The Philippines has played in one edition of the AFC Asian Cup, in 2019 when they made their debut. The country failed to qualify prior to this edition. The closest occasion was in 2014 when they lost to Palestine in the final of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, in which the winner qualified to the tournament.
They finally clinched qualification on 27 March 2018 when they beat Tajikistan at home.[1] [2]
| Year | AFC Asian Cup record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 1956 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
 1964 | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 1968 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
 1972 | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
 1988 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2004 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Did not qualify | See 2008 & 2010 AFC Challenge Cup records | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 2015 | See 2012 & 2014 AFC Challenge Cup records | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 45 | 116 | |||||||||||
See main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group C.
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