2017 Ceres–Negros F.C. season

Ceres–Negros
2017 season
Chairman	Leo Rey Yanson
Head coach	Risto Vidaković
Stadium	Panaad Stadium
PFL	2nd (Regular Season); 1st (Final Series)
AFC Cup	Inter-zone Play-off Semifinal
Singapore Cup	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	League: Bienvenido Marañón (22); All: Bienvenido Marañón (30)
Highest home attendance	8,965 vs Felda United; (15 March 2017)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016 2018 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 December 2017.

The 2017 season is Ceres–Negros' 1st season in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines football.^[1] They finished second in the PFL regular season though they became the league's first champions after they won over Global Cebu in the Final Series.

They also participated in the 2017 AFC Cup where they become the ASEAN zonal champions though they were eliminated by Tajik club Istiklol in the inter-zone Play-off semifinal.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Philippines Football League	6 May 2017	16 December 2017	Matchday 1	2nd (League Table) / 1st (Final Series)	31	20	6	5	83	29	+54	064.52
AFC Cup	21 February 2017	12 September 2017	Group Stage	Inter-zone Play-off Semifinal	12	5	3	4	24	19	+5	041.67
Singapore Cup	20 June 2017	20 June 2017	Preliminary Round	Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					44	25	9	10	107	49	+58	056.82

Last updated: 16 December 2017
Source: Competitions

Philippines Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Meralco Manila	28	17	7	4	43	33	+10	58	Qualification for finals series
2	Ceres–Negros (C)	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
(C) Champions

Regular season

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 1	Kaya FC–Makati	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Makati
16:00 UTC+8	Angeles 69'	Report	Ramsay 44'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

3 June 2017 (2017-06-03) 2	Ceres–Negros	1–0	Global Cebu	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Christiaens 83'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Stadium

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) 3	JPV Marikina	2–1	Ceres–Negros	Manila^a
16:00 UTC+8	Uesato 56' (pen.) Baguioro 79'	Report	Marañón 84'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Referee: Ariel Montana

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24) 4	Ceres–Negros	3–1	Kaya FC–Makati	Biñan
19:00 UTC+8	Marañón 45+2', 69' (pen.), 88'	Report	Mendy 55'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 5	Ceres–Negros	5–1	Stallion Laguna	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Marañón 18', 37' Rodríguez 44', 57', 84'	Report	Melliza 27'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 6	Ceres–Negros	5–2	Stallion Laguna	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Schröck 13' Christiaens 27' Ramsay 30' Porteria 33' Marañón 54' (pen.)	Report	Doctora 76' Linatoc 81'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

5 July 2017 (2017-07-05) 7	Global Cebu	1–0	Ceres–Negros	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8	Hartmann 43'	Report		Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) 8	Ceres–Negros	7–0	Ilocos United	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Schröck 11' Christiaens 24' Rodríguez 31' Porteria 69', 72' Reichelt 83', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Stadium

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 9	Meralco Manila	0–7	Ceres–Negros	Manila
16:00 UTC+8		Report	Rodríguez 17', 20' Ramsay 37', 50', 73' Schröck 51' Sarmiento 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 10	Ceres–Negros	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Porteria 27' Schröck 57'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 11	Kaya FC–Makati	2–3	Ceres–Negros	Makati
16:00 UTC+8	Mendy 51' Mintah 90+1'		Nazari 19' Pasinabo 49' Marañón 62'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

16 August 2017 (2017-08-16) 12	Ceres–Negros	1–2	Meralco Manila	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Súper 71'		Dizon 53' Greatwich 73'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 13	Davao Aguilas	1–3	Ceres–Negros	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8	Sawyer 90+1'		Rodríguez 19' Marañón 51' Christiaens 87'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 14	Davao Aguilas	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	J. Younghusband 27'		Rodríguez 73'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 15	Ceres–Negros	1–0	Global Cebu	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Schröck 79'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 16	Ceres–Negros	5–0	Ilocos United	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Marañón 5' Rodríguez 19' de Murga 28' Schröck 35', 73'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 17	Ceres–Negros	3–2	Kaya FC–Makati	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Marañón 10' Rodríguez 15', 90+4'		Mintah 3' Osei 56'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 18	Ceres–Negros	2–2	JPV Marikina	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Rodríguez 23' (pen.), 42'		Uesato 71' Odawara 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 19	Stallion Laguna	0–1	Ceres–Negros	Biñan
19:00 UTC+8			Marañón 28'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) 20	Stallion Laguna	2–0	Ceres–Negros	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8	Mascazzini 45+1' Doctora 60'			Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 21	Ceres–Negros	5–0	JPV Marikina	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Rodríguez 3' Marañón 5', 80' Ramsay 7' Porteria 49'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 22	Ceres–Negros	5–1	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Rodríguez 1', 33', 39' Reichelt 14' Marañón 30'		Guirado 27'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 23	Ceres–Negros	6–0	Meralco Manila	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Marañón 22', 67' de Murga 28' Rodríguez 30', 36', 54'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08) 24	JPV Marikina	2–2	Ceres–Negros	Biñan^a
15:00 UTC+8	Belgira 29' Mahmoud 68'		Rodríguez 25' Marañón 34'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 25	Ilocos United	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Bantay^b
19:00 UTC+8	Mitter 35'		Pasinabo Jr. 77'	Stadium: Quirino Stadium

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 26	Ilocos United	1–5	Ceres–Negros	Bantay^b
16:00 UTC+8	Uzoka 62'		Reichelt 29', 58' Ingreso 72' Marañón 86', 89'	Stadium: Quirino Stadium

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 27	Meralco Manila	0–0	Ceres–Negros	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) 28	Global Cebu	2–0	Ceres–Negros	Cebu City
19:00 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 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 unavailability of the Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match was played instead in Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila.

Final Series

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) Semi Final Leg 1	Kaya FC–Makati	0–1	Ceres–Negros	Makati
16:00UTC+8			Schröck 90+4'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) Semi Final Leg 2	Ceres–Negros	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Kaya FC–Makati	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Marañón 30' Ramsay 73'		Ugarte 43'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

Ceres–Negros won 3–1 on aggregate.

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) Finals	Ceres–Negros	4–1	Global Cebu	Bacolod
18:00 UTC+8	Marañón 4' Ramsay 20', 27', 61'		Roberts 89'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 2,553

AFC Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CER	HAN	TAM	FEL
1	Ceres–Negros	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	—	6–2	5–0	0–0
2	Hà Nội	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11^[a]		1–1	—	4–0	4–1
3	Tampines Rovers	6	2	0	4	8	17	−9	6		2–4	1–2	—	2–1
4	FELDA United	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5		3–0	1–1	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) Matchday 1	Hà Nội	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Hanoi
18:00 UTC+7	Văn Dũng 41' Văn Quyết 57' Quang Hải 84'	Report	Ott 18' Herrera 36' Marañón 49'	Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

7 March 2017 (2017-03-07) Matchday 2	Ceres–Negros	5–0	Tampines Rovers	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Ramsay 1' Marañón 24', 64' Ott 38' Fernando 72'	Report	Yong-chan 86'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) Matchday 3	Ceres–Negros	0–0	Felda United	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Ramsay 77' Ott 89' Steuble 90'	Report	Yusof 32' Hadin 40' Cano 40'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 8,965 Referee: Wang Di (China)

4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) Matchday 4	Felda United	3–0	Ceres–Negros	Shah Alam
16:45 UTC+8	Syahid 5' Alias 23' Hadin 66' Fazrul 77'	Report	Steuble 26' de Jong 85'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)

19 April 2017 (2017-04-19) Matchday 5	Ceres–Negros	6–2	Hà Nội	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Marañón 13' (pen.), 90' Ingreso 21' Herrera 23' Fernando 53' Kawase 60' Silva 69' (o.g.) de Jong 89'	Report	Thành Lương 25' Văn Quyết 26' Duy Mạnh 34' Ngọc Đức 52' Samson 62' Hùng Dũng 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 8,366 Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

3 May 2017 (2017-05-03) Matchday 6	Tampines Rovers	2–4	Ceres–Negros	Kallang
19:30 UTC+8	Yong-chan 15' Yasir 24', 60' (pen.) Shakir 27' Fahrudin 35' Ismadi 43'	Report	Marañón 6', 22' Fernando 30', 44' (pen.) Kawase 65' Steuble 82'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 856 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Knockout stage

ASEAN Zonal Semifinal

17 May 2017 (2017-05-17) First leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	3–2	Ceres–Negros	Johor Bahru
20:45 UTC+8	Tan 8' Cabrera 18' Kunanlan 35' Safiq 45+1' Nasrulhaq 45+1' Hazwan 68' Marlias 87'	Report	Fernando 21' Marañón 25' de Jong 73'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 14,220 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

30 May 2017 (2017-05-30) Second leg	Ceres–Negros	2–1 (4^a–4 agg.)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Kawase 26' Fernando 90+3' (pen.) Herrera 90+7'	Report	António 43' Guerra 65', 65' Bakri 82' Marlias 90+5' Rasid 90+8'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 5,687 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

4–4 on aggregate. Ceres–Negros won 2–1 on away goals.

ASEAN Zonal Final

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) First leg	Home United	2–1	Ceres–Negros	Kallang
19:30 UTC+8	Plazibat 11' (pen.) Camara 19' Izzdin 59' Irfan 77' Hariss 83'	Report	Christiaens 7' Manuel Ott 33' Steuble 45+3' Herrera 74'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

9 August 2017 (2017-08-09) Second leg	Ceres–Negros	2–0	Home United	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Porteria 2' Ott 42' Ingreso 45+2' Herrera 68' Marañón 84'	Report	Yunos 41' Nizam 63' Camara 90+1'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 7,534 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Ceres–Negros won 3–2 on aggregate.

Inter-zone Play-off Semifinal

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) First leg	Istiklol	4–0	Ceres–Negros	Dushanbe
19:00 UTC+5	Juraboev 13' Mawutor 21' Nazarov 25' (pen.), 60' Jalilov 45' Dzhalilov 67', 88'	Report	Schröck 72' Marañón 86'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Second leg	Ceres–Negros	1–1	Istiklol	Bacolod
19:30 UTC+8	Ingreso 4' López 34' Marañón 85'	Report	Amirbek 12' Mawutor 24' Fathullo 24' Barkov 45+1' 85' Baranovskyi 70'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Istikol won 5–1 on aggregate.

Singapore Cup

20 June 2017 (2017-06-20) Preliminary Round	Hougang United	1–0	Ceres–Negros	Hougang
20:30 UTC+8	Vieterale 77'			Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Sukbir Singh

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 December 2017


Rank	Player	Position	PFL	AFC Cup	Total
1	Bienvenido Marañón	FW	22	8	30
2	Fernando Rodríguez	FW	21	5	26
3	Iain Ramsay	MF	10	1	11
4	Stephan Shröck	MF	8	0	8
5	OJ Porteria	MF	5	1	6
6	Patrick Reichelt	FW	5	0	5
7	Jeffrey Christiaens	MF	4	0	4
8	Arnie Pasinabo Jr.	DF	2	0	2
	Súper	DF	1	1	2
	Carli de Murga	MF	2	0	2
	Kevin Ingreso	MF	1	1	2
	Manuel Ott	MF	0	2	2
	Kota Kawase	DF	0	2	2
14	Omid Nazari	MF	1	0	1
	Jason de Jong	DF	0	1	1
	Martin Steuble	MF	0	1	1
Own goals			1	1	2
Total			83	24	107

League squad

As of 12 September 2017.^[2]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Roland Müller	GK	(1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36)	Étoile Carouge FC
25	Louie Casas	GK	(1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38)	University of St. La Salle
88	Eduard Sacapaño	GK	(1980-02-14) 14 February 1980 (age 44)	Global FC
Defenders
2	Joshua Grommen	DF	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 28)	Western Pride FC
3	Kota Kawase	DF	(1992-11-08) 8 November 1992 (age 32)	Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC
4	Súper	DF	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33)	Caudal Deportivo
16	Arnie Pasinabo Jr.	DF	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28)	Green Archers United FC
17	Junior Muñoz	DF	(1987-05-18) 18 May 1987 (age 37)	Kaya F.C.
21	Luke Woodland	DF	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 29)	York City F.C.
Midfielder
6	Kevin Ingreso	MF	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31)	SV Drochtersen/Assel
8	Manuel Ott	MF	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32)	FC Ingolstadt 04 II
10	OJ Porteria	MF	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30)	Kaya F.C.
11	Iain Ramsay	MF	(1988-02-27) 27 February 1988 (age 36)	Tractor Sazi F.C.
12	Stephan Schröck	MF	(1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 38)	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
14	Carli de Murga	MF	(1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 (age 36)	Global Cebu F.C.
20	Jorrel Aristorenas	MF	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30)	Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C
22	Omid Nazari	MF	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)	Melaka United F.C.
23	Martin Steuble	MF	(1988-06-09) 9 June 1988 (age 36)	Sporting Kansas City
28	Jeffrey Christiaens	MF	(1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 33)	Global Cebu F.C.
Strikers
7	Bienvenido Marañón	FW	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 38)	UD Socuéllamos
9	Fernando Rodríguez	FW	(1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 37)	FC Cartagena
29	Patrick Reichelt	FW	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36)	Port F.C.

Transfers

Preseason

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
GK	Roland Müller	Servette FC
DF	Kota Kawase	Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC
DF	Simone Rota	Stallion Laguna F.C.
DF	Súper	Caudal Deportivo
DF	Junior Muñoz	Kaya FC
DF	Luke Woodland	York City F.C.
MF	Stephan Schröck	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
MF	Iain Ramsay	Tractor Sazi F.C.
MF	OJ Porteria	Kaya FC
MF	Jorrel Aristorenas	Loyola Meralco Sparks FC
MF	Antonio Bello	FC Jumilla
MF	Omid Nazari	Melaka United F.C.
MF	Jason de Jong	Loyola Meralco Sparks FC
FW	Fernando Rodríguez	FC Cartagena

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To
DF	Jason Sabio
DF	Valentine Kama	Ilocos United FC
DF	Sang-Min Kim	Minerva Punjab FC
DF	Jalsor Soriano	Kaya FC
MF	Son Yong-chan	Tampines Rovers
MF	Marwin Angeles	Kaya FC
MF	Paul Mulders	Global FC
MF	Juan Luis Guirado	Real Burgos CF
FW	Adrián Gallardo	New Radiant S.C.
FW	Nate Burkey	Davao Aguilas F.C.
FW	Jeong-Woo Lee	Released

Mid-season

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
MF	Joshua Dutosme	University of St. La Salle
MF	Nessi Ramos	University of St. La Salle

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To
DF	Simone Rota	Davao Aguilas F.C.
MF	Antonio Bello	Xerez Deportivo FC
MF	Jason de Jong	Davao Aguilas F.C.
MF	Jorrel Aristorenas	Davao Aguilas F.C.

References

^ "Clubs in 1st season". Philippinesfootballleague.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
^ "Ceres 2017 Squad". Ceresfootball.com. Retrieved 2017-09-13.

[table_hth_CER0.91147791636711-2] Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.

[1] "Clubs in 1st season". Philippinesfootballleague.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

[3] "Ceres 2017 Squad". Ceresfootball.com. Retrieved 2017-09-13.

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