2011–12 Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. season

Loyola Meralco Sparks

2011/12 season
Chairman	Manuel V. Pangilinan
Head Coach	Kim Chul-soo
UFL Division 1	3rd
UFL Cup	2nd
Singapore Cup	4th (Lost to Gombak United)
Top goalscorer	League: Phil Younghusband (23) All: Phil Younghusband (49)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011/12 season was Loyola's 3rd season in the Philippines premier league, the UFL. The club competed in the Division 1 of the United Football League where they finished 3rd. The club also competed in the 2011 UFL Cup and finished second place behind Philippine Air Force.

The club was also invited to play in 2012 Singapore Cup^[1] and finished fourth place after they suffered a defeat against Gombak United on the third-place playoff match.^[2]

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ref Cuaresma 3 MF Matthew Hartmann 4 DF Patrick Ozaeta (Vice-captain) 5 DF Dexter Versario 6 MF Anto Gonzales (on loan from Diliman) 7 MF James Younghusband (Captain) 8 MF Jayson Cutamora 10 FW Phil Younghusband 11 DF Roxy Dorlas 12 MF Jake Morallo 13 MF Jang Jo-Won 14 MF Kim Hyo-Il 15 FW Alexandro Elnar

No. Position Player 17 MF Park Min-Ho 18 MF Davide Cortina 19 GK Rolando Cabaniero 20 MF Jeong Byeong-Yeol 22 DF Eliezer Fabraoda 23 FW Mark Hartmann 25 MF Gabriel Borja 26 FW Alex Camara 27 FW Alvin Valeroso 28 GK Gabriel Vorbeck 33 DF Amani Manuel Aguinaldo - GK Michael Menzi - MF Kim Jung-Kyum

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 21 DF Darren Hartmann (at Manila Nomads)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
UFL Division 1	—	—	3rd	January 14, 2012	June 26, 2012
UFL Cup	Group stage	—	2nd	October 15, 2011	December 10, 2011
Singapore Cup	Preliminary round	—	4th	May 18, 2012	October 28, 2012

UFL Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Global (C)	18	13	3	2	49	17	+32	42	Qualification to  2013 AFC President's Cup
2	Kaya	18	13	3	2	30	17	+13	42
3	Loyola	18	11	4	3	66	29	+37	37

Updated to games played on 30 June 2012.
Source: UFL Philippines, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Green Archers United v Loyola

January 14, 2012 1	Green Archers United	2 – 3	Loyola	Manila
18:00 PST	Fraire  45' Pasinabo  67' Johnson  76' Villareal  77'	Report	P. Younghusband  35', 45' Jeong  54' Yoshioka  63'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Philippine Army v Loyola

January 22, 2012 2	Philippine Army	1 – 2	Loyola	Parañaque
16:30 PST	Cain  17' Bretaña  29' Pelayo  30' Gener  40'	Report	M.A. Hartmann  18' M.J. Hartmann  34' Cortina  78' J. Younghusband  79'  89'	Stadium: Nomads Sports Club

Stallion v Loyola

January 28, 2012 3	Stallion	4 – 1	Loyola	Manila
16:00 PST	Albor  14'  79' Doctora  17' Hugo  56' Yoon  70' Pi  78' Lee  86'	Report	P. Younghusband  10'  79' Versario  27' Fabraoda  69' Jeong  74' J. Younghusband  79'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Loyola v Global

February 1, 2012 4	Loyola	4 – 3	Global	Manila
19:00 PST	Jeong  17' J. Younghusband  42', 50' M.A. Hartmann  44' Gonzales  62' Cutamora  82'	Report	Bahadoran  20' Guirado  76'  70' I. Elhabbib  78'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Loyola v Kaya

February 4, 2012 5	Loyola	2 – 0	Kaya	Manila
16:00 PST	J. Younghusband  12' P. Younghusband  37'	Report	Semblat  82'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Loyola v Philippine Navy

February 19, 2012 6	Loyola	14 – 0	Philippine Navy	Makati
18:00 PST	J. Younghusband  15', 23', 65' P. Younghusband  19', 36', 39', 55', 71' M.A. Hartmann  21', 47', 73' Gonzales  41' Yoshioka  59' Cortina  63' Morallo  80', 89' Camara  84'	Report	Piñero  9' Caminos  23' Viliran  30' Kalalang  58'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Manila Nomads

March 25, 2012 7	Loyola	5 – 0	Manila Nomads	Makati
18:00 PST	Cortina  5' Jeong  12' Johnson  25' (o.g.) P. Younghusband  38' Musters  53' (o.g.) Ozaeta  85' M.A. Hartmann  90+1'	Report	Denison  40'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Philippine Air Force

March 31, 2012 8	Loyola	3 – 3	Philippine Air Force	Makati
16:00 PST	P. Younghusband  13', 82' M.A. Hartmann  27'  60' Ikegwuruka  39' Cuaresma  46' Cortina  66' J. Younghusband  90+3'	Report	Araneta  23', 90+4'  28' Ballo-Allo  26' Bulaquiña  52' Jaugan  82' Bermejo  90+3'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Pasargad v Loyola

April 14, 2012 9	Pasargad	0 – 1	Loyola	Makati
14:00 PST	Pascual  33' Ujam  47' Vangrunderbeek  47' Mahdavi  88' Emaka  78', 82'	Report	Cutamora  27' M.A. Hartmann  84'  90+4' Cuaresma  89'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Green Archers United

April 21, 2012 10	Loyola	3 – 2	Green Archers United	Makati
16:00 PST	Jeong  23' M.A. Hartmann  47' P. Younghusband  82'	Report	Montelibano  33' Pasilan  49', 65' Olowoyeye  50'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Pasargad

April 25, 2012 11	Loyola	3 – 4	Pasargad	Makati
19:00 PST	Cuaresma  6' M.A. Hartmann  7' Jeong  16', 74' J. Younghusband  58' Cortina  77'	Report	Ohadi  14' Jafaridastjerdi  19', 45', 84' Torres  47' Golkhah  59'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Philippine Army

April 29, 2012 12	Loyola	4 – 0	Philippine Army	Makati
18:00 PST	P. Younghusband  41', 74', 77' Cortina  60'	Report	Gempisaw  35' Gener  76' Becite  49', 90+1'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Stallion

May 5, 2012 13	Loyola	3 – 0	Stallion	Makati
16:00 PST	J. Younghusband  10', 78' Cortina  25' P. Younghusband  29' Ikegwuruka  41' Dorlas  64' M.A. Hartmann  83'	Report	Albor  28' Hugo  35' Braga  65' Simpron  90+1' Munoz  28', 59' Nam  73', 74'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Kaya v Loyola

May 12, 2012 14	Kaya	2 – 2	Loyola	Makati
16:00 PST	Burkey  21' Moy  61'	Report	Ikegwuruka  32' P. Younghusband  47' Morallo  49' Cutamora  74' Camara  84' J. Younghusband  90+3'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Philippine Navy v Loyola

June 16, 2012 15	Philippine Navy	1 – 10	Loyola	Manila
16:00 PST	Leyble  15' Cariño  25' Cabural  44' Burda  46' Perez  86'	Report	P. Younghusband  27', 32', 41', 54', 62' M.A. Hartmann  37', 79' Cortina  46' Park  68' Camara  69' Kim  84' Cabaniero  85'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Philippine Air Force v Loyola

June 20, 2012 16	Philippine Air Force	2 – 1	Loyola	Manila
19:00 PST	Barsales  35' Bayona  44' Araneta  90+2' Palmes  90+3'	Report	J. Younghusband  44' Kim  48'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Manila Nomads v Loyola

June 22, 2012 17	Manila Nomads	2 – 2	Loyola	Manila
20:00 PST	Denison  54' Mensah  64' Klok  86' Borrill  90'	Report	M.A. Hartmann  48' Jeong  70'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Loyola v Global

June 26, 2012 18	Loyola	1 – 1	Global	Manila
20:00 PST	Jeong  76'	Report	Kama  45' Guirado  59' I. Elhabbib  65' B. Elhabbib  90+3'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

UFL Cup

Loyola v Agila

October 27, 2011[note 1] Group stage	Loyola	5 – 1	Agila	Makati
20:00 PST	P. Younghusband  34', 66', 78' Cortina  40' Versario  70'	Report	Potenciano  60'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Team Socceroo v Loyola

October 15, 2011 Group stage	Team Socceroo	1 – 15	Loyola	Manila
14:00 PST	M. Reyes  55'	Report	M.A. Hartmann  6', 25', 27', 63', 90' M.J. Hartmann  9' P. Younghusband  23', 29', 31', 39', 44', 80', 83' Morallo  42' Cortina  72'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Internacionale FC v Loyola

October 23, 2011 Group stage	Internacionale FC	0 – 7	Loyola	Makati
17:00 PST		Report	P. Younghusband  15', 18', 31', 50' M.A. Hartmann  59', 61' Borja  86'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Sunken Garden United

November 26, 2011 Round of 16	Loyola	14 – 0	Sunken Garden United	Parañaque
20:00 PST	M.A. Hartmann  19', 49', 70', 81' Morallo  24' P. Younghusband  31', 42', 56', 64', 78', 87' J. Younghusband  74' Cortina  88' Elnar  89'	Report		Stadium: Nomads Sports Club

Loyola v Stallion

November 30, 2011 Quarter-finals	Loyola	2 – 1	Stallion	Makati
20:00 PST	P. Younghusband  22', 32'	Report	Han-Gi  78'	Stadium: University of Makati Stadium

Loyola v Kaya

December 5, 2011 Semi-finals	Loyola	5 – 4	Kaya	Manila
18:00 PST	P. Younghusband  57', 69' (pen.), 85' M.A. Hartmann  73' J. Younghusband  78'	Report	Boley  10' Dagroh  32', 35' Burkey  90+5'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,000[4]

Loyola v Philippine Air Force

December 10, 2011 Finals	Loyola	0 – 2	Philippine Air Force	Manila
16:00 PST		Report	Araneta  40' Barsales  89'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,000[5]

Singapore Cup

Loyola v Geylang United

May 18, 2012 Preliminary round	Loyola	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Geylang United	Singapore
19:45 SST	M.A. Hartmann  62' Park Min-ho  95'	Report	King  43'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,044 Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

Loyola v Kanbawza

July 5, 2012 1st Leg	Loyola	3 – 1	Kanbawza	Singapore
19:45 SST	P. Younghusband  15' M.A. Hartmann  66' J. Younghusband  90+1'	Report	S.M. Oo  75'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

Kanbawza v Loyola

July 9, 2012 2nd Leg	Kanbawza	2 – 2 (3 – 5 agg.)	Loyola	Singapore
19:45 SST	Hanson  61' Khaing  90+1'	Report	J. Younghusband  24' Morallo  38'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Me n MA

Tampines Rovers v Loyola

October 4, 2012 1st Leg	Tampines Rovers	2 – 0	Loyola	Singapore
19:45 SST	Đurić  29' Croissant  38', 90+4' Latiff  50' Taha  70'	Report	Woo-Chul  25', 58' Jang Jo-won  41' Jeong  59'	Stadium: Clementi Stadium Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Loyola v Tampines Rovers

October 7, 2012 2nd Leg	Loyola	0 – 3 (0 – 5 agg.)	Tampines Rovers	Singapore
19:45 SST	Gould  69'	Report	Gligorov  20' Mustafić  69' Hadee  69' Đurić  78', 84' Fahmie  90' Sahib  90+5'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Yazeen Buhari

Gombak United v Loyola

October 28, 2012 Third-place Playoff	Gombak United	4 – 0	Loyola	Singapore
17:15 SST	Hussain  7' Manzur  11' Hasan  35' Durand  43' Aikhena  64'	Report	Cuaresma  33' Jang Jo-won  39'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

Notes

1. Originally scheduled at 15:00 on October 9 but was postponed due to the unplayable pitch from heavy rain.^[3]

References

1. Almo, Alder (30 April 2012). "Loyola Meralco Sparks earn tough draw in Singapore Cup". PhilStar.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
2. Koh, Gary. "RHB Singapore Cup: Bulls star in first-half goalfest". Sleague.com. S.League. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
3. "October 9 games postponed". UFL Philippines. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
4. Dimalanta, Mark (December 6, 2011). "Loyola Meralco, Air Force forge UFL Cup finals showdown". interaksyon.com. AKTV. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
5. "Airforce bags UFL Cup". UFL Philippines. Retrieved December 11, 2011.