The 2024 season will be Dynamic Herb Cebu's 2nd season in the Philippines Football League and 3rd in the Copa Paulino Alcantara since first forming and making their professional debut in 2021.
Last season, Cebu finished second in the 2022–23 Philippines Football League in their debut season after United City unexpectedly withdrew, which saw the club qualify for AFC competitions for the very first time. In the AFC Cup, they finished third in their group, having gotten a historic first-ever win over Myanmar's Shan United as well as losses to Australia's Macarthur FC and Cambodia's Phnom Penh Crown. However, the club crashed out in the semi-finals of the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara after losing to then-non-league side Davao Aguilas. The club sacked head coach Joshua Schirmer and brought in Turkish coach Memiş Özata as well as the returning Levent Öztürk. After managing to retain most of its local core, the club replaced its departing foreign players with players largely of Dutch and Surinamese nationalities, such as winger Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham and midfielder Guytho Mijland.
Squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous clubGoalkeepers1Florencio Badelic Jr. United City25Nathanael Villanueva Kaya–Iloilo66Yusuf Çekiç Barbaros Hengelo99Jack Zambrano University of the PhilippinesDefenders3Charles Dabao University of St. La Salle4Kamil Amirul Cebu FC Academy7Evren Tasci Leylam Cebu12John Saldivar Far Eastern University14Jaime Rosquillo Azkals Development Team18Erich Orale— University of Santo Tomas32Elijah Liao Azkals Development Team37Göktuğ Demiroğlu Zalla UCMidfielders6Daniel Gadia Stallion Laguna8Jeremiah Borlongan University of the Philippines13Baris Tasci Leylam Cebu15Glen Ramos— University of Santo Tomas17Yoji Selman Cebu FC Academy20Roberto Corsame Jr. Kaya–Iloilo45Rhino Goutier Den Bosch47Guytho Mijland Eordaikos 80Marius Koré Leylam CebuForwards9Kintaro Miyagi University of the Philippines10Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham FC Karbach11Chima Uzoka Stallion Laguna19Devrim Ali Yanık Çarşambaspor21Rintaro Hama Kōchi University77Abou Sy Kaya–Iloilo
Transfers Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
In
Date Name From Ref. Pre-season February 22 MF Guytho Mijland Eordaikos March 20 FW Abou Sy Kaya–Iloilo March 20 DF Kamil Amirul Cebu FC Academy March 20 MF Glen Ramos University of Santo Tomas March 20 FW Devrim Ali Yanık Çarşambaspor March 21 GK Yusuf Çekiç Barbaros Hengelo March 21 MF Yoji Selman Cebu FC Academy March 21 FW Zamoranho Ho-A-Tham FC Karbach March 21 DF Erich Orale University of Santo Tomas
Loaned in
Date Name Loaned from On loan until Ref. Pre-season March 14 MF Rhino Goutier Den Bosch Until end of season
Out
Date Name To Ref. Pre-season January 15 MF Ryoo Togashi Southern District February 28 FW Ivan Ouano United City March 7 DF Ren Okuda Free agent March 13 FW Arda Çınkır Free agent March 13 FW Ken Murayama Free agent
Preseason and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Philippines Football League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Notes
References