2017 Davao Aguilas F.C. season

The 2017 season was Davao Aguilas' 1st season in the top flight of Philippine football.^[1] The club is the sole Mindanao-based club in the inaugural season of the PFL. ^[2]

Davao Aguilas

2017 season
Chairman	Jefferson Cheng
Head coach	Marlon Maro
Stadium	Davao del Norte Sports Complex
PFL	7th (Regular Season)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 21 November 2017.

Competitions

Philippines Football League

Main article: 2017 Philippines Football League

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Kaya FC–Makati	28	14	5	9	52	35	+17	47
4	Global Cebu	28	13	8	7	47	37	+10	47
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

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

Regular season

Ilocos United v Davao Aguilas

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 1	Ilocos United	1–1	Davao Aguilas	Bantay^a
16:00 UTC+8	Kanayama   78'		De Bruycker   50'	Stadium: Quirino Stadium

Davao Aguilas v JPV Marikina

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 2	Davao Aguilas	2–3	JPV Marikina	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	De Bruycker   8', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Odawara   2' Cañedo   20' Uesato   84'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex Attendance: 4,300

Kaya FC–Makati v Davao Aguilas

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 3	Kaya FC–Makati	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Makati
16:00 UTC+8	Mintah   16' Reed   42' (pen.)			Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Meralco Manila v Davao Aguilas

3 June 2017 (2017-06-03) 4	Meralco Manila	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Dizon   6' J. Younghusband   70'			Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Stallion Laguna v Davao Aguilas

18 June 2017 (2017-06-18) 5	Stallion Laguna	0–0	Davao Aguilas	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

Davao Aguilas v Meralco Manila

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21) 6	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Meralco Manila	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	Krstic   21' De Bruycker   71'	Report	Minniecon   2' P. Younghusband   12'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Davao Aguilas v Ilocos United

25 June 2017 (2017-06-25) 7	Davao Aguilas	0–0	Ilocos United	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Davao Aguilas v Global Cebu

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 8	Davao Aguilas	1–2	Global Cebu	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Davao Aguilas v Kaya FC–Makati

9 July 2017 (2017-07-09) 9	Davao Aguilas	1–5	Kaya FC–Makati	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	Grubjesic   49' Cordova   55'		Bedic   20', 76' Osei   57' Giganto   87' Daniels   90+3'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Global Cebu v Davao Aguilas

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 10	Global Cebu	0–0	Davao Aguilas	Cebu City
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

Ceres–Negros v Davao Aguilas

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 11	Ceres–Negros	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
16:00 UTC+8	Porteria   27' Schröck   57'			Stadium: Panaad Stadium

Davao Aguilas v Meralco Manila

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) 12	Davao Aguilas	2–3	Meralco Manila	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	Sawyer   33' Hartmann   42'		Nikolic   41', 66' J. Younghusband   64'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Davao Aguilas v Global Cebu

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 13	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Global Cebu	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	P. Younghusband   41' (pen.) De Jong   64'		Salenga   13' Villanueva   43'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Global Cebu v Davao Aguilas

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 14	Global Cebu	3–1	Davao Aguilas	Cebu City
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Cebu City Sports Complex

Davao Aguilas v Ceres–Negros

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 15	Davao Aguilas	1–3	Ceres–Negros	Manila^c
19:00 UTC+8	Sawyer   90+1'	Report	Rodriguez   19' Marañón   51' Christiaens   87'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Davao Aguilas v Ceres–Negros

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 16	Davao Aguilas	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	J. Younghusband   27'		Rodriguez   73'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Meralco Manila v Davao Aguilas

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 17	Meralco Manila	2–0	Davao Aguilas	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Minniecon   52' Morallo   83'	Report		Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Stallion Laguna v Davao Aguilas

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 18	Stallion Laguna	2–2	Davao Aguilas	Biñan
16:00 UTC+8	Arboleda   36', 69'	Report	J. Younghusband   66' P. Younghusband   90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

Davao Aguilas v Ilocos United

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 19	Davao Aguilas	2–0	Ilocos United	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	Sawyer   25' J. Younghusband   64'	Report		Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex Attendance: 4,500

Ilocos United v Davao Aguilas

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20	Ilocos United	2–4	Davao Aguilas	Bantay^a
16:00 UTC+8	K. Uzoka   45+1' Beaton   61'		Sawyer   8', 44', 57' P. Younghusband   90' (pen.)	Stadium: Quirino Stadium

JPV Marikina v Davao Aguilas

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 21	JPV Marikina	0–3 Awarded^[3]	Davao Aguilas	Manila^b
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Davao Aguilas v Kaya FC–Makati

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) 22	Davao Aguilas	0–2	Kaya FC–Makati	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8			Mintah   45' Tanton   62'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Davao Aguilas v Stallion Laguna

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 23	Davao Aguilas	2–2	Stallion Laguna	Manila^c
16:00 UTC+8	McDonald   56' Sawyer   82'		Tuason   2' Arboleda   17'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Ceres–Negros v Davao Aguilas

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 24	Ceres–Negros	5–1	Davao Aguilas	Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Rodríguez   1', 33', 39' Reichelt   14' Marañón   30'		Guirado   27'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium

Davao Aguilas v Stallion Laguna

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 25	Davao Aguilas	0–2	Stallion Laguna	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8			Mascazzini   65' Arboleda   90+3'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Kaya FC–Makati v Davao Aguilas

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 26	Kaya FC–Makati	1–3	Davao Aguilas	Makati
16:00 UTC+8	Osei   58'	Report	Guirado   26', 74' Harry Sawyer   65'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

JPV Marikina v Davao Aguilas

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 27	JPV Marikina	6–3	Davao Aguilas	Manila^b
16:00 UTC+8	Uesato   6', 39', 57' Mahmoud   47' Odawara   49' Otomo   90+3'		Guirado   52' P. Younghusband   76' Sawyer   90+4'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Davao Aguilas v JPV Marikina

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 28	Davao Aguilas	1–1	JPV Marikina	Tagum
16:00 UTC+8	McDonald   57'		Odawara   12'	Stadium: Davao del Norte Sports Complex

Note:

• a 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"
• b 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.
• c Because of the unavailability of the Davao del Norte Sports Complex, the match was played instead in Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 September 2017

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   SRB Marko Trkulja 2 GK   PHI Kim Versales (on loan from Green Archers United^[4]) 3 DF   PHI Jason Cordova 5 DF   PNG Brad McDonald 6 MF   PHI Nate Burkey 7 MF   PHI Alexis Cabistante 8 MF   PHI Jason de Jong 9 FW   AUS Harry Sawyer 10 MF   PHI Dylan de Bruycker 11 FW   PHI Richard Talaroc Jr. 12 MF   PHI Mujer Sumail 13 MF   PHI Amir Amaikurut 14 FW   PHI Omar Khan 15 MF   PHI James Hall 16 DF   PHI Junell Bautista

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   PHI Jaime Cheng 18 MF   GER Andreas Esswein 19 MF   PHI Khalil Jakiri 20 FW   PHI Phil Younghusband 21 MF   PHI James Younghusband 22 MF   PHI Jordan Jarvis 23 MF   PHI Raymart Cubon 24 DF   PHI Simone Rota 25 MF   PHI Matthew Hartmann 26 MF   PHI Jorrel Aristorenas 28 FW   PHI Ángel Guirado 29 MF   PHI Jay-ar Bucayan 30 GK   PHI Nick O'Donnell 31 DF   SRB Bojan Mališić — MF   PHI Ryan Hall

Foreign players

In the Philippines Football League, there can be at least four non-Filipino nationals in a team as long as they are registered. Foreign players who have acquired permanent residency can be registered as locals.

•   Marko Trkulja
•   Miloš Krstić
•   Brad McDonald
•   Harry Sawyer

References

1. "Clubs in 1st season". Philippinesfootballleague.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
2. Biantan, Jack (19 February 2017). . SunStar. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
3. "PFL Advisory:M107 JPV Marikina FC vs Davao Aguilas FC". Philippines Football League. November 22, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
4. Guererro, Bob (27 March 2017). "A football club is born: Meet Davao Aguilas FC". Rappler. Retrieved 27 March 2017.