The 2022 Philippines Football League (known as The Philippines Football League brought to you by Qatar Airways for sponsorship reasons) will be the fifth season of Philippines Football League (PFL), professional

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league of the Philippines. The 2021 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to be replaced by the league cup tournament,

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Teams

All 6 clubs from the previous PFL season are set to compete, with Maharlika Manila and United City competing for the first time in 2 years, having taken a break during the

. Dynamic Herb Cebu were given a provisional club license, which would have allow the club to debut in the cancelled 2021 season, but due to the season's cancellation, 2022 will be their first league season in the Philipine top flight. Two potential new entries in the 2022 season are

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(Leyte Association of Organized Sports), who last competed in the

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, and new club Rapids F.C. from

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. The two clubs started their license application process at the same time as Dynamic Herb Cebu. However, the PFF approved Cebu's license while the other two clubs' licenses were still found lacking in requirements.

Personnel and kits

As part of the criteria imposed by the sponsorship of Qatar Airways, each team's kit should contain the Qatar Airways logo where the manufacturer's logo would usually be. The official logo of the PFL should also be placed on one of the sleeves of the kit. Notes: # Located on the front of the shirt. # Located on the back of the shirt. # Located on the sleeves. # Located on the shorts.

Coaching changes

:1. Exact date of appointment not known. Coach of the club during the

which commenced on 7 November.

Foreign players

A maximum of six foreigners are allowed per club, with five players of any nationality and a sixth coming from an AFC member nation. This is in line with the upcoming AFC regulations that allow for more foreigners to be signed by clubs. However, only 4 foreign players can be registered during a matchday, with one of them being from an AFC member nation. Notes
:1. Originally a citizen of

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but was called up by the Azkals to participate in the

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References

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