Philippine Azkals

Philippine Azkals All-Time Goal Scorers 
(2007 - Present)

Phil Younghusband - 42
Emilio Caligdong -  16
James Younghusband - 12
Ian Araneta - 9
Angel Guirado - 8
Patrick Reichelt - 7
Mark Hartmann - 7
Dennis Wolf - 6
Stephan Schrock - 5
Christopher Greatwich - 5
Chad Gould - 4
Alexander Borromeo - 4
Carli De Murga - 4
Javier Patino - 3
Rob Gier - 3
Misagh Bahadoran - 2
Paul Mulders - 2
Martin Steuble -2
Simone Rota - 2
Simon Greatwich - 2
Marwin Angeles - 2
OJ Porteria - 2
Juan Luis Guirado - 2
Manuel Ott - 1
Anton Del Rosario - 1
Eddie Mallari - 1
Randy Bela Ong - 1
Nate Burkey - 1
Matthew Hartman - 1
Curt Dizon - 1
Ruben Doctora - 1
Kenshiro Daniels - 1
Jerry Lucena - 1
Daisuke Sato - 1
Iian Ramsey - 1


Pema Rinchen (Bhutan) - 1 (own goal)
Chen Yi Wei (Chinese Taipei) -1 (own goal)
Unknown Goal - 1

Total Philippine Azkals Goals Scored: 166

Awards:

Team

• 2012 AFC Challenge Cup Third Place
• 2013 Philippine Peace Cup Champion
• 2012 Philippine Peace Cup Champion
• 2012 Philippine Peace Cup Fair Play
• 2014 Philippine Peace Cup Runner - up
• 2011 Long Teng Cup Runner - up
• 2010 Long Teng Cup Third Place
• 2010 Long Teng Cup Fair Play

Players

• Phil Younghusband - 2012 AFC Challenge Cup Golden Boot
• Dennis Wolf - 2012 Philippine Cup MVP & Golden Boot
• Eduard Sapacano - 2012 Philippine Cup Best Goal Keeper
• Jeffrey Christiaens - 2012 Philippine Cup Best Defender
• Matthew Uy - 2012 Philippine Cup Best Midfielder
• Emilio Caligdong - 2011 Long Teng Cup Golden Boot
• Ian Araneta - 2010 Long Teng Cup Golden Boot  

Philippine Azkals (2007 - present)

National Team they beat at least once 2007 - present: (24)

• Cambodia
• Timor Leste
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Vietnam
• Laos
• Macau
• Chinese Taipei
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Bangladesh
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• India
• Tajikistan
• Palestine
• Guam
• Turkmenistan
• Hong Kong
• Maldives
• Papua New Guinea 
• Indonesia
• Bahrain 
• Yemen

Biggest win vs a national team: vs Cambodia 8 - 0

Biggest defeat vs a national team: vs  Turkmenistan 0 - 5

       
Philippine XI / Tri Stars (1907 - 2006)

Famous Player:

Paulino Alcantara - "The Net Breaker"
"El Rompe Redes" 
or
"Trencaxarxes"

after a shot he broke the goal net vs France that earned his moniker.

Youngest player ever played with FC Barcelona at the age of 15.
He was the FC Barcelona All - Time Leading Scorer.

Official and Friendly Games Goal: 369 in 357 Games

1.03 goals per game. A Filipino Sport Hero.

National Teams they beat at least once: (7)

• China
• Japan
• Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Brunei
• Sri Lanka

Awards:

Far Eastern Games Champion (1x)

Far Eastern Games Runner up (6x)

Far Eastern Games Third - Place (3x)

  

Biggest win vs a national team: vs Japan 15 - 2 (with Alcantara)

Biggest defeat vs a national team: vs Japan 0 - 15

Biggest draw vs a national team: vs South Korea 1 - 1

Philippine Football History

Philippine Azkals (fixtures and results 2007 - present)

The first official football game match held in Manila 15th of October 1907. And the Philippines - the first football federation in Asia. Sandow football team won the beautiful silver cup donated by then Governor-General Hon. William H. Taft.   They enjoyed some success in its early years between 1913 and 1934 in the Far Eastern Games. 1913 inaugural champion (gold medal) (first Asian Regional Champion) as hosted the games in Manila. Then they got 7 silvers and 2 bronzes in the next 9 editions. First international appearance 1 February 1913. Philippines 0 - 1 China. Biggest run Japan 2 - 15 Philippines (10 May 1917) (*Alcantara played here) in Tokyo, Japan. While the biggest setback was Japan 15 - 0 Philippines (27 September1967) in capital of Japan.

We sent the first Asian born player to Europe / first Asian nation to send in Europe to such famous team F C Barcelona Club (Spain) and known to be the best Filipino football player of all time. The Filipino export named Paulino Alcantara [aka El Rompe Redes (The Net Breaker)] F C Barcelona club record holder of 357 goals in 357 matches, sounds like Muslim Magnum 357 one of the action movie of famous Philippine Movie King Fernando Poe Jr.  Alcantara won 17 titles with F C Barcelona (Spain), 2 titles with Bohemian Sporting Club (Philippines) and got silver medal for Philippines in 1917 Far Eastern Games in Tokyo, Japan.

(Photos of El Rompe Redes [the Net Breaker] courtesy of Philstar.com) 

The PH XI 4th Place finished in President Aquino Cup. Versus Guandong, China 2 - 0, Russia 5 - 0, and their lone goal against South China AA clubside from Hong Kong 5 - 1 Philippines. 1993 Philippine International Cup the host finished 4th place. Best games of the 1970s, 1971 Merdaka Cup 4 - 4 vs Singapore and at least lone goal vs. Indonesia, India, Hong Kong and Thailand. 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament best play vs South Korea 1 - 1 draw. 1972 Merdaka Cup best play vs Sri Lanka 1 - 4 Philippines, 2 - 2 vs Khmer Republic and 1 - 1 vs Burma. 1977 SEAGames, Brunei 1 - 4 Philippines and 1 - 1 vs Indonesia. In 1980s, 1981 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament best game PHL Booters 2 - 1 Malaysia B. Biggest loss to Universidad de Guadalajara of Mexico 0 - 12. 1985 Bangkok SEAGames PHL Women Team brought home a bronze medal behind Thailand - gold and Singapore - silver. 1990's, 1991 Manila SEAGames best plays PHI Tri-Stars 1 - 0 Malaysia, 2 - 2 vs Vietnam. Semis PHI Tri-Stars 2 - 6 Thailand. Battle for 3rd, Singapore 2 - 0 PHI Tri-Stars -4th Place. Best game in Asian Games in 1958 they beat host Japan 0 - 1 Philippines to enter the best finish quarter-finalist but dropped to Indonesia 3 - 1 Philippines. 2004 Tiger Cup best play Philippine Tri-Stars 2 - 1 Timor Leste.

Philippine Azkals Era 2010 Long Teng Cup success in Taiwan. Philippine Azkals vs HongKong 2 - 4, vs Chinese Taipei 1 - 1 and overwhelmed Macao 5 - 0. And bag the bronze medal. Tournament top scorer Ian Araneta of the Philippines. Fair Play Team Award goes to the Philippine Azkals.  

2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Qualifying Tournament; Philippine Azkals vs Timor Leste 5 - 0, vs Laos 2 - 2 and vs Cambodia 0 - 0. Qualifying champ Laos and runner up Philippines Azkals joined AFF Suzuki Cup finals stage. Philippines Azkals draw vs Singapore 1 - 1, biggest upset in history by beating defending champion Vietnam 2 - 0 and scoreless draw against Myanmar. Semi-finals both in Indonesia. Best finished and known to be the rebirth of the Philippine Football Team. The home team won both games 0 - 1 each (aggregate score Indonesia 2 - 0 Philippine Azkals). Tune-up games Philippines Azkals won over Central Philippine University International Football Team with young Koreans 4 - 1. AFC Qualifying vs Mongolia White Wolves at home Philippine Azkals 2 - 0. Preparation for Mongolia in game 2. Tune up game in Japan to prepare for the subzero cold weather in Ulan Bator. Philippine Azkals vs Kanto Gakuin University 0 - 4 and 1 - 8 losses. Away home in Mongolia they got 1 goal - 2 Mongolia won but the Azkals win aggregate tally 3 - 2 to move to the next qualifying round vs Myanmar, Bangladesh and Palestine. Azkals vs Myanmar with home court advantage end up 1 - 1 draw. Azung Kalye (street dogs / stray dogs) scoreless draw against Palestine. Then salvaged a historic win vs Bangladesh Bengal Tigers at tune of 3-0. Qualifying champ Palestine and qualifying runner-up the Philippine Azkals. Now Philippine Azkals on AFC 2012 Finals, for the first time in the history. And the next assignment 2014 World Cup qualifying first round vs. Sri Lanka. If the Azkals win second round vs. Kuwait.

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