United Football League Cup

The United Football League Cup, commonly known as UFL Cup is a Filipino association football competition. It is played on a multistage format that culminates in a knockout stage (single elimination). Clubs that are eligible to compete for the cup are those who currently play in the United Football League. Likewise, it is open to all clubs in the Philippines that passed the requirements given by the Football Alliance Group, which organizes the competition.[1][2] The UFL Cup runs from mid-October to mid-December and was moved from May to August starting with the 2015 edition, to make it in line with the calendar of its Southeast Asian neighbors. It provides a chance for all clubs to play each other regardless of their league divisions.

This article is about the Philippine cup competition. For the Philippine football league, see United Football League (Philippines).

United Football League Cup
Founded2009 (2009)
Number of teams12 (2016)
Current championsGlobal (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Philippine Air Force
Global (2 titles)
Television broadcastersAksyonTV
Hyper
WebsiteUFL Cup
2016 UFL Cup

The current holders of the UFL Cup are Global, who defeated Ceres 3–1 in the 2016 final for their second title.

History

The UFL Cup was first held on October 2009 where it was known as UFL–LBC Cup, after the name of LBC Express Inc. as its title sponsor and is sanctioned by the National Capital Region Football Association (NCRFA) and the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).[3] The purpose was to determine the distribution of clubs over the Divisions 1 and 2 of United Football League in its inaugural season. Clubs were divided into four groups of four, the top 2 finisher of each group after single round-robin elimination qualified for quarterfinals (for division one) and the bottom 2 battles for Plate Competition (for division two). Philippine Air Force was the inaugural cup champions by defeating Philippine Army 2–1.[4][5]

The 2011 UFL Cup season marks the first live television coverage of a match after AKTV (owned and operated by TV5) inked the historical 5-year multi-million peso deal with the UFL.[6]

Cup Winners And Runners-Up
Club Champions Years won Runners-up Years lost
Philippine Air Force
2
 2009, 2011
1
 2010
Global
2
 2010, 2016
1
 2012
Loyola
1
 2013
1
 2011
Stallion
1
 2012
0
Kaya
1
 2015
0
Ceres
0
2
 2015, 2016
Philippine Army
0
1
 2009
Pachanga Diliman
0
1
 2013

Top goal scorers by edition
Year Scorer Club Goals
2009 Yanti Barsales Philippine Air Force
8
2010 Izzeldin Elhabbib Global
8
2011 Phil Younghusband Loyola
25
2012 Phil Younghusband Loyola
10
2013 Phil Younghusband Loyola
21
2015 Tishan Hanley Kaya
15
2016 Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya
11

Venues

Primary venues used in the 2012 UFL Cup:

Manila Taguig Makati
Rizal Memorial Football Stadium ASCom Football Field University of Makati Stadium
Capacity: 12,873[7] Capacity: 1,000[8] Capacity: 4,000[9][10]
Santa Rosa, Laguna Marikina Parañaque
NUVALI FieldS #1 & #2, Nuvali Marikina Sports Complex Nomads Field
Capacity: N/A Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 3,000[8]

References
  1. Olivares, Rick (August 7, 2011). "UFL Cup to kick off with smashing changes'". Business Mirror. Manila. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  2. de Guzman, Mikhail (July 14, 2011). "Calling All Clubs! The UFL Needs YOU!". Soccer Central Philippines. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  3. "Six matches kick off LBC-UFL Cup". The Philippine Star. October 17, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  4. Schöggl, Hans. "Philippines 2009/10". RSSSF. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  5. "Air Force Rider Crowned Champions of Inaugural UFL-LBC Cup". pfsa.cebufa.org. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  6. Olivares, Rick (September 16, 2011). "AKTV, UFL ink historic five-year deal". interaksyon.com. AKTV. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  7. Leyba, Olmin (June 21, 2011). "Rizal can only seat 13,000". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  8. "Stadiums in the Philippines". WorldStadiums.com. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  9. "University of Makati Stadium". sports.opera.com. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  10. "University of Makati Stadium". soccerway.com. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
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