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Philippine Air Force F.C.
Philippine Air Force Football Club is a football section of the Philippine Air Force. The club's original players were officers, enlisted personnel, and civilians. The club last competed in the Philippines Football League, the top tier of football in the Philippines.
Founded in 1960, the Philippine Air Force has won several trophies, including four national championships in the 1980s and 1990s. The club has also participated in the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Philippine Air Force was one of the founding members of the United Football League (UFL), the de facto top flight of Philippine football back then. They won the inaugural UFL Cup in 2009 and went on to win the inaugural season of the UFL in 2010, becoming the first Filipino club to win the double. They won their second UFL title in 2011 and their second UFL cup the following season. However, the club finished last in 2013 and was relegated to Division 2. They failed to earn promotion back to the top flight and eventually withdrew from the UFL after the 2014 season. After years of inactivity, the Philippine Air Force joined the short-lived top-flight Philippine Premier League (PPL) in 2019. After the PPL folded with a single match day, Air Force was absorbed into the revived Philippines Football League.
Historically, the Philippine Air Force has been one of the most successful football clubs in the Philippines. The Air Force Team started way back in the 60s, along with the other armed forces teams in the Philippines – the Philippine Army and Philippine Navy football clubs. For the longest time, the various football teams of the Armed Forces of the Philippines were the best clubs in the country. They are the so-called "big three" of Philippine football. For three decades(the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and early 2010s), they have dominated the Philippine club footballing landscape; they won most of the major football tournaments in the country during that period. During the absence of a real professional football league, the armed forces teams allowed many talented local footballers to extend their careers as feeders for the national team.
Philippine Air Force first got promoted to the First Division in 1971, beating Araneta U in their Promotion playoff match during the 1970–71 PFA Cup major soccer series.
Philippine Air Force dethroned San Miguel Corp. Braves as the strongest team in the land in 1977. The Airmen were led by the swift forward Roberto Benavides, nicknamed Beep-beep Bitoy after a cartoon character, playmaker Polly Arenal and rugged defenders led by Eddie Dumago, Conrado Tolentino, Pepsi de la Cruz, and Pancho Zulla plus gusty goalkeeper Noe Doctora. Benavides was instrumental in starting the Air Force's championship tradition in the 1970s along with Doctora and de la Cruz; they led the Philippine Air Force team's first championships when the Airmen won back-to-back Lobregat Cup titles in 1977 and 1978. Since then, the Airmen have been a force to reckon with in local competitions. The Philippine Air Force team in the 80s was managed by Lopi Pascual, who became the Philippine Football Federation President. San Miguel pirated some Air Force players. Pascual and coach Bertie Guanzon, always looking for talent, found Elmer "Lacknet" Bedia, who scored the winning goal that stunned San Miguel in the 1979 National Cup at Ugarte Field in Makati. During the 1980 National League, Air Force was suspended for one year after a brawl with E Razon Inc.
As the economic recession hit in 1983, commercial teams folded, and the military, upon Pascual's urging, recruited top players to sustain competition. The military's presence and the later Coke Go For Goal Program sustained football. The Air Force squad reigned in the National Men's Open Championship five times in the '80s and '90s.
The club participated in the 1993–94 edition of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup as the sole representative of the Philippines. The club, which qualified for the tournament as winners of the Ugarte Cup, was led by head coach Noel Casilao. They lose in the two-legged match against Japanese side Nissan with an aggregated score of 0–6. Their first match against the Japanese club was held in Japan, where they lost 0–5.
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Philippine Air Force F.C.
Philippine Air Force Football Club is a football section of the Philippine Air Force. The club's original players were officers, enlisted personnel, and civilians. The club last competed in the Philippines Football League, the top tier of football in the Philippines.
Founded in 1960, the Philippine Air Force has won several trophies, including four national championships in the 1980s and 1990s. The club has also participated in the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Philippine Air Force was one of the founding members of the United Football League (UFL), the de facto top flight of Philippine football back then. They won the inaugural UFL Cup in 2009 and went on to win the inaugural season of the UFL in 2010, becoming the first Filipino club to win the double. They won their second UFL title in 2011 and their second UFL cup the following season. However, the club finished last in 2013 and was relegated to Division 2. They failed to earn promotion back to the top flight and eventually withdrew from the UFL after the 2014 season. After years of inactivity, the Philippine Air Force joined the short-lived top-flight Philippine Premier League (PPL) in 2019. After the PPL folded with a single match day, Air Force was absorbed into the revived Philippines Football League.
Historically, the Philippine Air Force has been one of the most successful football clubs in the Philippines. The Air Force Team started way back in the 60s, along with the other armed forces teams in the Philippines – the Philippine Army and Philippine Navy football clubs. For the longest time, the various football teams of the Armed Forces of the Philippines were the best clubs in the country. They are the so-called "big three" of Philippine football. For three decades(the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and early 2010s), they have dominated the Philippine club footballing landscape; they won most of the major football tournaments in the country during that period. During the absence of a real professional football league, the armed forces teams allowed many talented local footballers to extend their careers as feeders for the national team.
Philippine Air Force first got promoted to the First Division in 1971, beating Araneta U in their Promotion playoff match during the 1970–71 PFA Cup major soccer series.
Philippine Air Force dethroned San Miguel Corp. Braves as the strongest team in the land in 1977. The Airmen were led by the swift forward Roberto Benavides, nicknamed Beep-beep Bitoy after a cartoon character, playmaker Polly Arenal and rugged defenders led by Eddie Dumago, Conrado Tolentino, Pepsi de la Cruz, and Pancho Zulla plus gusty goalkeeper Noe Doctora. Benavides was instrumental in starting the Air Force's championship tradition in the 1970s along with Doctora and de la Cruz; they led the Philippine Air Force team's first championships when the Airmen won back-to-back Lobregat Cup titles in 1977 and 1978. Since then, the Airmen have been a force to reckon with in local competitions. The Philippine Air Force team in the 80s was managed by Lopi Pascual, who became the Philippine Football Federation President. San Miguel pirated some Air Force players. Pascual and coach Bertie Guanzon, always looking for talent, found Elmer "Lacknet" Bedia, who scored the winning goal that stunned San Miguel in the 1979 National Cup at Ugarte Field in Makati. During the 1980 National League, Air Force was suspended for one year after a brawl with E Razon Inc.
As the economic recession hit in 1983, commercial teams folded, and the military, upon Pascual's urging, recruited top players to sustain competition. The military's presence and the later Coke Go For Goal Program sustained football. The Air Force squad reigned in the National Men's Open Championship five times in the '80s and '90s.
The club participated in the 1993–94 edition of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup as the sole representative of the Philippines. The club, which qualified for the tournament as winners of the Ugarte Cup, was led by head coach Noel Casilao. They lose in the two-legged match against Japanese side Nissan with an aggregated score of 0–6. Their first match against the Japanese club was held in Japan, where they lost 0–5.