# 2017 Ceres–Negros F.C. season

The 2017 season is Ceres–Negros' 1st season in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines football. They finished second in the PFL regular season though they became the league's first champions after they won over Global Cebu in the Final Series.
They also participated in the 2017 AFC Cup where they become the ASEAN zonal champions though they were eliminated by Tajik club Istiklol in the inter-zone Play-off semifinal.

## 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 | 6 May 2017 | 16 December 2017 | Matchday 1 | 2nd (League Table) / 1st (Final Series) | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 29 | +54 | 064.52 |
| AFC Cup | 21 February 2017 | 12 September 2017 | Group Stage | Inter-zone Play-off Semifinal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 041.67 |
| Singapore Cup | 20 June 2017 | 20 June 2017 | Preliminary Round | Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 107 | 49 | +58 | 056.82 |
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 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"
* c Because of the unavailability of the Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match was played instead in Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila.

#### Final Series

Ceres–Negros won 3–1 on aggregate.

### AFC Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | HAN | TAM | FEL |
| 1 | Ceres–Negros | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 6–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Hà Nội | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 6 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | FELDA United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.

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

4–4 on aggregate. Ceres–Negros won 2–1 on away goals.

##### ASEAN Zonal Final

Ceres–Negros won 3–2 on aggregate.

##### Inter-zone Play-off Semifinal

Istikol won 5–1 on aggregate.

### Singapore Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 16 December 2017
| Rank | Player | Nat | Position | PFL | AFC Cup | Singapore Cup | Total |
| 1 | Bienvenido Marañón | | FW | 22 | 8 | 0 | 30 |
| 2 | Fernando Rodríguez | | FW | 21 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Iain Ramsay | | MF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Stephan Shröck | | MF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | OJ Porteria | | MF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Patrick Reichelt | | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Christiaens | | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Arnie Pasinabo Jr. | | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Súper | | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Carli de Murga | | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Kevin Ingreso | | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Manuel Ott | | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Kota Kawase | | DF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Omid Nazari | | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Jason de Jong | | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Martin Steuble | | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 83 | 24 | 0 | 107 |

## League squad

    As of 12 September 2017.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Roland Müller | GK | (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36) | Étoile Carouge FC |
| 25 | Louie Casas | GK | (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38) | University of St. La Salle |
| 88 | Eduard Sacapaño | GK | (1980-02-14) 14 February 1980 (age 44) | Global FC |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Joshua Grommen | DF | (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 28) | Western Pride FC |
| 3 | Kota Kawase | DF | (1992-11-08) 8 November 1992 (age 31) | Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC |
| 4 | Súper | DF | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 32) | Caudal Deportivo |
| 16 | Arnie Pasinabo Jr. | DF | (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28) | Green Archers United FC |
| 17 | Junior Muñoz | DF | (1987-05-18) 18 May 1987 (age 37) | Kaya F.C. |
| 21 | Luke Woodland | DF | (1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 29) | York City F.C. |
| Midfielder ||||||
| 6 | Kevin Ingreso | MF | (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31) | SV Drochtersen/Assel |
| 8 | Manuel Ott | MF | (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32) | FC Ingolstadt 04 II |
| 10 | OJ Porteria | MF | (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30) | Kaya F.C. |
| 11 | Iain Ramsay | MF | (1988-02-27) 27 February 1988 (age 36) | Tractor Sazi F.C. |
| 12 | Stephan Schröck | MF | (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 38) | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
| 14 | Carli de Murga | MF | (1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 (age 35) | Global Cebu F.C. |
| 20 | Jorrel Aristorenas | MF | (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30) | Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C |
| 22 | Omid Nazari | MF | (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33) | Melaka United F.C. |
| 23 | Martin Steuble | MF | (1988-06-09) 9 June 1988 (age 36) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 28 | Jeffrey Christiaens | MF | (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 33) | Global Cebu F.C. |
| Strikers ||||||
| 7 | Bienvenido Marañón | FW | (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 38) | UD Socuéllamos |
| 9 | Fernando Rodríguez | FW | (1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 37) | FC Cartagena |
| 29 | Patrick Reichelt | FW | (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36) | Port F.C. |

## Transfers
### Preseason
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| GK | Roland Müller | Servette FC |
| DF | Kota Kawase | Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC |
| DF | Simone Rota | Stallion Laguna F.C. |
| DF | Súper | Caudal Deportivo |
| DF | Junior Muñoz | Kaya FC |
| DF | Luke Woodland | York City F.C. |
| MF | Stephan Schröck | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
| MF | Iain Ramsay | Tractor Sazi F.C. |
| MF | OJ Porteria | Kaya FC |
| MF | Jorrel Aristorenas | Loyola Meralco Sparks FC |
| MF | Antonio Bello | FC Jumilla |
| MF | Omid Nazari | Melaka United F.C. |
| MF | Jason de Jong | Loyola Meralco Sparks FC |
| FW | Fernando Rodríguez | FC Cartagena |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| DF | Jason Sabio | |
| DF | Valentine Kama | Ilocos United FC |
| DF | Sang-Min Kim | Minerva Punjab FC |
| DF | Jalsor Soriano | Kaya FC |
| MF | Son Yong-chan | Tampines Rovers |
| MF | Marwin Angeles | Kaya FC |
| MF | Paul Mulders | Global FC |
| MF | Juan Luis Guirado | Real Burgos CF |
| FW | Adrián Gallardo | New Radiant S.C. |
| FW | Nate Burkey | Davao Aguilas F.C. |
| FW | Jeong-Woo Lee | Released |

### Mid-season
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| MF | Joshua Dutosme | University of St. La Salle |
| MF | Nessi Ramos | University of St. La Salle |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| DF | Simone Rota | Davao Aguilas F.C. |
| MF | Antonio Bello | Xerez Deportivo FC |
| MF | Jason de Jong | Davao Aguilas F.C. |
| MF | Jorrel Aristorenas | Davao Aguilas F.C. |