2025–26 Kaya F.C.–Iloilo season

Kaya–Iloilo
2025–26 season
Owner	Una Kaya Futbol Club, Inc.
Chairman	Santi Araneta
Head Coach	Yu Hoshide
Stadium	Iloilo Sports Complex; Rizal Memorial Stadium; New Clark City Athletics Stadium
Philippines Football League	3rd
AFC Champions League Two	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mike Ott (11); All: ; Mike Ott (12)
Biggest win	12–0 v Philippine Army; (Home); August 30, 2025; (Philippines Football League)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Tampines Rovers; (Home); September 18, 2025; (AFC Champions League Two)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 season of Kaya–Iloilo is the club's 9th competitive season in the top-flight since the foundation of the Philippines Football League and their 18th competitive season in the club's history. The club will be competing in the AFC Champions League Two this season as champions of the PFL last season, and will enter the PFL as 3-time back-to-back champions.

OwnerUna Kaya Futbol Club, Inc.

ChairmanSanti Araneta

Head Coach

Yu Hoshide

StadiumIloilo Sports Complex
Rizal Memorial Stadium
New Clark City Athletics Stadium

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Position	Name
Head coach	Yu Hoshide
Assistant coaches	Oliver Colina Norman Fegidero
Goalkeeping coach	Hayeson Pepito
Physiotherapists	Eunice Maliuanag Joshua Castelo Nessy Cachero–Castelo

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
DF	Magnus Ravn	Brønshøj BK	Free	^[2]
MF	Mike Ott	Visakha	Free	^[3]
MF	Paolo Bugas	Davao Aguilas	Free	^[4]
MF	Brandon Zambrano	Maharlika Taguig	Free	^[5]
FW	Kenshiro Daniels	Nakhon Ratchasima	Free	^[6]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Source
DF	Akito Saito	Trat	Free	^[7]
DF	Konaté Bandiougou	Free agent	N/A
MF	Mark Swainston	Lewes	Free	^[8]
MF	Julian Romero	Maharlika	Free	^[9]
FW	Ernest Barfo	Free agent	N/A

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
DF	Taiyo Toyoda	SP Falcons	Free	^[10]
FW	Julius Myrbakk	Arendal Fotball	Free	^[11]
DF	Pathy Malumandsoko	GC Lucciana	Free	^[12]
GK	Hayeson Pepito	Free agent	Free	^[13]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Source
DF	Simone Rota	Retirement	–
MF	Kenshiro Daniels	Lamphun Warriors	Free	^[14]
GK	Alfredo Cortez	Free agency	–
DF	Magnus Ravn	Free agency	–	^[15]
MF	Gavin Muens	Free agency	–	^[16]

2025–26 Kaya F.C.–Iloilo season

Coaching staff

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Out

Mid-season transfers

In

Out

Squad

Competitions

Overview

Philippines Football League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

AFC Champions League Two

Group Stage

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Hat-tricks

References

External links

Related Articles

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Signed from
Goalkeepers
16	Nathan Bata	(2005-01-24) January 24, 2005 (age 21)	2021	Academy
40	Patrick Deyto	(1990-02-15) February 15, 1990 (age 36)	2024	Chonburi
21	Hayeson Pepito	(1993-01-12) January 12, 1993 (age 33)	2026	Stallion Laguna
Defenders
2	Taiyo Toyoda	(2000-12-22) December 22, 2000 (age 25)	2026	SP Falcons
4	Pathy Malumandsoko	(2000-05-11) May 11, 2000 (age 25)	2026	GC Lucciana
12	Mar Diano	(1997-07-24) July 24, 1997 (age 28)	2021	Azkals Development Team
15	Marco Casambre (co-captain)	(1998-12-18) December 18, 1998 (age 27)	2021	Sukhothai
22	Fitch Arboleda	(1993-01-04) January 4, 1993 (age 33)	2020	Stallion Laguna
44	Audie Menzi (Co-captain)	(1994-10-11) October 11, 1994 (age 31)	2018	FEU Tamaraws
Midfielders
5	Mike Ott	(1995-03-02) March 2, 1995 (age 31)	2025	Visakha
6	Brandon Zambrano	(1995-11-20) November 20, 1995 (age 30)	2025	Maharlika Taguig
8	Marwin Angeles	(1991-09-01) September 1, 1991 (age 34)	2022	Persik Kediri
23	Sherwin Basindanan	(1998-11-20) November 20, 1998 (age 27)	2023	FEU Tamaraws
25	Eric Esso (Co-captain)	(1994-06-21) June 21, 1994 (age 31)	2023	Accra Hearts of Oak
30	Lucas del Rosario	(1999-04-30) April 30, 1999 (age 27)	2024	Maharlika Taguig
39	Paolo Bugas	(1994-10-22) October 22, 1994 (age 31)	2025	Davao Aguilas
88	Kaishu Yamazaki	(1997-07-12) July 12, 1997 (age 28)	2023	Persikabo 1973
Forwards
7	Jovin Bedic	(1990-06-08) June 8, 1990 (age 35)	2013	Stallion Laguna
9	Ricardo Verza	(1997-04-28) April 28, 1997 (age 29)	2024	Bahrain SC
10	Jesus Melliza (Captain)	(1992-04-20) April 20, 1992 (age 34)	2020	Stallion Laguna
14	Shuto Komaki	(2000-05-30) May 30, 2000 (age 25)	2023	Albirex Niigata (S)
17	Julius Myrbakk	(2000-12-21) December 21, 2000 (age 25)	2026	Arendal Fotball
77	Martini Rey	(1999-06-13) June 13, 1999 (age 26)	2023	FEU Tamaraws

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	16	11	1	4	59	10	+49	068.75	Matchday 1	TBC	August 30, 2025	TBA
AFC Champions League Two	6	0	0	6	4	15	−11	000.00	Group Stage	Group Stage (4th)	September 18, 2025	December 11, 2025
Total	22	11	1	10	63	25	+38	050.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manila Digger	20	17	3	0	103	13	+90	54	Championship round
2	One Taguig	20	17	1	2	84	9	+75	52
3	Dynamic Herb Cebu	20	13	3	4	70	21	+49	42
4	Kaya–Iloilo	20	13	2	5	68	13	+55	41
5	Stallion Laguna	20	9	6	5	58	22	+36	33
6	Aguilas–UMak	20	10	2	8	45	28	+17	32

7	Maharlika	20	9	2	9	43	35	+8	29	Classification round
8	Don Bosco Garelli United	20	5	0	15	32	74	−42	15
9	Tuloy	20	3	2	15	27	119	−92	11
10	Valenzuela PB-Mendiola	20	2	1	17	13	99	−86	7
11	Philippine Army	20	0	2	18	14	124	−110	2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	11	1	4	59	10	+49	34	7	1	2	43	6	+37	4	0	2	16	4	+12

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3

August 30, 2025 1	Kaya–Iloilo	12–0	Philippine Army	Manila
16:00 UTC+8	Bedic 11' Ott 24', 43' Melliza 35' (pen.), 86', 90+3' Daniels 62' Komaki 70', 73' Rey 83' Diano 84' Menzi 88'	Report		Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 13, 2025 2	Kaya–Iloilo	1–0	Aguilas–UMak	Manila
20:30 UTC+8	Ott 51'	Report	Bongolan 56' Pickering 58' Palpal-Latoc 61' Hancock 78'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 21, 2025 3	Kaya–Iloilo	8–0	Valenzuela PB–Mendiola	Manila
16:00 UTC+8	Ott 14', 33' Rey 19' Angeles 31' Basindanan 51' (57) Ravn 69' Bedic 90+2'	Report	Anoh 69'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

September 28, 2025 4	Kaya–Iloilo	3–0	Dynamic Herb Cebu	Manila
16:00 UTC+8	Melliza 12' 26' Ott 36' Muens 67' Yamazaki 73' Zambrano 88'	Report	Leddel 31' Koré 45+3' Corsame 65'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

October 18, 2025 5	Stallion Laguna	0–1	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
20:30 UTC+8	McDaniel 38'	Report	Yamazaki 34' Esso 73'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BGT	PHS	BGP	KAY
1	Tampines Rovers	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	2–1	5–3
2	Pohang Steelers	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13	Advance to round of 16	1–1	—	2–0	2–0
3	BG Pathum United	6	2	0	4	5	8	−3	6		0–2	0–1	—	2–1
4	Kaya–Iloilo	6	0	0	6	4	15	−11	0		0–3	0–1	0–2	—

September 18, 2025 1	Kaya–Iloilo	0–3	Tampines Rovers	Capas
	Ravn 90+2'	AFC	Buhagiar 46', 72' Yoshimoto 52' Kazama 78'	Stadium: New Clark City Athletics Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan)

October 2, 2025 2	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Kaya–Iloilo	Pohang
	Yamazaki 82' (o.g.) Seo-woong 90+3'	AFC	Arboleda 71'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Referee: Di Wang (China)

October 23, 2025 3	Kaya–Iloilo	0–2	BG Pathum United	Capas
	Casambre 15' Basindanan 83'	AFC	Emaviwe 10' Doi 69'	Stadium: New Clark City Athletics Stadium Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	11	1	4	59	10	+49	34	7	1	2	43	6	+37	4	0	2	16	4	+12

October 26, 2025 6	One Taguig	1–0	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Akoto 31' Reichelt 64' Omae 87' Sato 88' Hartmann 90+1'	Report	Yamazaki 64' Bugas 78'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

November 2, 2025 7	Don Bosco Garelli	1–7	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
15:00 UTC+8	Mbida 70' 90+2' Owusu 85'	Report	Angeles 13', 36' Rota 30' Del Rosario 45+6' Ott 62' Arboleda 84' Rey 90'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

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

November 30, 2025 9	Tuloy	1–6	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Saut 83'	Report	Yamazaki 6', 84' Bedic 10', 79' Jesus Melliza 58', 69'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

January 17, 2026 10	Maharlika	0–2	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
15:45 UTC+8	Ibrahim 21' Kang 77'	Report	Arboleda 15' Rey 24' Ott 26' Diano 45+5'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

February 7, 2026 11	Kaya–Iloilo	6–0	Don Bosco Garelli United	Manila
15:00 UTC+8	Komaki 20' Myrbakk 23', 41', 54' Ott 55' Rey 79'	Report		Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

February 11, 2026 12	Kaya–Iloilo	3–1	Maharlika	Manila
17:45 UTC+8	Myrbakk 50', 56', 61' Diano 67' Bedic 90+3'	Report	Kashiwabara 29' De Gracia 90+4'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

February 15, 2026 13	Kaya–Iloilo	9–1	Tuloy	Manila
15:00 UTC+8	Del Rosario 17' Malumandsoko 45+1' Ott 58', 68' Toves 65' (o.g.) Myrbakk 67' Komaki 79' Melizza 80' Rey 90' 90+2'	Report	Uracoy 50'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

February 21, 2026 14	Kaya–Iloilo	0–1	One Taguig	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Esso 47' Diano 66'	Report	Agyemang 28' 31' Halm 79' Schröck 90+4'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	11	1	4	59	10	+49	34	7	1	2	43	6	+37	4	0	2	16	4	+12

February 25, 2026 15	Manila Digger	1–0	Kaya–Iloilo	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Manneh 24' Touray 33' Jarvis 77' Baas 87'	Report	Zambrano 20' Rey 76'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

March 8, 2026 16	Kaya–Iloilo	1–1	Stallion Laguna	Manila
19:00 UTC+8	Del Rosario 43' Myrbakk 55' Pepito	Report	Badji 89' McDaniel	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

March 14, 2026 17	Dynamic Herb Cebu	v	Kaya–Iloilo	Talisay, Cebu
17:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Dynamic Herb Sports Complex

November 6, 2025 4	BG Pathum United	2–1	Kaya–Iloilo	Pathum Thani
	Fornazari 9', 34'	AFC	Daniels 15' Basindanan 78' Rota 89'	Stadium: True BG Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khaled Tarrar Deham (Bahrain)

November 27, 2025 5	Tampines Rovers	5–3	Kaya–Iloilo	Singapore City
	Higashikawa 7', 56' Sumi 19' Najeeb 29' Yoshimoto 37' Buhagiar 47' Ramli 86'	AFC	Rey 26' Ott 66' Bugas 74' Adli 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Ahmad Yacouh Ibrahim (Jordan)

December 11, 2025 6	Kaya–Iloilo	0–1	Pohang Steelers	Capas
	Arboleda 76' Ott 90+2'	AFC	Jae-jun 18' Jeong-won 81'	Stadium: New Clark City Athletics Stadium

No.	Player	Pos.	Philippines Football League	AFC Champions League Two	Total
–	Gavin Muens	MF	3	3+1	7
2	Taiyo Toyoda	DF	6		6
4	Pathy Malumandsoko	DF	5+1		6
5	Mike Ott	MF	13+3	6	22
6	Brandon Zambrano	MF	10+4	4	18
7	Jovin Bedic	FW	7+5	3	15
8	Marwin Angeles	MF	7+3		10
10	Jesus Melliza	FW	12+3	5	21
12	Mar Diano	DF	11+2	5	18
14	Shuto Komaki	FW	7+2		9
15	Marco Casambre	DF	9+4	6	19
16	Nathan Bata	GK	1+1		2
17	Julius Myrbakk	FW	5+1		6
20	Kenshiro Daniels	MF	3+4	6	13
22	Fitch Arboleda	DF	7	0+2	9
23	Simone Rota	DF	4+2	1+1	8
24	Sherwin Basindanan	MF	3+3		6
25	Eric Esso	MF	9+3	6	18
30	Lucas del Rosario	MF	7+5	1	13
32	Magnus Ravn	DF	2+2	5+1	10
39	Paolo Bugas	MF	4+7	0+2	13
40	Patrick Deyto	GK	7+1	1	9
44	Audie Menzi	DF	7+5	2	14
77	Martini Rey	FW	5+9	1+1	16
88	Kaishu Yamazaki	MF	13+1	6	20
98	Alfredo Cortez	GK	8	5	13

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	Total	Clean sheet %
1	98		Alfredo Cortez	12	17	6	0	6	50.0%
2	40		Patrick Deyto	9	5	2	0	2	22.2%
3	16		Nathan Bata	2	1	1	0	1	50.0%
Totals				23	23	9	0	9	39.1%

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Philippines Football League			AFC Champions League Two			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Player
1	77	FW	Martini Rey	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
2	12	DF	Mar Diano	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	22	DF	Fitch Arboleda	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
	24	MF	Sherwin Basindanan	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	88	MF	Kaishu Yamazaki	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	5	MF	Mike Ott	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	32	DF	Magnus Ravn	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
8	4	MF	Gavin Muens	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	MF	Brandon Zambrano	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	FW	Jovin Bedic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	FW	Jesus Melliza	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11	GK	Hayeson Pepito	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	15	DF	Marco Casambre	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	23	DF	Simone Rota	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	25	MF	Eric Esso	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30	MF	Lucas Del Rosario	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	39	MF	Paolo Bugas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	44	DF	Audie Menzi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0