2017 Global Cebu F.C. season

The 2018 season is Global Cebu's 2nd season in the top flight of Philippines football.

Global Cebu

2017 season
Chairman	Dan Palami
Head coach	Marjo Allado
Stadium	Cebu City Sports Complex
PFL	4th (Regular Season) 2nd (Final Series)
AFC Cup	Zone Semifinal
Singapore Cup	Runner-up
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 16 December 2017.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PFL	6 May 2017	16 December 2017	Matchday 1	4th (League Table) / 2nd (Final Series)	31	14	9	8	51	43	+8	045.16
AFC Champions League	24 January 2017	31 January 2017	Preliminary Round 1	Preliminary Round 2	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4	050.00
AFC Cup	21 February 2017	30 May 2017	Group Stage	Zonal Semifinal	8	5	1	2	15	12	+3	062.50
Singapore Cup	21 June 2017	25 November 2017	Preliminary Round	Runner-up	6	2	3	1	14	12	+2	033.33
Total					47	22	13	12	82	73	+9	046.81

Last updated: 16 December 2017

Source: 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

7 May 2017 1	JPV Marikina	1–2	Global Cebu	Biñan^a
16:00 UTC+8	Odawara  55'	Report	Aguinaldo  58' Mulders  61'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

21 May 2017 2	Stallion Laguna	1–1	Global Cebu	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8	Nierras  90+3'	Report	Sasaki  84'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

24 May 2017 3	Global Cebu	3–1	Kaya FC–Makati	Manila^b
19:00 UTC+8	Villanueva  4' Sylla  16, 89'	Report	Mendy  54'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

3 June 2017 4	Ceres–Negros	1–0	Global Cebu	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Christiaens  83'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Stadium

18 June 2017 5	Ilocos United	0–3	Global Cebu	Bantay^c
19:00 UTC+8			Mulders  24' (pen.) Sasaki  24', 32'	Stadium: Quirino Stadium

25 June 2017 6	Global Cebu	1–2	JPV Marikina	Manila^b
19:00 UTC+8	Sylla  69'		Odawara  25, 55'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

28 June 2017 7	Davao Aguilas	1–2	Global Cebu	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	Talaroc 60'		37', own goal' Sylla 60'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

2 July 2017 8	Kaya FC–Makati	2–2	Global Cebu	Makati
16:00 UTC+8	Mintah 46' Mendy 89'		Sasaki 27' Sylla 90'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

5 July 2017 9	Global Cebu	1–0	Ceres–Negros	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8	Hartmann 43'			Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

9 July 2017 10	Global Cebu	3–0	Stallion Laguna	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8	Bahadoran 49', 67' Sasaki 86'			Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

15 July 2017 11	Global Cebu	0–0	Davao Aguilas	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

22 July 2017 12	Meralco Manila	2–2	Global Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

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

6 August 2017 14	Global Cebu	2–1	Ilocos United	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

13 August 2017 15	JPV Marikina	5–2	Global Cebu	Manila^a
16:00 UTC+8	Uesato  2', 13', 18', 35' Odawara  34'		Sanchez  63' Villanueva  82'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

19 August 2017 16	Global Cebu	0–0	Kaya FC–Makati	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

25 August 2017 17	Stallion Laguna	2–1	Global Cebu	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8	Linatoc  60' Melliza  86'		Sánchez  90+1'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

9 September 2017 18	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Global Cebu	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

13 September 2017 19	Global Cebu	3–1	Davao Aguilas	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

16 September 2017 20	Global Cebu	0–0	Meralco Manila	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

24 September 2017 21	Ceres–Negros	1–0	Global Cebu	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Schröck  79'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

15 October 2017 22	Global Cebu	2–1	JPV Marikina	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

21 October 2017 23	Kaya FC–Makati	2–0	Global Cebu	Makati
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

29 October 2017 24	Global Cebu	3–2	Ilocos United	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8	Roberts  20', 43' Wesley  78'		Kouassi  19', 45'

2 November 2017 25	Global Cebu	4–3	Stallion Laguna	Manila^d
16:00 UTC+8	Sanchez  30', 49', 90+3' Wesley  89'		Tuason  12', 68' Ko  60'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

15 November 2017 26	Ilocos United	3–3	Global Cebu	Bantay^c
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Quirino Stadium

19 November 2017 27	Global Cebu	1–2	Meralco Manila	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

28 November 2017 28	Global Cebu	2–0	Ceres–Negros	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8	Sanchez 7' Bahadoran 33'			Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

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 Because of the ongoing works in the Cebu City Sports Complex, the team will play its first few league games at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila and will have to groundshare with Meralco Manila.
• c 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"
• d Because of the unavailability of the Cebu City Sports Complex, the match was played instead in Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila.

Final Series

2 December 2017 Semifinal 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.[1]

9 December 2017 Semifinal 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 Final	Ceres–Negros	4–1	Global Cebu	Bacolod
18:00 UTC+8	Marañón  4' Ramsay  20', 27', 61'	Report	Roberts  89'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 2,553

AFC Champions League

Preliminary rounds

24 January 2017 Preliminary Round 1	Global Cebu	2–0	Tampines Rovers	Manila
19:30 UTC+8	Aguinaldo  39' Azzawi  61' Bahadoran  73'	Report	Shakir  45+2' Yasir  77' Jufri  77'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

31 January 2017 Preliminary Round 2	Brisbane Roar	6–0	Global Cebu	Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Borrello  12', 26', 30', 80' Arana  35', 65'	Report	Bugas  82'	Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 3,657 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

AFC Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GLO	JDT	BKA	MAG
1	Global Cebu	6	5	0	1	13	9	+4	15	Zonal semi-finals		—	3–2	3–1	1−0
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	4	1	1	16	5	+11	13			4–0	—	3–0	3–1
3	Boeung Ket Angkor	6	1	1	4	3	12	−9	4			0–2	0–3	—	1–0
4	Magwe	6	0	2	4	5	11	−6	2			2–4	1–1	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 February 2017 Matchday 1	Global Cebu	1–0	Magwe	Manila
19:30 UTC+8	Roberts  23' Bahadoran  39',  45' Clarino  84' Wesley  90+4'	Report	Linn  45+1' Tun  85'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 456 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

7 March 2017 Matchday 2	Boeung Ket Angkor	0–2	Global Cebu	Phnom Penh
18:00 UTC+7	Mizan  39'	Report	Mulders  5', 65' (pen.) Sasaki  53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

14 March 2017 Matchday 3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–0	Global Cebu	Johor Bahru
20:45 UTC+8	Mahali  30' Safiq  34' (pen.) Fazly  56' Ferreira  87' Amirul  88' António  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 11,090 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

5 April 2017 Matchday 4	Global Cebu	3–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Manila
19:30 UTC+8	Villanueva  27',  39' Sasaki  32' Aguinaldo  35' Agustien  43' Hartmann  86'	Report	António  39' Guerra  49', 83' Amirul  79' Chanturu  87' }	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 458 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

19 April 2017 Matchday 5	Magwe	2–4	Global Cebu	Yangon
15:30 UTC+6:30	Aung  35' Naing Naing  38' Lin Tun  78',  90+3' Maung Soe  80' Nanda Kyaw  86'	Report	Hartmann  55' Aguinaldo  71' Minegishi  72' Roberts  82', 83' Sasaki  89'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

3 May 2017 Matchday 6	Global Cebu	3–1	Boeung Ket Angkor	Manila
20:35 UTC+8	Mulders  12' Minegishi  28' Wesley  37' Roberts  90+3'	Report	Rosib  50'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 310 Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

Knockout stage

ASEAN Zonal Semifinal

16 May 2017 Leg 1	Global Cebu	2–2	Home United	Manila
19:30 UTC+8	Roberts  15' Aguinaldo  53',  71',  75'  Agustien  37'	Report	Adam  34' Afiq  63' Plazibat  90+5'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 486 Referee: Wang Di (China)

30 May 2017 Leg 2	Home United	3–2 (Home United won 5–4 on agg.)	Global Cebu	Kallang
20:30 UTC+8	Fandi  14' Song Ui-young  21',  36' Plazibat  89', 90+4'	Report	Agustien  6' (pen.) Sasaki  49' Villanueva  71'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,370 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

Home United won 5–4 on aggregate.

Singapore Cup

21 June 2017 Preliminary Round	Geylang International	4–4 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Global Cebu	Kallang
20:30 UTC+8	Ichikawa  15' Ortega  45',  45' Quak 83' (pen.) Sendra  90' Halim  11' Recha  54'		Roberts  19', 39' (pen.), 53' Minegishi Clarino  75' Kaole  70'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

8 August 2017 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Boeung Ket Angkor	1–3	Global Cebu	Kallang
19:30 UTC+8	Laboravy  53' (pen.)		Salenga  7', 68' Bahadoran  45'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

11 August 2017 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Global Cebu	1–2	Boeung Ket Angkor	Kallang
19:30 UTC+8	Salenga  4'		Laboravy  10' Omogba  65'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

27 September 2017 Semifinal 1st leg	Global Cebu	2–2	Hougang United	Kallang
19:30 UTC+8	Roberts  33', 68'		Singh  28' Kwok  85'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Nathan Chan

30 September 2017 Semifinal 2nd leg	Hougang United	1–2 (Global Cebu won 4–3 on agg.)	Global Cebu	Hougang
19:30 UTC+8	Rodríguez  39'		Roberts  13', 72'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium

25 November 2017 Final	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–2 (3–1 p)	Global Cebu	Kallang
20:00 UTC+8	Sano  32' Nagasaki  95'		Dos Santos  48' Salenga  112'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (SIN)

Squad

[2]

League squad

As of 30 May 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Patrick Deyto		GK	15 February 1990	Green Archers United
21	Rowell Bayan		GK
Defenders
4	Reynald Villareal		DF	5 July 1988	Green Archers United FC
12	Amani Aguinaldo		DF	24 April 1995	Far Eastern University
13	Jerry Barbaso		DF	18 April 1988	Laos FC
27	Marco Casambre		DF	28 August 1998	Ceres–Negros
30	Wesley		DF	2 April 1992
Midfielder
2	Ronnie Aguisanda		MF	21 January 1991	Green Archers United FC
5	Fritz Brigoli		MF	30 January 1998
7	Paul Mulders		MF	16 January 1981	Ceres–Negros
8	Dennis Villanueva		MF	28 April 1992	A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio
9	Misagh Bahadoran		MF	10 January 1987	Kaya FC
11	Paolo Bugas		MF	22 October 1994	Loyola Meralco Sparks
17	OJ Clarino		MF	27 July 1990	Stallion Laguna FC
18	Yu Hoshide		MF	16 August 1977	JP Voltes
19	Paolo Salenga		MF	17 December 1994	Pachanga Diliman
25	Shu Sasaki		MF	12 February 1991	Blacktown Spartans
Strikers
10	Darryl Roberts		FW	26 September 1983	Ubon UMT United
14	Hikaru Minegishi		FW	5 June 1991	Sendai University
20	Rufo Sánchez		FW	27 December 1986	Atlético Sanluqueño CF

Transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
DF	Wesley	Free agent
DF	Reynald Villareal	Green Archers United F.C.
MF	Ronnie Aguisanda	Green Archers United F.C.
MF	Paul Mulders	Ceres–Negros F.C.
MF	Yu Hoshide	JP Voltes F.C.
MF	Kemy Agustien	FC Dordrecht
MF	Shu Sasaki	Blacktown Spartans
FW	Darryl Roberts	Ubon UMT United F.C.
FW	Sekou Sylla	Magwe FC

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To
DF	Nathan Octavio
MF	Omid Nazari	Melaka United
MF	Andreas Esswein	Davao Aguilas F.C.
FW	Milan Nikolic	F.C. Meralco Manila
GK	Florenco Badelic	F.C. Meralco Manila

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
MF	Dominic del Rosario	Ilocos United
MF	Darryl Regala	University of Santo Tomas
MF	Rufo Sánchez	Atlético Sanluqueño CF

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To
GK	Nick O'Donnell	Davao Aguilas F.C.
MF	Matthew Hartmann	Davao Aguilas F.C.
DF	Serge Kaole
MF	Kemy Agustien
FW	Sekou Sylla
MF	Yu Hoshide

References

1. "No Cebu game for Global in PFL semis". Sun Star Cebu. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. "2017 fixtures".