Cebu Football

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AFTER improving 11 places to 184 th last month, the Philippines rose to 171 st in the final FIFA rankings for 2006. The Philippines, which lost one and won three matches in the Asean Football Federation Championships last month in Bacolod City, is now the seventh-best team in Southeast Asia, besting Vietnam (172), Cambodia (174) Brunei, 175 and Timor Leste (198) Singapore is still the number one team in the region at 111 with Thailand exont at 137 and Laos improved to third at 151. Malaysia is at 152, Indoneisa at 153 and Myanmar at 154. Last month, the Philippines was 10 th of 11 teams in the region, besting only newcomer Timor Leste.

DON Bosco Alumni FC needed only one chance and a lot of luck to hold leaders Crazy Horse FC to a 1-1 draw in yesterday’s Aboitiz Premier League at the San Roque parish football grounds. The draw kept Crazy Horse from solidifying its hold of the top spot going into the three-week Christmas break as it failed to win for the first time this season. Both Don Bosco and Crazy Horse now share a 3-1 win-draw record, with Crazy Horse ahead by three goals in the standings. In the other games yesterday, Dexter Arrojado carried Queen City to its third win, 1-0, over the luckless University of San Jose-Recoletos, while the University of Southern Philippines-Foundation (USPF) drew with San Roque FC, 1-1, and Wild Cebu Fashion banked on a last minute goal to oust Magone, 2-1. Queen City is now at third with nine points, while both USPF and San Roque have four points. It was the first win for Wild Cebu, while Magone dropped its fourth straight match. Crazy Horse started with their usual pace and syste...

The football year in 2006 started with a brawl...it ends (or rather a week before it ends) with postponed matches due to seniang. We have all heard about the brawl and we all know who to blame. The brawlers are innocent, its not their fault. Its the organizers, its the weather, its traffic, its the media, its the janitors, its my cousin off the my mothers uncle to the third degree fault. Cebu had festivals, Cebu had cheating teams. So what? What's the biggest story f the year? What is your biggest story of the year? Here are mine, and this is ranked. 1.) The Philippines, Azkals, (I remember being asked by the Solar guys why the RP team is named Azkals) winning three of four matches and finishing second. That, my friend, hasnt happened since old guy Ferdy Marcos was running in shorts. The starting keeper for that team is a Cebuano. 2.) The aboitiz festival. What ever side of the football fence you sit, you can't take away from the CebuFA admin the success (here i qualify s...

I got a text from Maxi regarding their new website. They have finally decided to put up one. It's at cebufa.blogspot.com You know it only means one thing. New material for our neighboryly thieves to steal from and post at their website. Gutentag bald head.

Ever since I got back from Bacolod for the AFF Qualifiers I've been checking and rechecking the FIFA website for improvements of our rankings. Today is Dec. 11, almost two weeks since the final match of the Asiad. What, dear FIFA, has said about us in their rankings? It says that we, the Philippines have earned...drum roll please...34 points for the month of November. At first I thought, there must have been a mistake, 34 points for three wins and a 1-2 loss? The first update of the FIFA rankings was done on Nov. 28, a week after the AFF qualifiers ended. I got a text from PFF about the new rankings, but, I already wrote a story about the rankings a day prior and asked "how come we got 34 measly points?" I was told, that the last two games of RP wasn't included in the new computation. But check this, as of Dec 6, the new rankings released by FIFA, we still have 34 points! This from the FIFA website on Nov. 28 Syria on the up (AFP) KARIM JAAFAR (FIFA.com) 28 Nov 200...

from CebuFA ----- 10TH ABOITIZ CEBUFA MEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE November 19, 2006 to January 14, 2007 sponsored by Aboitiz Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI) organized by Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA) sanctioned by Phil. Football Federation, Inc. (PFF) OFFICIAL TEAM STANDINGS as of December 3, 2006 5:00PM Teams Win Draw Loss Pts GF GA GD 1. Crazy Horse Football Club 3W 0D 0L 9Pts 12GF 2GA +10GD 2. Don Bosco Alumni Football Club 3W 0D 0L 9Pts 8GF 1GA +7GD 3. Queen City United Football Club 2W 0D 1L 6Pts 10GF 6GA +4GD 4. University of San Jose-Recoletos Alum 2W 0D 1L 6Pts 8GF 4GA +4GD 5. University of Southern Phils. Found 1W 0D 2L 3Pts 8GF 9GA -1GD 6. San Roque Football Club 1W 0D 2L 3Pts 3GF 9GA -6GD 7. Wild Cebu Football Club 0W 0D 3L 0Pt 2GF 9GA -7GD 8. Magone Football Club 0W 0D 3L 0Pt 2GF 13GA -11GD *Cebu qualifying tournament for 2007 PFF Visayas Men’s Open Finals *11-a-side format, maximum of 25 players + 2 official per team *maximum of 7 substitutes per game ...

From CebuFA ------ 10TH ABOITIZ CEBUFA BOYS-15 CUP November 18, 2006 to February 3, 2007 sponsored by Aboitiz Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI) organized by Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA) sanctioned by Phil. Football Federation, Inc. (PFF) OFFICIAL TEAM STANDINGS as of December 2, 2006 5:00PM GROUP A Win Draw Loss Pts GF GA GD 1-San Roque Football Club 2W 0D 0L 6Pts 10GF 2GA +8GD 2-Don Bosco College – B 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 7GF 0GA +7GD 2-PAREF-Springdale School 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 7GF 0GA +7GD 3-Blessed John Seminary XXIII 1W 0D 1L 3Pts 4GF 3GA +1GD 4-Colegio dela Inmaculada Conc– Mand 0W 1D 2L 1Pt 1GF 10GA -9GD 5-University of San Carlos – North Camp 0W 1D 2L 1Pt 1GF 15GA -14GD GROUP B Win Draw Loss Pts GF GA GD 1-Cebu International School 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 4GF 0GA +4GD 2-Abellana National School 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 1GF 0GA +1GD 3-Centre for International Education 1W 0D 1L 3Pts 4GF 6GA -2GD 4-Don Bosco College – A 0W 0D 1L 0Pt 0GF 1GA -1GD 5-Football Club Inter Cebu 0W 0D 1L...

10TH ABOITIZ CEBUFA BOYS-12 CUP October 21, 2006 to February 3, 2007 sponsored by Aboitiz Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI) organized by Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA) sanctioned by Phil. Football Federation, Inc. (PFF) TEAM STANDINGS as of December 1, 2006 GROUP A Win Draw Loss Points GF GA GD 1-Pepito Football Club 4W 0D 0L 12Pts 13GF 1GA +12GD 2-PAREF-Springdale School 2W 0D 1L 6Pts 6GF 1GA +5GD 3-Don Bosco College-B 1W 1D 1L 4Pts 1GF 4GA -3GD 4-Bright Academy 1W 0D 3L 3Pts 10GF 11GA -1GD 5-San Roque Football Club 0W 1D 3L 1Pts 0GF 0GA 0GD GROUP B Win Draw Loss Points GF GA GD 1-Don Bosco College-A 2W 0D 0L 6Pts 15GF 0GA +15GD 2-Cebu International School 1W 1D 0L 4Pts 11GF 2GA +9GD 3-Sacred Heart School-Jesuit 1W 1D 1L 4Pts 8GF 6GA +2GD 4-FC Inter Lapu-Lapu 0W 0D 3L 0Pts 0GF 26GA -26GD *Points system: Win = 3pts.; Draw = 1pt.; Loss = 0pt. *GF = Goals made For the team; GA = Goals made Against the team; GD = Goal Diff (GF-GA) *Tie-breaker: (1) Points (2) Goal D...