Philippines First Lady's Cup 1977 (Manila)

Held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, for a trophy donated by Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines and Governor of Metro Manila. The event was sponsored by the San Miguel Corporation in order to raise funds for the Population Center Foundation of the Philippines.

Results

26-Aug-1977 Philippines Red   3-1 Geylang International
              [Bert Honasan 22', Danny Moran 34', Antonio Gutierrez 35' / Shamsuddin Rahmat ??']
              [Note: Oliver Gay saved a penalty.  Att: 10000.]
26-Aug-1977 Philippines Blue  0-3 Guangdong
              [Ta Jieqiu 47', Xie Zhiguang 55' ??']
28-Aug-1977 Philippines Blue  2-6 Geylang International
              [Jesus Mendoza 64' 90' / Dollah Kassim x2, ?]
28-Aug-1977 Philippines Red   0-3 Guangdong
              [Wei Chongjin 31' 50', Huang Huashi 52']
              [Att: 15000.]
30-Aug-1977 Philippines Red   3-0 Philippines Blue
              [Tony Araneta 3', Jesus Mendoza 69', Bert Honasan 74']
              [Att: 8000]
30-Aug-1977 Guangdong         1-1 Geylang International
              [Chen Xirong 1' / Kasmani Saiva 8']

 1.Guangdong             3  2  1  0  7- 1  5 (PR China)
 2.Philippines Red       3  2  0  1  6- 4  4 (national A team)
 3.Geylang International 3  1  1  1  8- 6  3 (Singapore)
 4.Philippines Blue      3  0  0  3  2-12  0 (national B team)


Exhibition matches
 2-Sep-1977 Iloilo XI         0-2 Guangdong   [at Iloilo City]
              [Wei Chongjin 5' 45']
 4-Sep-1977 San Miguel Corp.  0-3 Guangdong   [at Davao City]
              [Wei Chongjin 12', Chen Weihao 22', Cai Jinxin ??']

Squads

Guangdong (China)
 Officials: Zhang Rili, Zhang Riyang
 Coaches: Su Yongshun, Liang Decheng
 Players: Yang Fusheng, Ye Xiquan, Guan Zhirui, Wu Zhiying, Chen Weihao, Huang Huashi, Yang Weixiang,
          Gu Guangming, Ta Jieqiu, Wei Chongjin, Jia Yuehua, Du Qingen, He Jinlun, Xie Zhiguang, Chen Xirong,
          Ye Zuoquan, Cai Jinxin, Tsai Chin-Hsin, Ceng Xianghui.

Geylang International (Singapore)
 Officials: Colin Ng, Ricky Choo, Paul Thomas, William Tan
 Coach: Adam Selamat
 Players: Samad Alapitchay, Dollah Kassim, Robert Sim, Gulam Mohammed, Shamsuddin Rahmat, Kamal Nor,
          Arshad Khamis, Mohammed Ali, Matthew Chin, Kuah Chui Heong, Khairullah Abdullah,
          Omar Ashibilee, Ali Baharom, Ariffin Abbas, Kasmani Saiva, Jamaluddin Awi, Seng Kok Liang.

Philippines
 Officials: Joe Hagedorn, Frank Elizalde
 Coach: Juan Cutillas
 Assistant coaches: Eddie Llamas, Orlando Plagata
 Players (Red): Oliver Gay, Mike Moran, Ramon Caballero, Vic Delfino, Danny Moran, Rey Ferraren,
                Antonio Gutierrez (all San Miguel), Pancho Zulla, Jimmy Maravillosa, Conrado Tolentino,
                Raul Rodriguez, Raul Pondevida, Raul Benavides (all PAF), Alberto Honasan [captain],
                Tony Araneta (both UP).
 Players (Blue): Jose Umetin, Jose Rafael, Ricardo Venus, Roberto Da Silva, Apolinar Arenal, Dennis Aguirre,
                 Jesus Mendoza, Rolando Bedebor, Butch Ferraren, Ludwig Fuentebella, Ito Delfino,
                 Jose Mari Prats, Ricardo Dumajo, Jose De la Cruz, Dicky Moran.

About this document

Sources: Philippines Daily Express, Straits Times, cfadata.com

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 12 Jul 2017