2017 Global Cebu F.C. season

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
	← 2016 2018 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 December 2017.

Last updated October 25, 2025

The 2017 season is Global Cebu's 2nd season in the top flight of Philippines football.

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 %
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 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

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)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 (2017-05-21)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 (2017-05-24)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 (2017-06-03)4	Ceres–Negros	1–0	Global Cebu	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Christiaens 83'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Stadium

18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)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 (2017-06-25)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 (2017-06-28)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 (2017-07-02)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 (2017-07-05)9	Global Cebu	1–0	Ceres–Negros	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8	Hartmann 43'			Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

9 July 2017 (2017-07-09)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 (2017-07-15)11	Global Cebu	0–0	Davao Aguilas	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)12	Meralco Manila	2–2	Global Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

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

6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)14	Global Cebu	2–1	Ilocos United	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)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 (2017-08-19)16	Global Cebu	0–0	Kaya FC–Makati	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

25 August 2017 (2017-08-25)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 (2017-09-09)18	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Global Cebu	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)19	Global Cebu	3–1	Davao Aguilas	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)20	Global Cebu	0–0	Meralco Manila	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)21	Ceres–Negros	1–0	Global Cebu	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Schröck 79'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)22	Global Cebu	2–1	JPV Marikina	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21)23	Kaya FC–Makati	2–0	Global Cebu	Makati
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29)24	Global Cebu	3–2	Ilocos United	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8	Roberts 20', 43' Wesley 78'		Kouassi 19', 45'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)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 (2017-11-15)26	Ilocos United	3–3	Global Cebu	Bantay ^c
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Quirino Stadium

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)27	Global Cebu	1–2	Meralco Manila	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)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 (2017-12-02)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 (2017-12-09)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 (2017-12-16)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 (2017-01-24)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 (2017-01-31)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 v t e	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	Zonal semi-finals	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 (2017-02-21)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 (2017-03-07)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 (2017-03-14)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 (2017-04-05)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 (2017-04-19)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 (2017-05-03)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 (2017-05-16)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 (2017-05-30)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 (2017-06-21)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 (2017-08-08)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 (2017-08-11)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 (2017-09-27)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 (2017-09-30)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 (2017-11-25)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	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Patrick Deyto	GK	(1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 35)	Green Archers United
21	Rowell Bayan	GK
Defenders
4	Reynald Villareal	DF	(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 37)	Green Archers United FC
12	Amani Aguinaldo	DF	(1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 30)	Far Eastern University
13	Jerry Barbaso	DF	(1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 37)	Laos FC
27	Marco Casambre	DF	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 27)	Ceres–Negros
30	Wesley	DF	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 33)
Midfielder
2	Ronnie Aguisanda	MF	(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 34)	Green Archers United FC
5	Fritz Brigoli	MF	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 27)
7	Paul Mulders	MF	(1981-01-16) 16 January 1981 (age 44)	Ceres–Negros
8	Dennis Villanueva	MF	(1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 33)	A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio
9	Misagh Bahadoran	MF	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 38)	Kaya FC
11	Paolo Bugas	MF	(1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 31)	Loyola Meralco Sparks
17	OJ Clarino	MF	(1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 35)	Stallion Laguna FC
18	Yu Hoshide	MF	(1977-08-16) 16 August 1977 (age 48)	JP Voltes
19	Paolo Salenga	MF	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30)	Pachanga Diliman
25	Shu Sasaki	MF	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 34)	Blacktown Spartans
Strikers
10	Darryl Roberts	FW	(1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 42)	Ubon UMT United
14	Hikaru Minegishi	FW	(1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 34)	Sendai University
20	Rufo Sánchez	FW	(1986-12-27) 27 December 1986 (age 38)	Atlético Sanluqueño CF

Transfer

Preseason 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

Mid-season transfer

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

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

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

[2] "2017 fixtures".

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