by Rick Olivares
MANILA -- The Philippines Football League (PFL) now has five official football clubs.
This, according to Philippine Football Federation (PFF) general-secretary Atty. Edwin Gastanes in a phone interview on Tuesday.
With the hosting for the Suzuki Cup over, the PFF is turning its attention to the launch of the PFL that will supersede the United Football League (UFL) as the top tier of Philippine club football competition.
“The UFL was instrumental is keeping football popular and viable for us. People must recognize their efforts. However, the league was Manila-based, while the PFL will be national in scope with clubs relocating to key cities. We are following the mandate of FIFA for this,” explained Gastanes.
“Clubs will be regionally and community based. The idea is also to develop local support including a fan base.”
The five clubs are Stallion, Kaya, Loyola, Global, and Ceres.
“The required number of clubs for the league is six to play. But it is possible we could have a field of eight clubs. Besides, the deadline for clubs to participate in the new national league is by year’s end,” Gastanes said.
“We have heard from other clubs who have expressed interest but they need to comply with certain procedures and licensing regulations before they can be officially accepted into the roster of teams,” he clarified.
According to Gastanes, Global, the three-time UFL champions, will be changing the name of their club. “We have yet to be informed what their club will be called,” he said.
Regarding television coverage, Gastanes said several parties have signified their intent to cover the league. “At the moment, it is a bidding process and we will only make the announcement when terms are reached,” he said.
The PFL is slated to kick off either by the last week of March or the first week of April 2017.
Where will these clubs be based? Obviously Ceres will represent Bacolod. What about the other 4?
ReplyDeleteLoyola : Taguig
ReplyDeleteGlobal : Cebu
Stallion : Laguna
Kaya : TBD
New Ceres club in Davao.
Green Archers United also want to participate.
At the same time the Yanson brothers are planing a new club in Bacolod, right? That would make it a total of 7 clubs consisting of basically the big ones that were consistent throughout the entire history of the UFL.
DeleteWhat about JP Voltes? They held their own pretty well against the mentioned competition imo and should join for that very reason. That would make it 8 clubs which is an even number and makes scheduling easier.
Rizal Memorial sana kung Green Archers. Kaso gagawin na lang siyang mall. :(
DeletePFL 2017 launching boon to boom.The top priority of PRRD govt is to build more infrastrutctures like bridges linking luzon to vizmin and national railway projects.hindi ganun kasakit ang gastos sa mga club owners & away fans na mag travel ng malayo.may social media to promote PFL and Cha-cha to the pave the way for federal system na malaking boost to strengthen regional football clubs
ReplyDeletePhilippine foorball league one of the main recepient of 8pt economic agenda of PRRD.1.infra devt likde linking bridges from luzon to vismin 2. Federalism could strengthen loyal fan base rooting for their regional club 3. Lifting 60-40 of foreign ownership asan ang overseas investments para sa PFL clubs 4. Encourage more Competitions,domestic or foreign ownership of local clubs and mga bagong regional networks na tutulong sa live coverage sa mga home matches ng mga PFL clubs.
Deletehahah...ganda sana noh? pero gusto nila patalsikin c pdu30 eh.. so papuntang wala na yan mga plano na yan if succesful cla.. tssk2x
ReplyDeleteanyway, enough of politics..football nalang.
Knock on wood.If that happens civil is imminent and inevitable.Sa totoo lang malayong mangyari yan dahil napakahina ng opposition and their western allies lalo na U.S.i think launching ng PSL nasa right track at the right mas magiging rapid ang growth ng football sa Pinas dahil magbe-benefit ang PFL sa economic agenda ng Du30 admin and sa bagong saligang batas ng federal system.
DeleteQ.C. F.C.! Hala Bira! Ang bumangga tiyak magigiba!
ReplyDeleteSa totoo lng lagyan nio yan brgy ginebra football. Mgiging sikat ufl. Never say die dapat
ReplyDeleteWag na! Tsaka wla ng ufl. PFL na.
Deletethat won't happen because the sporting elites and "experts" of this country know of only one game, which is basketball. naturingan pang mga sports lovers. naturally the businessmen won't place their bets for a game that the sporting establishment mostly ignore.
DeleteI'm dreaming of Bicol Pinagsaro FC
ReplyDeletewhy there's no iloilo based club?
ReplyDeleteIf only the owner of I, Pag Asa FC will put up a club in Iloilo then pwede talaga dahil sila lng ang may football affinity at may kayang magsupport ng isang malaking Club.
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