Cebu Football

W D L P GD Bacolod City 2 - - 6 +4 Don Bosco C 2 - - 6 +3 Foundation U 1 - 1 3 0 Hiroshi FC 1 - 1 3 +1 Queen City - - 2 0 -3 Ormoc - - 2 0 -5 FAVORITES Don Bosco College – Fugsports and Bacolod City racked up their second wins over separate rivals in the second day of the Cebu Invitational Inter Club Men's Open at the University of San Carlos – Technological Center. Bacolod, manned by West Negros College and led by former national team mainstay Norman Fegidero, blanked Foundation University, 3-0, while Don Bosco, headed by Glen Ramos survived a first half meltdown to beat host Queen City United, 3-1. Bacolod now heads the field with six wins, leading Don Bosco by only one goal and both teams will part ways today w...

DEFENDING champion Hiroshi FC opened its title retention bid in the Cebu Inter Club Invitational Tournament on a sour note after losing its first game to Don Bosco College-FFC, 2-1, yesterday at the University of San Carlos - Technological Center. Hiroshi, which lost 11 players to various reasons, found themselves down, 0-2, in the first half after Redrick Viliran, who is from Dumaguete and Warlo Sabella scored four minutes apart. Fil-German Arntt Kollmare replaced Ace Mangohig in the second half and Hiroshi FC managed to put up a fight, with Epifanio Ynot scoring in the 50th before the Glen Ramos-mentored DBC held on to their win. Meanwhile, WNC, led by former national team mainstay Norman Fegidero also hacked out a masterful 3-2 win over host Queen City United. WNC took the lead in the 35th minute after Nene Russel found himself alone in the 35th. WNC could have made it 2-0 five minutes later but Jesus Singson Jr. managed came up with a save. Ronald Loayon came up with an equalizer ...

San Roque FC veteran and coach Eleazar Toledo will conduct a football clinic for at San Roque from May 4 to June 3. Age categories in the clinic is from 6 to 17 years old, and will be held every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 to 10 a.m. Registration fee is P1,500 inclusive of jersey. Interested players may contact Toledo at 0927-491-1132. Aside from coaching Bright Academy, Toledo also plays for the San Roque FC Men's team, and the Queen City United Men's team in the Cebu Inter Club Invitational Tournament. He also coaches the San Roque Women's team and is also the head coach of the Cebu International School led Cebu City team to the Philippine Football Federation Women's Under-17 national finals next month.

AFTER losing 11 of its players to suspensions, travel abroad and other reasons, embattled Cebu Invitational Inter-Club defending champion Hiroshi Football Club got a couple of breaks with the addition of a Cameroonian and Fil-German players as it prepares to defend its crown today at the University of San Carlos-Technological Center. Siam Thirrey, a Hong Kong-based footballer from Cameroon stumbled upon the Hiroshi website and offered his services to the team. “He’s not with any club right now, and he’s doing this for the experience. He will take care of the expenses coming here, while he is willing to stay with the boys in their quarters,” assistant coach Francis Ramirez said. Though they have included Thirrey in their lineup, the player hasn’t arrived yet, though he has promised to contact the team once he gets here. On the other hand, Hiroshi’s practice session at the Cebu City Sports Center, the City’s lone track oval which attracts joggers daily, attracted another recruit – Fil-G...

Got you jumpin', didn't I? Sweat, heat and the pain. It's all worth it. This is how you greet the ball. With AUTHORITY!!! Another save, and this time, the football squad got international tennis campaigner Sally Mae Siso cheering for them.

"Yaaah, I will show you my crouching tiger style," Coach, "This is the last time I'll recruit a black belter for defense." "Waaah! It's not fair, can't reach that, kick it where I can reach it." Psyching up before the game; "This ballgame is ours!" This big guy can jump! Patalsikun si Gloria!!! er...Yes, tough win!

The coaching staff: Assistant, "Remind me to bring a bat next time, I'd like to introduce the referee to a friend." head Coach,"Hmmm...that was a good call....in basketball." You take care of the little guy, I'll go for a cup of milo. Don't worry girls, the ball is moving away from -- not towards -- my sensitive area. Whoa, there's a five peso coin here....finders keepers.

THE QUEEN City United added two former University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars to its lineup for this Cebu Inter-Club Invitational Tournament set on April 28 to May 6 at different football fields in the city. Queen City, coached by Mario Ceniza signed up Hentjie Ruiz, who played for national champion Bacolod in the 2006 Philippine Football Federation National Men's Open and goalkeeper Jesus Singson Jr. Queen City, the host club in the tournament, is boosting its lineup to bolster its chances of winning the Men's Open of the Inter-Club and the cool P45,000 winner-take-all purse. The club has also signed up striker Ronald Loayon, who once scored seven goals for Metropolitan against FC Lapu-Lapu in the Aboitiz League Division B. Completing the offensive force for Queen City are Eleazar Toledo, formerly of San Roque FC, Dexter Arrojado and Marlon Rey Baring, who also scored five goals for Queen City against FC Lapu-Lapu. The club has also combined youth with their veterans after C...

CEBU City swept the elementary and high school football crowns in the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association in Bohol yesterday. Francis Ramirez and the Abellana National High School bagged the secondary crown after some heroics from Michael Sharpe and Paolo Pascual in their 3-0 shootout win over Negros Oriental, while the Don Bosco College led elementary team, coached by Joselito Bono, eked out a hard-earned 1-0 win over Tagbilaran. "Naswertehan jud, na-break na ang jinx sa shootout sa Cviraa," said Ramirez. Cebu City, who enjoyed a twice-to-beat incentive yesterday, found themselves a goal down after the 24th minute of the first half, before Sharpe banged in the equalizer just seconds from full time, blasting just inside the penalty box to send the game to a shootout. In the shootout, Kyle Soriano converted his shot, while Negros kicker the bar. Sharpe scored his second goal in the shootout before Pascual pulled back-to-back saves and Jerome Batad banged in the fina...

PAOLO Pascual again came up with the heroics to tow the Abellana National School led Cebu City Niños to a 4-0 win over Negros in the finals of the Central Visayas Athletic Association secondary football in Bohol. Pascual, from Paref Springdale, blocked three kickers, while Cebu converted on their spot kicks for their scintillating shootout win, giving Cebu the title they lost last year after racking up seven straight wins in the annual meet. In thier final game last Friday, Pascual also had a crucial save in another shootout win over the same team. The win earned Cebu City, coached by Francis Ramirez and DAnny Ramos, a berth in next month's Palarong Pambansa.

Both the elementary and high-school football teams of Cebu City are ready and raring to compete in the Central Visayas Athletic Association (Cviraa) meet in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The elementary team, represented by powerhouse Don Bosco College (DBC) with two reinforcements from City Central School and Cebu Learning Center, eyes to do better than last year’s second runner-up finish. “We are targeting the Palarong Pambansa in Naga,” said DBC coach Joselito Bono. DBC has prepared for more than two months for the annual meet and is set to face Cebu Province at 10 a.m. today. “I don’t know which school is representing Cebu Province, but what I’m concerned now is Bohol, since it has big players,” Bono said. High school On the other hand, the high-school team, represented by Abellana National School with reinforcements from Paref-Springdale, Cebu International School and DBC, will meet Bohol in its first match today and will meet the winner between the Cebu Province and Tagbilaran City matc...

IF plans push through, Cebu City is set to host the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Men's Under-17 Visayas Eliminations at the end of May. The Cebu Football Association (CebuFa) has submitted its bid to the PFF and president Jonathan Maximo is hoping for a positive response after the Holy Week. Since there is no planned national tournament for the age-group yet, the Visayas Leg could become a quasi-national tilt as the powerhouse teams come from the region. Teams expected to see action in the tournament are from Cebu, Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. "I believe Iloilo and Dumaguete are also interested in hosting the event," Maximo said. Cebu City will be bannered by Paref Springdale of coach Mario Ceniza after they won the Aboitiz 15-Under crown last year. Springdale defeated Hiroshi FC, 2-0, in a tough final in December last year to take the crown. "We want to have our local qualifying way ahead of PFF tournaments. So we had our 2006 Aboitiz Boy...

After losing last year’s Central Visayas Athletic Association (Cviraa) football crown for the first time in eight years, Cebu City coach Francis Ramirez is leaving no stone unturned for this year’s edition of the annual games set next week In Bohol. “Last year we only had 10 days to prepare, this year we have been training for two to three months,” said Ramirez. Ramirez earned the right to coach Cebu City after his Abellana National School squad topped the Cebu City Olympics last year. Prior to last year’s defeat, Cebu City held on to the Cviraa football crown for seven straight years. “We were not able to pick up players last year also, since most of them were already on vacation, this year, we got reinforcements, so our team is really a Cebu City selection team,” Ramirez said. The players Ramirez picked up for his team are midfielder RJ Sembrano, defender Timothy James Matteo and goalkeeper Paolo Pascual from Paref Springdale, Kyle Soriano and Jerome Batad from Don Bosco College and ...

Two Paref-Springdale players made it to the training pool of the Philippine 14-under team which will compete in the Asian Football Confederation Under-14 Championships in Malaysia next month. Kevin Tecson and Evan James Mendoza, members of Paref’s Red Ribbon champion team, got slots in the 30-man training pool in the Philippine Football Federation training center in Barotac Nuevo next month. "He (coach John Carmona) liked their physique and height, and dili sad mabitin sa technical skills," Paref coach Mario Ceniza said. It will be a second time for Tecson, who stands at 5 foot 7, to play for the RP squad, while this is the first call up for Mendoza, who stands at 5 foot 8. Twenty-five players showed up for the two-day trials last week. "Naay dako chance para makuha sa RP team, if kaya nila mokayod didto," Ceniza said, "Tanawun nato unsang ilang reaction...malingaw man sad siguro......sa gi ingun ni john..breathe football, eat football and sleep football for th...

Got this from my inbox. To all concerned: Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA) would like to clarify that a particular website, www.cebufa.org is NOT an official website of the CebuFA. The FA is not the owner of the above site and as such, it has no control whatsoever over its contents. Furthermore, it is not responsible for any information and/or data posted in that website. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. For the good of the game. Yours In Football, Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA) Board of Directors Jonathan M. Maximo President Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA) G/F Unit 3, Friendship II Bldg., Hiway, Subangdaku, Mandaue City 6014 Phils. Tel +6332 345-7885 Fax +6332 345-7886

THE self proclaimed CFA manager, Paul Weiler has been ousted. Even from his own club, FC Inter Cebu, Weiler has been given the boot. From the CebuFA -- which Weiler insists on calling the CFA to the point of calling himself the CFA Manager – Weiler has been ousted, to FC Inter Cebu. “It has come to our attention that certain person(s) are claiming to represent CebuFA. Only the CebuFA Board, thru its President, as mandated in its by-laws, is allowed to issue official statements for & in behalf of the organization. Furthermore, CebuFA has no "CFA Manager" in its roster of appointed officials. Thank you,” a text from CebuFA (not CFA) president Jonathan Maximo reads. As to FC Inter Cebu, the vice president Manfred Schuwerk said, “Mr. Paul Weiler has no official function in our club FC Inter Cebu. This was the result of the meeting of FCIC board yesterday. The position he is claiming to have is not part of our by the SEC approved by-law. Anybody who wants to see it can come ...

THE Philippines held India to a 1-1 draw in their second match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup in Bangladesh Monday night. The Azkals are now third in their Group with one point and have a slim chance of making it to the final eight. "I hope to make it to the last eight stage. My players have done quite well in the last game against India and I have confidence in them," RP coach Aries Caslib said in the AFC website. To make it to the final eight, the Philippines, playing minus top strikers Freddy Gonzales and Chelsea reserves Philip and James Younghusband, must beat Afghanistan and hope the Chinese-Taipei versus India game ends with one team winning by more than two goals. India and Chinese-Taipei, which defeated the Philippines by one goal last April 2, share the top two spots with four points. Chinese-Taipei was held to a 2-2 draw by Afghanistan in its second game. However, if Chinese-Taipei and India draw their match, both teams will advance to the ...

(Keeper) Hope I'm not too late. RJ Sembrano, dances on air. Guess where the open guy is. The Cviraa bound team. Ball vs hair gel. Ball wins. Kicking with the head. My chest is stronger than your knee. The team. Anticipation...(guy in background) Ok, lami ni...... Should I head this or should I kick this?

ELEAZAR Toledo banged in the lone goal in the final game to give the San Roque FC the Denker Cup title over a gritty Hiroshi FC Under-18 squad at the Mepz Field in Lapu-Lapu City. Toledo got the ball just 20 yards from the goal, faked right and turned left before blasting a grounder to the lower right corner past Paolo Pascual in the first half for the title-clincher. San Roque finished on top of the five-team elimination round of the Denker Cup, which is organized by Manfred Schuwerk and FC Inter Cebu, with one win and three draws, after beating Queen City earlier, 1-0. The Denker Cup is a full 11-a-side game with teams playing 15 minute halves in the elimination round. The top two teams played for the title, while the third and fourth-ranked teams played for third spot. After yesterday’s Men’s Open, the Denker Cup resumes on April 23 for the 1991 age group, April 30 for the 1989 age group, May 7 for 1993 and May 14 for the 1987 bracket. Queen City took the third spot after beating In...

FOUR senior teams and the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (Cviraa) bound Cebu City team will vie for the Denker Cup Men’s Open title today at the Mepza 1 football field in Lapu-Lapu City. The tournament is organized by the newly formed club, FC Inter Cebu, of German expat Manfred Schuwerk. Aside from the Cviraa-bound team, coached by Francis Ramirez, the other teams are Queen City United of Mario Ceniza, San Roque FC and Cebu State College of Science and Technology, and FC Inter Cebu. Ceniza is using the tournament as a preparation for his team when they host the prestigious, Cebu Inter Club Invitational tournament later this month. According their official website at fcintercebu.com, the five teams will play a single round robin today with 15 minutes per half. At the end of the elimination round, the fourth and third ranked team will battle for third while the top two teams will play for the trophy. To offset any controversies in disputed calls or decisions, the group h...