2023 PFF Women's League

The 2023 PFF Women's League season (also known as the Coca-Cola PFF Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the women's national league of the Philippines, following the 2019–20 season.^[1]

PFF Women's League

Season	2023
Dates	June 24 – November 11
Champions	Kaya–Iloilo (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Kaya–Iloilo
Matches played	49
Goals scored	230 (4.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Isabella Bandoja Angelica Teves (19 goals)
Highest scoring	Kaya FC-Iloilo 15–0 Stallion-Laguna FC
Longest winning run	Manila Digger (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Kaya FC-Iloilo (7 matches)
Longest winless run	Stallion Laguna FC (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Stallion Laguna FC (9 matches)
← 2019–20 2025 → All statistics correct as of November 11, 2023.

De La Salle University were the defending champions. The Far Eastern University entered the season as the 2022 PFF Women's Cup winners.^[2][3][4] The league has got sponsorship from Coca-Cola in July 2023.^[5]

Format

Initially planned to be a double round-robin format,^[2] the league changed to a single round-robin with the top four teams entering a knockout tournament to determine the league's champion.^[6]

The elimination round lasted from June 24^[7][8] to September 17, 2023.^[9] The knockout round started on September 27^[10] and will end with the final on November 8, 2023.^[4]

Teams

10 teams participate in the fourth season, with Azzurri and Manila Digger making their debuts.^[1] Azzurri already participated in the 2022 PFF Women's Cup. 2019–20 season participants Maroons, Tigers, and Green Archers United did not enter.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partners
Azzurri	Solomon Valerio	Princess Cristobas	Chronos Athletics	Azzurri Sports Clinic
De La Salle University	Alvin Ocampo	Bea Delos Reyes	Nike	Goody, NetGlobal Solutions, G-Shock
Far Eastern University	Joseph Villarino	Dionesa Tolentin[11]	Hawk	Havaianas, Macbeth Footwear
Kaya–Iloilo	Let Dimzon	Charisa Lemoran	LGR	LBC, ICanServe, Fitogether
Manila Digger	Gerald Orcullo	Mea Bernal[8]	Kelme	Pacquiao 3 in 1 Coffee, Hayatt House
Manila Nomads	Shane Cosgrove	Stacey Arthur[11]	Chronos Athletics	Q2 HR Solutions
Stallion Laguna	Richard Leyble		Cutz Apparel	Giligan's Restaurant
Tuloy	Taketomo Suzuki			Tuloy Foundation
University of the Philippines	Popoy Clarino	Cara Cachero[11]	Blaze	SMC Infrastructure, Victory Liner
University of Santo Tomas	Geraldine Cabrera	Laurejane Piano	Blaze

Venues

The PFF National Training Center will serve as the primary venue.

All league matches are held at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. Some are hosted at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kaya–Iloilo (C)	9	7	1	1	42	6	+36	22	Qualification for Knockout Tournament
2	Far Eastern University	9	7	1	1	39	5	+34	22
3	Manila Digger	9	7	1	1	28	7	+21	22
4	De La Salle University	9	6	1	2	31	12	+19	19
5	Tuloy	9	5	0	4	34	20	+14	15
6	Manila Nomads	9	3	2	4	15	22	−7	11
7	University of the Philippines	9	3	1	5	9	25	−16	10
8	University of Santo Tomas	9	2	1	6	16	26	−10	7
9	Azzurri	9	1	0	8	6	38	−32	3
10	Stallion Laguna	9	0	0	9	3	62	−59	0

Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2023. Source: PFFWL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Azzurri	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
De La Salle University	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	3	4
Far Eastern University	3	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2
Kaya–Iloilo	3	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	1
Manila Digger	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3
Manila Nomads	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Stallion Laguna	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Tuloy	1	1	1	3	5	5	5	5	5
University of Santo Tomas	6	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	8
University of the Philippines	9	9	7	7	7	8	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2023. Source: PFFWL

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Azzurri	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
De La Salle University	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W
Far Eastern University	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Kaya–Iloilo	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Manila Digger	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W
Manila Nomads	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L
Stallion Laguna	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Tuloy	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L
University of Santo Tomas	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
University of the Philippines	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2023. Source: PFFWL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Club/Team	AZR	DLS	FEU	KAY	MDG	NOM	STA	TLY	UST	UPD
Azzurri	—		0–5	1–8	0–3		4–0
De La Salle University	7–0	—	2–2					2–6	4–1	5–0
Far Eastern University			—	4–0		10–0	9–0		3–1
Kaya–Iloilo		2–1		—	0–0	4–0	15–0		5–0
Manila Digger		1–5	1–0		—	5–1	8–0			5–0
Manila Nomads	3–0	0–1				—		2–0	1–1	1–1
Stallion Laguna		0–4				0–7	—	1–6		0–4
Tuloy	7–0		1–5	0–4	1–4			—
University of Santo Tomas	4–1				0–1		5–2	2–6	—
University of the Philippines	1–0		0–1	0–4				0–7	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2023. Source: PFFWL
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Knockout rounds

The top four teams from the single round robin qualified and are seeded for the Knockout Semifinals. The 2nd and 3rd ranked teams are seeded in the first semifinals while the 1st and 4th ranked teams were seeded in the second semifinals.

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Kaya	2
	4	De La Salle University	1
						1	Kaya	1
						3	Manila Digger	0
	2	Far Eastern University	0 (4)
	3	Manila Digger	0 (5)			Third place
						4	De La Salle University	1
						2	Far Eastern University	2

Semi-finals

27 September 2023 (2023-09-27)

19:00 (UTC+8)

Far Eastern University	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Manila Digger
	Report
Penalties
Janly Fontamillas Erma Balacua Dionesa Tolentin Jonela Albino Kyla Marie Doctora	3–4	Roselle Marie Lecera Mea Bernal Karen Mae Alora Princess Caparida Hannah Faith Pachejo

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Jesus Abogado (Philippines)

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)

18:00 (UTC+8)

Kaya	2–1	De La Salle University
Cadag 49' Lustan 65' (pen.)	Report	Teves 19'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Krizmark Nañola (Philippines)

Third place

11 November 2023

16:00 (UTC+8)

De La Salle University	1–2	Far Eastern University
Teves 49' (pen.)		Altiche 34' Tolentin 53'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Chrismel Cayabyab (Philippines)

Finals

Kaya won through Sheen Nicole Ramores' lone goal in the 86th minute.^[12] Kaya became the first ever club team to win the PFF Women's League, with the last editions clinched by collegiate side De La Salle.^[13]

In mid-2024, Kaya would be invited to participate in the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League. They qualified directly for the group stage of the competition proper by virtue of the Philippines' member association rankings (7th).^[14]

11 November 2023

19:00 (UTC+8)

Kaya	1–0	Manila Digger
Ramores 86'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Jesus Abogado (Philippines)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

As of November 11, 2023

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	SF	3P	F	Total
1	Isabella Bandoja	Tuloy	3	3	4	1		4		3	1				19
	Angelica Teves	De La Salle University	5	4	2			1	2	2	1	1	1
3	Dionesa Tolentin	Far Eastern University	2	1	3	1	1	4			2		1		15
4	Shelah Mae Cadag	Kaya	1			1	1	1		4	2	1			11
	Candida Quarshie	Manila Digger			2		5	1			2				10
6	Camille Rodriguez	Kaya			1		1	1			4				7
	Hazel Lustan	Kaya	1		1			1		1	2	1
8	Alisha del Campo	De La Salle University					2	2		1					5
	Regine Rebosura	Far Eastern University			1			1		2	1
	Rocelle Lecera	Manila Digger	1		1	1					2

Own goals

As of November 11, 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Own goals
1	Sabrina Nierras	Stallion Laguna	1
	Ricca Joyce Vibal

Hat-tricks

As of November 11, 2023

Player	Club	Result	Against	Date
Isabella Bandoja	Tuloy	7–0 (A)	University of the Philippines	24 June 2023
Angelica Teves5	De La Salle University	7–0 (H)	Azzurri	1 July 2023
Isabella Bandoja	Tuloy	6–1 (A)	Stallion Laguna
Angelica Teves4	De La Salle University	7–0 (H)	University of Santo Tomas	10 July 2023
Isabella Bandoja4	Tuloy	6–2 (A)	University of Santo Tomas	15 July 2023
Dionesa Tolentin	Far Eastern University	5–1 (A)	Tuloy	22 July 2023
Candida Quarshie5	Manila Digger	5–1 (H)	Manila Nomads	29 July 2023
Isabella Bandoja4	Tuloy	6–2 (A)	De La Salle University	19 August 2023
Dionesa Tolentin4	Far Eastern University	5–1 (H)	Stallion Laguna
Shelah Mae Cadag4	Kaya-Iloilo	8–1 (A)	Azzurri	3 September 2023
Isabella Bandoja	Tuloy	7–0 (H)	Azzurri	9 September 2023
Camille Rodriguez4	Kaya-Iloilo	15–0 (H)	Stallion Laguna	16 September 2023

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

⁴ Player scored four goals
⁵ Player scored five goals

Clean sheets

As of November 11, 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kyla Regalado	Manila Digger	4
	Yasmin Elauria	Far Eastern University
3	Jessica Pido	De La Salle University	3
	Ayishatu Simpson	Manila Digger
	Inna Palacios	Kaya–Iloilo
6	Mykaella Abeto	Tuloy	2
	Hazel Romina Arce	Manila Nomads
	Khryss Dacanay	Kaya–Iloilo
	Eunice Roxanne Eduave	University of the Philippines
	Jessa May Lehayan	Far Eastern University

Season Statistics includes knockout rounds.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[15]

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Shelah Mae Cadag	Kaya–Iloilo
Golden Boot	Isabella Bandoja	Tuloy
	Angelica Teves	De La Salle University
Best Goalkeeper	Ayishatu Simpson	Manila Digger
Best Defender	Jonella Albino	Far Eastern University
Best Midfielder	Charisa Lemoran	Kaya–Iloilo
Fairplay Award	Manila Nomads