FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS: AZKALS LINE UP FOR FIRST WINDOW REVEALED

The squad list for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying games has been revealed by the Philippine Football Federation in their social media pages.

The team is a mix of veterans, comebacking and new faces for the Philippine side. Of the players called up, only 5 are playing locally - all from Ceres Negros FC. 12 players are playing in Thailand and others are playing club football in other parts of the world.

The players called up as posted in the The Azkals Twitter page:

#SquadList #OneBlood 🇵🇭⚽️🐺 pic.twitter.com/F5vx7H3pYT

— The Philippine Azkals (@TheAzkalsPH) August 31, 2019

Also, on paper, Azkals has a new head coach - Serbian Goran Milojevic and former coach Scott Cooper is now an assistant team manager. But some sources on Twitter days that Cooper is still head coach but he still does not have the Pro license required that Milojevic has.

The Philippines will first face Syria in Panaad Stadium in Bacolod on September 5, 2019 and they will face Guam in Guam FA field on September 10, 2019.

PHILIPPINE AZKALS : AFC ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST NEPAL TO BE TELECAST LIVE BY ABS-CBN SPORTS+ACTION

After several away games of our Philippine Men's National Football Team - the Philippine Azkals - not being broadcasted live in Philippine TV, ABS-CBN will again broadcast the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifier game live.

The Azkals will be up against Nepal on November 14 next week. Broadcast will be live both in TV and in livestream at 4:15pm Manlia time. A win in this match means we will qualify already to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

This is confirmed in this tweet in the Azkal's Twitter page:

One Blood, One Team! Witness the Azkals’ historic game against Nepal on ABS-CBN Sports and Action! The game will be aired on November 14th, 4:15PM — LIVE on S+A, S+A HD, and on livestream! Stay tuned to our social media accounts for updates #BangisNgAzkals #FightAsOne ⚽🇵🇭🐺 pic.twitter.com/EEh9ksG8cX

— The Azkals (@TheAzkalsPH) November 10, 2017

In their first meeting, the Azkals won over Nepal, 4-1 with goals from Phil Younghusband, Iain Ramsay and Javier Patino. After this, the last game of the Azkals will be on March 27, 2018 against Tajikistan to end the 3rd round of qualifications. Only the top 2 teams per group will advance.

If we advance, this will be the first time that the Philippines will qualify in the Asian Cup.

Good luck Azkals! Get that win!

AFC CUP 2017 : VOTE FOR IAIN RAMSAY'S GOAL AS GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT

Please vote for Ceres Negros player and Philippine Azkals mainstay Iain Ramsay's goal as the Goal of the Tournament. The goal was made during Ceres Negros' game against Singapore's Tampines Rovers. You can see this goal in this video posted in the AFC Hub YouTube channel :

You can vote in AFC Cup's Facebook and Twitter page. I took the liberty to post both of it here:

It’s time to vote for the #AFCCup2017 Allianz Goal of the Tournament! Watch all the goals at https://t.co/AAYLhgabuh now! #AGOTT

— AFC Cup (@AFCCup) November 6, 2017

Hope we can go out and vote and support our players. 

Good luck Iain! Hope you win this one. 

PHILIPPINE AZKALS : PFF ANNOUNCES LINE UP FOR THE UPCOMING ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER

The Philippine Football Federation announced the 23 men called up for national team duty for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup Qualifier on November 14, 2017 in the ANFA Complex, Kathmandu, Nepal.

In this third round of qualification with only 2 games left per team, the Philippines needs this win to formally qualify to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. They will be up against Nepal on November 14 and against Tajikistan on March 27 next year.

The 23 man line up is posted in this tweet in the official page of the Azkals:

Are you guys as excited as we are? Here is your squad list for November 14! #OneBlood #BangisNgAzkals #FightAsOne ⚽️🇵🇭🐺 pic.twitter.com/gaRlTwq0wW

— The Azkals (@TheAzkalsPH) November 6, 2017

Good luck Azkals! Get that win and the 3 points to qualify to the Asian cup for the first time!

AFC ASIAN CUP 2019 QUALIFIERS : AZKALS ANNOUNCES 23 MINE LINE UP FOR CLASH VS YEMEN

The Philippine Men's Senior National Football Team - The Philippine Azkals has announced the 23 man line up for the upcoming game versus Yemen in the 3rd round of qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup 2019.

The following players has been called up to play for the Azkals:

Dylan De Bruycker (Davao Aguilas)
Carlos de Murga (Cere Negros)
Dominic del Rosario (Global Cebu)
Patrick Deyto (Global Cebu)
Curt Dizon (Meralco Manila)
Neil Etheridge (Cardiff City)
Harry Foll (Hansa Rostock)
Kevin Ingreso (Ceres Negros)
Sean Patrick Kane ( JPV Marikina)
Jesus Joaquin Melliza (Stallion Laguna)
Hikaru Minegishi (Global Cebu)
Paul Mulders (Global Cebu)
Jim Junior Munoz (Ceres Negros)
Nicholas O'Donnell (Davao Aguilas)
Manuel Ott (Ceres Negros)
Mike Rigoberto Ott (Angthong United)
Stephan Palla (Wolfsberger)
Iain Ramsay (Ceres Negros)
Simone Rota (Davao Aguilas)
Daisuke Sato ( Horsens)
Dennis Villanueva (Global Cebu)
James Younghusband (Davao Aguilas)
Phil Younghusband (Davao Aguilas)

The game will be played at Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah in Qatar on October 10. The Azkals is currently on top of Group F after wins against Nepal and Tajikistan and draw against Yemen.

AFC ASIAN CUP 2019 QUALIFIERS : PHILIPPINE AZKALS REVEALS LINE UP AND NEW BROADCAST PARTNER

The Philippine Football Federation announced the call up of 23 players that will suit up for the Philippine Azkals for their 3rd game in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers versus Yemen on September 5, 2017 in Pana-ad Stadium in Bacolod City.

The Philippines is currently on top of Group F and would like to continue their streak after winning their first 2 assignments - against Tajikistan (4-3) and Nepal (4-1).

The team will be missing some of its veterans due to several injuries and cards penalties but will be calling up some of its promising young players in the Under 23 squad that recently competed in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They will also have a new Fil-foreigner player - Harry Foll, a 19 year old midfielder from Germany playing with FC Hansa Rostock.

Here is the official post in the PFF's website :

The Philippine Men’s National Team will face Yemen in the third match of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers on 5 September 2017 at the Pana-ad Park and Football Stadium in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Kick off is at 7:30 PM.

The following 23 players have been called up for the match with two new players in Tyler Matas and Harry Föll, and two players from the Philippines Under-22 team in Dylan De Bruycker and Joshua Grommen.

Defender Daisuke Sato is suspended for the match due to card accumulation while Javier Patiño and Amani Aguinaldo are out with injuries.

List of players:

Misagh BAHADORAN – Global Cebu FC
Dylan DE BRUYCKER – Davao Aguilas FC
Carlos DE MURGA – Ceres Negros FC
Patrick DEYTO – Global Cebu FC
Neil ETHERIDGE – Cardiff City FC
Harry FÖLL – FC Hansa Rostock
Joshua GROMMEN – Ceres Negros FC
Kevin INGRESO – Ceres Negros FC
Tyler MATAS – FC Meralco Manila
Hikaru MINEGISHI – Global Cebu FC
Jim Junior MUÑOZ – Ceres Negros FC
Paul MULDERS – Global Cebu FC
Nicholas O’DONNELL – Davao Aguilas FC
Manuel OTT – Ceres Negros FC
Mike Rigoberto OTT – Angthong United
Stephan PALLA – Wolfsberger AC
Iain RAMSAY – Ceres Negros FC
Patrick REICHELT – Ceres Negros FC
Simone ROTA – Davao Aguilas FC
Dennis VILLANUEVA – Global Cebu FC
Luke WOODLAND – Ceres Negros FC
James YOUNGHUSBAND – Davao Aguilas FC
Phil YOUNGHUSBAND – Davao Aguilas FC

Head coach Thomas Dooley will be assisted by coaches Kurt Kowarz and Emelio Caligdong. The team will be in Bacolod City beginning 28 August 2017.

It was also announced that PFF will have a new broadcast partner for their AFC Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers game, It was revealed that Aksyon TV / Sports 5 will now handle broadcast of the games. It is already posted in Sports 5 Twitter page :

Watch the Philippine Azkals compete for glory, as they take on Yemen to kick start their campaign to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup! pic.twitter.com/VpwqTykAmn

— Sports5 (@Sports5PH) September 1, 2017

Finally, the games can be watched live locally on free TV. Thank you Sports 5!

Good luck Azkals!

FOOTBALL : JUANI GUIRADO ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM FOOTBALL

In an instagram post this morning, Juan Luis Guirado announced that he will be playing his last game with his football club, Ceres La Salle FC today at the UFL Philippines. He also retired from international football with the Azkals earlier this year and played his last game during the World Cup qualifiers.

Here is his post this morning in his Instagram page (@juaniguirado) :

Today i play my last game for @ceresfootball, its been an honor to be part of this team for 2 years.its a quick decision but its for my family...i hope everybody understands.I am grateful for everything - my boss,my coach and staff, teammates, fans and @pumaph . Philippines will always be in my heart, i will never forget that i am true pinoy!! #ceres #retirement #foreverfaster #pumaph #azkals #family #pinoy

A photo posted by Juan Luis Guirado Aldeguer (@juaniguirado) on Jun 10, 2016 at 6:24pm PDT

All the best to Juani! Thank you for serving the flag and being part of the renaissance of football in the Philippines.

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER : PHILIPPINE AZKALS LAUNCES NEW KITS

The Philippine Azkals launched their new kits for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers that will start on June 11.

The kits were made by the sportswear brand LGR. The shoes of the Azkals will still be sponsored by Adidas.

The kits will be available to the public and will be sold at the Bootcamp Football Shop which has branches in Quezon City, BGC and in Cebu.

Here is a photo of the new Azkals kits as posted in the Twitter page of Sports5 :

PHOTO | Azkals’ new kits for FIFA World Cup qualifiers http://t.co/Y6jY4fBZT9 pic.twitter.com/MaEnHRzZ2f

— Sports5 (@Sports5PH) June 3, 2015

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER : PHILIPPINE AZKALS STARTS TRAINING CAMP

<UPDATED JUNE 2> The Philippine Azkals has started its training camp here in Manila today, June 1. This will be the start of their preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

PFF previously announced the 23 men that were called up for the training camp -  mix of veterans, youngbloods and new foreign recruits. You can view the list here.

In a tweet from @Clyde17Azkals , Stephan Schrock is back in Manila to train with the Azkals after the falling out incident last year with Azkals coach Thomas Dooley:

Stephan Schrock has arrived. @teddydario @filipinofootbal @dscpalami @mikelimpag @RyanFenix @PassionateFanPH pic.twitter.com/xaf8mfWfgs

— Clarence Clyde (@Clyde17Azkal) May 30, 2015

Cedelf Tupas (@cedelfpt) also posted a photo of the new Azkals recruits Luke Woodland and Kevin Ingreso :

New Azkals Luke Woodland (right) and Kevin Ingreso.Luke's mom is from Talisay, Cam Norte. Kevin's dad is from Manila pic.twitter.com/AHlUnlBwel

— Cedelf Tupas (@cedelfpt) June 1, 2015

He also posted some pictures of the Azkals training camp today:

Azkals train for the first time in preparation for World Cup Qualifying match vs Bahrain on June 11 pic.twitter.com/pdArD0LLpT

— Cedelf Tupas (@cedelfpt) June 1, 2015

A picture of another new Azkals recruit Iain Ramsay was also posted in the Facebook page of football.com.ph when he arrived at the Rizal Memorial Stadium straight from the airport.

The Azkals will start their World Cup Qualifier campaign with a home game against Bahrain at the Philippine Stadium in Bulacan on June 11 and then an away game against Yemen on June 16 in Doha, Qatar.

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER : AZKALS ANNOUNCES 23 MAN TRAINING POOL

The Philippine Azkals announced the 23 names that it called back for the training camp for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier. The pool is consists of a mix of veteran Azkals campaigners, youngblood that has been competing with the Azkals for the past years, returning players and even new faces but veteran players from international leagues.

The 23 names that has been called are as follows:

AGUINALDO, Amani Manuel
BAHADORAN, Misagh
DANIELS, Kenshiro Michael
DEYTO, Patrick Phillip
ETHERIDGE, Neil Leonard
GIER, Robert James
GUIRADO, Juan Luis
HARTMANN, Mark Andrew
INGRESO, Kevin
LUCENA, Jerry Ruben
OTT, Manuel
PALLA, Stephan
PATIÑO, Javier
RAMSAY, Iain
REICHELT, Patrick
ROTA, Simone
SATO, Daisuke
SCHROCK, Stephan Markus
STEUBLE, Martin Markus
TRIGO, Tomas Angel
VILLANUEVA, Dennis
WOODLAND, Luke
YOUNGHUSBAND, Philip James

Notable returnees are Neil Etheridge and Stephan Schrock, who already apologised to the team after some misunderstanding with the coaches. Javier Patino was able to clear his schedule with his Chinese club team and will be able to suit up for the national team

New recruits included in the pool are Stephan Palla, Iain Ramsay, Luke Woodland and Kevin Ingreso, most of which are from Australia.

Training camp will start on June 1. The first qualifier match will be on June 11 at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bulacan against Bahrain and the next match will be against Yemen on June 16 in Qatar.

AZKALS BLANKS INDONESIA, ADVANCES TO THE SEMIS OF THE 2014 AFF SUZUKI CUP

The Philippine Azkals completed another historic win by a 4 - 0 rout of neighbor Indonesia in the group stage of the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup. This marks the first time that the Philippine side beat Indonesia after 8 long decades.

The first goal was from a penalty kick in the 16th minute. This is the only gal scored before half time. At the second half, the Azkals was relentless with 3 more goals from Manny Ott (52'), Martin Steuble (68') and Rob Gier (79'). The Indonesia side was not able to provide an answer up to the closing whistle.

With this win, Azkals is the first team to advance to the semis of this tournament and will play a home and an away game next month.

Here are the highlights of the game from the AFF Suzuki Cup YouTube channel :

azkals wins first assignment in the 2014 aff suzuki cup

the philippine azkals convincingly won its first assignment versus the laos side in its first assignment in the 2014 aff suzuki cup.

it was actually laos who drew first blood, with a great free kick finding its way to the back of the net at the 20th minute. but it was azkals game all the way after that. simone rota provided the equalizer with a header at the 40th minute, followed by phil younghusband's goal at the 45th minute for the lead after the first half.

in the second half, laos cannot answer back and patrick reichelt added 2 more goals, both from assists from phil younghusband.

here are the highlights of the match from the aff suzuki cup youtube channel:

with this win, the azkals secured the number 1 spot in group a after indonesia and vietnam settled for a draw in their match. the azkals will face indonesia on tuesday and vietnam on friday. the top 2 teams in the 2 groups will advance to the knockout stage.

philippine azkals: chieffy caligdong's goal in bahrain tune up match 1

here is a video from youtube showing chieffy caligdong's goal in the first tune up match in bahrain. this is part of their preparations for the 2nd round of the world cup qualifiers versus kuwait. the philippines lost the match, 2-1.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bwq7IIxCXk

philippine azkals wins over sri lanka brave reds

the philippine team azkals did not disappoint the large crowd that gathered despite the rain in the rizal memorial stadium yesterday. they beat their first round assignment, the sri lanka brave reds in the 2nd game in their match up by a whooping 4 - 0 black out.

the first goal was from chieffy caligdong in the 19th minute of the game. phil younghusband, whose rumored girlfriend angel locsin was in the audience, scored on the 43rd minute, just 2 minutes before the end of the first half.

the aggressiveness of the azkals did not waver in the second half despite the lead. angel guirado next scored a goal from a pass from james younghusband on the 50th minute. the last goal was from a penalty kick of phil younghusband on the 57th minute.

aggregate score is 5 - 1, after the 1-1 draw last tuesday and th 4-0 game yesterday.

here are the highlights of the game yesterday:

it was a great time for the philippines since this is the first time that the country get pass the first round of the world cup qualifiers.

their next assignment for the second round is kuwait. the games will be held on july 23 in kuwait and on july 28 in the philippines.

video is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tCcbQJHkak