2016 United Football League

The 2016 United Football League was the seventh and last season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Division 2 is disbanded for this season with all teams competing in one division.[1]

United Football League
Season2016
ChampionsGlobal
AFC CupGlobal
Ceres
Matches played102
Goals scored544 (5.33 per match)
Best Player Hikaru Minegishi
Top goalscorer Adrián Gallardo
(30 goals)
Best goalkeeper Nelson Gasic
Highest scoring17 goals
Kaya 16–1 Manila Nomads
Longest winning run10 games
Global
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Global
Longest winless run11 games
Pasargad
Longest losing run8 games
Pasargad
← 2015

The league competition which started on April 30 and ended on October 24 will followed a pure double round robin match with no play-offs.[1] For this edition the foreign player cap is reduced to four from five foreign players in a playing squad of 18 players, including 7 substitutes. At least one of the four maximum allowable foreign players must be from the Asian country. This was to align to the guidelines followed at the AFC Cup and AFC Champions League. However, a club with more than 25 players may have more than four foreign players in their whole squad provided that they comply with the 4-player foreign player limit rule during match day.[1]

Global F.C. won the league with one game to spare.

The 2016 season was the last UFL season following the appointment of UFL President Randy Roxas as part of the task force for the upcoming Philippines Football League which had its inaugural season in 2017.[2]

Venue

Matches are played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.[1]

Clubs

The league is composed of 12 clubs.

Club Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Agila Richard Leyble Shinji Shozu LGR Sportswear None
Ceres Risto Vidaković Juan Luis Guirado Puma Ceres Liner
Forza Arvin Jay Soliman Stephen Burda LGR Sportswear Orient Freight International
Global Leigh Manson Misagh Bahadoran LGR Sportswear None
Green Archers United Rodolfo Alicante Tating Pasilan LGR Sportswear Globe Telecom
JP Voltes Yu Hoshide Masaki Yanagawa LGR Sportswear JK Mart
Kaya Chris Greatwich Alexander Borromeo LGR Sportswear LBC Express
Laos Jovanie Villagracia Badreldin Elhabib LGR Sportswear None
Loyola Meralco Sparks Simon McMenemy James Younghusband Under Armour Meralco
Manila Nomads Ronaldo Luis Bernardo Ubiam Ugochukwu Okoro LGR Sportswear True Blue Tools
Pasargad Joel Villarino Jean Claude Delos Reyes LGR Sportswear None
Stallion Ernest Nierras Ruben Doctora Vizari Giligan's Restaurant

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Incoming head coach
Kaya Fabien Larry Lewis End of contract Chris Greatwich
JP Voltes Shinichiro Maeno End of contract Yu Hoshide[3]
Laos Rudy Del Rosario End of contract Jovanie Villagracia
Forza Jun Mark Saraga End of contract Arvin Jay Soliman
Agila Ramon Vicente Roxas End of contract Richard Leyble
Pasargad Mike Agbayani End of contract Joel Villarino
Ceres Ali Go New coach under contract Risto Vidaković

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Global (C) 19 15 2 2 80 15 +65 47 Qualification to the 2017 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1
or 2017 AFC Cup Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Ceres (Q) 19 13 2 4 109 18 +91 41 Qualification to the 2017 AFC Cup Group stage
3 Loyola Meralco Sparks 19 13 2 4 83 23 +60 41
4 JP Voltes 19 13 2 4 51 16 +35 41
5 Kaya 19 12 1 6 78 25 +53 37
6 Stallion 19 8 7 4 43 28 +15 31
7 Green Archers United 19 6 3 10 29 48 −19 21
8 Forza 19 4 2 13 20 82 −62 14
9 Manila Nomads (D, E) 11 3 0 8 20 65 −45 9 Withdrew from the tournament[lower-alpha 2]
10 Laos 19 2 1 16 22 111 −89 7
11 Agila (D, E) 11 1 1 9 6 56 −50 4 Withdrew from the tournament[lower-alpha 2]
12 Pasargad (D, E) 11 0 1 10 4 58 −54 1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2016. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Global qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup Group stage by winning the 2016 UFL Cup. However, since they already qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1 by winning the 2016 UFL Division 1, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the next best-placed team (2016 UFL Division 1 runner-up Ceres FC).
  2. Manila Nomads, Agila and Pasargad did not participated in the second round of the league.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819
Global4211111111111111111
Ceres8643222222223232222
Loyola Meralco Sparks5365333333432323333
JP Voltes2154555444344444444
Kaya1532444566555555555
Stallion91077667655666666666
Green Archers United6426776777777777777
Forza691110111111988888888888
Manila Nomads37898888910999999999
Laos1212121212101011119101010101010101010
Agila108108999101011111111111111111111
Pasargad1111911101212121212121212121212121212
Leader
2017 AFC Cup group stage
Source: UFL League Table

Results
Home \ Away AGI CER FOR GLO GAU JPV KAY LAO LMS NOM PSG STA
Agila 0–5 0–3 1–0 0–11 2–2
Ceres 10–1 11–0 3–3 7–1 4–2 5–0 8–0 4–1 6–0 2–2
Forza 4–1 0–10 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–5 3–1 1–5 2–0 1–4
Global 8–0 0–5 12–0 4–0 0–2 3–2 8–0 1–0 3–0 3–0
Green Archers United 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–5 3–0 0–4 2–1 1–3
JP Voltes 1–0 7–1 0–4 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 5–0 0–0
Kaya 1–0 10–2 0–3 6–0 1–3 8–0 1–2 16–1 0–1
Laos 0–11 0–3 0–7 0–4 0–4 2–10 2–13 8–3 2–2
Loyola Meralco Sparks 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 11–1 9–2 3–1
Manila Nomads 3–0 2–1 0–12 3–4 2–4
Pasargad 0–16 0–6 0–6 1–6 0–9 0–4
Stallion 5–1 1–4 3–0 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 8–0 2–2 2–0
Source: United Football League (Philippines)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Adrián GallardoCeres 30
2 Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco Sparks 21
3 Stephan SchröckCeres 18
Robert Lopez MendyKaya
5 Hikaru MinegishiGlobal 17

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Jay BaguioroJP VoltesPasargad0–630 April 2016
James YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksStallion3–18 May 2016
Nate BurkeyCeresManila Nomads6–014 May 2016
Jay BaguioroJP VoltesForza7–115 May 2016
Takumi Uesato
Robert Lopez Mendy4KayaForza10–218 May 2016
Patrick ReicheltCeresAgila10–118 May 2016
Bienve
Kenshiro Daniels4KayaManila Nomads16–19 June 2016
OJ Porteria4
Joshua Beloya4StallionLaos8–09 June 2016
Adrián Gallardo8CeresPasargad0–1611 June 2016
Stephan Schröck
Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksAgila0–1115 June 2016
Akira Miyayama
Adrián GallardoCeresForza0–1015 June 2016
Patrik Franksson4LaosPasargad1– 619 June 2016
Robert Lopez MendyKayaPasargad0– 625 June 2016
Stephan SchröckCeresStallion1–425 June 2016
Phil Younghusband5Loyola Meralco SparksLaos2–1326 June 2016
Curt DizonLoyola Meralco SparksManila Nomads9–23 July 2016
Alvaro Castiella
Carlos Ortiz 4GlobalAgila8–05 July 2016
Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksPasargad0– 97 July 2016
Adrián Gallardo6CeresLaos0– 117 July 2016
Patrik Franksson5LaosManila Nomads8–310 July 2016
Stephen AppiahManila NomadsLaos8–310 July 2016
Misagh Bahadoran5GlobalManila Nomads0–1214 July 2016
Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksForza1– 57 August 2016
Omid NazariGlobalForza12–010 August 2016
Misagh Bahadoran4
Hikaru Minegishi
Jorrel AristorenasLoyola Meralco SparksLaos11–117 August 2016
Louis ClarkKayaLaos8–024 September 2016
Stephan SchröckCeresLoyola Meralco Sparks4–124 September 2016
Laos8–028 September 2016
Hikaru MinegishiGlobalLaos0–72 October 2016
Matthew Hartmann

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

Own goals
Player For Club Own goals
Ronnie Aguisanda Loyola Meralco Sparks Green Archers United 2
JP Voltes
Christian Nana Global Stallion 1
Michael Atienza Global Laos
Jayson Cutamora Global JP Voltes
Rezziel Villaespin Agila Laos
John Lloyd Bastasa Loyola Meralco Sparks Laos
Fidelis Nnabuife Loyola Meralco Sparks Manila Nomads
Joseph Rigoberto Global Forza

Honors
Player
Team

References
  1. Guerrero, Bob (13 January 2016). "What to expect in Philippine football in 2016". Rappler. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Ceres FC ready to apply for PFL license". The Visayan Daily Star. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. "Line ups for JP Voltes Vs Kaya". Twitter. UFL Philippines. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. "Global and Voltes dominate UFL Awards". Dugout Philippines. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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