# 2018 Kaya F.C.–Iloilo season

The 2018 season was Kaya F.C.–Iloilo's 2nd season in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippine football. In addition to the PFL, the club also competed in the Copa Paulino Alcantara.
On 6 February 2018, the club formerly known as Kaya F.C.–Makati moved from Makati to Iloilo City. They changed their name accordingly to Kaya F.C.–Iloilo. They finished second in the PFL and won the inaugural Copa Paulino Alcantara, earning qualification to the 2019 AFC Cup.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendlies

* Prior to February 6, 2018. The club was known as Kaya FC–Makati.

## 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 | 4 April 2018 | 25 August 2018 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 060.00 |
| Copa Paulino Alcantara | 1 September 2018 | 27 October 2018 | Group stage | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 37 | +34 | 064.52 |
Last updated: 27 March 2019 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: 25 August 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Notes:
    a ^ Due to the unavailability of Iloilo Sports Complex, the match was played in their previous "home" venue, the University of Makati Stadium.
    b ^ Due to the unavailability of Marikina Sports Complex, the match was played in a neutral venue, the Biñan Football Stadium.
    c ^ Due to the unavailability of Cebu City Sports Complex, the match was played in a neutral venue, the Biñan Football Stadium.
    d ^ Originally scheduled on 2 May, the match was postponed to 1 June. Global Cebu eventually forfeited the match. Kaya-Iloilo won 3–0 by default.
    e ^ Due to the unavailability of Davao del Norte Sports Complex the match was played in a neutral venue, the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

### Copa Paulino Alcantara

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KAY | JPV | GLO |
| 1 | Kaya–Iloilo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | Semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | JPV Marikina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals | 0–1 | — | 4–3 |
| 3 | Global Cebu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 1 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | — |

#### Group stage

Notes:
    a ^ Due to the unavailability of Iloilo Sports Complex, the match was played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
    b ^ Due to the unavailability of Cebu City Sports Complex, the match was played in neutral venue Rizal Memorial Stadium.
    c ^ Due to the unavailability of Marikina Sports Complex, the match was played in neutral venue PFF National Training Centre.

#### Final
## Squad

    As of 13 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PHI | Ref Cuaresma |
| 3 | DF | PHI | Julian Matthews |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Masanari Omura (Vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | PHI | Adam Reed |
| 7 | MF | PHI | Jovin Bedic |
| 8 | MF | PHI | Anton Ugarte |
| 9 | MF | PHI | Kenshiro Daniels |
| 10 | MF | PHI | Miguel Tanton |
| 11 | DF | PHI | Alexander Borromeo (Captain) |
| 12 | DF | PHI | Jayson Panhay |
| 13 | FW | PHI | Janrick Soriano |
| 15 | MF | PHI | Arnie Pasinabo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | GHA | Alfred Osei |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Robert Lopez Mendy |
| 19 | MF | PHI | Eric Giganto |
| 20 | FW | PHI | Patrik Franksson |
| 21 | DF | PHI | Jalsor Soriano |
| 22 | GK | PHI | Zach Banzon |
| 23 | MF | PHI | Charlie Beaton |
| 24 | MF | PHI | Marwin Angeles |
| 25 | DF | PHI | Chy Villasenor |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Jordan Mintah |
| 30 | GK | PHI | Ronilo Bayan |

### Pre-season transfer
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred from |
| DF | Camelo Tacusalme | JPV Marikina |
| DF | Audie Menzi | Kaya Makati B |
| DF/MF | Michael Menzi | Kaya Makati B |
| MF | Arnel Amita | Meralco Manila |
| FW | Connor Tacagni | Meralco Manila |
| GK | Nathanael Villanueva | Meralco Manila |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred to |
| MF | Adam Reed | Davao Aguilas |
| MF | Marvin Angeles | |
| DF | Julian Matthews | |
| DF | Patrik Franksson | |
| DF | Alfred Osei | |