sanctioned by the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA by leading the team to second place at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. The past three coaches, Simon McMenemy, Michael Weiß and Thomas Dooley, also made some strides at the regional level leading the team to the semifinals at the AFF Suzuki Cup (2010, 2012 and 2014 editions respectively), the top football tournament in Southeast Asia. Eckhard Krautzun also led the national team to the semifinals, its best finish at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games, before football became an under-23 tournament at said multi-sporting event. Caretaker managers are listed in italics. Dionisio Calvo (1930–1954) Luis Javellana (1956) Ramon Echevarria Sr. (1958) Fernando Giménez Álvarez (1962) Alan Rogers (1962–1963) Danny McLennan (1963) Orlando Plagata (1965) Emilio Pacheco (1967) Juan Cutillas (1967–1972) Florentino Broce (1973–1974) Juan Cutillas (1975–1978) Bernhard Zgoll (1980) Juan Cutillas (1981–1984) Alberto Honasan (1987) Carlos Cavagnaro (1989) Consorcio Manresa (1991) Eckhard Krautzun (1991–1992) Mariano Araneta (1993) Rodolfo Alicante (1993) Noel Casilao (1993–1996) Juan Cutillas (1996–2000) Rodolfo Alicante (2000) Masataka Imai (2001) Sugao Kambe (2002–2003) Aris Caslib (2004–2007) Norman Fegidero (2008) Juan Cutillas (2008–2009) Aris Caslib (2009) Des Bulpin (2009–2010) Simon McMenemy (2010) Michael Weiß (2011–2014) Thomas Dooley (2014–2018) Marlon Maro (2017) Terry Butcher (2018) Scott Cooper (2018) Anto Gonzales (2018) Sven-Göran Eriksson (2018–2019) Scott Cooper (2019) Goran Milojević (2019) Scott Cooper (2019–2021) Stewart Hall (2021–2022) Thomas Dooley (2022) Josep Ferré (2022–) Players Current squad The 23 players are included in the squad for the 2022 AFF Championship. Caps and goals updated as of January 2, 2023, after the match against . Recent call-ups The following players have been called up for the Philippines within the past 12 months. COV Withdrew due to COVID-19 INJ Withdrew due to an injury PRE Included in the preliminary squad RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension Player records Players in bold are still active. Most appearances Top goalscorers Competition records FIFA World Cup The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The national team entered the 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification but withdrew without playing a single game. The Philippines had intended to enter the 1962 edition but did not push through with the plan. The country's entry to the 1966 edition was not accepted due to its association not being able to pay the registration fee for the qualifiers and the national team withdrew from the 1974 FIFA World Cup