2017 FC Meralco Manila season

Meralco Manila
2017 season
Chairman	Manuel V. Pangilinan
Head coach	Jose Ariston Caslib
Stadium	Rizal Memorial Stadium
PFL	1st (Regular Season); 3rd (Final Series)
	← 2015–16 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 15 December 2017.

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

Preseason and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Stallion Invitational Cup

March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15) GS Group B	Loyola Meralco Sparks	4–2	Belmont-Deft Touch	Biñan
	Tacagni 30' Kouame Minniecon P. Younghusband	Report	Nathan DaRosa Tonaldo Appia	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18) 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 (2017-03-22) 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 (2017-03-24) 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 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	Stallion Laguna	1–5	Meralco Manila	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 2	Meralco Manila	2–1	Ilocos United	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 3	JPV Marikina	0–1	Meralco Manila	Biñan^a
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

3 June 2017 (2017-06-03) 4	Meralco Manila	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) 5	Kaya FC–Makati	0–2	Meralco Manila	Makati
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21) 6	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Meralco Manila	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24) 7	Meralco Manila	1–1	Stallion Laguna	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 8	Ilocos United	0–1	Meralco Manila	Bantay^b
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Quirino Stadium

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) 9	Meralco Manila	1–0	JPV Marikina	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 10	Meralco Manila	0–7	Ceres–Negros	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 11	Meralco Manila	2–2	Global Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) 12	Davao Aguilas	2–3	Meralco Manila	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) 13	Meralco Manila	1–2	Global Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 14	Meralco Manila	2–1	Kaya FC–Makati	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 15	Stallion Laguna	2–3	Meralco Manila	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

16 August 2017 (2017-08-16) 16	Ceres–Negros	1–2	Meralco Manila	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Panaad Stadium

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) 17	Meralco Manila	1–0	Ilocos United	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

23 August 2017 (2017-08-23) 18	JPV Marikina	1–1	Meralco Manila	Manila^a
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 19	Global Cebu	0–0	Meralco Manila	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 20	Meralco Manila	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Manila
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 21	Kaya FC–Makati	2–1	Meralco Manila	Makati
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 22	Meralco Manila	0–0	Stallion Laguna	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) 23	Ilocos United	0–3	Meralco Manila	Bantay^b
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Quirino Stadium

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 24	Meralco Manila	1–0	Kaya FC–Makati	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 25	Meralco Manila	1–0	JPV Marikina	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 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 (2017-11-19) 27	Global Cebu	1–2	Meralco Manila	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 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 (2017-12-03) Semi Final Leg 1	Global Cebu	2–1	Meralco Manila	Manila¹
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 (2017-12-09) 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 (2017-12-16) 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	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Florencio Badelic Jr.	GK	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30)	Global Cebu
2	Nathanael Villanueva	GK	(1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 (age 29)	Pachanga Diliman
30	Ricardo Padilla Jr.	GK	(1987-09-30) 30 September 1987 (age 37)
Defenders
3	Joaquín Cañas	CB	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37)	Stallion Laguna
4	Alvin Sarmiento	RB	(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31)	Green Archers United
5	Edward Mallari	LB	(1983-07-27) 27 July 1983 (age 41)	Kaya
14	Lee Jeong-min	CB	(1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 34)	Seongnam
15	Nathaneil Dorimon	RB	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32)	Mendiola
18	Julian Clarino	CB	(1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 29)	Global Cebu
23	Tyler Matas	LB	(1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 30)	Burlingame Dragons
25	Milan Nikolić	CB	(1988-02-10) 10 February 1988 (age 36)	Global Cebu
Midfielders
6	Andrés Gonzales	CDM	(1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 (age 43)	Pachanga Diliman
8	Simon Greatwich	CM	(1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 36)	Hartwick Hawks
12	Tahj Minniecon	RM	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 35)	Rockdale City Suns
16	Daniel Gadia	CM	(1993-07-05) 5 July 1993 (age 31)	Pachanga Diliman
17	Christian Cruz-Herrera	CM	(1996-04-02) 2 April 1996 (age 28)	Ventura County Fusion
19	Curt Dizon	LM	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)	Global Cebu
21	Edienzel Velizano	CAM	(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 30)	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde
24	Jean De los Reyes	LM	(1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 (age 33)	Pasargad
27	Jake Morallo	LM	(1988-07-12) 12 July 1988 (age 36)	Manila Jeepney
31	Franco De la Torre	CM	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)	Davao Aguilas
Forwards
9	Gerardo Valmayor	ST	(1992-06-08) 8 June 1992 (age 32)	Pachanga Diliman
11	Jim Ashley Flores	RW	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 32)	Stallion Laguna
13	Connor Tacagni	ST	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 29)	San Beda College
22	David Fornea	ST	(1991-10-13) 13 October 1991 (age 33)	Pachanga Diliman

References

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

[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.

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