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The 2020 season is United City Football Club's 9th in existence and 4th season in the top flight of Philippine football. This also marks as the first season the club plays as United City, after MMC Sportz took over the management of the club, which was formerly known as Ceres–Negros.
In addition to the Philippines Football League, United City as Ceres–Negros has also participated in the second-tier continental competition, the AFC Cup which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. United City intended to continue on participating in the AFC Cup under its new name, if the cancelled continental competition have resumed play.
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Updated to match(es) played on November 9, 2020. Source: PFL Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored (C) Champions; (E) Eliminated from continental competitions; (Q) Assured a place of the AFC Cup Notes:
^The Azkals Development Team as a guest team for the PFL are ineligible to qualify for AFC club competitions.[18]
^A force majeure was invoked due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when United City was still known as Ceres–Negros and under the ownership of Leo Rey Yanson, which forced the termination of contract of all the club's players at the time. Departure of some of the players were announced or reported at a later date. When MMC Sportz Asia took over the club, and rename it as United City, it had to re-sign the club's players. Players who were eventually re-signed are not included in this table.[13]
^Hà Nội, the league champions and Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (due to their U15 team not participating in the Vietnam National U15 Youth League), and therefore were not eligible for continental qualification. As a result, all AFC Champions League and AFC Cup berths are distributed to the remaining teams by league position: runners-up Ho Chi Minh City FC and third place Than Quảng Ninh.[20]
^ abDue to the decision of the Vietnamese government to suspend sporting events in February in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group stage matches which Vietnamese teams were supposed to host were switched with the corresponding away matches.[25]
^Co, Adrian Stewart (February 24, 2020). "Hartmann exits Ceres". Bacolod: Watchmen Daily Journal. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
^"Football: Ceres-Negros kicks off busy 2020 against Shan United". ABS-CBN News. January 7, 2020. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020. For the first time in their brief history in continental competitions, the Busmen will be playing their home games at the Rizal Memorial Stadium as the Panaad Stadium is undergoing renovation.