2024 Stallion Laguna F.C. season

Stallion Laguna
2024 season
Owner	Filbert Alquiros
Head Coach	Ernest Nierras
Stadium	Biñan Football Stadium
Philippines Football League	3rd
	All statistics correct as of April 4, 2024.

The 2024 season will be Stallion Laguna's 6th season in both the Copa Paulino Alcantara and Philippines Football League, having been a founding member when it was established in 2017.

The previous season saw the club finish 3rd overall in the Philippines Football League after both United City and the Azkals Development Team withdrew before the season's end.^[1] As a result, the club qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Cup for the very first time. However, the club finished bottom of Group G, losing two games to both Bali United and Macarthur FC, though it got its first-ever point with a 2–2 draw against Malaysia's Terengganu FC.^[2] In the 2023 edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the club was knocked out in the semifinals by eventual champions Kaya–Iloilo.^[3] Due to Liga Futbol Inc.'s relaxing of foreigner regulations, the club let go of many of its older core players and brought in a large number of foreign players, including Copa Sudamericana champion Ezequiel Cirigliano,^[4] and Brazilians Gabriel Silva, Magson Dourado, and Théo,^[5] The club also managed to keep forward Griffin McDaniel despite interest from Saudi First Division League, A-League, Malaysia Super League, and USL Championship teams.

Squad

As of 4 April 2024

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Alfredo Cortez	(1998-09-12) 12 September 1998	Chiriaco FC
12	Hayeson Pepito	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993	National University
25	Vicente Valdez III	(2001-09-05) 5 September 2001	Maharlika Taguig
Defenders
2	Miguel de Mesa	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002	University of the Philippines
3	Matthew Nierras	(1993-02-06) 6 February 1993	De La Salle University
4	Hayato Kame	(1990-07-19) 19 July 1990	Khovd
5	Charles Pickering	(2001-12-25) 25 December 2001	Azkals Development Team
13	Gabriel Silva	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996	Legião
14	Angelo Marasigan	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992	United City
21	Paolo Pavone	(1999-10-06) 6 October 1999	El Farolito
26	Ken Pryde	(2001-03-19) 19 March 2001	Duluth
34	Abraham Placito	(1994-02-09) 9 February 1994	Golden State Force
Midfielders
6	Ezequiel Cirigliano	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992	Albalonga
9	Ruben Doctora	(1986-04-17) 17 April 1986	Union Internacional Manila
17	Spencer Galasa	(1998-01-04) 4 January 1998	Manila Digger
19	Julian Stifano	(1998-10-05) 5 October 1998	SoccerViza
22	Jesus Salazar	(2001-07-28) 28 July 2001	University of Portland
23	Leonardo Nogueira	(1996-07-23) 23 July 1996	Cal State LA
24	Jo Bedia	(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995	De La Salle University
31	Christian Schaffner	(2000-09-25) 25 September 2000	Maharlika Taguig
68	Jacob Peña	(2002-11-22) 22 November 2002	Douglas College
77	Aoi Isami	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995	BTOP Hokkaido
Forwards
7	Théo	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000	VOCEM
8	Griffin McDaniel	(2000-03-30) 30 March 2000	California Baptist University
10	Cristián Ivanobski	(1990-02-11) 11 February 1990	Los Angeles Force
11	Juan Trujillo	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999	Cocodrilos
33	Junior Ngong Sam	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998	Mendiola 1991
88	Magson Dourado	(1992-03-22) 22 March 1992	Khon Kaen

Transfers

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

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Ref.
Pre-season
January 12	GK	Alfredo Cortez	Chiriaco FC
January 14	FW	Théo	VOCEM	^[5]
January 17	MF	Julian Stifano	SoccerViza
January 19	MF	Spencer Galasa	Manila Digger
January 26	MF	Leonardo Nogueira	Free agent
January 30	DF	Gabriel Silva	Legião
January 31	DF	Junior Ngong Sam	Mendiola 1991
February 12	MF	Ezequiel Cirigliano	Albalonga	^[4]
March 9	MF	Aoi Isami	BTOP Hokkaido
March 31	MF	Jesus Salazar	University of Portland
April 2	FW	Magson Dourado	Khon Kaen
April 2	DF	Hayato Kame	Khovd
April 2	DF	Angelo Marasigan	Free agent
April 2	DF	Paolo Pavone	El Farolito

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
Pre-season
January 13	MF	Kraig Bonanken	Free agent
February 1	DF	Reo Nakamura	Free agent
February 16	DF	Jordan Jarvis	One Taguig
February 16	FW	Yuta Nomura	Free agent
February 19	FW	Zachary Ford	Free agent
March 1	DF	Michael Menzi	United City	^[6]
March 1	DF	Jayvee Kallukaran	Loyola
March 2	DF	Kouichi Belgira	Shan United
March 6	MF	Charlie Beaton	Loyola
March 20	DF	Miguel Mendoza	Calgary Foothills
April 2	MF	Jorrel Aristorenas	Loyola
April 2	DF	Shirmar Felongco	Bavarians FC
April 2	GK	Nelson Gasic	Manila Digger
April 2	MF	Nathan Rilloraza	Leopard Cat
April 2	FW	Johnny Toledo	Free agent
April 3	DF	Patrick Artes	One Taguig

Preseason and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Friendlies

March 13, 2024 (2024-03-13) Friendly	Stallion Laguna	unknown	Kaya–Iloilo	Biñan
				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

March 15, 2024 (2024-03-15) Friendly	Maharlika Taguig	1–5	Stallion Laguna	Taguig
				Stadium: McKinley Hill Stadium

March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24) Friendly	Stalllion Laguna	1–0	Loyola	Carmona
	Magson			Stadium: PFF National Training Center

March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27) Friendly	United City	1–2	Stallion Laguna	Manila
			McDaniel	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31) Friendly	Stallion Laguna	9–0	Manila Montet	Biñan
	McDaniel Théo Ngong Sam			Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium

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	May 5, 2024	July 6, 2024	Matchday 1	TBD	14	10	2	2	65	12	+53	071.43
Total					14	10	2	2	65	12	+53	071.43

Last updated: July 5, 2024
Source: Competitions

Philippines Football League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaya–Iloilo^[a] (C)	14	13	1	0	82	5	+77	40	Qualification for 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two Group stage
2	Dynamic Herb Cebu	14	12	0	2	66	9	+57	36
3	Stallion Laguna	14	10	2	2	65	12	+53	32
4	Davao Aguilas	14	10	2	2	39	6	+33	32
5	One Taguig	14	9	4	1	69	14	+55	31
6	United City	14	9	3	2	51	13	+38	30

Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Assured a place in the AFC Champions League Two Group stage as 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara Winners

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
14	10	2	2	65	12	+53	32	7	1	0	50	6	+44	3	1	2	15	6	+9

Last updated: July 5, 2024.
Source: PFL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	1	2	1	1	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on July 5, 2024. Source: PFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 6, 2024 (2024-04-06) 1	DB Garelli United	0–7	Stallion Laguna	Manila
15:00 UTC+8			Magson 7' McDaniel 13' Silva 45+1' Trujillo 59' Stifano 79' Ngong Sam 82', 87'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 13, 2024 (2024-04-13) 2	Stallion Laguna	5–0	Loyola	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Trujillo 31', 48' McDaniel 36' Placito 58' Ngong Sam 76', 83' Bedia 90+4'		Kim Sung-min 45'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) 3	Stallion Laguna	13–0	Manila Montet	Manila
15:00 UTC+8	Magson 4', 35', 60' McDaniel 8', 13', 37', 40', 45' (pen.) Silva 25' Trujillo 49' Bedia 65' Ngong Sam 90+1', 90+2'			Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28) 4	Stallion Laguna	6–0	Philippine Army	Manila
17:45 UTC+8	Magson 5', 25' Pickering 18' McDaniel 22', 38', 75' Cirigliano 42' Pryde 79' Ngong Sam 86'		Bernardo 5' Soriano 43'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) 5	Stallion Laguna	3–3	One Taguig	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Pryde 4' Silva 28' McDaniel 45+3' (pen.) Ngong Sam 70'		Grogg 4', 54' Hiraishi 65'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12) 6	Davao Aguilas	1–0	Stallion Laguna	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	S. Sato 39' Villareal 60' D. Sato 64' Dalapo 87' Ouattara 90+8'		Schaffner 45+2' Silva 64' Salazar 78'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 18, 2024 (2024-05-18) 7	Stallion Laguna	6–1	Mendiola 1991	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Trujillo 14', 73', 90+1' Théo 51' Magson 53' McDaniel 69'		Sison 48' J. Tañamor 66' 79' See 90+3'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 25, 2024 (2024-05-25) 8	Stallion Laguna	2–1	Manila Digger	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Peña 37' McDaniel 45+4', 51' (pen.)		Marzan 2' Crestal 44' Jatta 46'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 1, 2024 (2024-06-01) 9	United City	1–1	Stallion Laguna	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Limbo 39' Menzi 47'		Schaffner 71' Magson 83' Silva 90+1'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08) 10	Stallion Laguna	8–0	Philippine Air Force	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Halm 15' Cirigliano 30' Trujillo 50', 51', 64', 68' Placito 66' Peña 73' Magson 80' Théo 86' Ivanobski 90+1'		Belgira 45+1' Albor 70'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) 11	Stallion Laguna	7–1	Tuloy	Manila
20:00 UTC+8	Marasigan 8', 45+2', 23' McDaniel 18' (pen.), 84' Pavone 40' Magson 48' Silva 59' Placito 77' Ngong Sam 90+3'		C. Saut 44'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 22, 2024 (2024-06-22) 12	Maharlika Taguig	0–3	Stallion Laguna	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Gold 87'		Peña 28', 62' Silva 47', 56', 81'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30) 13	Kaya–Iloilo	3–2	Stallion Laguna	Manila
17:30 UTC+8	Melliza 45+1' Menzi 57' Gayoso 61', 88' Park Yi-young 90+1' Bedic 90+*'		McDaniel 51' Gomez 70' Placito 90+3', 90+7'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06) 14	Dynamic Herb Cebu	1–2	Stallion Laguna	Talisay
17:00 UTC+8	Dabao 44' Corsame 50' Hama 90' Zamoranho 90+2'		Trujillo 44' Magson 50', 56' McDaniel 60' Gomez 81'	Stadium: Dynamic Herb Sports Complex

Notes

References

^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (23 May 2023). "Azkals DT pull out of rest of PFL season". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "Group G: Terengganu FC (MAS) 2-2 Stallion Laguna FC (PHI)". Asian Football Confederation. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "Kaya FC 2-1 Stallion Laguna". Kaya Futbol Club. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "¿Sorpresa? Ezequiel Cirigliano fue presentado en su nuevo club". TNT Sports. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "We officially welcome Matheus "Theo" Felipe to the squad today". Stallion Laguna Football Club on Facebook. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.^{[self-published]}
^ Sarte, Liz (1 March 2024). "Fortifying the Defense: Michael Menzi Joins United City FC". United City Football Club. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[table_note_KAY0.20660832766751-7] Assured a place in the AFC Champions League Two Group stage as 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara Winners

[1] Carmen, Lorenzo (23 May 2023). "Azkals DT pull out of rest of PFL season". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[2] "Group G: Terengganu FC (MAS) 2-2 Stallion Laguna FC (PHI)". Asian Football Confederation. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[3] "Kaya FC 2-1 Stallion Laguna". Kaya Futbol Club. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[copa-4] "¿Sorpresa? Ezequiel Cirigliano fue presentado en su nuevo club". TNT Sports. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[theo-5] "We officially welcome Matheus "Theo" Felipe to the squad today". Stallion Laguna Football Club on Facebook. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.^{[self-published]}

[6] Sarte, Liz (1 March 2024). "Fortifying the Defense: Michael Menzi Joins United City FC". United City Football Club. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

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