Team history
The Philippine national football team, nicknamed "Azkaal", is one of the oldest national teams in Asia, but it has always missed the competition for a long time. The first international competition with the Republic of China was held in 19 13.
Until 20 10, the Philippine team defeated the defending champion Vietnam 2-0 in the Suzuki Cup in Southeast Asia held at Mei Ting National Stadium in Hanoi, which also marked the return of Philippine football to the international stage.
Since then, the Philippines has made great progress in the international arena, reaching the semi-finals of Suzuki Cup three times, winning the runner-up trophy in the AFC Challenger Cup, and making appearances in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the AFC Asian Cup soccer qualifiers.
20 14 AFC Champions Cup final, Palestine 10 defeated the Philippines to win the championship, and the Philippines missed the 20 15 Australian Asian Cup.
In the first two rounds of the 20 18 World Cup Asian Top 40 qualifiers, the Philippines beat Bahrain and Yemen in succession, tied with North Korea for the first place in Group H, and finally ranked third in the group with three wins in eight games 1 draw and four losses 10.
20 18 In March, the Philippines beat Tajikistan 2-/kloc-0 at home and advanced to the Asian Cup with the first place in the group. 10 10 On October 27th, the Philippine national football team signed a contract with former England coach Eriksson for a period of six months, and he will lead the team to the Asian Cup.
20 18, 19 On February 27th, the Philippine Football Association announced the names of 23 Philippine national men's soccer teams participating in the 20 19 Asian Cup. Javier Patinho, a striker who plays for Henan Jianye Team, appeared on the list.
In the first round of Group C of the United Arab Emirates 20 19 Asian Cup, the new Asian Cup team lost 0- 1 to South Korea, 0-3 to China in the second round, and 0-3 to Kyrgyzstan in the third round. They lost three games in a row and were eliminated from the group stage. After the game, the Philippine Football Association fired head coach Eriksson.
Domesticate players
The naturalization of the Philippines came from Don Parami, a businessman who became the manager of the national team in 2009. He invested a lot of money to attract overseas players with some Filipino ancestry. In order to improve the level of the national team, the Philippine Football Association naturalized a number of mixed-race players who were born and raised abroad, including Youpakdinho, Etheredge, Guang and Brothers.
Neil etheridge, a goalkeeper with rich experience in the English Youth League, was selected for the U 16 national youth team in England and completed youth training in Chelsea and Fulham. Parami selected the first star player. Javier, a former Spanish foreign aid in Henan Jianye, was naturalized on 20 13.
20 13 On June 4th, China played a friendly match with the Philippines at home. Philippines 1 1 in the starting lineup, 10 is a naturalized player, and only captain Calidang is a native Filipino. Defender Stefan Parra, selected for all levels of the Austrian youth national team, was naturalized in May 2005.
Although the main defender Simone Rota is of Filipino origin, he was adopted by Italians since he was a child and received authentic Italian football training.
In the two rounds of matches against Bahrain and Yemen before the 20 15 and 20 18 World Cup qualifiers, only Bahadoran was born in the Philippines in the starting lineup of 1 1, and only two of 16 who participated in the two games were born in the Philippines.
Luke Woodland is a player in England's U 17 national youth team, from Bolton Youth Camp. He got the FIFA transfer certificate on the day of the Yemen game and set off on the same day.