2017 Philippines Football League

Philippines Football League

Season	2017
Dates	May 6 – November 28, 2017 (Regular season) December 2 – 16, 2017 (Finals series) [1]
Champions	Ceres–Negros 1st title
AFC Champions League	Ceres–Negros
AFC Cup	Global Cebu
Matches played	118
Goals scored	376 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bienvenido Marañón (22 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Roland Müller (9 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Ceres–Negros 7–0 Ilocos United (July 8)
Biggest away win	Meralco Manila 0–7 Ceres–Negros (July 15)
Highest scoring	JPV Marikina 6–3 Davao Aguilas (November 21)
Longest winning run	Meralco Manila (May 6 – June 17) JPV Marikina (May 31 – June 25) Kaya–Makati (July 5–23) (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Meralco Manila (May 6 – July 8) (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Ilocos United (May 7 – Sept 17) (19 matches)
Longest losing run	Ilocos United (May 13 – June 21) Ilocos United (Sep 30 – Oct 29) Kaya–Makati (Oct 28 – Dec 15) (5 matches)
Highest attendance	5,350 Global Cebu 1–0 Ceres–Negros (July 5)
Lowest attendance	0 (Behind closed doors) Meralco Manila 0–0 Ceres–Negros (November 24)
2018 →

The 2017 Philippines Football League was the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. ^[2] The league was officially launched on April 21, 2017, at Shangri-La at the Fort in Taguig, while the first match of the season was played on May 6. ^[3] The PFL replaced the Metro Manila-based United Football League (UFL), which served as the country's de facto top-level football league from 2009 to 2016. ^[4] The league was made up of 8 clubs: 6 from the UFL (Ceres, Global, JP Voltes, Kaya, Loyola Meralco Sparks, and Stallion) and 2 expansion teams (Davao Aguilas and Ilocos United). Each club played the others four times (a home-and-away quadruple round-robin format), twice at their home ground and twice at that of their opponents', for 28 games. The teams that finished the season in the top four entered a playoff tournament to determine the league's champion. ^{[5] [6]}

The 2017 season was the only PFL season to feature a playoff finals. The top four teams of the league's regular season, which concluded on November 28, progressed to the playoff finals, dubbed as the Finals Series. The Finals Series was held between December 2 and 16 and consisted of a two-legged semifinals, a third-place playoff, and the final match. ^[7] The final took place on December 16 at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod, between Ceres–Negros and Global Cebu. Ceres–Negros won the match 4–1 and became the first club to win the PFL title. ^[8]

Teams

On November 24, 2016, it was reported that at least five teams will join the inaugural season of the PFL. Bacolod-based Ceres–Negros F.C. reportedly will move to Davao City, and a new club will be formed to represent Bacolod or the Negros Island Region. However at the time of the report, nothing has been confirmed by the club or the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). ^[9] Ceres later denied reports of stating that they will field a second team supposedly to be based in Davao City. ^[10]

Ceres, Global, Loyola, Stallion, as well as Kaya were confirmed by the PFF on November 29, 2016, as official clubs for the inaugural 2017 season and is projecting that three other clubs will join. ^[11] By December 2016, JP Voltes joined the list of confirmed 2017 PFL clubs. ^[12]

It was reported that a total of ten clubs expressed interest to join the league, eight of which have submitted documents required by the PFF according to PFF General Secretary Ed Gastanes. Green Archers United and a club owned by seaport management firm International Container Terminal Services, were the two clubs which withdrew their bid to participate in the league. ^[13] By April 1, 2017, the PFF has confirmed the participation of 8 clubs. ^[5]

Stadiums and locations

The PFF confirmed the following clubs with their localities and stadiums that will comprise the inaugural season of the PFL. ^[14]

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ceres–Negros Bacolod Panaad Stadium 8,000 Davao Aguilas Tagum, Davao del Norte Davao del Norte Sports Complex 3,000 Global Cebu Cebu City Cebu City Sports Complex [note 1] Ilocos United Bantay, Ilocos Sur [note 2] Quirino Stadium 5,000 JPV Marikina Marikina, Metro Manila Marikina Sports Complex [note 3] 15,000 Kaya–Makati Makati, Metro Manila University of Makati Stadium 4,000 Meralco Manila Manila Rizal Memorial Stadium [note 4] 12,873 Stallion Laguna Biñan, Laguna Biñan Football Stadium 2,580

Home venues of PFL clubs Metro Manila (3 clubs) Ceres Negros Global Cebu Ilocos United Stallion Laguna Davao Aguilas Metro Manila Kaya–Makati Meralco Manila JPV Marikina

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Ceres–Negros	Risto Vidaković	Martin Steuble	Puma	Ceres Liner
Davao Aguilas	Marlon Maro	Phil Younghusband	LGR	San Miguel Corporation
Global Cebu	Akbar Nawas	Misagh Bahadoran	LGR	Cebu Tourism Board
Ilocos United	Ian Gillan	Adam Mitter	Puma	Metro Global, Pool World Philippines, Pyramid
JPV Marikina	Dan Padernal	Takashi Odawara	LGR	JK Mart, BranchForth, Santouka Ramen
Kaya–Makati	Noel Marcaida	Masanari Omura	LGR	LBC, Yellow Cab Pizza
Meralco Manila	Aris Caslib	Simon Greatwich	Mizuno	Meralco
Stallion Laguna	Ernest Nierras	Ruben Doctora	Nixáre	Giligan's Restaurant, Belmont Hotel

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Global Cebu	John Burridge	Sacked	October 2016	Pre-season	Kenichi Yatsuhashi [18]	December 2016
Meralco Manila	Simon Mcmenemy	End of contract [19]	December 2016		Aris Caslib
Global Cebu	Kenichi Yatsuhashi [18]				Toshiaki Imai	January 2017
Kaya–Makati	Chris Greatwich	Promoted to Team Manager	January 2017		Noel Marcaida
JPV Marikina	Yu Hoshide		February 2017		Dan Padernal	April 2017
Global Cebu	Toshiaki Imai	Resigned	May 2017	2nd	Marjo Allado (interim)	May 2017 [20]
	Marjo Allado	End of interim tenure	June 2017	3rd	Akbar Nawas	June 2017 [21]
Davao Aguilas	Gary Phillips	Sacked [19]	September 2017	7th	Marlon Maro	September 2017

Foreign players

A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation.

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Players				Former Players 1
Ceres–Negros	Kota Kawase	Bienvenido Marañón	Fernando Rodríguez	Súper	Antonio Bello
Davao Aguilas	Miloš Krstić	Brad McDonald 2	Harry Sawyer	Marko Trkulja	Nikola Grubješić Bojan Mališić
Global Cebu 3	Yu Hoshide	Darryl Roberts	Rufo Sánchez	Wesley	Shu Sasaki Sekou Sylla
Ilocos United	Arthur Kouassi	Adam Mitter	Andrew Pawiak	Baba Sampana	William Ebanda Valentine Kama
JPV Marikina	Takashi Odawara	Atsushi Shimono	Takumi Uesato	Masaki Yanagawa
Kaya–Makati	Robert Lopez Mendy	Jordan Mintah	Masanari Omura	Alfred Osei
Meralco Manila	Joaco Cañas	Lee Jeong-min	Tahj Minniecon	Milan Nikolić
Stallion Laguna	Kim Myungsu	Ko Kyung-Joon	Gabriele Mascazzini	Carlo Polli	Christian Nana Ryota Ishikawa Roland Sadia Yusuke Yamagata

• ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2017 season.
• ^2 Also a holder of AFC nationality (Australia)
• ^3 Global FC also registered other foreigners for the international competitions.

AFC Champions League  : Ahamad Azzawi (Iraq), Serge Kaole (Ivory Coast)

AFC Cup  : Kemy Agustien (Curaçao), Darryl Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago)

RHB Singapore Cup  : Serge Kaole (Ivory Coast), Darryl Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago)

During the mid-season transfer window, Darryl Roberts was added in the PFL team, replacing Sekou Sylla.

Foreign players by confederation
AFC	Japan (7),   South Korea (3),   Australia 4 (3)
CAF	Ghana (3),   Ivory Coast (1),   Senegal (1)
CONCACAF	Trinidad and Tobago (1)
CONMEBOL	Brazil (1)
OFC	Papua New Guinea 4 (1)
UEFA	Spain (5),   Serbia (3),    Switzerland (2),   England (1)

• ^4 Brad McDonald has both Australia and Papua New Guinea FIFA nationality.

Regular season table

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

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Finals Series
Ceres–Negros	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
Global Cebu	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Meralco Manila	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	3
Kaya–Makati	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Stallion Laguna	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
JPV Marikina	7	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Davao Aguilas	3	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Ilocos United	3	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Finals Series

Source: Philippines Football League

Results by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	SF1	SF2	BF3	Final
Ceres–Negros	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	—	W
Davao Aguilas	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	—	—	—	—
Global Cebu	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	—	L
Ilocos United	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	—	—	—	—
JPV Marikina	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	—	—	—	—
Kaya–Makati	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	—
Meralco Manila	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	—
Stallion Laguna	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	—	—	—	—

Source: Philippines Football League

Results

The eight clubs will play each other four times for twenty eight matches each during the regular season.

First round Home \ Away CER DAV GLO ILO JPV KAY MER STA Ceres–Negros — 2–0 1–0 7–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 5–1 Davao Aguilas 1–3 — 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–5 2–2 2–2 Global Cebu 1–0 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 Ilocos United 1–1 1–1 0–3 — 1–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 1 JPV Marikina 2–1 0–3 2 1–2 2–0 — 0–3 3 0–1 0–2 Kaya–Makati 1–1 2–0 2–2 5–2 2–0 — 0–2 1–0 Meralco Manila 0–7 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 Stallion Laguna 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–3 1–5 — Source: Philippines Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round Home \ Away CER DAV GLO ILO JPV KAY MER STA Ceres–Negros — 5–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 3–2 6–0 5–2 Davao Aguilas 1–1 — 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 Global Cebu 2–0 3–1 — 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 4–3 Ilocos United 1–5 2–4 3–3 — 2–2 0–1 0–3 4 1–4 JPV Marikina 2–2 5 6–3 5–2 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 1–2 Kaya–Makati 2–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 — 2–1 4–0 Meralco Manila 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 Stallion Laguna 2–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 — Source: Philippines Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^1 Match abandoned at halftime due to deteriorating pitch condition by way of adverse weather. As per PFL rules, final score for matches abandoned at halftime and the second half would be the score of the game just prior to abandonment. ^[22] ^2 Match deemed a forfeiture due to home stadium unavailability. Kaya awarded a 0–3 win
^3 Match deemed a forfeiture due to ambulances supposed to be on the venue got involved in an accident. Davao awarded a 0–3 win. Forfeiture affirmed on Nov. 22 ^[23]
^4 Match deemed a forfeiture due to Ilocos' non-compliance with the league's franchise agreement. Meralco awarded a 0-3 win. ^[24]
^5 Match abandoned in the 78rd minute due to "poor visibility". Game ended in 2–2 draw. ^[25]

Finals Series

The top four teams from the Regular Season qualified and are seeded for the Finals Series' Semifinals. The 1st and 4th ranked clubs of the Regular Season are seeded in the first semifinals while the 2nd and 3rd ranked club were seeded in the second semifinals. The winners of the two-legged semifinals contested for the league title in the final while the losers played in a third place playoff. ^[26]

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Meralco Manila	1	1	2
	4	Global Cebu	2	1	3
								4	Global Cebu	1
								2	Ceres Negros	4
	2	Ceres Negros	1	2	3
	3	Kaya–Makati	0	1	1			Third place
								1	Meralco Manila	3
								3	Kaya–Makati	1

Semi-finals

All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8)

Meralco Manila vs Global Cebu (1st vs 4th)

December 2

19:00

Global Cebu	2–1	Meralco Manila
Wesley 90' Minegishi 90+2'		Minniecon 61' (pen.)

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila ^{[note 5]} , Manila

Referee: Linjun Talaver (Philippines)

December 9

19:00

Meralco Manila	1–1	Global Cebu
Dizon 2'		Sanchez 83'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Ariel Montana (Philippines)

Global Cebu won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ceres–Negros vs Kaya–Makati (2nd vs 3rd)

December 3

16:00

Kaya–Makati	0–1	Ceres–Negros
	Report	Schröck 90+2'

University of Makati Stadium , Makati

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

December 9

19:00

Ceres–Negros	2–1	Kaya–Makati
Marañón 30' Ramsay 73'		Ugarte 43'

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Referee: Mick John Pineda (Philippines)

Ceres–Negros won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Third place

December 15, 2017

21:00 UTC+8

Meralco Manila	3–1	Kaya FC–Makati
Cañas 3' Dizon 15', 23'		Bedic 58'

Rizal Memorial Stadium , Manila

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Final

December 16, 2017

18:00 UTC+8

Ceres–Negros	4–1	Global Cebu
Marañón 4' Ramsay 19', 27', 60'		Roberts 88'

Panaad Stadium , Bacolod

Attendance: 2,553

Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia) ^[28]

Season team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ceres–Negros (C)	31	20	6	5	83	29	+54	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage
2	Global Cebu	31	14	9	8	51	43	+8	51	Qualification for the AFC Cup Group Stage
3	Meralco Manila	31	18	8	5	48	37	+11	62	Possible qualification for the AFC Cup Group Stage [a]
4	Kaya–Makati	31	14	5	12	54	41	+13	47
5	Stallion Laguna	28	9	8	11	39	49	−10	35	Did not qualify for the Finals Series
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
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. If the PFL Champion qualifies for AFC Champions League Group Stage

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Bienvenido Marañón	Ceres–Negros	22
2	Fernando Rodríguez	Ceres–Negros	21
3	Jordan Mintah	Kaya–Makati	18
4	Takumi Uesato	JPV Marikina	16
5	Jesus Melliza	Stallion Laguna	13
6	Takashi Odawara	JPV Marikina	10
	Iain Ramsay	Ceres–Negros
	Harry Sawyer	Davao Aguilas
	Phil Younghusband	Davao Aguilas Meralco Manila
10	Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya–Makati	9
	Rufo Sanchez	Global Cebu
	James Younghusband	Davao Aguilas Meralco Manila

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Iain Ramsay	Ceres–Negros	12
2	Stephan Schröck	Ceres–Negros	11
3	Bienvenido Marañón	Ceres–Negros	10
	Jordan Mintah	Kaya–Makati
	Miguel Tanton	Kaya–Makati
6	Tahj Minniecon	Meralco Manila	9
	OJ Porteria	Ceres–Negros
8	Hikaru Minegishi	Global Cebu	8
	Phil Younghusband	Davao Aguilas Meralco Manila
10	Kouichi Belgira	JPV Marikina	7
	Matthew Hartmann	Davao Aguilas Global Cebu
	Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya–Makati

Hat-tricks

As of December 17, 2017

Player	Club	Result	Against	Date
Takumi Uesato	JPV Marikina	4–0 (A)	Stallion Laguna	May 31, 2017
Bienvenido Marañón	Ceres–Negros	3–1 (H)	Kaya–Makati	June 24, 2017
Fernando Rodríguez		5–1 (H)	Stallion Laguna	June 28, 2017
Iain Ramsay		7–0 (A)	Meralco Manila	July 15, 2017
Jordan Mintah	Kaya–Makati	5–2 (H)	Ilocos United	July 19, 2017
Takumi Uesato4	JPV Marikina	5–2 (H)	Global Cebu	August 13, 2017
Jesus Melliza4	Stallion Laguna	5–0 (H)	Ilocos United	September 10, 2017
Harry Sawyer	Davao Aguilas	4–2 (A)		October 18, 2017
Rufo Sánchez	Global Cebu	4–3 (H)	Stallion Laguna	November 2, 2017
Fernando Rodríguez	Ceres–Negros	5–1 (H)	Davao Aguilas
Fernando Rodríguez		6–0 (H)	Meralco Manila	November 5, 2017
Takumi Uesato	JPV Marikina	6–3 (H)	Davao Aguilas	November 21, 2017
Iain Ramsay	Ceres–Negros	4–1 (H)	Global Cebu	December 16, 2017

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

As of December 14, 2017

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Clean sheets
1	Roland Müller	Ceres–Negros	9
2	Florencio Badelic Jr.	Meralco Manila	7
	Benito Rosalia	Stallion Laguna
4	Ref Cuaresma	Kaya–Makati	6
	Patrick Deyto	Global Cebu
6	Marko Trkulja	Davao Aguilas	4
	Nathanael Villanueva	Meralco Manila
8	Nelson Gasic	JPV Marikina	3
9	Zach Banzon	Kaya–Makati	2
	Louie Casas	Ceres-Negros

Discipline

Red cards

As of December 12, 2017

Rank	Player	Team	Red cards
1	Jason Cordova	Davao Aguilas	2
	Miguel Tanton	Kaya–Makati
3	Adam Reed	Kaya–Makati	1
	Jalsor Soriano	Kaya–Makati
	Nicholas Ferrer	Stallion Laguna
	Jordan Mintah	Kaya–Makati
	Sekou Sylla	Global Cebu
	Roland Müller	Ceres–Negros
	Daniel Gadia	Meralco Manila
	Takumi Uesato	JPV Marikina
	Ali Mahmoud	JPV Marikina
	Paul Mulders	Global Cebu
	Peter Fadrigalan	JPV Marikina
	Milan Nikolić	Meralco Manila
	Robert Cañedo	JPV Marikina
	John Celiz	JPV Marikina
	OJ Porteria	Ceres–Negros
	John Kanayama	Ilocos United
	David Fornea	Meralco Manila

Additionally, players may be suspended for more than a single match due to violations of the PFF Disciplinary Code. The Disciplinary Committee on November 7, 2017, imposed match suspensions and fines to players due to misconduct towards officials and/or other players. ^[29]

References

Notes

1. The University of San Carlos Stadium was initially the designated home ground of Global Cebu as per the PFF. ^[14] However the venue still to be completed. The club had played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium for its home games prior to July 2017. They played their first match at their home locality on July 5, 2017, in their home game against Ceres–Negros at the Cebu City Sports Complex which was being rehabilitated by the Cebu Football Association since May 2017. ^[15]
2. 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"
3. Because of the ongoing works in the Marikina Sports Complex, the team played its home league games at either the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, or the Rizal Memorial Stadium. In essence, they were groundsharing with Stallion Laguna F.C. and Meralco Manila. ^[16]
4. Meralco Manila's league home match against Ceres Negros on November 24, 2017, was held at the PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite due to the NCAA collegiate league reserving Rizal Memorial Stadium as the venue for its NCAA Season 93 football competition opening day. ^[17]
5. The game is considered as a Home Game for Global Cebu. Game was played in RMS due to unavailability of Global's home stadium, the Cebu City Sports Complex. ^[27]

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