2018 Ceres–Negros F.C. season

Ceres–Negros
2018 season
Chairman Leo Rey V. Yanson
Head Coach Risto Vidaković
Stadium Panaad Stadium
Philippines Football League Winners
AFC Champions League Play-off round
AFC Cup ASEAN Zone Final
Copa Paulino Alcantara Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Mike Ott (9)
All: Bienvenido Marañón (17)
Highest home attendance 4,681 vs Kaya–Iloilo
(April 4, 2018)
Lowest home attendance 849 vs Stallion Laguna
(August 25, 2018)
Home colours
Away colours
All statistics correct as of September 22, 2018.

The 2018 season is Ceres–Negros Football Club's 7th in existence and the club’s 2nd season in the top flight of Philippine football. Ceres competed in the Philippines Football League, Copa Paulino Alcantara, and AFC Cup. It covers a period from January 16 to September 22, 2018.

They made their first appearance in the AFC Champions League qualifying playoff winning over Burmese club Shan United and securing an upset victory against Australian side Brisbane Roar. They failed to progress to the tournament proper after they were knocked off by Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian.

Players

Squad information

No. Pos. Nat. Name Notes
1 GK Spain Toni Doblas
2 GK Philippines Roland Müller Second nationality: Germany
3 DF Philippines Amani Aguinaldo
4 DF Spain Manuel Herrera
5 MF Philippines Mike Ott Second nationality: Germany
6 MF Philippines Kevin Ingreso Second nationality: Germany
7 MF Spain Bienvenido Marañón
8 MF Philippines Manuel Ott Second nationality: Germany
9 MF Philippines Paul Mulders Second nationality: Netherlands
10 MF Philippines OJ Porteria Second nationality: United States
11 DF Philippines Sean Kane
12 MF Philippines Stephan Schröck Second nationality: Germany
13 DF Philippines Jerry Barbaso
14 DF Philippines Carli de Murga Second nationality: Spain
15 FW Australia Blake Powell Second nationality: New Zealand
17 DF Philippines Junior Muñoz Second nationality: Netherlands
18 DF Philippines Joshua Dutosme
19 FW Philippines Curt Dizon Second nationality: United Kingdom
22 FW Philippines Omid Nazari Second nationality: Sweden
23 DF Philippines Martin Steuble (captain) Second nationality: Switzerland
28 DF Philippines Jeffrey Christiaens Second nationality: Belgium
29 FW Philippines Patrick Reichelt Second nationality: Germany
88 GK Philippines Eduard Sacapaño

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Philippines Football League April 4, 2018August 25, 2018 Matchday 1 Winners 23 17 3 3 59 21 +38 073.91
Copa Paulino Alcantara September 1, 2018September 22, 2018 Group Stage Group Stage 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 033.33
AFC Cup February 13, 2018August 8, 2018 Group Stage ASEAN Zonal Final 10 5 2 3 24 11 +13 050.00
AFC Champions League January 16, 2018January 30, 2018 Preliminary Round 1 Play-off Round 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 033.33
Total 39 24 6 9 88 40 +48 061.54

Last updated: September 22, 2018
Source: Competitions

Philippines Football League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ceres–Negros (C) 25 19 3 3 66 25 +41 60 Qualification for the
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Kaya–Iloilo 25 15 4 6 58 32 +26 49
3 Davao Aguilas 25 11 6 8 52 39 +13 39
4 Stallion Laguna 25 12 3 10 49 45 +4 36[lower-alpha 1]
5 JPV Marikina 25 7 2 16 46 63 −17 20[lower-alpha 2]
6 Global Cebu 25 1 2 22 18 85 −67 5
Source: Philippines Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Three points was deducted for Stallion Laguna from the league standing due to the club's failure to comply with Liga Futbol Inc. Disciplinary Committee’s Decision No. 010318DC03.[1]
  2. ↑ Three points was deducted for JPV Marikina from the league standing due to the club's failure to comply with Liga Futbol Inc. Disciplinary Committee’s Decision No. 010318DC02.[2]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
23 17 3 3 59 21  +38 54 8 0 3 28 9  +19 9 3 0 31 12  +19

Last updated: July 25, 2018.
Source: Philippines Football League

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on August 25, 2018. Source: Philippines Football League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Note:

a ^ Due to the unavailability of Marikina Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
b ^ Due to the bad condition of the pitch in the Cebu City Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
c ^ JPV Marikina FC was not able to mobilize adequate security personnel for the match. As a result, it was played without spectators.
d ^ Due to the unavailability of Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
e ^ Due to the unavailability of Marikina Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Biñan Football Stadium.
f ^ Due to the unavailability of Panaad Stadium, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
g ^ Originally schedule on 15 August but the match was abandoned by Global Cebu. Ceres–Negros won 3–0 by default.

Copa Paulino Alcantara

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DAV STA CER
1 Davao Aguilas (Q) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Semi-finals — 0–0 2–1
2 Stallion Laguna (Q) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4 17 Oct — 3–0
3 Ceres–Negros (E) 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3 1–3 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2018. Source: LFI
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group Stage

Note:

a ^ Due to the unavailability of Panaad Stadium, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
b ^ Due to the unavailability of Biñan Football Stadium, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
c ^ Due to the unavailability of Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.

AFC Champions League

Ceres–Negros made their first appearance in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs by virtue of being the champions of the 2017 Philippines Football League season.[3]

Qualifying play-offs

Ceres–Negros started their AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs with a match against Burmese side, Shan United.[4] Prior to the match, Ceres-Negros only had three training sessions.[5] Ceres-Negros won over Shan United on penalties.[4]

They went on to face Australian club Brisbane Roar which was at that time had already played 17 games of the 2017-18 A-League season and was ranked 7th in the league table. For about five minutes in the second half, Brisbane player Eric Bauteac had to be pulled off the pitch after his kit number peeled off. He was allowed to return to the pitch after the numbers were fixed.[6] Ceres-Negros won 3-2 over Brisbane Roar a result which was considered as an upset leading to calls for the resignation of the Australian side's coach John Aloisi.[7][8]

Ceres-Negros had to deal with visa issues prior to their match against Tianjin Quanjian in China. The club appealed to the Asian Football Confederation to delay the match so the clubs may be "on equal footing" and make consideration on the basis the Ceres' players are "coming from another continent" but such request was not granted. The club only had their Chinese visas for their players processed in the afternoon of January 29, the day prior to match day, and left for Tianjin on the same day.[9] Ceres-Negros ended their campaign after they conceded two goals in their match against Tianjin Quanjian though their efforts were praised by PFF President Mariano Araneta. Ceres coach Risto Vidakovic was also satisfied with his players' performance.[10]

AFC Cup

Having been knockout by Tianjin Quanjian in the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying playoff, Ceres-Negros relegates to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage[10] where they are grouped with three other Southeast Asian teams.

Ceres-Negros ended their home match against Boeung Ket Angkor of Cambodia with a 9–0 win. This equaled the 9–0 win of Uzbek club Nasaf Qarshi over Indian club Dempo in 2011 as the match with the biggest score margin in the AFC Cup.[11]

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM CER BKA SHA
1 Singapore Home United 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13[lower-alpha 1] Zonal semi-finals — 1–1 6–0 3–2
2 Philippines Ceres–Negros 6 4 1 1 17 3 +14 13[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 — 9–0 2–0
3 Cambodia Boeung Ket Angkor 6 2 0 4 8 24 −16 6 3–2 0–4 — 1–2
4 Myanmar Shan United 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 0–1 0–1 1–4 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head results: Home United 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 0–2 Home United.

Knockout stage

ASEAN Zonal Semifinal

Ceres–Negros won 6–5 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zonal Final

Home United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
1 GK Spain Toni Doblas 38 Spain San Fernando Transfer
2 DF Philippines Sean Patrick Kane 27 JPV Marikina Transfer
3 DF Philippines Amani Aguinaldo 23 Global Cebu Transfer
5 MF PhilippinesGermany Mike Ott 26 Thailand Angthong Transfer
1 GK PhilippinesGermany Roland Müller[12] 30 None (Returned to club after leave) Return
8 FW Australia Blake Powell[12] 27 Australia Central Coast Mariners Transfer
13 DF Philippines Jerry Barbaso[12] 30 Global Cebu Transfer
20 FW Philippines Curt Dizon[12] 24 Global Cebu Transfer
7 MF PhilippinesNetherlands Paul Mulders[12] 37 Global Cebu Transfer

Out

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
11 MF PhilippinesAustralia Iain Ramsay 30 Malaysia FELDA United Transfer
13 DF PhilippinesNetherlands Joshua Grommen 22 Davao Aguilas Transfer
16 MF Philippines Arnie Pasinabo 32 Kaya–Iloilo Transfer
21 DF PhilippinesEngland Luke Woodland 23 Thailand Buriram United Transfer
3 DF Japan Kota Kawase 25 Malaysia Uitm F.C Transfer
9 FW Spain Fernando Rodríguez 31 Indonesia Mitra Kukar Transfer
9 FW Japan Takumi Uesato[12] 28 JPV Marikina Transfer
25 GK Philippines Michael Casas 32 Global Cebu Transfer
30 FW Philippines Nessi Ramos 21 Global Cebu Transfer

References

  1. ↑ "Point Deduction for Stallion Laguna FC". Philippines Football League. Liga Futbol Inc. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Point Deduction for JPV Marikina FC". Philippines Football League. Liga Futbol, Inc. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ceres-Negros makes first appearance in AFC Champions League qualifiers". Rappler. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Ceres-Negros make Shan United pay the penalty in ACL qualifiers". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ceres-Negros Battles Shan United in AFC Champions League playoff". 15 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Wenzel, Murray. "Asian Champions League: Brisbane Roar sent packing by Filipino side Ceres-Negros". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (24 January 2018). "Brisbane Roar embarrassed in 3-2 AFC Champions League playoff loss to Filipino club Ceres-Negros". News.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Brisbane Roar slammed after shock loss to Ceres Negros". ABS-CBN News. Agence France-Presse. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Co, Adrian Stewart (30 January 2018). "Ceres Negros FC overcomes visa issue ahead of China match". Panay News. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  10. 1 2 "AFC Champions League: Ceres' run ends as Busmen fall short vs Tianjin". ABS-CBN News. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Matchday One - Group F: Ceres Negros 9-0 Boeung Ket". Asian Football Confederation. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Co, Adrian Stewart (19 July 2018). "Ceres lets Uesato go, gets 5 new players". Panay News. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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