Philippines women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Malditas |
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| Association | Philippine Football Federation |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) |
| Head coach | Buda Bautista |
| Home stadium | Biñan Football Stadium |
| FIFA code | PHI |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 69  3 (23 December 2016)
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| Highest | 69 (December 2016) |
| Lowest | 133 (September 2011) |
| First international | |
 Hong Kong 2–0 Philippines  (Hong Kong; 2 June 1981) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Philippines 10–0 Guam  (Manila, Philippines; 31 May 2001) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 China PR 21–0 Philippines (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; 24 September 1995) |
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| Women's Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1981) |
| Best result | 5th (1983) |
The Philippine women's national football team is the women's national football team of the Philippines. It is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the country.
The Philippine women's national football team was formally organized after the Philippine Ladies' Football Association was established in 1980 by Cristine Ramos. The Philippines managed to make its first podium finish in a tournament when it won bronze at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games. However the football event of the tournament was only participated by two other teams, Thailand and Singapore with the Philippines not winning a single match.
Marlon Maro coached the women's national football team as early as 2001 when he guided the national team through the 2001 Southeast Asian Games. He was head coach of the national team until 2007, guiding the team for the last time at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
The Philippine national team participated at the 2011 AFF Women's Championship in Laos from October 16–25, after being inactive for the last 21 months.
The national team had a training camp in the United States in 2012. The team management scouted for players with Filipino heritage in the United States for the national team. Part of the training camp was participation at the 2012 LA Viking Cup, which saw the national team play against American club sides California Cosmos, Metro Stars and Leon. The national team won the tournament beating California Cosmos in the final 4–3 on extra time, the scoreline between the two teams was 1–1 before extra time.
The national team attempted to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup. The Philippines was grouped with Bangladesh, Iran and Thailand at the qualifiers single group stage with the winner advancing to the Asian Cup finals. The team fell short of qualifying after losing to Thailand by a single goal despite winning convincingly over its other group opponents, Iran and Bangladesh.
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