Philippine Football Federation
Governing body of association football in the Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in the Philippines. Established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA) in 1907, the PFF is one of the oldest national football associations in Asia and is among the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The PAFA reorganized as the Philippine Football Association (PFA), and later as the Philippine Football Federation.
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Founded | 1907; 117 years ago (1907) |
Headquarters | Pasig, Metro Manila |
FIFA affiliation | 1930 |
AFC affiliation | 1954 |
AFF affiliation | 1984 |
President | John Gutierrez |
Vice-President | Lawrence Fortun (first) Jay Adriatico (second) |
General Secretary | Gelix Mercader |
Website | www |
Aside from being a member of the AFC, the PFF is also a member of the ASEAN Football Federation. It is recognized as the national sports association (NSA) for the sport of football in the Philippines by Philippine Olympic Committee.
It organizes the Philippines men's, women's and youth national football teams (as well as national teams for the football variants of futsal and beach soccer). It is also responsible for the organization of domestic football tournaments in the Philippines such as Philippines Football League and the Copa Paulino Alcantara through the Liga Futbol Inc., and the PFF Women's League.