made PFF get away with things, but that's not gonna happen these days. HELL YES, we are gonna make a lot of noise this time. We are going to keep the people entrusted with lots of money for OUR football on their toes. That's right, brother, Internet multimedia, it's a great invention. They must be hold accountable for every thing they do. People are watching.
"there is no mystery in the PFF , ang misteryoso sa akin ay ang mga tao na walang ginagawa para i-promote ang football ...."
"there is no mystery in the PFF , ang misteryoso sa akin ay ang mga tao na walang ginagawa para i-promote ang football ...."
ReplyDeleteprove it! what has the PFF done in the past year that can argue that they are transparent?
what has PFF done for the last 20 years , compared to the past 1 year ha. Give them the chance to prove themselves for the next 4 years, this cannot be done overnight. If football does not grow from here and now , i will be with you to make lots of noise and be a nuisance at that, fair enough?.
ReplyDeleteY year minus 1. they have 3 yrs. i have all the time. our youth system and national team is all that matter. let you and i hope Araneta is still healthy and not senile yet around Y year.
ReplyDeleteLOL at you idiots linking the lack of a website with lack of transparency! FFS!! Just proves what people really know....... jack shit, that's what!!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much sir, for re-shaping our PFF community. It was in 1992, when I apply for membership and received a response letter from former PFF President Col. Lope Q. Pascual in 1993 October the our Club was awarded by the Executive Chairman as an Interim-Member. After their term. I was not able to received a letter from the PFF not until 2007. State the new Memo about the qualification and status of the applying for membership. When I response the letter never again I have not received any response from them, only now that I open because lots of inquiries. Actually, my adviser want to file a complain for those football groups claiming because that they have apply. We have a pending response letter from the PFF office. I send letter to this group to convene talk about and unite one another actually. I have not seem them in the list. That time I want to become an adopted club of Rizal Football Assn. under Mr. Mario E. Garovillo. As of now Pangasinan had been divided from Division-1 (central and western pangasinan, while Division-2 comprise from eastern pangsinan and four (4)cities. I have been with them since 1975 and seem them wrong system. Starts with zero percent and end with 100% then start with 0 % and end with 100% that was from 1975-1991. then after my vehicular accident I received an invitation from Region-1 Memo Order n0. 94 series of 1992. As a Trainor for summer clinic, a 45 day training at lingayen, after the graduation may16, 1992, I send my application and recieved my response letter October 1993. My point here invite as who are interested to put up this football association so that we know our juridical personality in the province not capturing the concept of other because plagiarism is present. I hope to hear from you thru my email ade_7528@yahoo.com and invite us in your office all of us the aspiring leaders of football from pangasinan. thank you very much and more power. We will help to promote our soccer community more bigger and biggest.
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