Philippines at the AFC Asian Cup

The Philippines has just qualified for one AFC Asian Cup, making their maiden debut at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Prior to the 2010s, includes most of 20th century, the Philippines generally struggled to even manage victories and they didn't have much opportunity to play in the Asian Cup qualifications due to lack of funding, popularity of basketball and turmoils within the nation. Philippines was considered as a much weaker team until a 2010 AFF Championship surprise started the football renaissance in the islands. The Philippines, however, failed to qualify for 2011 and 2015 editions before they managed to qualify for the first time in 2019.

During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification second round, which also served as World Cup qualification, the Philippines failed to progress into the next round of the World Cup qualification after losing to Uzbekistan and worse records than North Korea, but in the third round, they successfully topped the group with three wins and three draws, to book their ticket to the UAE. The rising level of football success in the Philippines has given hopes for Filipinos when the Azkals will made their debut in 2019.[1][2]

Record

Year	AFC Asian Cup record								Qualifying record
	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	5
1960									2	0	0	2	4	14
1964	Withdrew								Withdrew
1968	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	5
1972	Withdrew								Withdrew
1976
1980	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	10
1984									5	0	0	5	3	16
1988	Did not enter								Did not enter
1992
1996	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	20
2000									3	1	0	2	2	11
2004	Did not enter								Did not enter
2007
2011	Did not qualify								See 2008 & 2010 AFC Challenge Cup records
2015									See 2012 & 2014 AFC Challenge Cup records
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	7		14	6	4	4	21	20
2023	To be determined								To be determined
Total	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	7		34	7	4	23	32	101

2019 in the United Arab Emirates

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	China PR	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: AFC

7 January 2019

17:30

South Korea	1–0	Philippines
Hwang Ui-jo  67'	Report

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 3,185

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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11 January 2019

17:30

Philippines	0–3	China PR
	Report	Wu Lei  40', 66' Yu Dabao  80'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 16,013

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

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16 January 2019

17:30

Kyrgyzstan	3–1	Philippines
Lux  24', 51', 77'	Report	Schröck  80'

Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 4,217

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

See also

• Philippines at the AFC Women's Asian Cup

References

1. Dennis Gasgonia (29 March 2018). "Football: Azkals boss on Asian Cup debut — 'We want to create an impact'". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
2. "Philippines to Make AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Debut in Group C". Philippine Football Federation. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.