The Philippines women's national Futsal team represents the

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in international

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competitions and is controlled by the Philippine Futsal Committee of the

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History

A women's futsal team was formed around the mid-2000s when Emmanuel Batungbacal first came into the contact with

. At that time

Johnny Romualdez Juan Miguel "Johnny" del Gallego Romualdez was a former Philippine international footballer and former President of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). Early life and education Johnny Romualdez was born to a family of doctors and was the sec ...

was the federation president and former Ateneo player Domeka Garamenda was the secretary general. Batungbacal was given the greenlight to form a team but he had to rely on his funding. The team joined the 2005 Asian Indoor Games where they finished fourth place. They later joined the

2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...

where they overcame Malaysia in the bronze medal game. In 2007,

José Mari Martínez José Mari Martínez was a Filipino sports executive who served as President of the Philippine Football Federation and a Philippine international footballer. Football career Martinez was a player for the Philippine national team. He was one of ...

would succeed Romualdez as PFF president. In 2009, the federation was riddled with controversy. The PFF Futsal Committee head

Esmaeil Sedigh Esmaeil Sedigh is an Iranian futsal coach and instructor based in the Philippines. He was a former football player in U21 1st division in Iran. He has held the position of futsal department director under the Philippine Football Federation. Sedigh ...

recommended Batungbacal's removal as head coach in early 2009, which prompted the resignation of the women's futsal team's players. Batungbacal was allegedly removed for sending an unsanctioned women's futsal squad to the Vikings Futsal Cup in New Zealand although the coach presented a PFF document contradicting this claim. Martinez cites the coach's lack of coaching credentials for the move.Esmaeil Sedigh would take over as women's futsal coach. Dutch former player and coach

Victor Hermans Victor Jacobus Hermans (born 17 March 1953 in Maastricht) is a Dutch futsal coach who has managed 6 different national teams and guided 3 teams to the world cup, Victor Hermans had only two unsuccessful campaign with national teams for the world c ...

was brought in by the PFF in 2020 to serve as a technical consultant for futsal. The PFF under Hermans' advice revived the women's team and formed the core of the new team from players hailing from the Tuloy sa Don Bosco Foundation. The squad would train despite the

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. In 2022, the new women's futsal team was unveiled adopting the moniker "Pinays". The team took part at the Pinay5 Futsal Faceoff, a two-game friendly series with Guam. They lost the first game 0–1, but won the second one 3–1.

Fixtures and results

;Legend

Tournament record

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Southeast Asian Games

Vikings Futsal Cup New Zealand

* 2008 Christchurch - Fourth Place The women's national team competed under the name IROK Philippines at the Vikings Futsal Cup. After the national team under coach Emmanuel Batungbacal was sacked by the Philippine Football Federation after the team competed at the tournament allegedly without the sanction of the federation. The former national team renamed itself as IROK Philippines Futsal Club in 2009 planning to compete in the 2009 edition of the Vikings Futsal Cup.

Coaches

* Emmanuel Batungbacal (2005–2009) *

(2009–?) * Paul Encarnacion (?) *

(2022–)

References

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