Philippines Football League
Top-division men's association football league in the Philippines
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| January 8 2025 | All remaining games of the first and second round will be streamed live on matchday+. |
| 2024 | Kaya–Iloilo secured another league championship, reinforcing their status as a dominant team in the Philippines Football League. |
| 2024 | Dynamic Herb Cebu secured second place in the league, continuing their strong performance from the previous season. |
| 2024 | Multiple new clubs joined the PFL, including Manila Digger, One Taguig, Philippine Youth National Team, Philippine Army, and Tuloy, expanding the league's competitive landscape. |
| 2024 | The league reverted to an intra-year format with a single round-robin tournament of 14 matches per team, with most games to be played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. |
| April 6 2024 | The 2024 Philippines Football League season commenced, featuring 15 clubs competing until July 14. |
| April 4 2024 | League announced TV coverage through Premier Sports on Cignal and Sky Cable, with livestreaming via Blast TV, Fiber TV, and the PFL website. Matchday Media was also announced as content and business development partner. |
| 2023 | Qatar Airways concluded its title sponsorship of the Philippines Football League after a four-year partnership spanning from 2020 to 2023. |
| 2023 | Following the success of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the league expanded from 7 to 15 teams, marking an all-time high for the league. |
| 2022 | Dynamic Herb Cebu joined the PFL, expanding the league's geographical representation and team diversity. |
| 2022 | Kaya–Iloilo won its first league championship, achieving the top finish in the 2022–23 season. |
| 2022 | The league switched to an inter-year format due to the Asian Football Confederation changing its scheduling system. About 22 games were to be played by each team, excluding United City, which withdrew mid-season. |
| 2021 | Philippines Football League was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | United City became the first Filipino team to qualify for the group stage of the AFC Champions League, following the Philippines' rise in AFC rankings. |
| February 2021 | PFL commissioner Coco Torre announced the potential league expansion, with Loyola F.C. and Laos F.C. submitting requests to join the competition. |
| 2020 | The league was temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, disrupting the regular football season and competition schedule. |
| 2020 | United City (formerly Ceres–Negros) became a prominent team in the league, signaling a transition in the club's identity and continued competitive presence. |
| November 9 2020 | United City F.C. (formerly Ceres-Negros) won their fourth consecutive league title, with Kaya F.C.-Iloilo finishing second and becoming the first club in PFL history to remain unbeaten. |
| October 28 2020 | All matches were held in a bio-secure bubble single venue, with 5 matches played by each team over 12 days. The last match was postponed due to Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses) and was documented as a goalless draw. |
| October 28 2020 | The 2020 PFL season was held in a bio-secure bubble in Carmona, Cavite from October 28 to November 9, following postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| October 15 2020 | During the virtual conference launching the 2020 PFL season, PFF President Mariano Araneta announced a partnership with One Play Sports as digital content partner. |
| January 26 2020 | PFL secured a three-year sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways, becoming the Airline partner and Title Sponsor, which led to the league being renamed 'The Philippines Football League brought to you by Qatar Airways'. |
| 2019 | All matches were streamed on Facebook and the league's official website. |
| 2019 | Ceres–Negros won the Philippines Football League championship, defeating Kaya–Iloilo as runners-up. |
| 2019 | The league reduced to 6 teams and adopted a quadruple round-robin format, with teams playing each other 5 times in the whole season. |
| 2019 | League is rebranded from Philippines Football League to Philippine Premier League (PPL), with plans for at least eight teams to participate in the inaugural season. |
| May 3 2019 | PFF revoked its sanction of the PPL (Philippines Premier League) due to non-compliance with the agreement, effectively causing the league to fold. |
| 2018 | The league featured 7 teams playing each other 4 times in a traditional home-and-away double round-robin format. |
| 2018 | Bernie Sumayao, a Thailand-based Filipino businessman, becomes involved with the Philippines Football League through Triple CH and enters talks with PFF chairman Mariano Araneta. |
| 2018 | Bernie Sumayao is appointed as the league's new commissioner and pledges to implement financial and structural reforms. |
| 2018 | Second season of the league saw significant changes, including the introduction of the Copa Paulino Alcantara cup competition and reduction of clubs from eight to six. Ceres-Negros won their second consecutive league title. Notable club changes included Ilocos United converting to a grassroots association, FC Meralco Manila becoming youth-focused, and Kaya-Makati F.C. relocating to Iloilo City. |
| 2018 | The league continued its operations, further developing professional football in the Philippines by providing a structured national-level competition for men's football teams. |
| 2018 | The PFL was briefly dissolved due to financial and logistical issues, with the Philippine Premier League (PPL) temporarily taking its place. |
| October 2018 | The Philippines Football Federation received the League Development award from the Asian Football Confederation in recognition of its organization of the Philippines Football League. |
| April 2018 | Liga Futbol Inc. approved a budget to secure a broadcasting partner for the 2018 season. |
| February 22 2018 | League signed an agreement with Sportradar to livestream matches through their Over-The-Top (OTT) platform. |
| 2017 | The league implemented a two-phase format with a regular season and a 'Finals Series' play-off round where the top four teams determined the champions. |
| 2017 | Davao Aguilas becomes the third club to depart from the league at the end of the season. |
| 2017 | Inaugural season of the Philippines Football League launched with eight clubs, featuring a two-stage format including a regular season and playoff competition. Ceres-Negros won the first league title. |
| April 2017 | Philippine Football Federation signed an agreement with People's Television Network to broadcast league matches, though the network coverage did not last half a season. |
| April 2017 | The Philippines Football Federation (PFF) set the franchise fee for league participation at $500,000, which clubs could pay over a five-year period. |
| April 21 2017 | Official launching of the Philippines Football League held at the Shangri-La at the Fort in Taguig. The program was initiated by economist and PFL Task Force Chairman Bernardo Villegas and concluded by PFF President Mariano Araneta. |
| April 1 2017 | The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) confirmed the participation of 8 clubs from various regions of the Philippines, including teams from Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao. |
| January 2017 | The Philippines Football League was officially established as the top-division men's association football league in the Philippines, replacing the United Football League as the country's premier football competition. |
| January 2017 | The league was officially launched as a professional football league, marking a significant milestone in Philippine football development. |
| January 17 2017 | The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) was reported to still be finalizing the foreign player limit rule for participating clubs. |
| September 2016 | The Philippines Football League announced a potential rule allowing four foreign players per club, with at least one player from an AFC country. |
| September 7 2016 | The Philippines Football League was officially announced, with plans to replace the UFL as the country's top-tier football league. Clubs were given until December 2016 to formally apply to join the new league. |
| 2015 | Nielsen conducted a comprehensive study for the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), funded by FIFA and AFC, to identify 13 key localities throughout the Philippines as viable home venues for participating clubs in the Philippines Football League. The study evaluated factors including infrastructure, accessibility, fan financial capacity, sponsor potential, and sport appreciation. |
| December 2 2013 | The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) launched the National League Task Force with the goal of establishing a nationwide professional football league. The task force was led by PFF president Mariano Araneta Jr. and general secretary Edwin Gastanes, and included key football administrators and experts from the Philippines and AFC. |
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