2013 United Football League

The 2013 United Football League was the fourth season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009.

United Football League Division 1

Season	2013
Champions	Stallion FC
Relegated	Philippine Air Force
Matches played	90
Goals scored	338 (3.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rufo Sánchez (18 Goals)
Highest scoring	Loyola Meralco Sparks 10–1 Philippine Army
Longest winning run	8 games Stallion FC
Longest unbeaten run	8 games Global Stallion FC
Longest winless run	9 games Philippine Air Force
Longest losing run	9 games Philippine Air Force
← 2012 2014 →

United Football League Division 2

Season	2013
Champions	Team Socceroo
Promoted	Team Socceroo
Matches played	72
Goals scored	267 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeong Woo Lee (14 goals)
Highest scoring	Forza 4-5 Team Socceroo Team Socceroo 8–1 Laos
Longest winning run	16 games Team Socceroo
Longest unbeaten run	16 games Team Socceroo
Longest winless run	11 games Manila All-Japan
Longest losing run	4 games Dolphins United
← 2012 2014 →

Global FC are the defending champions, having won the previous Division 1 of the 2012 United Football League season. The season features 9 teams from the 2012 United Football League Division 1 and one new team promoted from the 2012 United Football League Division 2. Pachanga Diliman replaced the relegated Navy. The 2013 Division 1 league play kicked off on February 5, 2013 ^[1] while the Division 2 scheduled to kick off its first match between Dolphins United and Cebu Queen City United on February 9, 2013 at the Emperador Stadium ^[2] but Cebu Queen City United did not show up in the game time.^[3]

Stallion FC clinched the United Football League Division 1 championship after Kaya came away with a 3-2 victory against Global at the Emperador Stadium in Mckinley Hill in Taguig June 13, 2013.^[4]

Teams

Ten teams in Division 1 and Division 2 contest for this years' league title. Pachanga Diliman from 2012 UFL Division 2 to replace relegated Navy. Two 2012 UFL Division 2 sides Manila Lions and Sunken Garden United did not participate in this year's league contest after they finished 11th and 12th spot respectively in 2012 league season.

On March 1, 2013, the UFL management has officially ruled out Cebu Queen City United from participating after the club apparently withdrawn when the club’s request for home games was turned down by the league.^[5]

Clubs by division

Division 1

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Global	Brian Reid	Yu Hoshide	LGR Athletic	Kia
Green Archers United	Rodolfo Alicante	Chieffy Caligdong	LGR Athletic	Globe Telecom
Kaya	David Perkovic	Anton del Rosario	LGR Athletic	LBC Express, Inc.
Loyola Meralco Sparks	Vincent Santos	James Younghusband	LGR Athletic	Meralco
Manila Nomads	John Jofre	Randy Musters	AtletA
Pachanga Diliman	Noel Marcaida	Yves Ashime	Mizuno	Victory Liner
PSG	Esmaeil Sedigh	Jaham Taher	LGR Athletic	Cord Epoxy
Philippine Air Force	Leo Alfred Jaena	Ian Araneta		Philippine Air Force
Philippine Army	Patricio Bumidang, Jr.	Roel Gener	LGR Athletic
Stallion FC	Ernie Nierras	Reuben Doctora Jr.	Nike	Sta. Lucia Land Inc.

Division 2

Club	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Agila	John Paul Mérida	Mark Alvin Valeroso	Adidas
Cebu Queen City United	Mario Ceniza	Jan Michael Flores
Cimarron	Stephen Permanes	Bismark Frimpong	Adidas	Antonov Vodka
Dolphins United	Greg Calawod	Romnick Echin		OLM
Forza FC	Azlan Nazir	Allan Auman	LGR Athletic or? Orient Freight
Laos FC	Rolando Pinero	Rolly Lear
Manila All-Japan	Shinichiro Maeno	Yuki Tanaka		Cebu General Services, Inc.
Philippine Navy	Narciso Rosima	Loreto Kalalang	LGR Athletic	RedJuice
Team Socceroo	Nolan Manito	Michael Reyes	LGR Athletic	Vcargo Worldwide
Union Internacional Manila	Jorge Muller	Ivan Meilan	Rudy Project

Managerial changes

Division 1

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Incoming head coach
Global	Dan Palami[6]	End of caretaker position[6]	Brian Reid[6]
Loyola	Kim Chul-Soo	Mutual consent	Vincent Santos[7]
Kaya	Michael Angelo Alvarez	Resigned[8]	Maor Rozen[8]
	Maor Rozen	Resigned[9]	David Perkovic[10]
Manila Nomads	Michael Denison	Resigned[11]	John Jofre[11]
Pachanga Diliman	Norman Fegidero	Resigned	Salvador Alberto Salvacion
	Salvador Alberto Salvacion	Resigned	Noel Marcaida
Philippine Air Force	Edzel Bracamonte	Resigned	Leo Alfred Jaena

Division 2

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Incoming head coach
Agila	Carlo Jose Rodriguez	Resigned	John Paul Mérida
Cimarron	Salvador Alberto Salvacion	Transferred (to Pachanga Diliman)	Noel Marcaida
	Noel Marcaida	Transferred (to Pachanga Diliman)	Stephen Permanes
Laos	Ronald Patulin	Resigned	Rolando Pinero
Manila All-Japan	Ryo Kono	Mutual consent	Shinichiro Maeno
Navy	Marlon Maro	Resigned	Narciso Rosima
Team Socceroo	Alfredo Estacion	Resigned	Nolan Manito
Union Internacional Manila	Rafael Rodriguez	Mutual consent	Jorge Muller

Venues

Division 1

Stadium	Location
Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila
Emperador Stadium[2]	Taguig

Division 2

Stadium	Location
Emperador Stadium	Taguig

League table and results

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stallion (C)	18	15	1	2	60	22	+38	46
2	Global	18	14	1	3	47	12	+35	43
3	Loyola	18	11	5	2	50	18	+32	38
4	Kaya	18	8	7	3	35	21	+14	31
5	Pachanga Diliman	18	9	1	8	28	28	0	28
6	Green Archers United	18	7	3	8	36	36	0	24
7	Pasargad	18	6	3	9	38	38	0	21
8	Manila Nomads	18	3	4	11	16	43	−27	13
9	Philippine Army (O)	18	2	1	15	20	62	−42	7	Qualification to the 2013 Relegation playoffs
10	Philippine Air Force (R)	18	2	0	16	9	59	−50	6	Relegation to the 2014 UFL Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2013. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	GLO	GAU	KAY	LMS	NOM	PAC	PSG	PAF	PA	STA
Global		5–1	2–3	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
Green Archers United	0–4		1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	4–2	5–1	1–3
Kaya	3–2	3–3		3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–2
Loyola	1–1	2–0	1–1		5–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	10–1	1–1
Manila Nomads	0–4	1–4	0–0	2–2		1–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–6
Pachanga Diliman	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0		2–1	5–1	3–2	0–2
PSG	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–4	7–2	2–3		5–0	4–0	0–4
Philippine Air Force	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–4	2–0	0–3	0–6		0–3	2–7
Philippine Army	0–6	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–2	4–5	0–1		1–6
Stallion	1–2	4–3	3–2	4–2	1–0	3–1	5–1	6–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on June 20, 2013, 23:00. Source: United Football League (Philippines) soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Team Socceroo (C, P)	16	16	0	0	60	14	+46	48	Promotion to the 2014 UFL Division 1
2	Union Internacional Manila	16	9	4	3	32	23	+9	31	Qualification to the 2013 Promotion playoffs
3	Forza	16	8	3	5	38	26	+12	27
4	Agila	16	9	0	7	30	34	−4	27
5	Laos	16	6	3	7	29	38	−9	21
6	Philippine Navy	16	4	4	8	17	27	−10	16
7	Cimarron	16	4	2	10	27	36	−9	14
8	Manila All-Japan	16	2	5	9	16	34	−18	11
9	Dolphins United	16	3	1	12	21	38	−17	10
10	Cebu Queen City United (E)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2013. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Cebu Queen City United was officially ruled out by UFL management after the club withdrawn from the league as the club's request for home games in Cebu was turned down by the UFL.

Home \ Away	AGI	CQC[a]	CIM	DOL	FOR	LAO	AJP	PN	SOC	UIM
Agila			1–0	3–2	1–6	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–4	2–3
Cebu Queen City United[b]
Cimarron	1–3			4–2	1–4	4–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–3
Dolphins United	1–2		2–2		0–5	1–2	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–2
Forza	3–1		3–2	1–3		1–2	2–2	3–2	4–5	1–1
Laos	2–3		2–1	2–1	3–1		2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2
Manila All-Japan	1–4		1–2	0–1	0–2	1–1		0–0	0–4	1–3
Philippine Navy	0–1		1–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–2		0–1	0–3
Team Socceroo	5–2		5–1	4–1	2–1	8–1	5–0	6–2		2–0
Union Internacional Manila	2–0		4–3	3–0	0–1	4–4	0–0	2–2	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on June 20, 2013, 21:00. Source: United Football League (Philippines)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. All fixtures involving Cebu Queen City United have been nullified after the UFL management officially ruled out the club from participating.
2. All fixtures involving Cebu Queen City United have been nullified after the UFL management officially ruled out the club from participating.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

Philippine Army, the 9th-placed team of Division 1 will face the 2nd-placed 2013 UFL Division 2 side Union Internacional Manila in a two-legged playoff. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2014 UFL Division 1.^[12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Philippine Army	8–4	Union Internacional Manila	5–3	3–1

1st Leg

July 7, 2013

20:00 PST

Philippine Army	5–3	Union Internacional Manila
Margarse 40' Brillantes 49', 67' Vestal 56' Lobaton 76'		Meilan 3' Stanley 19' Owusu 90' (pen.)

Emperador Stadium, Taguig

2nd Leg

July 14, 2013

17:00 PST

Union Internacional Manila	1–3	Philippine Army
Stanley 63'		Gener 35' Vestal 65', 83'

Emperador Stadium, Taguig

Philippine Army won 8–4 on aggregate and retained its United Football League Division 1 spot for the 2014 season.

Top goalscorers

Correct as of 23:00, June 20, 2013
Source: UFL Phil Archived April 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Division 1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rufo Sánchez	Stallion FC	18
2	Phil Younghusband	Loyola	17
3	Mark Hartmann	Loyola	13
	Izzeldin El Habbib	Global FC
5	Emmanuel Mbata	PSG	12
6	Chieffy Caligdong	Green Archers United	9
7	Lee Joo-Young	Stallion FC	8
8	Ian Araneta	Philippine Air Force	7
9	Nathan Alquiros	Stallion FC	6
	Anton del Rosario	Kaya
	Jeffrey Christiaens	Global FC
	Jesus Joaquin Melliza	Green Archers United
	Christian Pasilan	Green Archers United
	Meliton Pelayo	Philippine Army
	Kalilou Toure	PSG

Division 2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeong Woo Lee	Team Socceroo	14
2	Jerome Cuyos	Dolphins United	12
3	Dibi Pascal	Forza	11
4	Shin Seok Jeon	Team Socceroo	10
5	Ebenezer Owusu	Union Internacional Manila	8
6	Ivan Meilan	Union Internacional Manila	7
	Bismark Frimpong	Cimarron
	Olayemi Bakare	Agila
9	Philip Zemen	Agila	6
	Richard Leyble	Navy
	Hyeon Seung Lee	Team Socceroo

Own goals

Division 1

Rank	Player	For	Club	Own Goal
1	Bafio Magassa	Global	Manila Nomads	2
		Stallion FC
2	Edward Rances	Global	Pachanga Diliman	1
3	Carli de Murga	Kaya	Global	1

Division 2

Rank	Player	For	Club	Own Goal
1	Yuki Itoyama	Cimarron	Manila All-Japan	1
2	Henderson Campo	Cimarron	Forza	1

Hat-tricks

Division 1

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rufo Sánchez	Stallion FC	Philippine Air Force	7–2‡	7 March 2013
Robert Cañedo	Pachanga Diliman	Philippine Air Force	5–1	21 March 2013
Phil Younghusband	Loyola Meralco Sparks	Philippine Army	10–1‡	16 April 2013
Mark Hartmann	Loyola Meralco Sparks	Philippine Army	10–1‡	16 April 2013
Rufo Sánchez	Stallion FC	Philippine Army	6–1‡	30 April 2013
Oussenynou Diop	Pachanga Diliman	PSG	3–2	4 May 2013

Division 2

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jerome Cuyos	Dolphins United	Philippine Navy	4–0	3 March 2013
Jeong Woo Lee	Team Socceroo	Agila	4–1	14 April 2013
Shin Seok Jeon	Team Socceroo	Navy	6–2	5 May 2013
Hyeon Seung Lee	Team Socceroo	Forza	5–4	26 May 2013
Olayemi Bakare	Agila	Manila All-Japan	4–1	1 June 2013

• ^‡ Player scored more than three goals

Scoring

Division 1

• First goal of the season: Relan Bretaña for Philippine Army against Loyola (February 5, 2013)
• Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Mark Hartmann for Loyola against Philippine Air Force (February 21, 2013) and Agbayomi Olowoyeye for Green Archers United against Philippine Army (May 18, 2013)
• First own goal of the season: 50 Minutes – Bafio Magassa of Manila Nomads for Global (February 14, 2013)
• Widest winning margin: 9 goals
  • Loyola Meralco Sparks 10–1 Philippine Army (April 16, 2013)
• Highest scoring game: 11 goals
  • Loyola Meralco Sparks 10–1 Philippine Army (April 16, 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 10 goals
  • Loyola Meralco Sparks 10–1 Philippine Army (April 16, 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Philippine Army 4–5 PSG (June 17, 2013)

Division 2

• First goal of the season: Own goal by Manila All-Japan player Yuki Itoyama scored for Cimarron (February 10, 2013)
• Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Mohammad Ghasemi for Laos against Dolphins United (May 26, 2013)
• First own goal of the season: 6 Minutes – Yuki Itoyama of Manila All-Japan for Cimarron (February 10, 2013)
• Widest winning margin: 7 goals
  • Team Socceroo 8–1 Laos (June 20, 2013)
• Highest scoring game: 9 goals
  • Forza 4–5 Team Socceroo (May 26, 2013)
  • Team Socceroo 8–1 Laos (June 20, 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
  • Team Socceroo 8–1 Laos (June 20, 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Forza 4–5 Team Socceroo (May 26, 2013)

Season Awards

Team Awards

The following teams are awarded by the United Football League in the ceremony.^[13]

Division 1

Club	Award
Stallion FC	Champions
Global	1st-Runner Up
Loyola Meralco Sparks	Fair Play Award

Division 2

Club	Award
Team Socceroo	Champions
Manila All-Japan	Fair Play Award

Individual awards

The following players are awarded by the United Football League Committee in the ceremony.^[13]

Division 1

Player	Club	Award
Rufo Sánchez	Stallion FC	Golden Ball
Rufo Sánchez	Stallion FC	Golden Boot(18 goals)
Roland Sadia	Global	Best Goalkeeper

Division 2

Player	Club	Award
Jeong Woo Lee	Team Socceroo	Golden Ball
Jeong Woo Lee	Team Socceroo	Golden Boot(14 goals)
Seung Seok Seo	Team Socceroo	Best Goalkeeper