The 30 player national training pool of the U16 Boys Football Team is set for a training camp at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna from 05 June – 07 July 2016.
Out of the 30 players, 23 will be selected to form the Philippines U16 National Team that will compete in the AFF U16 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 10-23 July.
The players included in the National Training Pool selected by the coaching staff after nationwide tryouts are as follows:
- Gerald Abao – Bukidnon Province
- Vince Eric Baito – Rizal Province
- Rondavid Bengay – Bukidnon Province
- Jelani Borbon – Iloilo City
- Paolo Lance Castijon – Negros Occidental Province
- Justin Andrei Cheng – Metro Manila
- Kristian Louis Benjamin Cordova – Zamboanga Province
- Rei Sergio Cordero III – Metro Manila
- Pietre Dakay – Cebu City
- Al Kristler de la Cruz – Negros Occidental Province
- Jason Galve – Negros Occidental Province
- Kahlil Imram Jikiri – Davao City
- Leo Gabriel Maquiling – Cebu City
- Nino Jude Melos – Negros Occidental Province
- Alfonso Carlos Mendoza – Metro Manila
- Kier John Napolitano – North Cotabato Province
- Marcel Ivan Ouano – Cebu City
- Lean Perez – Negros Occidental Province
- Elljhone Clyde Rasonable – Bukidnon Province
- Kyle Adrian Ronquillo – Cebu City
- Ronan Roxas – Cebu City
- Jhondel Salentao – Bukidnon Province
- Jessie Reil Semblante – Cebu City
- Jericho Sinconiege – Negros Occidental
- Joaquin Suarez – Cebu City
- Kobe Joseph Stuart del Rosario – Metro Manila
- Mariano Suba Jr. – Rizal Province
- Fidel Victor Tacardon – Metro Manila
- Roy Villasenor – North Cotabato Province
- Robert Lawrence Wilson – Bukidnon Province
The U16 Boys team will be mentored by head coach Jose Maria Aberasturi. The assistant coaches are Eliezer Fabroada and Anthony Albao. The National Training pool is the product of a nationwide voluntary try-outs and inspection from around the county. 12 out of the 30 are former U14 Boys National Team players.