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
ChairmanLeo Rey V. Yanson
Head CoachRisto Vidaković
StadiumPanaad Stadium
Philippines Football LeagueWinners
AFC Champions LeaguePlay-off round
AFC CupASEAN Zone Final
Copa Paulino AlcantaraGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mike Ott (9)
All: Bienvenido Marañón (17)
Highest home attendance4,681 vs Kaya–Iloilo
(April 4, 2018)
Lowest home attendance849 vs Stallion Laguna
(August 25, 2018)
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 Manuel Herrera
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
Main article: 2018 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
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
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
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ResultWWWWWLWWWDWDWWLWWDWWWWLWW
Position1111111111111111111111111
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 (2018-04-04) 1Ceres–Negros2–1Kaya–IloiloBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Ma. Ott  75'
Mi. Ott  85'		 Report Mintah  64' Stadium: Panaad Stadium
Attendance: 4,681
April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14) 2JPV Marikina0–3Ceres–NegrosManilaa
19:00 UTC+8 Report Uesato  14', 30'
Marañón  64'		 Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18) 3Global Cebu0–2Ceres–NegrosManilab
19:00 UTC+8 Report Mi. Ott  13'
Schröck  45+1'		 Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28) 4JPV Marikina1–4Ceres–NegrosManilaac
16:00 UTC+8 Suzuki  38' Report Marañón  8'
Christiaens  20'
Reichelt  78', 83'		 Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0c
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) 5Davao Aguilas0–2Ceres–NegrosManilad
16:00 UTC+8 Report Marañón  42'
Mi. Ott  55'		 Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
May 12, 2018 (2018-05-12) 6Ceres–Negros0–2Kaya–IloiloBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Report Osei  10'
Mendy  40'		 Stadium: Panaad Stadium
May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23) 7Ceres–Negros3–0Davao AguilasBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Porteria  45' (pen.)
Marañón  60', 68'		 Report Stadium: Panaad Stadium
May 26, 2018 (2018-05-26) 8Stallion Laguna2–3Ceres–NegrosBiñan
16:00 UTC+8 Melliza  10', 25' Report Schröck  55'
Marañón  58', 63'		 Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium
May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30) 9Stallion Laguna2–6Ceres–NegrosBiñan
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 (2018-06-02) 10JPV Marikina1–1Ceres–NegrosBiñane
19:00 UTC+8 Kozawa  57' Report Reichelt  70' Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium
June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06) 11Ceres–Negros2–1Davao AguilasBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 De Murga  28'
Reichelt  78'		 Report J. Younghusband  14' Stadium: Panaad Stadium
June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09) 12Kaya–Iloilo1–1Ceres–NegrosIloilo City
19:00 UTC+8 Felongco  88' Report Mi. Ott  86' Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex
June 16, 2018 (2018-06-16) 13Global Cebu3–4Ceres–NegrosManilab
19:00 UTC+8 Roberts  53', 60'
Salenga  70'		 Report Schröck  35', 42'
Mi. Ott  36', 65'		 Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20) 14Ceres–Negros4–1JPV MarikinaBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Schröck  8', 54'
Mi. Ott  7'
Reichelt  45'
Porteria  45'		 Report Moriyasu  17' Stadium: Panaad Stadium
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) 15Ceres–Negros0–2JPV MarikinaBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Report Baguioro  58'
Uzokal  87'		 Stadium: Panaad Stadium
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) 16Ceres–Negros2–0Stallion LagunaBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Porteria  34', 84' Stadium: Panaad Stadium
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) 17Ceres–Negros2–0Stallion LagunaBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Uesato  66', 70' Stadium: Panaad Stadium
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07) 18Kaya–Iloilo1–1Ceres–NegrosIloilo
19:00 UTC+8 Mendy  80' Ingreso  84' Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex
July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11) 19Kaya–Iloilo0–1Ceres–NegrosIloilo
16:00 UTC+8 Reichelt  15' Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14) 20Davao Aguilas1–3Ceres–NegrosTagum
18:00 UTC+8 Kim  89' Christiaens  6'
Aguinaldo  60'
Marañón  70'		 Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex
July 21, 2018 (2018-07-21) 21Ceres–Negros7–1Global CebuManilaf
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 (2018-07-25) 22Ceres–Negros6–1Global CebuManilaf
19:30 UTC+8 Marañón  23', 70'
Mi.Ott  35'
Nazari  39'
Powell  75'		 Angeles  75' Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
August 12, 2018 (2018-08-12) 23Ceres–Negros0–3Davao AguilasBacolod
19:00 UTC+8 P. Younghusband  27', 31'
De Jong  38'		 Stadium: Panaad Stadium
Attendance: 959
Referee: Steve Supresencia
August 24, 2018 (2018-08-24) 24Ceres–Negros3–0g
Awarded		Global CebuBacolod
Stadium: Panaad Stadium
August 25, 2018 (2018-08-25) 25Ceres–Negros4–1Stallion LagunaBacolod
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
Main article: 2018 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 (2018-09-01) 1Ceres–Negros1–3Davao AguilasManilaa
19:00 UTC+8 Powell  54' Hartmann  36'
P. Younghusband  38'
Minniecon  76'		 Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
September 15, 2018 (2018-09-15) 2Stallion Laguna3–0Ceres–NegrosBiñan
12:00 UTC+8 Doctora  24'
Melliza  41', 52'		 Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium
September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) 3Ceres–Negros2–1Stallion LagunaManilaa
19:00 UTC+8 Powell  56'
Mi. Ott  84'		 Arboleda  40' Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22) 4Davao Aguilas2–1Ceres–NegrosManilac
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
Main article: 2018 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
Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League 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 (2018-01-16) Preliminary Round 1Shan United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Ceres–NegrosYangon
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 (2018-01-23) Preliminary Round 2Brisbane Roar 2–3 Ceres–NegrosBrisbane
19:00 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
January 30, 2018 (2018-01-30) Play-off RoundTianjin Quanjian 2–0 Ceres–NegrosTianjin
15:30 UTC+8
Report
Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
Attendance: 23,310
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

AFC Cup
Main article: 2018 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
Main article: 2018 AFC Cup 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 (2018-02-13) Matchday 1Ceres–Negros 9–0 Boeung Ket AngkorBacolod
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 (2018-02-27) Matchday 2Home United 1–1 Ceres–NegrosSingapore
19:30 UTC+8 Ishak  23', pen.' Report Súper  79' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,331
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06) Matchday 3Ceres–Negros 2–0 Shan UnitedBacolod
19:30 UTC+8 Reichelt  79'
Marañón  83'		 Report Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) Matchday 4Shan United 0–1 Ceres–NegrosYangon
16:00 UTC+6:30 Report Marañón  14' (pen.) Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 231
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11) Matchday 5Boeung Ket Angkor 0–4 Ceres–NegrosPhnom 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 (2018-04-25) Matchday 6Ceres–Negros 0–2 Home UnitedBacolod
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
Main article: 2018 AFC Cup knockout stage
ASEAN Zonal Semifinal
May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09) First legCeres–Negros 4–2 Yangon UnitedBacolod
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 (2018-05-16) Second legYangon United 3–2
(5–6 agg.)		 Ceres–NegrosYangon
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 (2018-08-01) First legCeres–Negros 1–1 Home UnitedBacolod
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 (2018-08-08) Second legHome United 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Ceres–NegrosKallang
19:30 UTC+8
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 27 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
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  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.
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