2025–26 Manila Digger F.C. season

Manila Digger
2025–26 season
Head Coach	Haijun Li
Stadium	Rizal Memorial Stadium
Philippines Football League	2nd
Champions League Two	Qualifying play-offs
AFC Challenge League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Saikou Ceesay; Baboucarr Touray (6 each); All: ; Saikou Ceesay (11)
Biggest win	9–2 v Valenzuela PB–Mendiola; (Away); August 30, 2025; (Philippines Football League)
Biggest defeat	1–2 v Persib; (Away); August 13, 2025; (Asian Champions League Two)

The 2025–26 season of Manila Digger is the club's 4th competitive season in the top-flight. This season, Manila Digger is set to participate in the AFC Challenge League after losing in the qualifying play-offs of the AFC Champions League Two. This season is also their debut in the continental stage.

Transfers

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Source
GK	Omar Njie	BST Galaxy	Free	^[1]
DF	Christian Schaffner	Stallion Laguna	Free	^[2]
DF	David Sambou	Real de Banjul	Free	^[3]
DF	OJ Clarino	Davao Aguilas	Free	^[4]
FW	Baboucarr Tourray	Real de Banjul	Free	^[5]
FW	Troy Limbo	Davao Aguilas	Free	^[6]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Source
GK	Johnny Wesley	Nadur Youngsters	Free
GK	Aries Palabrica	Philippine Air Force	Free
DF	Dean Ebarle	Maharlika	Free
DF	Jimson Crestal	Valenzuela PB–Mendiola	Free
DF	Giap Bongolan	Aguilas–UMak	Free
MF	Dylan De Bruycker	Ayutthaya United	Free	^[7]
FW	Kevin Ebene Moukouta	Free agent	N/A
FW	Jim Ashley Flores	Free agent	N/A
FW	Abner Dos Santos	Free agent	N/A
FW	Eric Giganto	Maharlika	Free
FW	Earl Piñero	Maharlika	Free
FW	Kintaro Miyagi	Maharlika	Free

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Source
MF	Yuga Watanabe	Khovd Khuleguud	Free	^[8]
MF	Lars William Kvist	Prime Bangkok	Free	^[9]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Source

Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Michael Asong	(1998-10-03) October 3, 1998	2025	Vic West
16	Omar Njie	(2004-09-27) September 27, 2004	2025	BST Galaxy
28	Nelson Gasic	(1993-05-14) May 14, 1993	2023	Stallion Laguna
Defenders
2	Johnmar Barsanilla	(2002-01-28) January 28, 2002	2023	CF Manila
5	Modou Joof	(2002-10-01) October 1, 2002	2024	CR Bernoussi
6	Daniel Ashley	(1994-02-22) February 22, 1994	2024	–
17	Jordan Jarvis	(1998-04-17) April 17, 1998	2024	One Taguig
18	Darwin Regala	(1994-01-29) January 29, 1994	2023	Stallion Laguna
20	David Sambou	(2002-11-02) November 2, 2002	2025	Real de Banjul
22	Zachary Taningco	(2004-10-08) October 8, 2004	2024	United City
27	OJ Clarino	(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990	2025	Davao Aguilas
Midfielders
7	Lars William Kvist	(1994-08-25) August 25, 1994	2025	Prime Bangkok
8	Ifeanyi Ugwu	(1991-04-12) April 12, 1991	2023	Manila Nomads
9	Yuga Watanabe	(1996-05-15) May 15, 1996	2025	Khovd Khuleguud
12	Modou Manneh	(2001-02-13) February 13, 2001	2024	Real de Banjul
14	Kenji Nishioka	(2001-06-09) June 9, 2001	2024	Edo All United
15	Ousman Gai	(2000-03-06) March 6, 2000	2024	Banjul United
29	Shirmar Felongco	(1993-04-27) April 27, 1993	2024	Bavarians FC
31	Christian Schaffner	(2000-09-25) September 25, 2000	2025	Stallion Laguna
44	Hayato Kame	(1990-07-19) July 19, 1990	2024	Stallion Laguna
Forwards
3	Shou Sha	(1988-12-20) December 20, 1988	2023	–
10	Saikou Ceesay	(2000-04-08) April 8, 2000	2024	BK Milan
11	Baboucarr Tourray	(2005-12-19) December 19, 2005	2025	Real de Banjul
21	Dilane Wamba	(2002-08-21) August 21, 2002	2024	–
77	Diao Su	(1988-12-20) December 20, 1988	2023	–
98	Troy Limbo	(1998-11-17) November 17, 1998	2025	Davao Aguilas

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Philippines Football League	8	6	2	0	33	8	+25	075.00	Matchday 1	TBC	August 30, 2025	TBD
AFC Champions League Two	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	Qualifying play-offs		August 13, 2025
AFC Challenge League	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67	Group Stage	TBC	October 26, 2025	TBD
Total	12	8	3	1	41	13	+28	066.67

Updated to match played November 29, 2025
Source: Competitions

Philippines Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	One Taguig	9	8	0	1	46	2	+44	24	Championship round
2	Dynamic Herb Cebu	10	7	1	2	33	7	+26	22
3	Kaya–Iloilo	9	7	0	2	38	5	+33	21
4	Manila Digger	8	6	2	0	33	8	+25	20
5	Aguilas–UMak	9	5	1	3	24	12	+12	16
6	Maharlika	9	5	0	4	23	14	+9	15
7	Stallion Laguna	9	4	2	3	26	8	+18	14	Classification round
8	Tuloy	8	1	0	7	10	38	−28	3
9	Don Bosco Garelli United	8	1	0	7	3	36	−33	3
10	Valenzuela PB-Mendiola	9	1	0	8	5	56	−51	3
11	Philippine Army	8	0	0	8	1	56	−55	0

Updated to match(es) played on November 30, 2025. Source: ^[10]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	6	2	0	33	8	+25	20	3	2	0	14	6	+8	3	0	0	19	2	+17

Last updated: 29 November 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Results my matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	2	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on November 22, 2025. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Win Draw Loss

August 30, 2025 1	Valenzuela PB–Mendiola	2–9	Manila Digger	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Nkoa 22' Fofana 35' Doctora 45+2' (pen.) Naingallan 72'		Ceesay 4', 31', 45+4', 80' Joof 30' (pen.) Nishioka 51', 90+1' Gai 54' Wamba 57' Felongco 72'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 14, 2025 2	Manila Digger	1–1	Stallion Laguna	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Gai 45+1' Sambou 72' Watanabe 90+8'		Diallo 48' Shibab 65' McMillan 69' Schröck 80' Zang 90+5'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 20, 2025 3	Manila Digger	3–2	Maharlika	Manila
19:45 UTC+8	Ceesay 28' Tourray 37' Joof 43' Wamba 65' Schaffner 72' Asong 78' Gai 90+3'		Uzoka 12', 90+7' McLeod 30' Rilloraza 42' Ebarle 62' Menzi 73'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 27, 2025 4	Manila Digger	1–0	One Taguig	Manila
20:30 UTC+8	Ceesay 10' Sambou 50'		Sato 45+1' Halm 66'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

October 5, 2025 5	Manila Digger	8–2	Tuloy	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Nishioka 18' Schaffner 29' Tourray 33', 43', 54' Ceesay 45+1' Gai 47' Kvist 82'		C. Saut 30' Jalique 45+3' S. Saut 85'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

October 19, 2025 6	Manila Digger	1–1	Dynamic Herb Cebu	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Touray 25' Gai 60' Kvist 64' Joof 68' Njie 70'		Corsame 53' Amirul 60' Khamis 69'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

November 22, 2025 7	Kaya–Iloilo	0–2	Manila Digger	Manila
20:30 UTC+8	Diano 36' Ott 42' Rey 88' Basindanan 90+10'		Touray 18' Gai 75' 89' Manneh 83' Sambou 90+16'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

November 29, 2025 8	Philippine Army	0–2	Manila Digger	Manila
15:00 UTC+8	Celiz 11'		Ceesay 3', 50', 72', 80' Manneh 5' Wamba 45+1', 45+2' Nishioka 76'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

TBA ^[a] 9	Manila Digger	v	Don Bosco Garelli	Manila
				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

January 17, 2026 10	Aguilas–UMak	v	Manila Digger	Manila
20:30 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

AFC Champions League Two

Qualifying stage

August 13, 2025 Playoff	Persib	2–1	Manila Digger	Bandung, Indonesia
	Putra 35' Asong 38' (o.g.) Barros 73' Matricardi 77'	AFC Report	Sambou 42' Joof 66' Manneh 81' Clarino 88'	Stadium: Gelora Bandung Lautan Api ^[b]

AFC Challenge League

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MDF	SPF	EZR
1	PKR Svay Rieng (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to Quarter-finals	2–2	3–0	3–0
2	Manila Digger	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to Quarter-finals		2–0	3–1
3	SP Falcons	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3				3–1
4	Ezra	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

October 26, 2025 Match 1	Manila Digger	3–1	Ezra	Svay Rieng, Cambodia
19:00 UTC+7	Gai 14' Wamba 21' Touray 56'	AFC	Phanthavong 29' Nakamura 81'	Stadium: Morodok Techo National Stadium Attendance: 777 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

October 29, 2025 Match 2	SP Falcons	0–2	Manila Digger	Svay Rieng, Cambodia
16:00 UTC+7	Ferreira 53' Otgonbaatar 56'	AFC	Gai 27' 61' Ceesay 39' Wamba 45' Felongco 58'	Stadium: Morodok Techo National Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

November 1, 2025 Match 3	Manila Digger	2–2	Svay Rieng	Svay Rieng, Cambodia
19:00 UTC+7	Gai 39', 62' Nishioka 65'	AFC	Ogawa 29' Peprah 47' Sosidan 85'	Stadium: Morodok Techo National Stadium Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

Knockout stage

West Region

East Region

March 5, 2026 Quarter-finals	Manila Digger	v	Dewa United Banten	Manila, Philippines
20:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

March 12, 2026 Quarter-finals	Dewa United Banten	v	Manila Digger	Tangerang, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7				Stadium: Sports Centre Kelapa Dua

^ Match originally scheduled on November 9, 2025, but was postponed due to Typhoon Uwan.^[11]
^ Match originally scheduled in Philippines changed to neutral ground at Bandung due to lack of ground available to Manila.

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played November 29, 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Player	Pos.	Philippines Football League	AFC Champions League Two	AFC Challenge League	Total
1	Michael Asong	GK	2	1	1	4
2	Johnmar Barsanilla	DF	3+1			4
3	Shou Sha	CF	0+1			1
5	Modou Joof	DF	6	1	3	10
6	Daniel Ashley	DF	1+1		3	5
7	Lars William Kvist	MF	0+2		0+1	3
8	Ifeanyi Ugwu	MF	0+1		0+1	2
9	Yuga Watanabe	MF	1+5		0+3	9
10	Saikou Ceesay	FW	7+1	1	3	12
11	Baboucarr Touray	FW	7+1	1	3	12
12	Modou Manneh	MF	3+1	1	3	8
14	Kenji Nishioka	MF	7+1	0+1	3	12
15	Ousman Gai	MF	7	1	3	11
16	Omar Njie	GK	5+1		2	8
17	Jordan Jarvis	DF	6	0+1	0+2	9
18	Darwin Regala	DF	0+3	0+1		4
20	David Sambou	DF	5+2	1	3	11
21	Dilane Wamba	FW	3+3	1	3	10
22	Zachary Taningco	DF	3+1	1	3	8
27	OJ Clarino	DF	2+3	0+1	0+3	9
28	Nelson Gasic	GK	1			1
29	Shirmar Felongco	MF	7	1	0+2	10
31	Christian Schaffner	DF	6	1		7
44	Hayato Kame	MF	0+1			1
77	Diao Su	FW	0+2		0+1	3
98	Troy Limbo	FW	6+2	0+1	0+1	10

Goalscorers

As of match played November 29, 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Philippines Football League	AFC Champions League Two	AFC Challenge League	Total
1	10	FW	Saikou Ceesay	10	0	1	11
2	15	MF	Ousman Gai	4	0	4	8
3	11	FW	Baboucarr Tourray	6	0	1	7
4	21	FW	Dilane Wamba	3	0	1	4
4	14	MF	Kenji Nishioka	4	0	0	4
6	5	DF	Modou Joof	2	1	0	3
7	7	MF	Lars William Kvist	1	0	0	1
	9	MF	Yuga Watanabe	1	0	0	1
	12	MF	Modou Manneh	1	0	0	1
	31	DF	Christian Schaffner	1	0	0	1
Totals				33	1	7	41

Assists

As of match played November 29, 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Philippines Football League	AFC Challenge League	Total
1	10	FW	Saikou Ceesay	4	1	5
1	11	FW	Baboucarr Tourray	4	1	5
3	9	MF	Yuga Watanabe	3	0	3
	12	MF	Modou Manneh	1	2	3
	15	MF	Ousman Gai	2	1	3
6	21	FW	Dilane Wamba	2	0	2
7	2	DF	Johnmar Barsanilla	1	0	1
	5	DF	Modou Joof	1	0	1
	14	MF	Kenji Nishioka	1	0	1
	17	DF	Jordan Jarvis	1	0	1
	77	CF	Diao Su	1	0	1
Totals				21	5	26

Clean Sheets

As of match played November 29, 2025

Rank	No.	Nat.	Player	Matches played	Goals against	Clean sheets
Rank	No.	Nat.	Player	Matches played	Goals against	Philippines Football League	AFC Champions League Two	AFC Challenge League	Total	Clean sheet %
1	16		Omar Njie	8	8	2	0	1	3	37.5%
2	28		Nelson Gasic	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0%
3	1		Michael Asong	4	5	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Totals				13	13	3	0	1	4	33.3%

Disciplinary Record

As of match played November 22, 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Philippines Football League			AFC Champions League Two			AFC Challenge League			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Player
1	15	MF	Ousman Gai	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
1	20	DF	David Sambou	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	12	MF	Modou Manneh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	21	FW	Dilane Wamba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	29	MF	Shirmar Felongco	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	1	GK	Michael Asong	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	5	DF	Modou Joof	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	7	MF	Lars Williiam Kvist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	FW	Saikou Ceesay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF	Kenji Nishioka	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	16	GK	Omarr NJie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27	DF	OJ Clarino	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	31	DF	Christian Schaffner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Hat-tricks

As of match played November 29, 2025

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Saikou Ceesay4	Valenzuela PB–Mendiola	9–2 (A)	August 30, 2025	Philippines Football League
Baboucarr Tourray	Tuloy	8–2 (H)	October 5, 2025
Saikou Ceesay4	Philippine Army	8–0 (A)	November 29, 2025

4 - Player scored 4 goals

References

External links

[12] Match originally scheduled on November 9, 2025, but was postponed due to Typhoon Uwan.^[11]

[13] Match originally scheduled in Philippines changed to neutral ground at Bandung due to lack of ground available to Manila.

[1] "We are excited to welcome Omar Njie as our new goalkeeper".

[2] "Say hello to Christian Schaffner".

[3] "Thrilled to welcome David Sambou to the squad".

[4] "Welcome to the squad, Ojay Clarino".

[5] "Touray signs for Manila Digger FC in the Philippines".

[6] "New blood for the new season".

[7] "Official Announcement Dylan De Bruycker".

[8] "Fresh talent, new fire, and unstoppable passion".

[9] "Building stronger, playing harder".

[10] "Manila Digger FC Standings, 2025-2026 Tables". Retrieved October 12, 2025.

[11] "All matches scheduled are postponed due to the typhoon". Philippines Football League. November 9, 2025.

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