Philippines women's national futsal team

The Philippines women's national Futsal team represents the Philippines in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Philippine Futsal Committee of the Philippine Football Federation.[1]

Philippines
Nickname(s)Pinay 5
AssociationPhilippine Football Federation (PFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
FIFA codePHI
First international
Philippines Philippines 1–8 Thailand Thailand
(Bangkok, Thailand; November 13, 2005)
Biggest win
Malaysia Malaysia 2–5 Philippines Philippines
(Macau; October 31, 2007)
Laos Laos 1–4 Philippines Philippines
(Bangkok, Thailand; December 9, 2007)
Biggest defeat
Iran Iran 18–2 Philippines Philippines
(Macau; November 2, 2007)
World Cup
Appearances0
AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Appearances0
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances2 (First in 2007)
Best result Third Place, (2007)

History

A women's futsal team was formed around the mid-2000s when Emmanuel Batungbacal first came into the contact with Philippine Football Federation. At that time Johnny Romualdez was the federation president and former Ateneo player Domeka Garamenda was the secretary general. Batungbacal was given the greenlight to form a team but he had to rely on his funding. The team joined the 2005 Asian Indoor Games where they finished fourth place. They later joined the 2007 Southeast Asian Games where they overcame Malaysia in the bronze medal game.[2]

In 2007, José Mari Martínez would succeed Romualdez as PFF president. In 2009, the federation was riddled with controversy. The PFF Futsal Committee head Esmaeil Sedigh recommended Batungbacal's removal as head coach in early 2009, which prompted the resignation of the women's futsal team's players.[3] Batungbacal was allegedly removed for sending an unsanctioned women's futsal squad to the Vikings Futsal Cup in New Zealand although the coach presented a PFF document contradicting this claim. Martinez cites the coach's lack of coaching credentials for the move.[4]Esmaeil Sedigh would take over as women's futsal coach.

Dutch former player and coach Victor Hermans was brought in by the PFF in 2020 to serve as a technical consultant for futsal.[5][6][7]

The PFF under Hermans' advice revived the women's team and formed the core of the new team from players hailing from the Tuloy sa Don Bosco Foundation. The squad would train despite the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] In 2022, the new women's futsal team was unveiled adopting the moniker "Pinays". The team took part at the Pinay5 Futsal Faceoff, a two-game friendly series with Guam.[9] They lost the first game 0–1, but won the second one 3–1.[10]

Fixtures and results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

October 15, 2022 (2022-10-15) Friendly Philippines  0–1  Guam Manila, Philippines
16:30 Report Koharu Minato Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium
October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16) Friendly Philippines  3–1  Guam Manila, Philippines
16:30 Hannah Marie Muros
Aurea Coleen Reaso
Jaqueline Ballares		 Report Koharu Minato Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium
October 19, 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational GS Philippines  4–9  Indonesia Manila, Philippines
18:00 Report Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium
October 20, 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational GS New Zealand  4–1  Philippines Manila, Philippines
18:00 Report Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium
October 21, 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational SF New Zealand  0–1  Philippines Manila, Philippines
16:00 Report Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium
October 22, 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational Final Indonesia  5–2  Philippines Manila, Philippines
16:00 Report Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium

Tournament record

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Thailand 2005Group stage4/43003325
Macau 2007Placing6/741031133
Vietnam 2009did not enter
South Korea 2013
Turkmenistan 2017
Thailand 2021To be announced
Total–2/571061458

Southeast Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Thailand 2007Third place match3/662021114
Laos 2009No competition as not officially selected by host
Indonesia 2011Group stage5/54004827
Myanmar 2013did not enter
Singapore 2015No competition as not officially selected by host
Malaysia 2017did not enter
Philippines 2019No competition as not officially selected by host
Vietnam 2021did not enter
Cambodia 2023No competition as not officially selected by host
Total–2/5102061941

Other tournaments
Vikings Futsal Cup New Zealand
PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational
  • 2023 Manila – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Place[15]

Coaches

NOtes
  1. The women's national team competed under the name IROK Philippines at the Vikings Futsal Cup. After the national team under coach Emmanuel Batungbacal was sacked by the Philippine Football Federation after the team competed at the tournament allegedly without the sanction of the federation. The former national team renamed itself as IROK Philippines Futsal Club in 2009 planning to compete in the 2009 edition of the Vikings Futsal Cup.[13][14]

References
  1. Rosero, Earl Victor (November 11, 2011). "PHL futsal teams off to SEA Games to revive football medal hopes". GMA News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  2. Olivares, Rick. "Retrospective: A futsal bronze for Philippines in 2007 SEA Games". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  3. Tupas, Cedelf (February 9, 2009). "RP football men's coach Cutillas quits". Inquirer Sports. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014. ...Esmael Sedigh had recommended the sacking of women's futsal head coach Emmanuel Batungbacal., The ouster of Batungbacal prompted the resignation of the women's futsal squad last week.
  4. "Crisis hits RP women's futsal team, PFF". ABS-CBN News. March 10, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  5. Olivares, Rick (November 3, 2020). "Futsal legend Vic Hermans to develop Philippine futsal". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  6. "Dutch legend Vic Hermans entrusted to lead Philippines futsal". Asian Football Confederation. November 4, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  7. "Futsal Faceoff up". The Philippine Star. October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  8. Saldajeno, Ivan (October 14, 2022). "PH futsal team battles upstart Guam in weekend friendlies". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  9. "PHL women's futsal team on 'strategic and sustainable program'". BusinessMirror. October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  10. del Carmen, Lorenzo (October 16, 2022). "Pinay5 sinks Guam to win day two of friendly meet". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  11. "Vikings Futsal Cup – Tournament Results (NZ) – Updated". Futsal4All. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  12. "Vikings Futsal Cup 2008 – Tournament Results". Sporting Sheilas. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  13. "Former RP women's futsal team eyes NZ tourney". Philippine Daily Inquirer. March 10, 2009. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  14. Montealegre, Krista Angela (March 15, 2009). "Women indoor football team resigns". Fut5al Planet. The Manila Times. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  15. Leyba, Olmin (October 24, 2023). "Phl Futsal team finishes 2nd". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  16. "Esmaeil Sedigh treinador da Seleção de Futsal das Filipinas". JR Sports (in English and Portuguese). October 29, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  17. Flores, Celest (August 19, 2011). "Training with the Philippine national women's futsal team". Yahoo! Philippines. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  18. Pineda, Rochelle (August 7, 2014). "How I got my job: Paul Encarnacion, Philippine National Women's Futsal Team Coach". Pacifiqa. Retrieved December 12, 2014.


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