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 with significant television coverage, such as the United Football League which was established in 2009.

Philippine Football Federation competitions

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 1971 1972 Meralco Reddy Kilowatts[2] Quezon City No tournament from 1973 to 1977 1978–79 San Miguel Corporation[3] Mandaluyong 1979 Barotac Nuevo F.C.[4] Barotac Nuevo 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. Lhuiller 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[7] Davao City 1994 Pasay City[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 Negros Occidental Negros Occidental 2003 Kaya Makati 2004 National Capital Region NCR 2005 National Capital Region NCR 2006 Negros Occidental 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

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.

National Men's 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. (Rizal)
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)

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		30

References

1. http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/136267-jerry-vaflor-ex-mr-football-philippines-dies
2. http://www.dlsaa.com/honors-and-awards/awardees/ugarte-emilio-m-jr
3. http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/136267-jerry-vaflor-ex-mr-football-philippines-dies
4. http://www.pinoyfootball.com/articles/11101439/Mr-Football-to-launch-Academy-in-Barotac
5. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/phil80.html
6. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup94.html
7. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup95.html
8. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup96.html

General

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