Philippines national futsal team

Philippines
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationPhilippine Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
FIFA rankingNR (December 12, 2025)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking91 (August 29, 2025)
Home colors
Away colors
First international
 Philippines 8–8 Brunei 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 15 August 1996)
Biggest win
 Philippines 10–2 Timor-Leste 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 9 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Myanmar 25–0 Philippines Philippines
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 28 October 2017)
FIFA World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asian Cup
Appearances3 (First in 2004)
Best resultRound 1 (2004, 2005 and 2007)
ASEAN Championship
Appearances12 (First in 2001)
Best resultFourth place (2009 and 2010)

The Philippines national futsal team represented the Philippines in various international futsal competitions under the Philippine Football Federation and is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation. It is currently an inactive team.

History

An informal form of futsal was being played in the Philippines as early as the 1960s to the 1980s, usually as part of a cross training for footballers during rainy weather. It was only in the late 1990s, that official futsal international tournaments were held and during this time the Philippine national team is already playing international friendlies under coaches Noel Casilao and Hans Smit.[2]

By 2020, there is no active men's national team. The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) brought in Victor Hermans as technical director of futsal to develop youth futsal with a later goal to develop "a more potent national team at the senior level."[3] The 2024–2025 report by the PFF released in January 2026, pledged the formation of a men's national team.[4]

Competition records

Players and staff of the national team that competed at the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship qualifiers in Bangkok along with Philippine ambassador to Thailand, Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

  • 1989 to 1992 – Did not enter
  • 1996 – Did not qualify
  • 2000 – Did not enter
  • 2004 – Did not qualify
  • 2008 – Did not enter
  • 2012 to 2016 – Did not qualify
  • 2021 – Did not enter
  • 2024 – Did not enter

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

  • 1999 to 2003 – Did not enter
  • 2004 to 2005 – Group stage
  • 2006 – Did not enter
  • 2007 – Group stage
  • 2008 – Did not enter
  • 2010 to 2016 – Did not qualify
  • 2018 – Did not enter[5]
  • 2020 – Did not enter
  • 2022 – Did not enter
  • 2024 – Did not enter

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

  • 2005 – Withdrew[6]
  • 2007 – Did not enter
  • 2009 – Did not enter
  • 2013 – Did not enter
  • 2017 – Did not enter

ASEAN Futsal Championship

  • 2001 to 2005 – Group stage
  • 2006 – Did not enter
  • 2007 to 2008 – Group stage
  • 2009 to 2010 – Fourth place
  • 2011 – Cancelled
  • 2012 to 2015 – Group stage
  • 2016 – Did not enter
  • 2017 – Group stage
  • 2018 – Withdrew
  • 2019 – Did not enter
  • 2022 – Did not enter
  • 2024 – Did not enter

Southeast Asian Games

  • 2007 – Group stage
  • 2011 – Group stage
  • 2013 to 2025– Did not enter

Coaches

  • Iran Esmaeil Sedigh (2007–2012)[7]
  • Philippines Baltazar Avelino (2013–2016)
  • Philippines Christian Dominquez (2017)[8]

See also

  • Philippine Futsal League
  • Futsal in the Philippines

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  2. ^ Olivares, Rick (3 November 2020). "Futsal legend Vic Hermans to develop Philippine futsal". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan (24 November 2020). "Dutch coach named PFF futsal consultant". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  4. ^ "A Nation Rising: Moving Philippine Football Forward". Philippine Football Federation. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Thailand the ones to beat in AFF Futsal Championship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017. In the event Philippines or Timor-Leste (or both) emerge as one of the top four teams [in the 2017 ASEAN Futsal Championship group stage], the next best ranked team(s) in the ASEAN Zone will qualify for the final round, as Philippines and Timor-Leste did not submit their entries for the AFC Futsal Championship 2018.
  6. ^ Payo, Jasmine (13 November 2005). "RP futsal team faces Thailand in 1st Asian Indoor". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 February 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Esmaeil Sedigh treinador da Seleção de Futsal das Filipinas". JR Sports (in English and Portuguese). 29 October 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  8. ^ "It's not only about Thailand – Rodrigo". ASEAN Football Federation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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