Philippine Football Federation
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| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Pasig, Metro Manila |
| FIFA affiliation | 1930 |
| AFC affiliation | 1954 |
| AFF affiliation | 1984 |
| President | TBA |
| Vice-President | Joselito Piñol |
| Website | http://www.pff.org.ph/ |
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of football in the Philippines.
The football body's origins dates back to 1907 when it was established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA). It was among the twelve founding Asian football associations of the Asian Football Confederation.
In 1917, the first Spanish and Filipino footballer to play for a European club, Paulino Alcántara Riestra, was selected by the Philippines to represent the country at the Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo. He helped them defeat Japan 15–2, which remains the largest win in Philippine international football history.
In 1961, stakeholders of Philippine football officially organized themselves to establish the Philippine Football Association (PFA) which was later reorganized as the Philippine Football Federation in 1982.
On October 1996, Rene Adad was installed as PFF president after a snap election which ousted his predecessor, Ricardo Tan. In 2002, the PFF inaugurated its first regional center in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo.
Mari Martinez three year administration as PFF President has been controversial. On his first year as President in 2007, he summarily dismissed Jose Mari "Jojo" Rodriguez and Richard "Ritchie" Gannaban from their positions as Deputy General Secretary and Executive Secretary, respectively, when the two discovered Martinez's mishandling and misappropriation of PFF funds. The two filed a case against PFF and Martinez for their summary dismissal with the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The NLRC decided in their favor and ordered the PFF to pay damages.
In the same year, there was also an attempt to remove Martinez from office. However this move was halted when several members of the opposition decided against pursuing for Martinez's ouster, following a guest appearance by then Asian Football Confederation President Mohammed bin Hammam who announced a gift donation to the PFF amounting to ₱10 million. This move was viewed as a bribe by critics of Martinez.
In August 2, 2016, the PFF's new headquarters, the PFF House of Football, was inaugurated by then FIFA President Sepp Blatter and AFC President bin Hammam in Barangay Oranbo, Pasig. The PFF moved to the building after occupying the PhilSports Complex as its headquarters for decades.
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