# 2017 Global Cebu F.C. season

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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 046.81 |
Last updated: 16 December 2017 Source: Competitions

### Philippines Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for finals series |
| 3 | Kaya FC–Makati | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 47 | Qualification for finals series |
| 4 | Global Cebu | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for finals series |
| 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 | |

#### Regular season

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

^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.

### AFC Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### ASEAN Zonal Semifinal

Home United won 5–4 on aggregate.

### Singapore Cup
## Squad
### 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 34) | Green Archers United |
| 21 | Rowell Bayan | GK | | |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Reynald Villareal | DF | (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36) | Green Archers United FC |
| 12 | Amani Aguinaldo | DF | (1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 29) | Far Eastern University |
| 13 | Jerry Barbaso | DF | (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 36) | Laos FC |
| 27 | Marco Casambre | DF | (1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 26) | Ceres–Negros |
| 30 | Wesley | DF | (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) | |
| Midfielder ||||||
| 2 | Ronnie Aguisanda | MF | (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33) | Green Archers United FC |
| 5 | Fritz Brigoli | MF | (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 26) | |
| 7 | Paul Mulders | MF | (1981-01-16) 16 January 1981 (age 43) | Ceres–Negros |
| 8 | Dennis Villanueva | MF | (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 32) | A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio |
| 9 | Misagh Bahadoran | MF | (1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 37) | Kaya FC |
| 11 | Paolo Bugas | MF | (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 30) | Loyola Meralco Sparks |
| 17 | OJ Clarino | MF | (1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 34) | Stallion Laguna FC |
| 18 | Yu Hoshide | MF | (1977-08-16) 16 August 1977 (age 47) | JP Voltes |
| 19 | Paolo Salenga | MF | (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29) | Pachanga Diliman |
| 25 | Shu Sasaki | MF | (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33) | Blacktown Spartans |
| Strikers ||||||
| 10 | Darryl Roberts | FW | (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 41) | Ubon UMT United |
| 14 | Hikaru Minegishi | FW | (1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 33) | Sendai University |
| 20 | Rufo Sánchez | FW | (1986-12-27) 27 December 1986 (age 37) | 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 | |