2013–14 PFF National Men's Club Championship

2013-14 PFF National Men's Club Championship
Country  Philippines
Dates December 9–21, 2013
Teams 9 (Finals)
Champions Ceres
Runners-up Global
Matches played 22
Goals scored 149 (6.77 per match)

The 2013–14 PFF National Men's Club Championship (also known as 2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship) was the 3rd season of the PFF National Men's Club Championship, a Filipino association football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation.

Ceres were the defending champions after beating PSG 1-0 on February 2, 2013.[1] This is the first time the Negros Occidental-based club won the championship.

On 21 December 2013, Ceres retained the title after beating Global, 3-1 on aggregate in a two-leg finals. The cup winners, Ceres is guaranteed a place in the 2015 AFC Cup Play-off.

Competition format

This year’s competition has increased its participating teams from 33 last year to 46 thus breaking Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao clusters into regional sub-clusters. The tournament format is single round-robin in Group stage with top teams advancing to the next round. In this edition of the tournament, each team was allowed to have a maximum of 5 foreign players in their rosters with only 3 to play at a given time.[2]

Regional Qualifiers

The regional cluster eliminations for the tournament started last October 2, 2013 wherein 10 teams are expected to advance to the second round of eliminations. From there, the top two teams will contest the title in two legs to be played in a home-and-away format.[3]

Luzon Cluster

North-central Luzon cluster was held from October 2 to 6, 2013 at Tarlac Sports Complex.

South-central Luzon cluster was held from October 4 to 6, 2013 at General Trias Football Field, Cavite City/De La Salle University, Dasmariñas, Cavite.

South west Luzon cluster was held from October 16 to 20, 2013 at Sta. Cruz Sports Complex, Laguna.

South Luzon cluster was held from October 23 to 25, 2013 at Naga city.

Visayas Cluster

Group stage for Visayas clusters was held in Bacolod and Cebu from November 8 to 17, 2013. Visayas cluster was grouped into two: West Visayas Cluster was held from October 2 to 6, 2013 at Panaad Sports Complex, Bacolod.

East-central Visayas cluster was held from October 2 to 6, 2013 at Leyte Development Sports Center, Tacloban City.

Mindanao Cluster

North Mindanao cluster was held from October 2 to 6, 2013 at Hon. Gregorio Pelaez Sports Center, Cagayan de Oro City.

Central Mindanao cluster was held from October 28 to 30, 2013 at Jose Rizal Memorial State University Sports Complex, Dapitan City.

South Mindanao cluster was held at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex (DNSTC) in Tagum City from October 2 to 7, 2013 at Davao del Norte Sports and Cultural Center.[13]

West Mindanao cluster was held from October 18 to 20, 2013 at South Cotabato Sports Komplex, Koronadal.

Group Stage

Ten clubs from previous cluster eliminations advanced to the next round. Group Stage matches was held from December 9 to 13, 2013.[14] with two groups of 5. Top two clubs advanced to semifinals.

Luzon Cluster

Visayas Cluster

Mindanao Cluster

Groupings were drawn on 7 December 2013.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the crossover Semi-Finals

All times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) UTC+8.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Global 4400401+3912
BSU 4202111326
Palawan 4202121646
Columbia 420271476
Alia 4004430260

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ceres 3300260+269
Flame United 320194+59
Del Monte 310271253
CBSUA 3003329260
M'lang 00000000

Knockout Stage

Top two squads advanced to the crossover semifinals where the No. 1 team of Group A clashes with the No. 2 squad of Group B and the No. 1 team of Group B tackles the No. 2 side of Group A in a pair of two home-and-away matches. The semis winners will move on the finals where they will battle it out for the coveted title, the nice top prize and the distinction as the best club team in the land.[22] The venue is held at Panaad Sports Complex and North Football Field, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

  Semi-finals Finals
                         
 Global 4 5 9  
 Flame United 0 0 0  
     Global 1 0 1
   Ceres 2 1 3
 Ceres 5 11 16
 BSU 1 0 1  

Semi-finals

Date is scheduled to December 15–18, 2013 on a home-and-away format.[23] All times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) UTC+8.

Finals

Date is scheduled to December 19–21, 2013 on a home-and-away format.[24]All times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) UTC+8.

References

  1. Lean Santos (February 3, 2013). "Ceres clinches PFF-Smart Championships trophy". Rappler. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  2. James Toga (September 20, 2013). "Sports: PFF-Smart Nat’l Club Group F Showdown Starts Off on Oct.4-6". Negros Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. Mars Alison (October 6, 2013). "Cebu enters second round of PFF-Smart National Club Championship". teminutes.ph. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
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  7. Jerome Galunan Jr. (September 30, 2013). "Leyte, Batangas disqualified in Smart-PFF Club C’ships". Watchmen Daily Journal. Retrieved 2013-10-13. Batangas FA was [...] found with [...] violations after [they] submitted its club participant from the Philippine Air Force Football Club (PAFFC) and non-submission of provincial elimination report.
  8. Jonny (October 24, 2013). "PFF Smart National Club Championship - Luzon Qualifiers". Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  9. Judy F. Partlow (September 4, 2013). "Azukals to represent NegOr in football qualifiers". The Visayan Daily Star. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  10. "4TH SU Football Cup - UPDATE". Negros Oriental Football. June 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  11. Jerome Galunan Jr. (September 30, 2013). "Leyte, Batangas disqualified in Smart-PFF Club C’ships". Watchmen Daily Journal. Retrieved 2013-10-13. [T]he PFF Competitions Committee [...] have concluded that two (2) violations have been clearly committed by Leyte FA. First, by submitting the players and officials and/or the Global FC as its official club entry who is a regular member of the NCRFA and second, no provincial elimination report was submitted that would justify its official representative to the competition.
  12. Karl Decena (October 26, 2013). "Global destroys provincial club Hijos FC, 23-0, in PFF national tournament". InterAKTV. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  13. Noel Baguio (October 3, 2013). "Phil. Football Fed club regional qualifier opens in DavNor". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  14. "Smart-Phl Club football under way". The Philippine Star. December 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  15. Henry G. Doble (November 11, 2013). "PFF-Smart Club Championships at Panaad Stadium on Dec. 9-21". Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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  17. Cedelf P. Tupas (November 5, 2013). "Leyte’s Global completes PFF-Smart clubs finals cast". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  18. "Ceres-La Salle eliminates Iloilo, books ticket in PFF-Smart finals". The Visayan Daily Star. October 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  19. Henry G. Doble (November 11, 2013). "PFF-Smart Club Championships at Panaad Stadium on Dec. 9-21". Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  20. Jonny (October 24, 2013). "PFF Smart National Club Championship - Mindanao qualifiers - Updated results". Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  21. "Cavite, Leyte booters off to strong start". The Philippine Star. December 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  22. "Smart-Phl Club football under way". The Philippine Star. December 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  23. Ryn Ka (November 6, 2013). "PFF SMART NAT'L CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL ROUND". Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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