Philippines Football League

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The Philippines Football League (PFL) is a men's professional football league in the Philippines. Sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and organized by Liga Futbol Inc., it is the country's primary football competition. The 2025–26 season will be contested by 11 clubs from August 30, 2025. The league does not have a system of promotion and relegation. From 2018 to 2023, all PFL clubs also took part in the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic cup competition. Founded in 2017, the PFL supplanted the Metro Manila-based United Football League (UFL), which was the de facto top-tier league in the country from 2009 to 2016. Since then, 11 clubs have competed in the PFL. United City (formerly Ceres–Negros) is the most successful club, with four consecutive titles. Aside from them, the other clubs to have won the title is Kaya–Iloilo with three and Manila Digger with one. The PFL's structure and organization has undergone several changes over the years. In 2018, the PFL was briefly dissolved due to financial and logistical issues, with the Philippine Premier League (PPL) supplanting it. However, with the folding of the PPL after just one matchday, the PFL was revived in Ma

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