2017 FC Meralco Manila season

The 2017 season is Meralco Manila's first and only season in the Philippines Football League, the top flight of Philippines football.[1]

Meralco Manila

2017 season
Chairman	Manuel V. Pangilinan
Head coach	Jose Ariston Caslib
Stadium	Rizal Memorial Stadium
PFL	1st (Regular Season) 3rd (Final Series)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2017.

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Stallion Invitational Cup

March 15, 2017 GS Group B	Loyola Meralco Sparks	4–2	Belmont-Deft Touch	Biñan
	Connor Tacagni  30' Samuel Kouame Minniecon P. Younghusband	Report	Nathan DaRosa Tonaldo Appia	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

March 18, 2017 GS Group B	Kaya Makati	1–5	Loyola Meralco Sparks	Biñan
	?	Report	Connor Tacagni  40' Samuel Kouame  57' Ashley Flores  61' Kone Yaya 76', 90+1'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

March 22, 2017 Semifinal	Loyola Meralco Sparks	unknown	Global Cebu	Biñan
	?	Report	Connor Tacagni  40' Samuel Kouame  57' Ashley Flores  61' Kone Yaya 76', 90+1'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

March 24, 2017 Final	Stallion Laguna	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Loyola Meralco Sparks	Biñan
	Rio Tamiya  105' Thomert Nana  120'	Report		Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

Competitions

Philippines Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Meralco Manila	28	17	7	4	43	33	+10	58	Qualification to Finals series
2	Ceres–Negros	28	17	6	5	76	27	+49	57
3	Kaya FC–Makati	28	14	5	9	52	35	+17	47
4	Global Cebu	28	13	8	7	47	37	+10	47
5	Stallion Laguna	28	9	8	11	39	49	−10	35
6	JPV Marikina	28	9	6	13	42	48	−6	33
7	Davao Aguilas	28	4	10	14	35	56	−21	22
8	Ilocos United	28	1	6	21	24	73	−49	9

Source: Philippines Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored

Regular season

6 May 2017 1	Stallion Laguna	1–5	Meralco Manila	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

13 May 2017 2	Meralco Manila	2–1	Ilocos United	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

20 May 2017 3	JPV Marikina	0–1	Meralco Manila	Biñan^a
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

3 June 2017 4	Meralco Manila	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

17 June 2017 5	Kaya FC–Makati	0–2	Meralco Manila	Makati
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

21 June 2017 6	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Meralco Manila	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

24 June 2017 7	Meralco Manila	1–1	Stallion Laguna	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

1 July 2017 8	Ilocos United	0–1	Meralco Manila	Bantay^b
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Quirino Stadium

8 July 2017 9	Meralco Manila	1–0	JPV Marikina	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

15 July 2017 10	Meralco Manila	0–7	Ceres–Negros	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

22 July 2017 11	Meralco Manila	2–2	Global Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

29 July 2017 12	Davao Aguilas	2–3	Meralco Manila	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

2 August 2017 13	Meralco Manila	1–2	Global Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

5 August 2017 14	Meralco Manila	2–1	Kaya FC–Makati	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

12 August 2017 15	Stallion Laguna	2–3	Meralco Manila	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

16 August 2017 16	Ceres–Negros	1–2	Meralco Manila	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Panaad Stadium

20 August 2017 17	Meralco Manila	1–0	Ilocos United	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

23 August 2017 18	JPV Marikina	1–1	Meralco Manila	Manila^a
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

16 September 2017 19	Global Cebu	0–0	Meralco Manila	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

23 September 2017 20	Meralco Manila	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

30 September 2017 21	Kaya FC–Makati	2–1	Meralco Manila	Makati
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

14 October 2017 22	Meralco Manila	0–0	Stallion Laguna	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

20 October 2017 23	Ilocos United	0–3	Meralco Manila	Bantay^b
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Quirino Stadium

28 October 2017 24	Meralco Manila	1–0	Kaya FC–Makati	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

31 October 2017 25	Meralco Manila	1–0	JPV Marikina	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

5 November 2017 26	Ceres–Negros	6–0	Meralco Manila	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Marañón  22', 67' de Murga  28' Rodriguez  30', 36', 54'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

19 November 2017 27	Global Cebu	1–2	Meralco Manila	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

24 November 2017 28	Meralco Manila	0–0	Ceres–Negros	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Note:

• a Because of the ongoing works in the Marikina Sports Complex, the team will play its first few league games at the Biñan Football Stadium and Rizal Memorial Stadium and will have to groundshare with Stallion Laguna and Meralco Manila, respectively.
• b The home stadium of the club is located in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, a nearby town of Vigan. For administrative and marketing purposes, the home city of Ilocos United is designated as "Vigan"
• c Because of the ongoing works in the University of San Carlos Stadium, the team will play its first few league games at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila and will have to groundshare with Meralco Manila.

Final Series

3 December 2017 Semi Final Leg 1	Global Cebu	2–1	Meralco Manila	Manila^1
19:00 UTC+8	Wesley  90' Minegishi  90+2'		Minniecon  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

^1 The game is considered as a Home Game for Global Cebu. Game will be played in RMS due to unavailability of Global's home stadium, the Cebu City Sports Complex.[2]

9 December 2017 Semi Final Leg 2	Meralco Manila	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Global Cebu	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Dizon  2'		Sanchez  86'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

16 December 2017 Battle for Third	Meralco Manila	3–1	Kaya FC–Makati	Manila
16:00 UTC+8	Cañas  4' Dizon  16', 24'		Bedic  58'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

League squad

As of 3 September 2017[3]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Florencio Badelic Jr.		GK	22 May 1994	Global Cebu
2	Nathanael Villanueva		GK	25 October 1995	Pachanga Diliman
30	Ricardo Padilla Jr.		GK	30 September 1987
Defenders
3	Joaquín Cañas		CB	28 August 1987	Stallion Laguna
4	Alvin Sarmiento		RB	6 May 1993	Green Archers United
5	Edward Mallari		LB	27 July 1983	Kaya
14	Lee Jeong-min		CB	17 July 1990	Seongnam
15	Nathaneil Dorimon		RB	3 January 1992	Mendiola
18	Julian Clarino		CB	15 August 1995	Global Cebu
23	Tyler Matas		LB	3 August 1994	Burlingame Dragons
25	Milan Nikolić		CB	10 February 1988	Global Cebu
Midfielders
6	Andrés Gonzales		CDM	1 May 1981	Pachanga Diliman
8	Simon Greatwich		CM	30 September 1988	Hartwick Hawks
12	Tahj Minniecon		RM	13 February 1989	Rockdale City Suns
16	Daniel Gadia		CM	5 July 1993	Pachanga Diliman
17	Christian Cruz-Herrera		CM	2 April 1996	Ventura County Fusion
19	Curt Dizon		LM	4 February 1994	Global Cebu
21	Edienzel Velizano		CAM	8 April 1994	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde
24	Jean De los Reyes		LM	19 April 1991	Pasargad
27	Jake Morallo		LM	12 July 1988	Manila Jeepney
31	Franco De la Torre		CM	20 November 1996	Davao Aguilas
Forwards
9	Gerardo Valmayor		ST	8 June 1992	Pachanga Diliman
11	Jim Ashley Flores		RW	12 September 1992	Stallion Laguna
13	Connor Tacagni		ST	27 September 1995	San Beda College
22	David Fornea		ST	13 October 1991	Pachanga Diliman

References

1. "Clubs in 1st season". Philippinesfootballleague.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
2. "No Cebu game for Global in PFL semis". Sun Star Cebu. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
3. "FC Meralco Manila". m.facebook.com.