The Philippines women's national futsal team represents the Philippines in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Philippine Futsal Committee of the Philippine Football Federation.[3]
A women's futsal team was formed around the mid-2000s when Emmanuel Batungbacal first came into contact with Philippine Football Federation. At that time Johnny Romualdez was the federation president and former Ateneo player Domeka Garamenda was the secretary general. Batungbacal was given the green light 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 where they overcame Malaysia in the bronze medal game.[4][5]
In 2007, José Mari Martínez would succeed Romualdez as PFF president. In 2009, the federation was riddled with controversy. The PFF Futsal Committee head Esmaeil Sedigh recommended Batungbacal's removal as head coach in early 2009, which prompted the resignation of the women's futsal team's players.[6] 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.[7]
Dutch former player and coach Victor Hermans was brought in by the PFF in 2020 to serve as a technical consultant for futsal.[9][10][11]
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 COVID-19 pandemic.[12] 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.[13] They lost the first game 0–1, but won the second one 3–1.[14]
The Philippines would be announced to host the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup to be held in 2025 consequentially qualifying its national team for the tournament.[15]
Its first tournament as part of its preparation is the 2024 ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship in Pasig. The team was formed in short notice from try-outs participated by High 5 Futsal League and Philippine national football team players.[16][17] The hosts narrowly missed a place in the third place playoff of the five-team tournament after losing 1–2 to their final group stage opponent Indonesia. They only needed a draw to advance.[18]
^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.[22][23]
^Tupas, Cedelf (February 9, 2009). "RP football men's coach Cutillas quits". Inquirer Sports. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014. ...Esmael Sedigh had recommended the sacking of women's futsal head coach Emmanuel Batungbacal., The ouster of Batungbacal prompted the resignation of the women's futsal squad last week.
Philippines 1–8 Thailand 
Malaysia 2–5 Philippines 
Laos 1–4 Philippines 
Iran 18–2 Philippines 
Third place (2007)
Guam 
Koharu Minato
Indonesia 
Myanmar 
Kuwait 
Turkmenistan 
2025
2007
2013
2025
2015
2023
2nd Place[24]
Emmanuel Batungbacal (2005–2009)
Esmaeil Sedigh (c. 2011)
Victor Hermans (2022–)
