2016 UFL Cup

The 2016 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started on February 6 and ended on April 9, 2016. There will be no guest teams with all competing teams also participating in the main UFL competition as per mandate by the Philippine Football Federation. All competing clubs also had to field teams for youth competitions to be organized by the UFL.[2]

2016 United Football Cup
Country Philippines
DatesFebruary 6 – April 16
Teams12
ChampionsGlobal F.C. (2nd title)
Runners-upCeres F.C.
Matches played41
Goals scored188 (4.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Robert Lopez Mendy (11 goals)
Best player Misagh Bahadoran[1]
← 2015

The cup adopted a single round robin format with two groups followed by a knockout stage composing of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.[2] There is also a foreign player limit of five in the matchday squad of each clubs.[3]

Kaya are the defending champions.[4] Global won the 2016 UFL Cup defeating Ceres in the final.[5]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on January 20, 2016.[6][7]

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stallion 5 5 0 0 20 3 +17 15 Quarterfinal
2 Kaya 5 4 0 1 21 3 +18 12
3 JP Voltes 5 3 0 2 10 7 +3 9
4 Forza 5 2 0 3 6 17 −11 6
5 Agila 5 0 1 4 2 15 −13 1
6 Laos 5 0 1 4 3 17 −14 1
Source: UFL Philippines
Forza1–0Agila
Orcullo  85' (o.g.) Report 1, 2
JP Voltes3–0Laos
Odawara  19'
Espinosa  44'
Skinker  76'		 Report
Kaya0–1Stallion
Report Mintah  39'
JP Voltes2–1Forza
Yanagawa  25', 56' Mekong  9'
Stallion4–0Agila
Nana  32'
Park  85'
Soberano  89'
Mintah  90+2'
Kaya6–1Laos
Lopez Mendy  16', 41'
Bedic  77', 92'
Borromeo  79'
Del Rosario  84'		 Altiche  21'
Kaya5–1Agila
Borromeo  12'
Porteria  39' (pen.), 68'
Bedic  47'
Daniels  72'.		 Jang  20'
Stallion2–1JP Voltes
Flores  20'
Bonney  47'		 Odawara  61'
Laos0–3
Awarded[note 1]		Forza
JP Voltes0–4Kaya
Lopez Mendy  5', 25', 48'
Bedic  83'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)
Forza1–9Stallion
Italia  89' (o.g.) Beloya  36'
Mintah  43', 50', 65', 78'
Tuason  55'
Doctora  61'
Flores  63'
Soberano  74'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)
Agila1–1Laos
Alcoresa  87' Hajimahdi  50'
Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)
Forza0–6Kaya
Daniels  12', 68'
Lopez Mendy  26', 34', 59'
Muñoz  87'
Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)
Agila0–4JP Voltes
Yanagawa  5'
Wada  41'
Nakazono  78'
Mahmoud  85'
Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)
Laos1–4Stallion
Hajimehdi  26' Doctora  3', 24'
Mintah  12'
Bonney  17'
Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ceres 5 4 0 1 30 5 +25 12 Quarterfinal
2 Global 5 4 0 1 15 4 +11 12
3 Loyola Meralco Sparks 5 3 0 2 23 7 +16 9
4 Green Archers United 5 3 0 2 14 8 +6 9
5 Pasargad 5 1 0 4 6 26 −20 3
6 Manila Nomads 5 0 0 5 0 38 −38 0
Source: UFL Philippines
Pasargad0–7Global
Report 1, 2 El-Habib 3'
Minegishi  15', 44'
Nazari  39', 61', 71'
Villanueva  79'
Manila Nomads0–4Green Archers United
Young  52'
Epesso  74'
Hossain  79'
Ariola  86'
Loyola Meralco Sparks1–2Ceres
Valmayor  65' Report De Murga  34', 90+2'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)
Global0–3
Awarded[note 2]		Green Archers United
M. Hartmann  82'
Kouassi  90+4'		 Epesso  27'
Pasargad1–7Loyola Meralco Sparks
De Castro  44' Castiella  15', 22', 56'
Minniecon  18', 39', 51'
J. Younghusband  54'
Manila Nomads0–15Ceres
Gallardo  3', 40'
Marañón  23', 43'
Schröck  27', 49'
Reichelt  34'
Steuble  35', 42', 84'
De Murga  39'
Burkey  59'
Lee  71', 74', 88'
Pasargad0–9Ceres
Gallardo  20', 50', 65', 71'
Schröck  26', 61', 87'
Ingreso  35'
Reichelt  47'
Green Archers United2–4Loyola Meralco Sparks
Epesso  22'
Melliza  86'		 Valmayor  7'
J. Younghusband  20'
Minniecon  70'
Morallo  72'
Global4–0Manila Nomads
Kouassi  36', 57'
M. Hartmann  60', 81'
Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)
Ceres3–2Green Archers United
Schröck  17'
Lee  36'
Marañón  68'		 Ariola  32'
Caligdong  75'
Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)
Loyola Meralco Sparks0–2Global
Kouassi  42'
Nazari  52'
Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)
Manila Nomads0–4Pasargad
Camara  4', 26'
Ebere  74'
De Castro  78'
Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)
Ceres1–2Global
Steuble  8' Nikolic  36'
M. Hartmann  77'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)
Green Archers United3–1Pasargad
Caligdong  5', 74'
Melliza  16'		 Ebere  60'
Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)
Loyola Meralco Sparks11–0Manila Nomads
J. Younghusband  3', 26' (pen)
Castiella  18', 41', 73', 75', 81', 86'
De Jong  29', 45'
Morallo  84'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

Knock-out stage
  Plate Plate Semifinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
     1A  Stallion  3  
     4B  Green Archers United  2  
     Green Archers United  0          Stallion  0  
     JP Voltes  1          Global  2  
   3A  JP Voltes  0
     2B  Global  1  
     JP Voltes  0          Global  3
     Loyola Meralco Sparks  2          Ceres  1
     3B  Loyola Meralco Sparks  1  
       2A  Kaya  2  
   Loyola Meralco Sparks  4          Kaya  3(7)
(a.e.t.)
  Plate SF Losing teams        Forza  0          Ceres  3(8)     3rd place match
     Green Archers United  N/A    1B  Ceres  7      Stallion  1
     Forza  N/A      4A  Forza  0        Kaya  2

Quarterfinals
Stallion3–2Green Archers United
Rota  20'
Doctora  55'
Arboleda  88'		 Caligdong  49', 90'
Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)
Loyola Meralco Sparks1–2Kaya
J. Younghusband  38' Omura  73'
Lopez Mendy  90'
Attendance: 476
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)
JP Voltes0–1Global
Kouassi  57'
Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)
Ceres7–0Forza
Christiaens  15'
Burkey  17'
Marañón  36', 39'
Gallardo  61'
Soriano  63'
Panhay  80'
Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)

Semi finals
Stallion0–2Global
Nikolić  29'
Kaole  43'
Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)
Ceres3–3 (a.e.t.)Kaya
Reichelt  8'
Gallardo  14'
De Murga  36'		 Porteria  13', 20'
Clark  72'
Penalties
Adrian Gallardo
Lee
Reichelt
Jalsor Soriano
Schröck
Son
Steuble
Sang Min
Guirado 		8–7 Porteria
Borromeo
Tanton
Lopez Mendy
Clark
Matthews
Janrick Soriano
Omura
Ugarte
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

Plate Semi finals
Green Archers United0–1JP Voltes
Hoshide  68'
Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)
Forza0–4Loyola Meralco Sparks
J. Younghusband  25', 74', 90'
Cañas  35'
Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)

Plate
JP Voltes0–2Loyola Meralco Sparks
Minniecon  61'
Valmayor  77'

Third place
Stallion1–2Kaya
Flores  21' Lopez Mendy  40', 68'

Final
Global3–1Ceres
Bahadoran  21', 56'
M. Hartmann  24'		 Burkey  69'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat[1](ZANDIFA)

Player awards
PlayerClubAward
Misagh BahadoranGlobalGolden Ball
Patrick DeytoGlobalBest Goalkeeper
Amani AguinaldoGlobalBest Defender
Miguel TantonKayaBest Midfielder
Robert Lopez MendyKayaTop scorer
Source: The Manila Times[10]

Season Statistics

Tournament team rankings

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 Global B 8 7 0 1 21 21 5 +16
2 Ceres B 8 6 1 1 19 41 11 +30
3 Kaya A 8 6 1 1 19 28 8 +20
4 Stallion A 8 6 0 2 18 24 9 +15
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5 Loyola Meralco Sparks B 8 5 0 3 15 30 9 +21
6 JP Voltes A 8 4 0 4 12 11 10 +1
7 Green Archers United B 7 3 0 4 9 16 12 +4
8 Forza A 7 2 0 5 6 6 28 -22
Failed to qualify in Knock Out stage
9 Pasargad B 5 1 0 4 3 6 26 -20
10 Agila MSA A 5 0 1 4 1 2 15 -13
11 Laos A 5 0 1 4 1 3 17 -14
12 Manila Nomads B 5 0 0 5 0 0 38 -38

Top Goalscorers

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Omid NazariGlobalPSG7–06 February 2016
Alvaro CastiellaLoyolaPSG1–713 February 2016
Tahj MinnieconLoyolaPSG1–713 February 2016
Martin SteubleCeresManila Nomads0–1514 February 2016
Lee Jeong WooCeresManila Nomads0–1514 February 2016
Adrián Gallardo4CeresPSG0–918 February 2016
Stephan SchröckCeresPSG0–918 February 2016
Robert Lopez MendyKayaJP Voltes0–427 February 2016
Jordan Mintah4StallionForza1–928 February 2016
Robert Lopez MendyKayaForza0–63 March 2016
Alvaro Castiella 6LoyolaPSG11–05 March 2016
James YounghusbandLoyolaForza0–47 April 2016

4Player scored four goals
5Player scored five goals
6Player scored six goals

Own Goals
Player For Club Own Goal
Gerald Orcullo Forza Agila 1
Bervic Italia Forza Stallion

Notes
  1. Laos FC defaults match for failure to comply with mandatory team requirements. Forza FC automatically wins 3-0 and gains three points.[8]
  2. Green Archers United awarded a 3-0 win against Global FC. Global fielded too many foreigners in the 18 man roster. The original score was 2–1 in favor of Global.[9] The foreign players fielded by Global were Izo Elhabib, and Hikaru Minegishi as starters and Sean Bateau, Serge Kaole, Koffi Kouassi, and Milan Nikolic as bench players.[3]

References
  1. Guerrero, Bob (17 April 2016). "UFL Cup Final postgame thoughts: Global FC are back". Rappler. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. Guerrero, Bob (13 January 2016). "What to expect in Philippine football in 2016". Rappler. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. Estrada, Kevin (18 February 2016). "UFL upholds Archers protest, grants forfeiture win". DugOut Philippines. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. "UFL Cup Round of 16 - Schedule". Filipino Football. United Football League. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. Sacamos, Karlo (16 April 2016). "Redemption complete as Global FC overwhelms Ceres-La Salle to rule UFL Cup". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. "2016 Season Kicks off with UFL Cup on Feb. 6". United Football League. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. "Untitlted". Twitter. UFLphilippines. Retrieved 20 January 2016. Group A. Kaya, Stallion, JP Voltes, Laos, Forza, Agilas Group B. Ceres, Loyola, Green Archers, Nomads, Global, Pasargad
  8. Estrada, Kevin (21 February 2016). "Global routs Nomads on second half shellacking; Forza wins by forfeit". DugOut Philippines. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  9. Tupas, Cedelf (19 February 2016). "UFL: Rampant Ceres rips Pasargad, 9-0". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  10. Reyes, Jaelle Nevin (17 April 2016). "Global blasts Ceres to pocket UFL crown". The Manila Times. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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