2018 Philippines Football League

Philippines Football League
Season 2018
Dates 3 March 2018 – 25 August 2018
Champions Ceres–Negros
2nd title
AFC Champions League Ceres–Negros
Matches played 75
Goals scored 280 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Robert Lopez Mendy
(18 goals)
Biggest home win Ceres–Negros 7–1 Global Cebu
(21 July)
Kaya–Iloilo 6–0 Global Cebu
(11 August)
Biggest away win Global Cebu 1–11 JPV Marikina
(1 August)
Highest scoring Global Cebu 1–11 JPV Marikina
(1 August)
Longest winning run Ceres–Negros (4 April – 12 May)
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Ceres–Negros (23 May – 20 June)
Stallion Laguna (14 July – 25 Aug)
(8 matches)
Longest winless run Global Cebu (27 May – 25 Aug)
(17 matches)
Longest losing run Global Cebu (21 July – 25 Aug)
(11 matches)
Highest attendance 4,681
Ceres–Negros 2–1 Kaya-Iloilo
(4 April)
Lowest attendance 0 (Behind closed doors)
JPV Marikina 1–4 Ceres–Negros
(28 April)
← 2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 30 August 2018.

The 2018 Philippines Football League was the second season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. Ceres–Negros were the defending champions after beating Global Cebu in the Final.

The 2018 season started on 3 March 2018[1] and ended on 25 August 2018.[2] This season will no longer have a final series as Copa Paulino Alcantara will be introduce right after league.[1]

Ceres–Negros won their second title on 25 July 2018 by winning over Global Cebu 6–1 with three matches to spare.[3]

Teams

The eight clubs which participated in the inaugural season were granted license to partake in the 2018 season by November 2017.[4] However, on 8 January 2018, FC Meralco Manila ceased operations in the senior club level[5] and on 18 January Ilocos United F.C. announced their withdrawal from the league leaving only 6 teams for the 2018 season.

Stadiums and locations

On 6 February 2018, Kaya F.C. transferred from Makati to Iloilo.[6]

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
Ceres–Negros Serbia Risto Vidaković Philippines Martin Steuble Germany Adidas Ceres
Davao Aguilas Philippines Melchor Anzures Philippines Phil Younghusband San Miguel Corporation
Tapa King
Global Cebu Serbia Dragutin Stević-Ranković Trinidad and Tobago Darryl Roberts Philippines LGR TrackMate
JPV Marikina Philippines Dan Padernal Japan Atsushi Shimono Philippines LGR JK Mart
BranchForth
Santouka Ramen
Kaya FC–Iloilo Philippines Noel Marcaida Philippines Miguel Tanton Philippines LGR LBC
Fitness First
Stallion Laguna Philippines Ernest Nierras Philippines Ruben Doctora Philippines Nixáre Giligan's Restaurant

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Global Cebu Singapore Akbar Nawas End of Contract 11 January 2018[8] Pre-season Philippines Marjo Allado (interim) 11 January 2018
Davao Aguilas Philippines Marlon Maro Resigned 29 May 2018[9] 3rd Philippines Melchor Anzures 29 May 2018[9]
Global Cebu Philippines Marjo Allado (interim) Resigned 04 August 2018[10] 6th Serbia Stević Ranković 18 August 2018[11]

Foreign players

A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation.

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Players Former Players 1
Ceres–Negros Spain Toni Doblas[12] Spain Bienvenido Marañón[13] Australia Blake Powell Spain Súper[13] Japan Takumi Uesato
Davao Aguilas Brazil Diego Oliveiro Alves[14] Brazil Wesley dos Santos[15] Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald 2 3 South Korea Kim Sungmin[16] Japan Takashi Odawara[16]
Australia Harry Sawyer
Global Cebu South Korea Lee Jeong-min[16] Trinidad and Tobago Darryl Roberts[17] Serbia Milan Nikolić[18] England Adam Mitter[18] Spain Rufo Sánchez[19]
Brazil Wesley dos Santos[15][20]
JPV Marikina Japan Ryuki Kozawa[21] Japan Keigo Moriyasu[22][21] Japan Atsushi Shimono[21] Japan Tsubasa Suzuki[21]
Kaya–Iloilo Ghana Jordan Mintah[23] Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy[23] Japan Masanari Omura[23] Ghana Alfred Osei
Stallion Laguna Switzerland Carlo Polli South Korea Ko Kyung-joon[24] Senegal Abou Mouhamed Sy N/A Switzerland Gabriele Mascazzini[24]
Japan Ken Kensei[24]
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
  • ^2 Also a holder of AFC nationality (Australia)
Foreign players by confederation
AFC Japan (8),  South Korea (3),  Australia3 (3)
CAF Ghana (2),  Senegal (2)
CONCACAF Trinidad and Tobago (1)
CONMEBOL Brazil (2)
OFC Papua New Guinea4 (1)
UEFA Spain (4),   Switzerland (2),  Serbia (1),  England (1)
  • ^3 Brad McDonald has both Australia and Papua New Guinea FIFA nationality.

League table

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.[25]
  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.[26]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Ceres–Negros1111111111111111111111111
Kaya–Iloilo3544332222222222222222222
Davao Aguilas3332223333444333333344333
Stallion Laguna5465544444333444444433444
JPV Marikina1223455555555555555555555
Global Cebu5656666666666666666666666
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round/AFC Cup Group Stage

Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2018. Source: Philippines Football League

Results by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Ceres–NegrosWWWWWLWWWDWDWWLWWDWWWWLWW
Davao AguilasDWDWWLLWLLLLWWWLDLDWDWWWD
Global CebuLLDLLLWLLLLDLLLLLLLLLLLLL
JPV MarikinaWWLLLLLLLWDLLLWLDLLWWLWLL
Kaya–IloiloDLWLWWWWWLWDLWWWDLLWWWDWW
Stallion LagunaLWLWLWWLLWWLWLLLWWDWWWDDL

Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2018. Source: Philippines Football League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

The six clubs will play each other in two rounds of home and away matches. The final round hosting will be via drawing of lots. 75 league matches will be played in total.[1]

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

As of 30 Aug 2018
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Senegal Robert Lopez MendyKaya–Iloilo 18
2 Spain Bienvenido MarañónCeres–Negros 15
3 Philippines Phil YounghusbandDavao Aguilas 12
4 Japan Keigo MoriyasuJPV Marikina 11
Philippines James YounghusbandDavao Aguilas

Hat-tricks

As of 1 August 2018
Player Club Result Against Date Ref
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Iloilo 4–1 (A) JPV Marikina 5 May 2018 [27]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo 4–2 (H) Davao Aguilas 20 May 2018 [28]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo 4–2 (H) JPV Marikina 27 June 2018 [29]
Philippines Jovin Bedic Kaya–Iloilo 4–2 (H) Stallion Laguna 4 July 2018 [30]
Spain Bienvenido Marañón Ceres–Negros 6–1 (H) Global Cebu 25 July 2018 [31]
Japan Keigo Moriyasu JPV Marikina 11–1 (A) Global Cebu 1 August 2018 [32]
Philippines Jay Baguioro
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of 29 July 2018
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Spain Toni Doblas Ceres–Negros 4
2 Philippines Nick O'Donnell Davao Aguilas 3
3 Philippines Ref Cuaresma Kaya–Iloilo 1
Philippines Ace Villanueva Kaya–Iloilo
Philippines Hayeson Pepito Stallion Laguna
Philippines Patrick Deyto Davao Aguilas

Discipline

Yellow cards

As of 10 June 2018
RankPlayerClubYellow Cards
1 Philippines Omid NazariCeres-Negros 5
2 Ghana Alfred OseiKaya-Iloilo 4
Spain Rufo SanchezGlobal Cebu
4 Philippines Stephan SchröckCeres–Negros 2
Philippines Jalsor SorianoKaya–Iloilo
Philippines Daniel GadiaGlobal Cebu
Philippines David BasaJPV Marikina
8 34 players 1

Red cards

As of 23 July 2018
RankPlayerClubRed Cards
1 Ghana Alfred OseiKaya–Iloilo 2
Philippines Omid NazariCeres–Negros
Senegal Robert Lopez MendyKaya–Iloilo
4 Spain Rufo SanchezGlobal Cebu 1
Philippines Dennis VillanuevaDavao Aguilas
Philippines Adam ReedDavao Aguilas
Philippines Jason CordovaStallion Laguna
Philippines Camelo TacusalmeKaya–Iloilo
Philippines Robert CañedoJPV Marikina
Philippines Shirman FelongcoKaya–Iloilo
Philippines Angelo MarasiganGlobal Cebu
Philippines OJ PorteriaCeres–Negros
Philippines Louie CasasCeres–Negros
Philippines Mike OttCeres–Negros

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PFL Season 2018 Begins March 3". Philippines Football League. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 PFL Season set to begin March 3". Rappler. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ceres captures back to back PFL titles". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "PFF Club Licensing Grants Club License To Eight PFL Clubs". Philippine Football Federation. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Go, Beatrice (8 January 2018). "PH football club Meralco Manila ceases operations". Rappler. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Kaya FC signs agreement for transfer to Iloilo". Fox Sports Philippines. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Advisory: Stadium Status of Davao, Marikina, Cebu". Philippines Football League. Liga Futbol, Inc. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Diaz, Ray Charlie (11 January 2018). "Global Cebu appoints Allado as interim coach anew". Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 Biantan, Jack (29 May 2018). "Maro Out, Anzures In For Davao Aguilas FC". Pinoy Football. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Cebu, Sun Star (4 August 2018). "Allado leaves Global Cebu". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Foxsportsasia (20 August 2018). "Global FC's revamp points to a promising future". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Piñero, Margota (28 December 2017). "Doblas se va al Ceres de Filipinas" [Doblas moves to Philippines' Ceres]. Marca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Ceres-Negros FC retains championship core in 2018 campaign". Ceres-Negros FC. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. ↑ Averilla, Earl (July 2018). "Super Swoop: Davao Aguilas unveil new players in transfer window". Fox Sports Philippines. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  15. 1 2 Averilla, Earl (1 June 2018). "Brazilian defender Wesley Dos Santos Rodrigues joins Davao Aguilas". Fox Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  16. 1 2 3 Sevilla, Jeremiah (26 January 2018). "Global Cebu signs 3 ex-Meralco stalwarts". Manila Times. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Key signings boost Global Cebu roster". Cebu Daily News. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  18. 1 2 Fernandez, Lawrence Andrew (20 July 2018). "Filipino-British striker Gilmar to play for Global Cebu FC". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Striker Rufo Sanchez leaves Global Cebu". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  20. ↑ Averilla, Earl (21 May 2018). "Wesley Rodrigues bids goodbye to his tenure with Global Cebu". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "JPV Marikina 2018 Player Roster". Facebook. JPV Marikina FC. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  22. ↑ Estrada, Kevin (2 March 2018). "NPA No More: JPV excited to play in Marikina at last to open the new PFL season". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  23. 1 2 3 Jacintha, Christian (3 March 2018). "All eyes on local boy Eric Giganto as Kaya Iloilo looks to spoil Davao Aguilas home debut in PFL". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  24. 1 2 3 Saldajeno, Ivan (6 January 2018). "Laguna announces signings for PFL 2018". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  25. ↑ "Point Deduction for Stallion Laguna FC". Philippines Football League. Liga Futbol Inc. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "Point Deduction for JPV Marikina FC". Philippines Football League. Liga Futbol, Inc. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  27. ↑ "JPV Marikina 1–4 Kaya FC-Iloilo". PFL. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  28. ↑ "Kaya FC-Iloilo 4–2 Davao-Aguilas". PFL. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  29. ↑ "Kaya FC-Iloilo 4–2 JPV Marikina". PFL. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  30. ↑ "Kaya FC-Iloilo 4–2 Stallion Laguna". PFL. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  31. ↑ "Ceres-Negros 4–2 Global Cebu". PFL. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  32. ↑ Averilla, Earl (1 August 2018). "JPV Marikina rack up double digit goals against keeper-less Global". FOX Sports PH. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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