2017 Philippines Football League

Philippines Football League

Season	2017
Dates	6 May – 28 November 2017 (Regular season) 2 – 16 December 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)
Biggest home win	Ceres–Negros 7–0 Ilocos United (8 July 2017)
Biggest away win	Meralco Manila 0–7 Ceres–Negros (15 July 2017)
Highest scoring	JPV Marikina 6–3 Davao Aguilas (21 November 2017)
Longest winning run	Meralco Manila (6 May – 17 June) JPV Marikina (31 May – 25 June) Kaya FC–Makati (5 – 23 July) (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Meralco Manila (6 May – 8 July) (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Ilocos United (7 May – 17 September) (19 matches)
Longest losing run	Ilocos United (13 May – 21 June) Ilocos United (30 Sept – 29 October) Kaya FC–Makati (28 October – 15 December) (5 matches)
Highest attendance	5,350 Global Cebu 1–0 Ceres–Negros (5 July 2017)
Lowest attendance	0 (Behind closed doors) Meralco Manila 0–0 Ceres–Negros (24 November 2017)
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 21 April 2017 at the Shangri-La at the Fort in Taguig while the first match of the season was played on 6 May 2017.^[3] The league replaced the United Football League which had its last season in 2016.

Ceres–Negros F.C. won the league's inaugural championship by defeating archrivals Global Cebu F.C. in the Final, 4–1.

Contents

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  1 Teams
  
  
  
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    1.1 Stadiums and locations
    
  
  
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    1.2 Personnel and kits
    
  
  
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    1.3 Managerial changes
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Foreign players
  


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  3 Regular season
  
  
  
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    3.1 Positions by round
    
  
  
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    3.2 Results by round
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Results
  
  
  
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    4.1 First round
    
  
  
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    4.2 Second round
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Finals series
  
  
  
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    5.1 Bracket
    
  
  
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    5.2 Semi-finals
    
    
    
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      5.2.1 First leg
      
    
    
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      5.2.2 Second leg
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    5.3 Third place
    
  
  
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    5.4 Final
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Season team rankings
  


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  7 Season statistics
  
  
  
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    7.1 Top goalscorers
    
  
  
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    7.2 Hat-tricks
    
  
  
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    7.3 Clean sheets
    
  
  
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    7.4 Discipline
    
    
    
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      7.4.1 Club
      
    
    
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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

Teams

On 24 November 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).^[4] Ceres later denied reports of stating that they will field a second team supposedly to be based in Davao City.^[5]

Ceres, Global, Loyola, Stallion, as well as Kaya were confirmed by the PFF on 29 November 2016 as official clubs for the inaugural 2017 season and is projecting that three other clubs will join.^[6] By December 2016, JP Voltes joined the list of confirmed 2017 PFL clubs.^[7]

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.^[8] By 1 April 2017, the PFF has confirmed the participation of 8 clubs.^[9]

Stadiums and locations

The PFF confirmed the following clubs with their localities and stadiums that will comprise the inaugural season of the PFL.^[10]

Team Locality Stadium Capacity City / Municipality Province Ceres–Negros Bacolod Negros Occidental Panaad Park and Stadium 8,000 Davao Aguilas Tagum Davao del Norte Davao del Norte Sports Complex 3,000 Global Cebu Cebu City Cebu Cebu City Sports Complex[note 1] Ilocos United Vigan[note 2] Ilocos Sur Quirino Stadium 5,000 JPV Marikina Marikina N/A (Metro Manila) Marikina Sports Complex[note 3] 15,000 Kaya FC–Makati Makati 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	Shirt partner
Ceres–Negros	Risto Vidaković	Martin Steuble	Puma	Ceres
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 FC–Makati	Noel Marcaida	Masanari Omura	LGR	LBC
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[14]	December 2016
Meralco Manila	Simon Mcmenemy	End of contract[15]	December 2016		Aris Caslib
Global Cebu	Kenichi Yatsuhashi[14]				Toshiaki Imai	January 2017
Kaya FC–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[16]
	Marjo Allado	End of interim tenure	June 2017	3rd	Akbar Nawas	June 2017[17]
Davao Aguilas	Gary Phillips	Sacked[15]	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 Darren Mitchell 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	Atsushi Shimono	Takashi Odawara	Takumi Uesato	Masaki Yanagawa
Kaya FC–Makati	Robert Lopez Mendy	Jordan Mintah	Masanari Omura	Alfred Osei
Meralco Manila	Joaquín Cañas	Lee Jeong-min	Tahj Minniecon	Milan Nikolić	Hunter Harrison
Stallion Laguna	Kim Myungsu	Ko Kyung-Joon	Gabriele Mascazzini	Carlo Polli	Christian Nana Ryo Tamiya Ryota Ishikawa Roland Sadia Yusuke Yamagata

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  ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters while the league season was still ongoing.


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  ^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 (11),  South Korea (3),  Australia4 (4)
CAF	Ghana (4)  Cameroon (2),  Ivory Coast (2),  Guinea (1),  Senegal (1)
CONCACAF	Trinidad and Tobago (2),  United States (1)
CONMEBOL	Brazil (1)
OFC	Papua New Guinea4 (1)
UEFA	Spain (6),  Serbia (5),   Switzerland (2),  England (1)

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

Regular season

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 to Finals series
2	Ceres–Negros	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

Positions by round

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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 FC–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

	Final series

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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 FC–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 1–11 JPV Marikina 2–1 0–32 1–2 2–0 — 0–33 0–1 0–2 Kaya FC–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 Colours: 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 0–34 1–4 JPV Marikina 2–25 6–3 5–2 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 1–2 Kaya FC–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 Colours: 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.^[18]^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^[19]
^4 Match deemed a forfeiture due to Ilocos' non-compliance with the league's franchise agreement. Meralco awarded a 0-3 win.^[20]
^5 Match abandoned in the 78rd minute due to "poor visibility". Game ended in 2–2 draw.^[21]

Finals series

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 FC–Makati	0	1	1			Third place
								1	Meralco Manila	3
								3	Kaya FC–Makati	1

Semi-finals

First leg

2 December 201719:00 UTC+8

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)

3 December 201716:00 UTC+8

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

University of Makati Stadium, Makati, Makati

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

Second leg

9 December 201719:00 UTC+8

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.

9 December 201719:00 UTC+8

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

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Referee: Mick John Pineda (Philippines)

Ceres–Negros won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place

15 December 201721:00 UTC+8

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

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Manila

Final

16 December 201718:00 UTC+8

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

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod, Bacolod

Attendance: 2,553

Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)^[23]

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	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	7	6	47	37	+10	61	Possible qualification for the AFC Cup Group Stage[a]
4	Kaya FC–Makati	31	14	5	12	54	41	+13	47
5	Stallion Laguna	28	9	8	11	39	49	−10	35	Did not qualify for Final 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
Notes:

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Note

¹ 6 goals were scored for Meralco Manila during the same season.

Hat-tricks

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

Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

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

Discipline

Club

• Most red cards : 5
  
  
  
  • Kaya FC–Makati
  
  
  • JPV Marikina
  
  
  
  


• Least red cards : 1
  
  
  
  • Ilocos United
  
  
  • Stallion Laguna
  
  
  • Global Cebu
  
  
  
  

Individual red cards

Rank	Player	Team	Red cards
1	Jason Cordova	Davao Aguilas	2
	Miguel Tanton	Kaya FC–Makati
	Milan Nikolić	Meralco Manila
4	Adam Reed	Kaya FC–Makati	1
	Jalsor Soriano	Kaya FC–Makati
	Nicholas Ferrer	Stallion Laguna
	Jordan Mintah	Kaya FC–Makati
	Sekou Sylla	Global Cebu
	Roland Müller	Ceres–Negros
	Daniel Gadia	Meralco Manila
	Takumi Uesato	JPV Marikina
	Ali Mahmoud	JPV Marikina
	Jeffrey Christiaens	Ceres–Negros
	Peter Fadrigalan	JPV Marikina
	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.^[24]

References

Notes

1. 
   ^ The University of San Carlos Stadium was initially the designated home ground of Global Cebu as per the PFF.^[10] 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.^[11]
   


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.^[12]
   


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   ^ 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.^[13]
   


5. 
   ^ 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.^[22]
   

References

1. 
   ^ [philippinesfootballleague.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PFL-Calendar-2017-as-of-May-13-2017-1.pdf PFL Calendar]
   


2. 
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v t e Philippines Football League
Philippine Football Federation
Regular Seasons	UFL 2017 2018
Clubs	2018 Ceres–Negros Davao Aguilas Global Cebu JPV Marikina Kaya FC–Iloilo Stallion Laguna Former Clubs Ilocos United Meralco Manila
Copa Paulino Alcantara	2018
Other Competitions	AFC Champions League (Records) AFC Cup (Records)

v t e 2017 in Philippine football
National teams	Men's Senior 2019 AFC Asian Cup Third Round 2017 CTFA International Tournament U23 2018 AFC U23 Championship Qualification 2017 Southeast Asian Games Group Stage U20 2018 AFC U19 Championship Qualification 2017 AFF U18 Youth Championship Group Stage U17 2018 AFC U16 Championship Qualification 2017 AFF U15 Youth Championship Group Stage Futsal 2018 AFC Futsal Championship Qualification 2017 AFF Futsal Championship Group Stage Beach Soccer Women's Senior 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualification 2017 AFF Women's Championship Group Stage 2017 Southeast Asian Games Group Stage
Club Teams	Leagues Philippines Football League Ceres–Negros Davao Aguilas Global Cebu Ilocos United JPV Marikina Kaya FC–Makati Meralco Manila Stallion Laguna PFF Women's League AdMU DLSU FEU Fuego España Green Archers United Hiraya Kaya OutKast TYFA UP UST University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 79 Men's Juniors' Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 92 Seniors' Juniors' Cups AFC Champions League (Preliminary 1: Global Cebu; Preliminary 2: Global Cebu) AFC Cup (Group Stage: Ceres–Negros, Global Cebu; Zonal Semifinal: Ceres–Negros, Global Cebu; Zonal Final: Ceres–Negros; Inter Zone Semifinal: Ceres–Negros) Singapore Cup (Preliminary: Ceres–Negros, Global Cebu; Quarterfinal: Global Cebu; Semifinal: Global Cebu; Final: Global Cebu) Regional Cups: Aboitiz Football Cup Ceres Cup Stallion Cup

v t e 2017 in Asian football (AFC)
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League cups	Hong Kong Shield '16–'17 '17–'18 India Shield Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '16–'17 '17–'18 Fed Cup '17–'18 Malaysia Maldives Qatar Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Thailand UAE '17–'18
Super Cups	China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Maldives Qatar Tajikistan Thailand
Regional club competitions	2017 GCC Champions League 2017 Mekong Club Championship 2017 Arab Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup 2017 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

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