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 PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeSourceGK Omar Njie BST GalaxyFreeDF Christian Schaffner Stallion LagunaFreeDF David Sambou Real de BanjulFreeDF OJ Clarino Davao AguilasFreeFW Baboucarr Tourray Real de BanjulFreeFW Troy Limbo Davao AguilasFree
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToFeeSourceGK Johnny Wesley Nadur YoungstersFreeGK Aries Palabrica Philippine Air ForceFreeDF Dean Ebarle MaharlikaFreeDF Jimson Crestal Valenzuela PB–MendiolaFreeDF Giap Bongolan Aguilas–UMakFreeMF Dylan De Bruycker Ayutthaya UnitedFreeFW Kevin Ebene MoukoutaFree agentN/AFW Jim Ashley FloresFree agentN/AFW Abner Dos SantosFree agentN/AFW Eric Giganto MaharlikaFreeFW Earl Piñero MaharlikaFreeFW Kintaro Miyagi MaharlikaFree
Mid-season transfers In PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeSourceMF Yuga Watanabe Khovd KhuleguudFreeMF Lars William Kvist Prime BangkokFreeFW Jeremiah Borlongan Dynamic Herb CebuFreeDF Charles Dabao III MelakaFreeMF Assan Badjie Team Rhino FCFreeFW Mustapha Jallow Fortune FCFreeMF Justin Baas MelakaFree
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToFeeSourceMF Hayato Kame Don Bosco Garelli UnitedFreeDF Darwin Regala Philippine ArmyFree
Squad No. Name Nat. Date of Birth (Age) Signed in Signed from Goalkeepers1Michael Asong2025 Vic West16Omar Njie2025 BST Galaxy28Nelson Gasic2023 Stallion Laguna Defenders2Jordan Jarvis2024 One Taguig6Daniel Ashley2024–19Johnmar Barsanilla2024 One Taguig20Modou Joof2024 CR Bernoussi22Zachary Taningco2024 United City23David Sambou2025 Real de Banjul27OJ Clarino2025 Davao Aguilas30Charles Dabao III2026 Melaka31Christian Schaffner2025 Stallion Laguna Midfielders4Assan Badjie2026 Team Rhino7Lars William Kvist2025 Prime Bangkok8Ifeanyi Ugwu2023 Manila Nomads12Modou Manneh2024 Real de Banjul14Kenji Nishioka2024 Edo All United15Ousman Gai2024 Banjul United29Shirmar Felongco2024 Bavarians FC70Justin Baas2026 Melaka Forwards3Shou Sha2023–5Dilane Wamba2024–9Yuga Watanabe2025 Khovd Khuleguud10Saikou Ceesay2024 BK Milan11Baboucarr Tourray2025 Real de Banjul77Diao Su2023–98Troy Limbo2025 Davao Aguilas99Mustapha Jallow2026 Fortune–Jeremiah Borlongan2026 Dynamic Herb Cebu
Competitions Overview {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2| / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Philippines Football League
| Matchday 1 | TBC | August 30, 2025 | May 30, 2026 |- | AFC Champions League Two
|colspan="2"| |colspan="2"|August 13, 2025 |- | AFC Challenge League
| Group Stage | Semi-finals
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Philippines Football League
League table Regular season
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
AFC Champions League Two
Qualifying stage
AFC Challenge League
Group Stage
Knockout stage Quarter finals
Semi finals
Statistics Appearances
No. Player Pos. Philippines Football League AFC Champions League Two AFC Challenge League Total1 Michael AsongGK61182 Jordan JarvisDF140+10+4193 Shou ShaCF0+114 Assan BadjieMF6+1295 Dilane WambaFW5+315146 Daniel AshleyDF1+2587 Lars William KvistMF0+20+138 Ifeanyi UgwuMF0+20+139 Yuga WatanabeMF3+70+51410 Saikou CeesayFW9+613+22111 Baboucarr TourayFW13+2152112 Modou MannehMF10+1151714 Kenji NishiokaMF13+20+152115 Ousman GaiMF13+1152016 Omar NjieGK9+141418 Darwin RegalaDF0+30+1419 Johnmar BarsanillaDF5+51020 Modou JoofDF10151621 Jeremiah BorlonganDF1+1222 Zachary TaningcoDF7+2151523 David SambouDF9+4151927 OJ ClarinoDF5+50+10+31228 Nelson GasicGK1129 Shirmar FelongcoMF11+110+21530 Charles Dabao IIIDF5+10+1731 Christian SchaffnerDF6+11844 Hayato KameMF0+1170 Justin BaasMF50+2777 Diao SuFW0+60+1798 Troy LimboFW11+40+10+11799 Mustapha JallowFW1+23
Goalscorers
RankNo.Pos.PlayerPhilippines Football LeagueAFC Champions League TwoAFC Challenge LeagueTotal115 MF Ousman Gai 21 0 5 26211 FW Baboucarr Tourray 15 0 1 16310 FW Saikou Ceesay 14 0 1 15414 MF Kenji Nishioka 10 0 1 1155 FW Dilane Wamba 5 0 1 6612 MF Modou Manneh 5 0 0 599 FW Mustapha Jallow 5 0 0 575 DF Modou Joof 2 1 1 492 DF Jordan Jarvis 1 0 0 14 MF Assan Badjie 1 0 0 17 MF Lars William Kvist 1 0 0 19 MF Yuga Watanabe 1 0 0 123 DF David Sambou 1 0 0 131 DF Christian Schaffner 1 0 0 177 FW Diao Su 1 0 0 1Totals 85 110 96
Assists
RankNo.Pos.PlayerPhilippines Football LeagueAFC Champions League TwoAFC Challenge LeagueTotal19 MF Yuga Watanabe 11 0 0 11214 MF Kenji Nishioka 9 0 1 10310 FW Saikou Ceesay 7 0 1 811 FW Baboucarr Tourray 6 0 1 8515 MF Ousman Gai 5 0 2 7612 MF Modou Manneh 3 0 2 572 DF Jordan Jarvis 4 0 0 4812 MF Modou Manneh 3 0 0 394 MF Assan Badjie 2 0 0 25 FW Dilane Wamba 2 0 0 219 DF Johnmar Barsanilla 2 0 0 220 DF Modou Joof 2 0 0 230 DF Charles Dabao III 2 0 0 270 MF Justin Baas 2 0 0 298 FW Troy Limbo 2 0 0 21622 DF Zachary Taningco 1 0 0 177 CF Diao Su 1 0 0 199 FW Mustapha Jallow 1 0 0 1Totals 68 07 75
Clean Sheets
Rank No. Nat. Player Matches played Goals against Clean sheetsPhilippines Football LeagueAFC Champions League TwoAFC Challenge LeagueTotalClean sheet %116 Omar Njie 14 12 5 0 2 6 21 Michael Asong 8 8 2 0 0 2 328 Nelson Gasic 1 0 1 0 0 1Totals 23 20 8 0 2 9
Disciplinary Record
Rank No. Pos. PlayerPhilippines Football LeagueAFC Champions League TwoAFC Challenge LeagueTotal 115 MF Ousman Gai 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0220 DF David Sambou 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0312 MF Modou Manneh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 045 DF Modou Joof 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 121 FW Dilane Wamba 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 029 MF Shirmar Felongco 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 070 MF Justin Baas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 081 GK Michael Asong 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 DF Jordan Jarvis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07 MF Lars Williiam Kvist 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 010 FW Saikou Ceesay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 011 FW Baboucarr Touray 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 014 MF Kenji Nishioka 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 016 GK Omar Njie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 019 DF Johnmar Barsanilla 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 027 DF OJ Clarino 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 031 DF Christian Schaffner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hat-tricks
PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetition Saikou Ceesay4Valenzuela PB–Mendiola9–2 (A)August 30, 2025Philippines Football League Baboucarr TourayTuloy8–2 (H)October 5, 2025 Saikou Ceesay4Philippine Army8–0 (A)November 29, 2025 Baboucarr TourayValenzuela PB–Mendiola12–0 (H)February 11, 2026 Mustapha Jallow4 Ousman GaiDon Bosco Garelli United6–1 (H)February 25, 2026 Ousman Gai6Tuloy14–0 (A)March 25, 2026Philippine Army10–0 (H)March 29, 2026
4 - Player scored 4 goals 6 - Player scored 6 goals
References
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