MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Football Federation announced that Philippine Men’s National Team Manager Dan Palami is stepping down from his role as team manager with the PMNT.
“Sir Dan Palami, the long-time manager of the Philippine Men’s National Team has expressed his intention to step down as the team manager of the PMNT to give the new PFF administration a free hand moving forward,” said PFF president John Gutierrez. “The PFF would like to express its appreciation to the invaluable contributions of Sir Dan to Philippine football as a whole.”
Under Palami’s management, the Men’s National Team reached four AFF Championship semi-final appearances in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018, and earned a historic qualification to the AFC Asian Cup in 2019.
“As you can see, the PFF is moving forward, and I thought it was time for me as a courtesy in deference to what Sir John will do in the next four years,” said Palami. “I want to give him the elbow room and free hand to do what he thinks is necessary for Philippine football to move forward.”
The decision for the next PMNT manager will be made by PFF in due course.
The Men’s National Team upcoming schedule will be the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers against Iran this March and Indonesia and Vietnam on June 2024 with the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup Championship also in scheduled later this year.
