Philippines national under-23 football team

Philippines U-23

Association	Philippine Football Federation
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Marlon Maro
Captain	Gerardo Valmayor III
FIFA code	PHI
First colours
Biggest win
Philippines 4–1 Timor-Leste  (Bangkok, Thailand; September 3, 2005)
Biggest defeat
Japan 13–0 Philippines (Hong Kong; June 6, 1999)

The Philippines national under-23 football team (also known as the Philippines Olympic football team) represents the Philippines in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the country.

Competition records

Olympics

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004 to 2012	Did not enter
2016	Did not qualify
Total	–	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notes:
''Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

AFC U-23 Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify
Total	–	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notes:
Football at the Southeast Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2013.

Asian Games

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002 to 2014	Did not enter
Total	–	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notes:
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Southeast Asian Games

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2001	Withdrew
2003	Did not enter
2005	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	6	7
2007 to 2009	Did not enter
2011	Group Stage	5	1	0	4	6	14
2013	Did not enter
2015	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	2	11
2017	To be determined
2019
Total	Best: Group Stage	12	2	0	10	14	32
Notes:
Football at the Southeast Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2001.

Schedule and results

      Win       Draw       Lose

2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

Cambodia  v  Philippines

March 31, 2015 2016 AFC U-23 Qual.	Cambodia	3 – 1	Philippines	Bangkok, Thailand
16:00 (UTC+07:00)	Vathanaka  5', 10' Visal  16'	Report	Barace  90+2'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

Thailand  v  Philippines

March 29, 2015 2016 AFC U-23 Qual.	Thailand	5 – 1	Philippines	Bangkok, Thailand
19:00 (UTC+07:00)	Kasidech  12' Pakorn  47' (pen.) Chenrop  56' Chaowat  62' Pinyo  67'	Report	Salenga  89'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

North Korea  v  Philippines

March 27, 2015 2016 AFC U-23 Qual.	North Korea	4 – 0	Philippines	Bangkok, Thailand
16:00 (UTC+07:00)	Ri Hyong-jin  17' So Kyong-jin  45+1' Jang Ok-chol  62' Pak Hyon-il  80'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

Friendly

Southern Districts v  Philippines

May 14, 2015 Group stage	Southern Districts	1 – 0	Philippines	Liverpool, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Ernie Smith Reserve

2015 Southeast Asian Games

Philippines  v  Singapore

June 1, 2015 Group stage	Philippines	0 – 1	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8		Report	Sheikh  45'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Cambodia  v  Philippines

June 3, 2015 Group stage	Cambodia	3 – 1	Philippines	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Udom  30' Sokpheng  41' Vathanaka  81'	Report	Salenga  53'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

Philippines  v  Myanmar

June 7, 2015 Group stage	Philippines	1 – 5	Myanmar	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Felongco  17'	Report	Nay Lin Tun  21' Shine Thura  46' Ye Win Aung  62' Sithu Aung  69' Kyaw Zin Lwin  90+1'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Indonesia  v  Philippines

June 9, 2015 Group stage	Indonesia	2 – 0	Philippines	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Evan  4', 13'	Report		Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Players

Current squad

The following 19 players were called up for 2015 SEA Games in Singapore.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Florencio Badelic Jr.	22 May 1994 (aged 21)	Global
2	DF	Mark Besana	14 March 1995 (aged 20)	UP Fighting Maroons
3	DF	Neil Dorimon	3 January 1992 (aged 23)	Mendiola FC 1991
4	DF	Fitch Arboleda	4 January 1993 (aged 22)	Stallion
5	DF	Julian Clarino	15 August 1995 (aged 19)	UP Fighting Maroons
6	FW	Nathanael Alquiros	27 July 1992 (aged 22)	Stallion
7	MF	Arnel Amita	10 January 1995 (aged 20)	Manila Jeepney
8	MF	Daniel Gadia	3 July 1995 (aged 19)	UP Fighting Maroons
9	MF	Paolo Bugas	22 October 1994 (aged 20)	Global
11	FW	Connor Tacagni	27 September 1993 (aged 21)	Mendiola
14	DF	Dominic Del Rosario	14 November 1996 (aged 18)	JP Voltes
15	DF	Richard Talaroc Jr.	23 April 1995 (aged 20)	Global
17	MF	Jaime Cheng	28 August 1995 (aged 19)
19	FW	Paolo Salenga	17 December 1994 (aged 20)	Global
20	MF	Kennedy Uzoka	8 August 1993 (aged 21)	Green Archers United
22	DF	Francisco Santos	8 January 1994 (aged 21)
25	GK	Nathanael Villanueva	25 October 1995 (aged 19)	Pachanga Diliman
27	DF	Shirmar Felongco	27 April 1993 (aged 22)	Stallion
28	DF	Ronnie Aguisanda	21 January 1992 (aged 23)	Green Archers United
29	FW	Gerardo Valmayor III (c)	8 June 1992 (aged 22)	Pachanga Diliman

Coaches

• Michael Weiß (2011)^[1]
• Brian Reid (2013)^[2]
• Jim Fraser (2015)^[3]
• Marlon Maro (2015–)^[4]

References

1. Karl Decena (January 30, 2013). "Azkals coach Weiss says no to helming Philippine Under-23 squad". interaksyon.com (interaksyon.com). Retrieved March 30, 2015.
2. Khalis Rifhan (June 12, 2013). "Brian Reid to lead Philippines Under-23s against Singapore". http://www.goal.com/en-sg (Singapore: http://www.goal.com/en-sg). Retrieved March 30, 2015. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
3. Olmin Leyba (March 23, 2015). "San Beda, FEU booters boost U-23 team’s bid". Phil. Star (Manila: http://www.philstar.com/sports). Retrieved March 30, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. Reyes, Jaelle Nevin (May 26, 2015). "PFF names Senior, U23 Azkals line-up". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 27, 2015.