The Men’s National Team are set to face Bahrain and DPR Korea for friendly matches at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila on 07 October and 10 October 2016 respectively. The kick-off time for both matches is set at 03:30PM but may be changed to 08:00PM depending on the progress of floodlights installation at the stadium.
Here is the twenty-four man roster for the above fixtures:
Muller, Roland Richard
Deyto, Patrick Phillip
O’Donnell, Nicholas Michael
Aguinaldo, Amani Manuel
Woodland, Luke
Villanueva, Dennis
Younghusband, James Joseph
Ingreso, Kevin
Schrock, Stephan Markus
Steuble, Martin Markus
Ott, Manuel
Ott, Mike Rigoberto
Ramsay, Iain
Bahadoran, Misagh
Bugas, Paolo
Younghusband, Philip James
Gadia, Daniel Bernan
Muñoz, Jim Junior
Daniels, Kenshiro Michael
Porteria, Jose Elmer
Arboleda, Fitch Johnson Daviz
Greatwich, Simon Clive
Del Rosario, Dominic Liam
The Philippines, coached by Thomas Dooley, is ranked 125th while Bahrain, under Miroslav Soukup, follows at 126th in the FIFA World Rankings. Philippines won 2-1 over Bahrain last 11 June 2015, but lost in 2-0 in the meeting last 13 October 2016 at the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
DPR Korea, under coach Jørn Andersen, places at 118th in the FIFA World Rankings. Philippines drew DPR Korea 0-0 last 08 October 2015 and won 3-2 in the second meeting last 29 March 2016 at the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
Tickets to the friendly matches are now available in TicketWorld outlets or through this link.