2018 Davao Aguilas F.C. season

Davao Aguilas
2018 season
Owner	Jefferson Cheng
Head coach	Marlon Maro; (until May 29); Melchor Anzures; (from May 29)
Stadium	Davao del Norte Sports Complex; Rizal Memorial Stadium (alternative venue)
Philippines Football League	3rd
Copa Paulino Alcantara	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Phil Younghusband (12); All: ; Phil Younghusband (16)
Highest home attendance	3,765 vs Ceres–Negros; (July 14, 2018)
	← 2017 2019 →
	All statistics correct as of October 28, 2018.

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	Source
Pre-season
DF	Joshua Grommen	Ceres–Negros	Free	^[1]
DF	Tyler Matas	Meralco Manila	Free	^[2]
MF	Dennis Villanueva	Global Cebu	Undisclosed	^[2]
MF	Satoshi Ōtomo	JPV Marikina	Undisclosed	^[3]
MF	Takashi Odawara	JPV Marikina	Undisclosed	^[3]
MF	Adam Reed	Kaya FC–Makati	Free	^[3]
FW	Kim Sung-min	Cheonan City	Free	^[3]
Mid-season
DF	Wesley dos Santos	Global Cebu		^[4]^[5]
FW	Diego Alves	Kasetsart		^[4]
DF	Marco Casambre	Global Cebu		^[4]
DF	Julian Clarino	University of the Philippines		^[4]
GK	Patrick Deyto	Global Cebu		^[4]
GK	Ray Joyel	Far Eastern University		^[4]
FW	Paolo Salenga	Global Cebu
MF	Tahj Minniecon	Nunawading City

Out

Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
Pre-season
GK	Marko Trkulja	Unattached		Released	^[2]
DF	Bojan Mališić	Persib Bandung	Free	Released	^[6]
MF	Jordan Jarvis	Global Cebu	Undisclosed		^[7]
DF	Jason Cordova	Stallion Laguna		Released	^[2]
DF	Miloš Krstić	Sindjelic Belgrad		Released	^[2]
MF	Alexis Cabistante	Unattached		Released	^[2]
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	^[8]

Pre-season and friendlies

February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)	Davao Aguilas	3–3	JPV Marikina	Manila
15:00 (PST)	Sawyer 75', 77' Gasic 57' (o.g.)	Report	Flores 46' Franksson 73' Altiche 79'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

February 17, 2018 (2018-02-17)	Davao Aguilas	3–2	Kaya–Iloilo	Carmona
8:00 (PST)				Stadium: PFF National Training Centre

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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					31	15	7	9	67	43	+24	048.39

Last updated: October 28, 2018
Source: Competitions

Philippines Football League

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
5	JPV Marikina	25	7	2	16	46	63	−17	20^[b]
6	Global Cebu	25	1	2	22	18	85	−67	5

Source: Philippines Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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.^[9]
^ 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.^[10]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	11	6	8	52	39	+13	39	6	2	3	27	17	+10	5	4	5	25	22	+3

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

Updated to match(es) played on August 22, 2018. Source: Philippines Football League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04) 1	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Kaya–Iloilo	Tagum
16:00 PST	J. Younghusband 51', 58' Villanueva	Report	Osei 18' Tacagni 49' Felongco Tacusalme	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) 2	Stallion Laguna	0–1	Davao Aguilas	Biñan
16:00 PST	Ko Kyung-joon Nierras	Report	J. Younghusband 38' Rota	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15) 3	Global Cebu	2–2	Davao Aguilas	Biñan^a
16:00 PST	Roberts 66', Wesley 89' Gadia Uzoka	Report	P. Younghusband 20' Sawyer 43' Villanueva 88' De Jong Grommen Matas	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

April 21, 2018 (2018-04-21) 4	Davao Aguilas	3–2	JPV Marikina	Manila^b
19:00 PST	Reed 3' P. Younghusband 13', 55' Kim Sung-min 18'	Report	Morallo 9' Celiz 28' Fadrigalan 40' Moriyasu 45+1'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) 5	Global Cebu	0–3	Davao Aguilas	Manila^a
19:00 PST	Deyto 29' Sánchez		P. Younghusband 17' (pen.) J. Younghusband 51', 65' Hartmann	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) 6	Davao Aguilas	0–2	Ceres–Negros	Manila^b
16:00 PST		Report	Marañón 42' Mi. Ott 55'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06) 7	Stallion Laguna	3–0	Davao Aguilas	Biñan
16:00 PST	Cordova 65' Polli 69' Melliza 76', 90+2'			Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13) 8	Davao Aguilas	4–2	JPV Marikina	Manila^b
16:00 PST	Kim Sung-min 30' P. Younghusband 55', 86' Sawyer 66'		Uzoka 61' Kozawa 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) 9	Kaya–Iloilo	4–2	Davao Aguilas	Iloilo City
16:00 PST	Mintah 1' Mendy 40', 59', 73' Felongco 36' 81'		J. Younghusband 53' Odawara 69'	Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex Attendance: 1,205

May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23) 10	Ceres–Negros	3–0	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 PST	Porteria 45+1' (pen.) Marañón 60', 68'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

June 2, 2018 (2018-06-02) 11	Kaya–Iloilo	2–1	Davao Aguilas	Iloilo City
16:00 PST	Daniels 51' Bedic 75'		J. Younghusband 72'	Stadium: Iloilo Sports Complex

June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06) 12	Ceres–Negros	2–1	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 PST	De Murga 28' Reichelt 53', 78' Ingreso 66'		J. Younghusband 14', 55' De Jong 31' Bayan 69'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09) 13	JPV Marikina	0–3	Davao Aguilas	Biñan^c
16:00 PST			P. Younghusband 32' J. Younghusband 47' Villanueva 49'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

June 16, 2018 (2018-06-16) 14	Davao Aguilas	5–0	Stallion Laguna	Manila^b
16:00 PST	Kim Sung-min 3', 13' Rota 7' De Bruycker 51' De Jong 85'			Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20) 15	Davao Aguilas	3–1	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila^b
19:00 PST	Kim Sung-min 26' Matas 75' P. Younghusband 85'		Mendy 45+2'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) 16	Davao Aguilas	3–4	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila^b
16:00 PST	Kim Sung-min 25' J. Younghusband 77', 90+1'		Mendy 4', 62' Soriano 21' Tanton 41' Osei 45+3', 90+2' Bedic 81'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07) 17	JPV Marikina	3–3	Davao Aguilas	Carmona^c
15:00 PST	Baguioro 20' Shimono 38' Angeles 43'	Report	P. Younghusband 17' Odawara 23' Sawyer 59'	Stadium: PFF National Training Centre Attendance: 0^[11]

July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14) 18	Davao Aguilas	1–3	Ceres–Negros	Tagum
16:00 PST	Kim Sung-min 89'	Report	Christiaens 6' Mi. Ott 37' Aguinaldo 60' Marañón 76'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex Attendance: 3,765^[12]

July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18) 19	Davao Aguilas	1–1	Global Cebu	Manila^b
15:00 PST	Salenga 90+4'		Roberts 14'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) 20	JPV Marikina	0–3	Davao Aguilas	Carmona^c
15:00 PST			Kim Sung-min 12' P. Younghusband 53' Salenga 65'	Stadium: PFF National Training Centre

July 28, 2018 (2018-07-28) 21	Stallion Laguna	1–1	Davao Aguilas	Biñan
15:00 PST	Arboleda 90+3'		Wesley 38'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09) 22	Davao Aguilas	3–0^d Awarded	Global Cebu	Manila^b
				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

August 12, 2018 (2018-08-12) 23	Ceres–Negros	0–3	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 PST			P. Younghusband 27', 31' De Jong 38'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 959 Referee: Steve Supresencia

August 18, 2018 (2018-08-18) 24	Davao Aguilas	2–0	Global Cebu	Manila^b
16:00 PST	Minniecon 63' Gadia 65'		Jarvis 48' Nikolić 59'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

August 22, 2018 (2018-08-22) 25	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Stallion Laguna	Manila^b
16:00 PST	De Jong 4' Hall 35' Linatoc 50' (o.g.)		Sy 64', 67'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

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	Team v t e	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	—

Source: LFI

Group stage

September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01) 1	Ceres–Negros	1–3	Davao Aguilas	Manila^a
19:00 PST	Powell 54'		Hartmann 38' P. Younghusband 40' Minniecon 76'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22) 2	Davao Aguilas	2–1	Ceres–Negros	Manila^b
16:00 PST	Wesley 16', 60' P. Younghusband 47'		Mi. Ott 53' Powell 60'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 26, 2018 (2018-09-26) 3	Davao Aguilas	0–0	Stallion Laguna	Manila^b
16:00 PST	De Bruycker 82'		Arboleda 52'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) 4	Stallion Laguna	0–4	Davao Aguilas	Biñan
15:00 PST			P. Younghusband 40', 83' Kim Sung-min 70', 84'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

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

October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21) Semi-finals	Davao Aguilas	6–1	JPV Marikina	Manila
17:00 PST	Kim Sung-min 34', 52', 60', 74' J. Younghusband 40' De Jong 50'		Altiche 73'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27) Final	Davao Aguilas	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
17:00 PST	P. Younghusband 75' Wesley 85' 99' Hall 87'		Tacusalme 74' Omura 90+3' Bedic 119'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,230

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of October 23, 2018

Rank	Player	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
	Paolo Salenga	MF	2	0	2
	Tahj Minniecon	MF	1	1	2
	Wesley dos Santos	DF	1	1	2
10	Dennis Villanueva	DF	1	0	1
	Simone Rota	DF	1	0	1
	Dylan de Bruycker	MF	1	0	1
	Tyler Matas	DF	1	0	1
	Daniel Gadia	MF	1	0	1
	Matthew Hartmann	MF	0	1	1
Awarded goals			3	0	3
Own goals			1	0	1
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		7	2	9

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