2021 United City F.C. season

United City
2021 season
Owner	MMC Sportz Asia
Management	Eric M. Gottschalk
Head Coach	Frank Muescan
Stadium	Panaad Stadium; (until July)
Biggest win	0–10 (Aug 28 v Maharlika Manila,; PFL Round 3)
Biggest defeat	2–0 (Jan 28 v FC Tokyo,; AFC Champions League Play-off round)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →
	All statistics correct as of November 12, 2020.

The 2021 season is United City Football Club's 10th in existence and 4th season in the top flight of Philippine football. This also marks as the second season the club plays as United City, after MMC Sportz took over the management of the club, which was formerly known as Ceres–Negros.

In addition to the Philippines Football League, United City as Ceres–Negros has also participated in the second-tier continental competition, and the AFC Champions League. United City intended to continue on participating in the AFC Champions League.

Squad[edit]

As of November 8, 2021

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Pinthus	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)	Azkals Development Team
21	Kenry Balobo	(1998-09-12) 12 September 1998 (age 25)	Mendiola F.C. 1991
24	Florencio Badelic	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 29)	Global F.C.
Defenders
2	Sean Kane	(1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 32)	JPV Marikina F.C.
15	Arnie Pasinabo	(1986-02-04) 4 February 1986 (age 38)	Kaya F.C.–Iloilo
16	Justin Baas	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24)	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C.
22	Jordan Jarvis	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)	Global F.C.
27	Jung Da-hwon	(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36)	Asan Mugunghwa FC
38	Ryan Jarvis	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)	Global F.C.
88	William Jay Grierson	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)	TSW Pegasus Reserves
99	Jonny Campbell	(1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 (age 32)	Svay Rieng FC
Midfielders
4	Adam Reed	(1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 32)	UiTM F.C.
6	Tristan Robles	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30)
9	Mike Ott	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 29)	Angthong F.C.
10	Omid Nazari	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)	Persib Bandung
12	Stephan Schröck	(1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 37)	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
14	Hikaru Minegishi	(1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 32)	JL Chiangmai United F.C.
23	Andreas Esswein	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 27)	Global F.C.
30	Angelo Marasigan	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 31)	Global F.C.
93	Amin Nazari	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31)	Kedah Darul Aman F.C.
Forwards
3	Pocholo Bugas	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22)	Far Eastern University
7	Bienvenido Marañón	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 37)	UD Socuéllamos
8	Kieran Hayes	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)	Truro City F.C.
19	Curt Dizon	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C.
20	Mark Hartmann	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)	UiTM F.C.
	OJ Porteria	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 29)	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C.
Players loaned out / left during season
11	Miguel Clariño	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)	Azkals Development Team

Transfers[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers in[edit]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Anthony Pinthus	Azkals Development Team	Undisclosed ^[1]
GK	Kenry Balobo	Mendiola F.C. 1991	Undisclosed
DF	Justin Baas	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Free ^[2]
DF	William Jay Grierson	TSW Pegasus Reserves	Free
DF	Jordan Jarvis	Global F.C.	Free
MF	Omid Nazari	Persib Bandung	Free ^[3]
MF	Amin Nazari	Kedah Darul Aman F.C.	Free ^[4]
MF	Jung Da-hwon	Asan Mugunghwa FC	Free ^[5]
MF	Adam Reed	UiTM F.C.	Free
MF	Andreas Esswein	Global F.C.	Free ^[6]
MF	Jonathan Campbell	Svay Rieng	Free ^[7]
FW	Curt Dizon	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Free
FW	Mark Hartmann	UiTM F.C.	Free ^[8]
FW	Kieran Hayes	Truro City F.C.	Free
FW	OJ Porteria	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Undisclosed^[9]

Transfers out[edit]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Manuel Ott	Melaka United	Free ^[10]
FW	OJ Porteria	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Free ^[11]
FW	Dennis Villanueva	Nakhon Ratchasima	Free ^[12]
FW	Takashi Odawara	Maziya S&RC	Free ^[13]
FW	Robert Lopez Mendy	Svay Rieng	Free
DF	Miguel Clarino	Maharlika Manila	Free ^[14]
MF	Jai Ingham	N/A	Free

Team statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 27 Sept 2020

No.	Pos.	Player	League		Copa Paulino Alcantara		AFC Champions League		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Anthony Pinthus	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
2	DF	Sean Kane	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0	0
3	FW	Pocholo Bugas	0	0	0	0	2(3)	0	0	0
4	MF	Adam Reed	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
6	MF	Tristan Robles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW	Bienvenido Marañón	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
8	FW	Kieran Hayes	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
9	MF	Mike Ott	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
10	MF	Omid Nazari	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
12	MF	Stephan Schröck	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
14	MF	Hikaru Minegishi	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
15	DF	Arnie Pasinabo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	Justin Bass	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0	0
17	MF	Jai Ingham	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0
19	FW	Curt Dizon	0	0	0	0	3(3)	0	0	0
20	FW	Mark Hartmann	0	0	0	0	3(2)	2	0	0
22	DF	Jordan Jarvis	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
23	MF	Andreas Esswein	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
27	DF	Jung Da-hwon	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
30	MF	Angelo Marasigan	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
88	DF	William Jay Grierson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
93	MF	Amin Nazari	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
11	DF	Miguel Clariño	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	2	0

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Copa Paulino Alcantara[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Stallion Laguna	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Semi-finals
2	Dynamic Herb Cebu	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Semi-finals
3	United City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: PFL

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) 2	United City	v	Stallion Laguna	Carmona
19:30 UTC+8				Stadium: PFF National Training Center

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 3	Cebu	v	United City	Carmona
19:30 UTC+8				Stadium: PFF National Training Center

AFC Champions League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KAW	DAE	UNI	BJG
1	Kawasaki Frontale	6	6	0	0	27	3	+24	18	Advance to Round of 16	—	3–2	8–0	4–0
2	Daegu FC	6	4	0	2	22	6	+16	12	Advance to Round of 16	1–3	—	7–0	5–0
3	United City	6	1	1	4	4	24	−20	4		0–2	0–4	—	1–1
4	Beijing Guoan	6	0	1	5	3	23	−20	1		0–7	0–3	2–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

Group stage[edit]

26 June 2021 Matchday 1	United City F.C.	1–1	Beijing Guoan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Stephan Schröck 28' Mike Ott 41'	Report	Liang Shaowen 73' Shi Yucheng 21' Guo Quanbo 78'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran) Man of the Match: Liang Shaowen

29 June 2021 Matchday 2	Daegu FC	7–0	United City F.C.	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Cesinha 23' Edgar 42' Kim Jin-hyuk 45+2' An Yong-woo 62' 72' Park Han-bin 90' Jung Chi-in 90+5' (pen) Tsubasa Nishi 17' Lee Yong-rae 38' Park Byung-Hyun 88'	Report	Omid Nazari 50' Stephan Schröck 61'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) Man of the Match: An Yong-woo

2 July 2021 Matchday 3	Kawasaki Frontale	8–0	United City F.C.	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Kaoru Mitoma 33', 82' Ryota Oshima 42' Leandro Damião 50' Kento Tachibanada 56', 65', 70' Yasuto Wakizaka 90+2' João Schmidt 25'	Report	Sean Kane 25' Stephan Schröck 43' Jung Da-hwon 90+1'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran) Man of the Match: Kento Tachibanada

5 July 2021 Matchday 4	United City F.C.	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Tristan Robles 12' Adam Reed 84'	Report	Kei Chinen 18' Tatsuya Hasegawa 78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka) Man of the Match: Anthony Pinthus

8 July 2021 Matchday 5	Beijing Guoan	2–3	United City F.C.	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Jiang Wenhao 1' Leng Jixuan 4' Mohemati Naibijiang 90'	Report	Mark Hartmann 59' 80' Bienvenido Marañón 69' Sean Kane 20'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

11 July 2021 Matchday 6	United City F.C.	0–4	Daegu FC	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Angelo Marasigan 90+4'	Report	Tsubasa Nishi 37' Lee Keun-ho 48' Edgar 58' 90+3' [[ Jung Chi-in]] 73' Jo Jin-woo 24' Kim Jin-hyuk 43'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ "United City FC signs loaned keeper".
^ "Justin Bass banner new United City signings".
^ "Nazari siblings join United City".
^ "Nazari siblings join United City".
^ "K-League veteran Da-Hwon Jung joins the Philippines United City... ACL sortie".
^ "Adam Reed released".
^ "Philippines' United City snap up Jonathan Campbell".
^ "Mark Hartmann banner new United City signings".
^ UnitedCityFootballClub [@UnitedCityFC_PH] (August 12, 2021). "UCFC is happy to announce the return of OJ Porteria for the upcoming PFL season. Welcome home and great to have you back! #ucfc #unitedcityfooballclub #clubofthepeople #pfl2021 #allianz https://t.co/Kl2rKGan6o" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "Ott, Porteria leave United City FC for clubs abroad".
^ "Fil-Am winger OJ Porteria eyes other opportunities as he leaves United City FC".
^ "Villanueva became the latest player to leave Philippines Football League champion United City after joining Nakhon Ratchasima".
^ "Takashi Odawara leaves United City, signs with Maldives club".
^ "UCFC is announcing the departure of our player, Miggy Clarino".

External links[edit]

unitedcityfootballclub.com (Official website)
ceresfootball.com (Official website as Ceres-Negros)

[1] "United City FC signs loaned keeper".

[2] "Justin Bass banner new United City signings".

[3] "Nazari siblings join United City".

[4] "Nazari siblings join United City".

[5] "K-League veteran Da-Hwon Jung joins the Philippines United City... ACL sortie".

[6] "Adam Reed released".

[7] "Philippines' United City snap up Jonathan Campbell".

[8] "Mark Hartmann banner new United City signings".

[9] UnitedCityFootballClub [@UnitedCityFC_PH] (August 12, 2021). "UCFC is happy to announce the return of OJ Porteria for the upcoming PFL season. Welcome home and great to have you back! #ucfc #unitedcityfooballclub #clubofthepeople #pfl2021 #allianz https://t.co/Kl2rKGan6o" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022 – via Twitter.

[10] "Ott, Porteria leave United City FC for clubs abroad".

[11] "Fil-Am winger OJ Porteria eyes other opportunities as he leaves United City FC".

[12] "Villanueva became the latest player to leave Philippines Football League champion United City after joining Nakhon Ratchasima".

[13] "Takashi Odawara leaves United City, signs with Maldives club".

[14] "UCFC is announcing the departure of our player, Miggy Clarino".

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