[2] The league was officially launched on April 21, 2017, at Shangri-La at the Fort in Taguig, while the first match of the season was played on May 6.
[4] The league was made up of 8 clubs: 6 from the UFL (Ceres, Global, JP Voltes, Kaya, Loyola Meralco Sparks, and Stallion) and 2 expansion teams (Davao Aguilas and Ilocos United).
Each club played the others four times (a home-and-away quadruple round-robin format), twice at their home ground and twice at that of their opponents', for 28 games.
The teams that finished the season in the top four entered a playoff tournament to determine the league's champion.
reportedly will move to Davao City, and a new club will be formed to represent Bacolod or the Negros Island Region.
Source: Philippines Football League The eight clubs will play each other four times for twenty eight matches each during the regular season.
Kaya awarded a 0–3 win ^3 Match deemed a forfeiture due to ambulances supposed to be on the venue got involved in an accident.
The winners of the two-legged semifinals contested for the league title in the final while the losers played in a third place playoff.