Philippines men's national football team

The Philippine national team at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

The Philippines national football team represents the Philippines in international football and has been playing at the international level as early as 1913.

Quotes

• "It's basically, we were like street dogs, looking for scraps, picking up scraps, looking for sponsors, asking for money to support the team, because we were staying in really bad places -- no support, no nothing, and we still fought, fought hard"
  • The national team player Alexander Borromeoo on the origin of the team's nickname "Azkals" (stylized form for the Filipino word askals or street dogs) to ABS-CBN News, "No name change for Azkals: Borromeo" (9 March 2012)

• "Basketball is so deeply ingrained in Filipino culture. It is a religion. That’s why what the Azkals are doing right now is remarkable."
  • Filipino journalist Cedelf Tupas to the South China Morning Post on the national team shortly after their first-ever AFC Asian Cup match. ["AFC Asian Cup: ‘half-breed’ Pilipinas Azkals symbolise what it means to be Filipino, says former AFC official" (8 January 2019) by Nazvi Careem

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Philippines men's national football team on Wikipedia