2024–25 Philippines Football League Finals Series

The 2024–25 Philippines Football League Finals Series^[1] was a post-season tournament of the Philippines Football League (PFL). It is a distinct tournament which followed the 2024–25 PFL season.^[2][3] This was in contrast to the Finals Series of the 2017 PFL season, which was held to determine the inaugural league champions.

2024–25 PFL Finals Series

Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Dates	April 26 – May 4, 2025
Teams	4
Defending champions	N/A[A 1]
Final positions
Champions	Dynamic Herb Cebu 1st title
Runners-up	Manila Digger
Semifinalists	Kaya–Iloilo One Taguig
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	7 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Abou Sy (2 goals)
← 2017

The 2024–25 league champions Kaya–Iloilo, along with the three next highest-placed teams in the league table, qualified for this tournament which began on April 26, 2025 and concluded on May 4, 2025. Dynamic Herb Cebu defeated Manila Digger 1–0 in the final to win its first PFL Finals Series, and will represent the Philippines at the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship.^[4]

Qualified teams

The Final Series was contested by four teams. Dynamic Herb Cebu was the last team to secure qualification on April 12, 2025.^[5]

• Kaya–Iloilo
• Manila Digger
• One Taguig
• Dynamic Herb Cebu

League table

Top 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaya–Iloilo (C)	18	14	2	2	48	15	+33	44	Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two Group stage
2	Manila Digger	18	14	1	3	56	10	+46	43	Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two Qualifying play-offs
3	One Taguig	18	10	3	5	39	13	+26	33
4	Dynamic Herb Cebu	18	9	4	5	33	18	+15	31	Qualification for the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship Qualifying play-offs[a]

Source: Matchday+
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Qualified for 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship Qualifying play-offs as the 2024–25 Philippines Football League Finals Series winners.

Finals Series

External videos
2024–25 Philippines Football League Golden Ticket Final
PFL Season 2024-2025 - Manila Digger vs. Dynamic Herb Cebu (Part 1 and 2) by the Philippines Football Federation

The top-seeded team in the regular season played the fourth-seeded team in the semifinal. The second-seeded team played the third-seeded team in the other semifinal. The winners of both semifinals played in the "Golden Ticket Final".^[6][7]

	Semi-finals					PFL Golden Ticket Final
	1	Kaya–Iloilo	1
	4	Dynamic Herb Cebu	2
						4	Dynamic Herb Cebu	1
						2	Manila Digger	0
	2	Manila Digger	2
	3	One Taguig	1

Semifinals

April 26, 2025

17:00

Kaya–Iloilo	1–2	Dynamic Herb Cebu
Bedic 66' (pen.)	Report	Sy 32', 53'

MOA Football Pitch, Pasay

April 26, 2025

20:00

Manila Digger	2–1	One Taguig
Ceesay 63' Gai 83'	Report	Gai 45+3' (o.g.)

MOA Football Pitch, Pasay

Golden Ticket Final

May 4, 2025

21:17

Dynamic Herb Cebu	1–0	Manila Digger
Mijland 15'

MOA Football Pitch, Pasay

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat

Dynamic Herb Cebu

Manila Digger

GK 1 Jun Badelic (c) DF 3 Charles Dabao DF 37 Göktuğ Demiroğlu DF 14 Jaime Rosquillo  90+10' DF 4 Kamil Amirul MF 12 Kainoa Bailey MF 55 Gabriel Silva MF 80 Marius Kore  63' MF 20 Roberto Corsame  30' FW 7 Guytho Mijland  63' FW 77 Abou Sy  79' Substitutes: 17 Ryoo Togashi  63' 21 Rintaro Hama  79' 88 Magson Dourado  63' Head Coach: Glenn Ramos

GK 1 Michael Asong DF 20 Dean Ebarle (c)  90+8' DF 5 Modou Joof  62' DF 17 Jordan Jarvis  85' DF 24 Zachary Taningco MF 12 Modou Manneh MF 23 Kenji Nishioka MF 15 Ousman Gai  8' FW 13 Eric Giganto  35' FW 30 Jacques Ebene  85' FW 4 Dilane Wamba  73' Substitutes: 6 Daniel Ashley  85' 7 Jim Ashley Flores  85' 8 Ifeanyi Ugwu  73' 57 Dylan de Bruycker  80'  35' Head Coach: Kim Versales

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	SF	F	Total
1	Abou Sy	Dynamic Herb Cebu	2		2
2	Jovin Bedic	Kaya–Iloilo	1		1
	Saikou Ceesay	Manila Digger	1		1
	Ousman Gai	Manila Digger	1		1
	Guytho Mijland	Dynamic Herb Cebu		1	1

Notes

1. Ceres–Negros in 2017 were the Finals Series winners and thus league champions; the Finals Series of that edition was not a separate tournament.