2019–20 PFF Women's League

PFF Women's League

Season	2019–20
Dates	27 July 2019 – 16 February 2020
Champions	De La Salle University 3rd title
Matches played	90
Goals scored	394 (4.38 per match)
Best Player	Anna Delos Reyes (DLSU)
Top goalscorer	Isabella Bandoja (Tuloy) (30 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Kimberly Pariña (FEU)
Highest scoring	Maroons 0–11 Far Eastern University (20 October 2019) Nomads 0–11 Far Eastern University (15 December 2019)
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The 2019–20 PFF Women's League season is the third season of the women's national league of the Philippines following the 2018 season.

De La Salle University is the defending champions.

Format

The league adopted a double round-robin format with a projected 90 matches to be played from July 27, 2019. The primary venue for the league's matches is the PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite. Matches will be usually held in the weekends with select matches to be held during the weekdays.[1] The league's first round ran until mid-October 2019[2] with the second round beginning on October 19, 2019.[3]

Though initially planned to last until December 2019,[1] the league season's duration was extended to the following year with the first matches of 2020 to be held on January 11, 2020.[4] The season ended in February 2020.[5]

Clubs

10 teams participated in the third season of the league with Maroons FC, Nomads FC, and Tigers FC. making their debuts. 2018 season participants, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle Zobel and OutKast decided not to enter for this season while Hiraya had a merger with Stallion to form Hiraya-Stallion F.C..[1]

Club / Team
De La Salle University
Far Eastern University
Green Archers United
Stallion–Hiraya
Maroons
Nomads
Tigers
Tuloy
University of Santo Tomas
University of the Philippines

Venues

Moro Lorenzo Football Field within the Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon City.

The following football venues has hosted league matches:

• De La Salle Canlubang Football Field, Biñan
• Moro Lorenzo Football Field, Quezon City
• UP Diliman Football Field, Quezon City
• PFF National Training Centre, Carmona

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	De La Salle University	18	14	3	1	65	17	+48	45
2	Far Eastern University	18	12	5	1	70	11	+59	41
3	University of Santo Tomas	18	13	1	4	65	19	+46	40
4	University of the Philippines	18	8	4	6	34	30	+4	28
5	Stallion–Hiraya	18	8	3	7	30	24	+6	27
6	Tuloy	18	8	1	9	56	67	−11	25
7	Green Archers United	18	6	0	12	21	52	−31	18
8	Nomads	18	4	3	11	13	48	−35	15
9	Tigers	18	3	1	14	20	54	−34	10
10	Maroons	18	2	3	13	20	72	−52	9

Source: Pinay Futbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference

Results

First round

Club/Team	DLS	FEU	GAU	HYA	MRN	NOM	TGR	TLY	UST	UPD
De La Salle University	—	1–1	6–0	3–0	7–2	2–1	1–0	6–1	3–2	6–1
Far Eastern University	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	2–2	4–1	6–0	7–0	0–0	1–2
Green Archers United	0–6	0–3	—	1–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	5–4	0–2	2–5
Stallion–Hiraya	0–3	0–0	0–1	—	1–0[a]	2–0	3–0	4–6	2–1	3–0
Maroons	2–7	2–2	2–3	0–1[b]	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–7	2–4
Nomads	1–2	1–4	3–0	0–2	0–0	—	0–2	2–4	1–5	1–0
Tigers	0–1	0–6	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	—	1–4	2–3	1–1
Tuloy	1–6	0–7	4–5	6–4	1–3	4–2	4–1	—	3–6	4–1
University of Santo Tomas	2–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	7–1	5–1	3–2	6–3	—	6–0
University of the Philippines	1–6	2–1	5–2	0–3	4–2	0–1	1–1	1–4	0–6	—

Source: ^[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.
Notes:

1. Match which was held on 3 August 2019 was originally abandoned due to heavy rain in the 60th minute with both teams yet to score a goal. Play was resumed on 29 September 2019.[6][7]
2. Match which was held on 3 August 2019 was originally abandoned due to heavy rain in the 60th minute with both teams yet to score a goal. Play was resumed on 29 September 2019.[6][7]

Second round

Club/Team	DLS	FEU	GAU	HYA	MRN	NOM	TGR	TLY	UST	UPD
De La Salle University	—	2–3	3–1	1–1	6–1	8–0	5–0	4–3	1–0	0–0
Far Eastern University	3–2	—	3–0[a]	2–0	11–0	11–0	3–1	10–0	2–1	1–1
Green Archers United	1–3	0–3[b]	—	0–3	4–1	1–0	0–5	3–6	0–3[c]	0–3[d]
Stallion–Hiraya	1–1	0–2	3–0	—	3–1	0–0	6–1	1–2	1–5	0–1
Maroons	1–6	0–11	1–4	1–3	—	0–0	1–2	2–7	0–5	0–8
Nomads	0–8	0–11	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–0	3–0[e]	0–8	0–1
Tigers	0–5	1–3	5–0	1–6	2–1	0–1	—	3–7	0–5	1–5
Tuloy	3–4	0–10	6–3	2–1	7–2	0–3[f]	7–3	—	3–5	1–1
University of Santo Tomas	0–1	1–2	3–0[g]	5–1	5–0	8–0	5–0	5–3	—	1–0
University of the Philippines	0–0	1–1	3–0[h]	1–0	8–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: ^[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.
Notes:

1. FEU won by default[8]
2. FEU won by default[8]
3. UST won by default[9]
4. UP won by default[10]
5. Nomads won by default[11]
6. Nomads won by default[11]
7. UST won by default[9]
8. UP won by default[10]

Honors

Individual award[12]

• Most Valuable Player: Anna Delos Reyes (De La Salle)
• Best Goalkeeper: Kimberly Pariña (FEU)
• Best Defender: Glyness Dela Cruz (De La Salle)
• Best Midfielder: Shelah Mae Cadag (UST)
• Golden Boot: Isabella Bandoja (Tuloy) with 30 goals

Team

• Fair Play Award: Nomads[13]

References

1. "Third season of the PFF Women's League kicks off July 27th". ABS-CBN News. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
2. Montayre, Mia (27 July 2019). "La Salle set to defend PFFWL crown". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
3. Montayre, Mia (18 October 2019). "UST, FEU close PFFWL first round with big wins". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
4. Montayre, Mia (22 December 2019). "La Salle, UAAP teams close out year flexing muscles in PFFWL". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
5. "PFF Technical Department Lays Out Plans For 2020". Philippine Football Federation. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
6. Montayre, Mia (9 August 2019). "La Salle gains solo PFFWL lead after rainy weekend". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
7. Montayre, Mia (4 October 2019). "La Salle takes solo PFFWL lead, survives gutsy UST". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
8. "PFFWL2019 Results". Twitter. Pinay Futbol. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020. RESULT: @FEUfootball have taken the three points after another no show from @GAU_ANIMO!
9. "PFFWL2019 Results". Twitter. Pinay Futbol. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020. RESULT: @UST_WFT have bounced back from a previous loss with the default win against @GAU_ANIMO!
10. "PFFWL2019 Results". Twitter. Pinay Futbol. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020. RESULT: @upwft_ currently stand at fourth after @GAU_ANIMO regrettably end their season with another no-show!
11. "PFFWL2019 Results". Twitter. Pinay Futbol. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020. RESULT: @nomadssc have picked up their third win after @TuloySaDonBosco were unable to be present for their match!
12. "De La Salle University Clinches Third Straight PFF Women's League Title". Philippine Football Federation. 17 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
13. Montayre, Mia (19 February 2020). "La Salle takes PFFWL three-peat". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.