Club de Fútbol Manila (CF Manila) is a Philippine amateur football club. Affiliated with former Philippines international and coach

Stephan Schröck Stephan Markus Cabizares Schröck (; born 21 August 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Azkals Development Team of the Philippines Football League. Although primarily a midfielder, earlier in his caree ...

, CF Manila was formed from the

Azkals Development Team The Azkals Development Team, commonly referred to as ADT, is a Philippine developmental football club that competes in the Philippines Football League. Founded in 2020, the team is under the control of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) ...

(ADT).

History

CF Manila is an offshoot of the Azkals Development Team (ADT) led by former Philippines international and coach Stephan Schröck. Despite ADT's departure mid-season from the

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

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, the club expressed intention of joining the 2023 iteration of the

Copa Paulino Alcantara The Copa Paulino Alcantara, also known as the PFL Cup, is an annual association football, football tournament in Philippines, sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation. The cup's first iteration began on September 1, 2018. It replaced the P ...

. ADA itself would not be part of the draw. Instead, Schröck formed a new club from the core players of ADA named Inter Manila to compete in the cup tournament. Days prior to the start of the tournament, Inter Manila changed their name to Club de Fútbol Manila, after a namesake club released a statement in early July 2023. The other club clarified they would not be joining the Copa and noted usage of its name "without authorization".

Players

First-team squad

References

{{reflist Football clubs in the Philippines Association football clubs established in 2023 2023 establishments in the Philippines