# 2018 Davao Aguilas F.C. season

The 2018 season was Davao Aguilas Football Club's 2nd in existence and the 2nd season in the top flight of Philippine football. The club participated in the Philippines Football League and Copa Paulino Alcantara.

## Players

| No. | Pos. | Name | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Patrick Deyto | |
| 2 | GK | Ronilo Bayan Jr. | |
| 3 | MF | Matthew Hartmann | Second nationality: |
| 4 | DF | Simone Rota | Second nationality: |
| 5 | DF | Brad McDonald | Second nationality: |
| 6 | MF | Jason de Jong | Second nationality: |
| 7 | MF | James Younghusband | Second nationality: |
| 8 | FW | Diego Alves | |
| 9 | FW | Paolo Salenga | |
| 10 | FW | Phil Younghusband | Second nationality: |
| 11 | MF | Tahj Minniecon | |
| 12 | MF | Jorrel Aristorenas | Second nationality: |
| 13 | DF | Joshua Grommen | Second nationality: |
| 14 | FW | Omar Khan | Second nationality: |
| 15 | MF | James Hall | Second nationality: |
| 16 | MF | Raymart Cubon | |
| 17 | FW | Jaime Cheng | Second nationality: |
| 18 | DF | Julian Clarino | |
| 20 | MF | Dylan de Bruycker | Second nationality: |
| 21 | GK | Ray Joyel | |
| 22 | DF | Dennis Villanueva | Second nationality: |
| 23 | MF | Adam Reed | Second nationality: |
| 24 | FW | Kim Sung-min | |
| 25 | DF | Tyler Matas | Second nationality: |
| 26 | MF | Daniel Gadia | |
| 27 | DF | Junell Bautista | |
| 28 | DF | Marco Casambre | |
| 29 | MF | Satoshi Ōtomo | Second nationality: |
| 30 | DF | Wesley dos Santos | |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| Pre-season ||||||
| DF | Joshua Grommen | Ceres–Negros | Free |
| DF | Tyler Matas | Meralco Manila | Free |
| MF | Dennis Villanueva | Global Cebu | Undisclosed |
| MF | Satoshi Ōtomo | JPV Marikina | Undisclosed |
| MF | Takashi Odawara | JPV Marikina | Undisclosed |
| MF | Adam Reed | Kaya FC–Makati | Free |
| FW | Kim Sung-min | Cheonan City | Free |
| Mid-season ||||||
| DF | Wesley dos Santos | Global Cebu | |
| FW | Diego Alves | Kasetsart | |
| DF | Marco Casambre | Global Cebu | |
| DF | Julian Clarino | University of the Philippines | |
| GK | Patrick Deyto | Global Cebu | |
| GK | Ray Joyel | Far Eastern University | |
| FW | Paolo Salenga | Global Cebu | |
| MF | Tahj Minniecon | Nunawading City | |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| Pre-season ||||||
| GK | Marko Trkulja | Unattached | | Released |
| DF | Bojan Mališić | Persib Bandung | Free | Released |
| MF | Jordan Jarvis | Global Cebu | Undisclosed | |
| DF | Jason Cordova | Stallion Laguna | | Released |
| DF | Miloš Krstić | Sindjelic Belgrad | | Released |
| MF | Alexis Cabistante | Unattached | | Released |
| Mid-season ||||||
| FW | Ángel Guirado | Negeri Sembilan FA | Free | |
| MF | Takashi Odawara | Unattached | | Released |
| MF | Nate Burkey | Unattached | | Released |
| GK | Nick O'Donnell | Unattached | | Released |

#### Loans out

| Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| Mid-season ||||||
| FW | Harry Sawyer | Tai Po | N/A | On loan until 2019 | |

## 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 % |
| Philippines Football League | March 4, 2018 | August 22, 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 044.00 |
| Copa Paulino Alcantara | September 1, 2018 | October 27, 2018 | Group stage | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 048.39 |
Last updated: October 28, 2018 Source: Competitions

### Philippines Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ceres–Negros (C) | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 60 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 2 | Kaya–Iloilo | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 49 | |
| 3 | Davao Aguilas | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 39 | |
| 4 | Stallion Laguna | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 36 | |
| 5 | JPV Marikina | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 20 | |
| 6 | Global Cebu | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 85 | −67 | 5 | |
* ↑ Three points were deducted from Stallion Laguna due to the club's failure to comply with Liga Futbol Inc. Disciplinary Committee’s Decision No. 010318DC03.
* ↑ Three points were deducted from JPV Marikina due to the club's failure to comply with Liga Futbol Inc. Disciplinary Committee’s Decision No. 010318DC02.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: August 22, 2018. Source: Philippines Football League

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Note:
    a ^ Due to the bad condition of the pitch in the Cebu City Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium or.Biñan Football Stadium.
    b ^ Due to the unavailability of Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
    c ^ Due to the unavailability of Marikina Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Biñan Football Stadium or PFF National Training Centre.
    d ^ Originally schedule on 3 July but the match was abandoned by Global Cebu. Davao Aguilas won 3–0 by default.

### Copa Paulino Alcantara

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DAV | STA | CER |
| 1 | Davao Aguilas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Semi-finals | — | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Stallion Laguna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | Semi-finals | 0–4 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Ceres–Negros | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |

#### Group stage

Note:
    a ^ Due to the unavailability of Panaad Stadium, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
    b ^ Due to the unavailability of Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match will be played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.

#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of October 23, 2018
| Rank | Player | Nat | Position | PFL | Copa Paulino Alcantara | Total |
| 1 | Phil Younghusband | | FW | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Kim Sung-min | | FW | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | James Younghusband | | MF | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Jason de Jong | | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Harry Sawyer | | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Takashi Odawara | | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Paolo Salenga | | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Tahj Minniecon | | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Wesley dos Santos | | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Dennis Villanueva | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Simone Rota | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dylan de Bruycker | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tyler Matas | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Daniel Gadia | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Matthew Hartmann | | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Awarded goals | Awarded goals | Awarded goals | Awarded goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 15 | 67 |

### Clean sheets

    As of October 19, 2018
| Rank | Name | PFL | Copa Paulino Alcantara | Total |
| 1 | Patrick Deyto | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Ronilo Bayan Jr. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Nick O'Donnell | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 2 | 9 |