2018 Ceres–Negros F.C. season

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.

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: Bienvenido Marañón (14) 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.

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		Toni Doblas
2	GK		Roland Müller	Second nationality:
3	DF		Amani Aguinaldo
4	DF		Súper
5	MF		Mike Ott	Second nationality:
6	MF		Kevin Ingreso	Second nationality:
7	MF		Bienvenido Marañón
8	MF		Manuel Ott	Second nationality:
9	MF		Paul Mulders	Second nationality:
10	MF		OJ Porteria	Second nationality:
11	DF		Sean Kane
12	MF		Stephan Schröck	Second nationality:
13	DF		Jerry Barbaso
14	DF		Carli de Murga	Second nationality:
15	FW		Blake Powell	Second nationality:
17	DF		Junior Muñoz	Second nationality:
18	DF		Joshua Dutosme
19	FW		Curt Dizon	Second nationality:
22	FW		Omid Nazari	Second nationality:
23	DF		Martin Steuble (captain)	Second nationality:
28	DF		Jeffrey Christiaens	Second nationality:
29	FW		Patrick Reichelt	Second nationality:
88	GK		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, 2018	August 25, 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	23	17	3	3	59	21	+38	073.91
Copa Paulino Alcantara	September 1, 2018	September 22, 2018	Group Stage	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	033.33
AFC Cup	February 13, 2018	August 8, 2018	Group Stage	ASEAN Zonal Final	10	5	2	3	24	11	+13	050.00
AFC Champions League	January 16, 2018	January 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 were deducted from Stallion Laguna due to the club's failure to comply with Liga Futbol Inc. Disciplinary Committee’s Decision No. 010318DC03.[1]
2. Three points were deducted from JPV Marikina due to the club's failure to comply with Liga Futbol Inc. Disciplinary Committee’s Decision No. 010318DC02.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

April 4, 2018 1	Ceres–Negros	2–1	Kaya–Iloilo	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Ma. Ott  75' Mi. Ott  85'	Report	Mintah  64'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 4,681

April 14, 2018 2	JPV Marikina	0–3	Ceres–Negros	Manila^a
19:00 UTC+8		Report	Uesato  14', 30' Marañón  64'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 18, 2018 3	Global Cebu	0–2	Ceres–Negros	Manila^b
19:00 UTC+8		Report	Mi. Ott  13' Schröck  45+1'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 28, 2018 4	JPV Marikina	1–4	Ceres–Negros	Manila^a^c
16:00 UTC+8	Suzuki  38'	Report	Marañón  8' Christiaens  20' Reichelt  78', 83'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0^c

May 2, 2018 5	Davao Aguilas	0–2	Ceres–Negros	Manila^d
16:00 UTC+8		Report	Marañón  42' Mi. Ott  55'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 12, 2018 6	Ceres–Negros	0–2	Kaya–Iloilo	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8		Report	Osei  10' Mendy  40'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

May 23, 2018 7	Ceres–Negros	3–0	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Porteria  45' (pen.) Marañón  60', 68'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Stadium

May 26, 2018 8	Stallion Laguna	2–3	Ceres–Negros	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8	Melliza  10', 25'	Report	Schröck  55' Marañón  58', 63'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

May 30, 2018 9	Stallion Laguna	2–6	Ceres–Negros	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8	Sy  73' Arboleda  77'	Report	Reichelt  9' Porteria  11', 71' Mi. Ott 53', 57' Ingreso  64'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

June 2, 2018 10	JPV Marikina	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Biñan^e
19:00 UTC+8	Kozawa  57'	Report	Reichelt  70'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

June 6, 2018 11	Ceres–Negros	2–1	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	De Murga  28' Reichelt  78'	Report	J. Younghusband  14'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

June 9, 2018 12	Kaya–Iloilo	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Iloilo City
19:00 UTC+8	Felongco  88'	Report	Mi. Ott  86'	Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex

June 16, 2018 13	Global Cebu	3–4	Ceres–Negros	Manila^b
19:00 UTC+8	Roberts  53', 60' Salenga  70'	Report	Schröck  35', 42' Mi. Ott  36', 65'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 20, 2018 14	Ceres–Negros	4–1	JPV Marikina	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Schröck  8', 54' Mi. Ott  7' Reichelt  45' Porteria  45'	Report	Moriyasu  17'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

June 23, 2018 15	Ceres–Negros	0–2	JPV Marikina	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8		Report	Baguioro  58' Uzokal  87'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

June 27, 2018 16	Ceres–Negros	2–0	Stallion Laguna	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Porteria  34', 84'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

July 1, 2018 17	Ceres–Negros	2–0	Stallion Laguna	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Uesato  66', 70'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

July 7, 2018 18	Kaya–Iloilo	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Iloilo
19:00 UTC+8	Mendy  80'		Ingreso  84'	Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex

July 11, 2018 19	Kaya–Iloilo	0–1	Ceres–Negros	Iloilo
16:00 UTC+8			Reichelt  15'	Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex

July 14, 2018 20	Davao Aguilas	1–3	Ceres–Negros	Tagum
18:00 UTC+8	Kim  89'		Christiaens  6' Aguinaldo  60' Marañón  70'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

July 21, 2018 21	Ceres–Negros	7–1	Global Cebu	Manila^f
19:30 UTC+8	Marañón  18', 48' Dizon  21' Powell  69' Porteria  74' Nazari  74' Steuble  89'		Valmayor  58'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

July 25, 2018 22	Ceres–Negros	6–1	Global Cebu	Manila^f
19:30 UTC+8	Marañón  23', 70' Mi.Ott  35' Nazari  39' Powell  75'		Angeles  75'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

August 12, 2018 23	Ceres–Negros	0–3	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8			P. Younghusband  27', 31' De Jong  38'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 959 Referee: Steve Supresencia

August 24, 2018 24	Ceres–Negros	3–0^g Awarded	Global Cebu	Bacolod
				Stadium: Panaad Stadium

August 25, 2018 25	Ceres–Negros	4–1	Stallion Laguna	Bacolod
17:30 UTC+8	Marañón  32', 89' Steuble  49' Powell  67'		Alquiros  50'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 849

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	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Semi-finals		—	0–0	2–1
2	Stallion Laguna	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4			0–4	—	3–0
3	Ceres–Negros	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3			1–3	2–1	—

Source: LFI

Group Stage

September 1, 2018 1	Ceres–Negros	1–3	Davao Aguilas	Manila^a
19:00 UTC+8	Powell  54'		Hartmann  36' P. Younghusband  38' Minniecon  76'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 15, 2018 2	Stallion Laguna	3–0	Ceres–Negros	Biñan
12:00 UTC+8	Doctora  24' Melliza  41', 52'			Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

September 19, 2018 3	Ceres–Negros	2–1	Stallion Laguna	Manila^a
19:00 UTC+8	Powell  56' Mi. Ott  84'		Arboleda  40'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 22, 2018 4	Davao Aguilas	2–1	Ceres–Negros	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8	Wesley  16' P. Younghusband  47' (pen.)		Mi. Ott  53'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

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]

January 16, 2018 Preliminary Round 1	Shan United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Ceres–Negros	Yangon
16:00 UTC+6:30	Lee Han-kuk  89' Asare  99'	Report	Christiaens  81' Schröck  89' Ingreso  117' Nyakwe  94' (o.g.)	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 257 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
	Penalties
	Asare Chizoba Nay Lin Tun Win Min Htut Nyakwe		De Murga Schröck Ott Marañón

January 23, 2018 Preliminary Round 2	Brisbane Roar	2–3	Ceres–Negros	Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Bowles  32' Maccarone  35',  90' Franjic  54' North  70' Papadopoulos  72' Bauthéac  82',  86' Oxborrow  85'	Report	Súper  54' Marañón  43', 65',  66' Nazari  75'	Stadium: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Attendance: 1,279 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

January 30, 2018 Play-off Round	Tianjin Quanjian	2–0	Ceres–Negros	Tianjin
15:30 UTC+8	Modeste  19', 57' Wang Yongpo  56'	Report	Ingreso  45'	Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium Attendance: 23,310 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

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	Home United	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13[lower-alpha 1]	Zonal semi-finals		—	1–1	6–0	3–2
2	Ceres–Negros	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	13[lower-alpha 1]			0–2	—	9–0	2–0
3	Boeung Ket Angkor	6	2	0	4	8	24	−16	6			3–2	0–4	—	1–2
4	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. Head-to-head results: Home United 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 0–2 Home United.

February 13, 2018 Matchday 1	Ceres–Negros	9–0	Boeung Ket Angkor	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Uesato  15', 22' Marañón  19', 29' (pen.) Porteria  31', 85' Sovannarith  58' (o.g.) De Murga  64' Ma. Ott  81'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

February 27, 2018 Matchday 2	Home United	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Ishak  23', pen.'	Report	Súper  79'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,331 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

March 6, 2018 Matchday 3	Ceres–Negros	2–0	Shan United	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Reichelt  79' Marañón  83'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

March 14, 2018 Matchday 4	Shan United	0–1	Ceres–Negros	Yangon
16:00 UTC+6:30		Report	Marañón  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 231 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

April 11, 2018 Matchday 5	Boeung Ket Angkor	0–4	Ceres–Negros	Phnom Penh
18:30 UTC+7		Report	Marañón  36', 38', 69' Uesato  84'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

April 25, 2018 Matchday 6	Ceres–Negros	0–2	Home United	Bacolod
18:00 UTC+8		Report	Izzdin  80' Ui-young  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 5,015 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Knockout stage

ASEAN Zonal Semifinal

May 9, 2018 First leg	Ceres–Negros	4–2	Yangon United	Bacolod
18:00 UTC+8	Marañón  29', 44' Reichelt  33' Súper  63'	Live Report Report	Sylla  55', 83'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 8,986 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

May 16, 2018 Second leg	Yangon United	3–2 (5–6 agg.)	Ceres–Negros	Yangon
15:30 UTC+6:30	Uchida  2' Soe  83' Sylla  87' (pen.)	Live Report Report	Ma. Ott  8' Marañón  78'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 2,481 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Ceres–Negros won 6–5 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zonal Final

August 1, 2018 First leg	Ceres–Negros	1–1	Home United	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Powell  8' (pen.)	Live Report Report	Cernak  23'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 6,705 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

August 8, 2018 Second leg	Home United	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Ceres–Negros	Kallang
19:30 UTC+8	Shakir  62' Song  74'	Live Report Report		Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 3,392 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Home United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type
1	GK		Toni Doblas	40	San Fernando	Transfer
2	DF		Sean Patrick Kane	29	JPV Marikina	Transfer
3	DF		Amani Aguinaldo	25	Global Cebu	Transfer
5	MF		Mike Ott	28	Angthong	Transfer
1	GK		Roland Müller[12]	30	None (Returned to club after leave)	Return
8	FW		Blake Powell[12]	27	Central Coast Mariners	Transfer
13	DF		Jerry Barbaso[12]	30	Global Cebu	Transfer
20	FW		Curt Dizon[12]	24	Global Cebu	Transfer
7	MF		Paul Mulders[12]	37	Global Cebu	Transfer

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type
11	MF		Iain Ramsay	32	FELDA United	Transfer
13	DF		Joshua Grommen	24	Davao Aguilas	Transfer
16	MF		Arnie Pasinabo	32	Kaya–Iloilo	Transfer
21	DF		Luke Woodland	25	Suphanburi	Transfer
3	DF		Kota Kawase	28	Uitm F.C	Transfer
9	FW		Fernando Rodríguez	33	Mitra Kukar	Transfer
9	FW		Takumi Uesato[12]	28	JPV Marikina	Transfer
25	GK		Michael Casas	32	Global Cebu	Transfer
30	FW		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. "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. "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. Co, Adrian Stewart (19 July 2018). "Ceres lets Uesato go, gets 5 new players". Panay News. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

External links

• Official website