2015 United Football League

The 2015 United Football League was the sixth season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Ten teams competed in UFL Division 1 while seven teams were in Division 2.^[1]

Global were the defending champions, having won the Division 1 of the 2014 United Football League season.^[2]

Ceres outclassed Team Socceroo 6-0 on 15 July 2015 to clinch the 2015 United Football League title with two games to spare.

Season summary

UFL Division 1 headlined a complete 10-team cast for the highest level of Philippine League football. Ceres and Manila Jeepney played in Division I, replacing the relegated Pasargad and the spot left by Manila Nomads' last season.^[3]

UFL Division 2 only had seven participants with new side Kabuscorp and returnees Mendiola. Six Division 2 clubs, namely, Philippine Air Force, Manila Nomads, UIM, Philippine Navy, Dolphins United, Cimarron, participated in the 2015 UFL League competitions.

Division 1

United Football League Division 1

Season	2015
Champions	Ceres
Relegated	Philippine Army
Matches played	81
Goals scored	341 (4.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	18 goals Adrián Gallardo
Highest scoring	14 goals Pachanga Diliman 5–9 Green Archers United
Longest winning run	7 games Ceres
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Global
Longest winless run	10 games Team Socceroo
Longest losing run	10 games Team Socceroo
← 2014 2016 →

Clubs

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ceres	Ali Go	Juan Luis Guirado	Adidas	Ceres Liner
Global	Leigh Manson	Misagh Bahadoran	Accel	Smart
Green Archers United	Rodolfo Alicante	Christian Pasilan	Mizuno	Globe Telecom
Kaya	Fabien Larry Lewis	Chris Greatwich	LGR Athletic	LBC Express
Loyola Meralco Sparks	Simon McMenemy	James Younghusband	Under Armour	Meralco
Manila Jeepney	Kim Chul-Soo	Davide Cortina	LGR Athletic
Pachanga Diliman	Yuki Matsuda	Anton Gonzales	Umbro
Philippine Army	Patricio Bumidang	Roel Gener		Artificial Turf Sejung
Stallion	Ernest Nierras	Ruben Doctora	Mizuno	Gilligan's
Team Socceroo	Franklin Cacacho	Lee Jeong Woo	Loro Sports	Chevrolet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Incoming head coach
Loyola	Vince Santos	End of Contract	Simon McMenemy[4]
Kaya	David Perkovic	End of Contract	Adam Reekie[5]
Kaya	Adam Reekie[6]	Resigned	Fabien Larry Lewis
Ceres	Cha Seung-ryong	Resigned	Ali Go[7]

Venues

Club	Stadium	Location	Capacity
All Clubs	Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila	12,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ceres (C)	17	14	1	2	59	13	+46	43	Qualification to the 2015 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Global	17	10	5	2	50	15	+35	35
3	Loyola Meralco Sparks	17	11	2	4	46	26	+20	35
4	Kaya (Q)	17	10	1	6	47	23	+24	31	Qualification to the 2015 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
5	Stallion	17	10	1	6	36	24	+12	31
6	Green Archers United	17	7	3	7	36	33	+3	24
7	Manila Jeepney	17	4	4	9	30	48	−18	16
8	Pachanga Diliman	17	3	3	11	27	52	−25	12
9	Team Socceroo (R)	17	1	1	15	7	69	−62	4	Qualification to the 2015 Relegation playoffs
10	Philippine Army (D, E)	9	0	1	8	3	38	−35	1	Disqualified from the tournament

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2015. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Kaya qualified to the 2016 AFC Cup Group stage by winning the 2015 UFL Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	CER	GLO	GAU	KAY	LMS	MJP	PAC	PAR	STA	SOC
Ceres		2–2	2–1	2–0	5–2	2–1	3–0		2–1	6–0
Global	2–0		1–1	0–2	2–2	10–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	6–0
Green Archers United	0–7	0–2		0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1		3–3	4–0
Kaya	1–2	1–3	0–2		3–2	4–1	4–1	4–0	0–3	5–0
Loyola Meralco Sparks	1–6	1–0	4–0	3–3		2–0	5–2	7–0	1–2	1–0
Manila Jeepney	2–1	2–2	2–3	0–4	2–3		1–4	2–2	3–2	5–0
Pachanga Diliman	0–5	0–2	5–9	2–6	0–4	3–3		4–1	1–3	1–1
Philippine Army	0–7		0–3						0–2	0–4
Stallion	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–0			4–0
Team Socceroo	0–4	0–8	0–5	0–7	0–4	1–3	0–2		1–4

Source: uflph.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

United Football League Division 2

Season	2015
Champions	Laos
Promoted	Laos
Matches played	36
Goals scored	152 (4.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	12 goals Chihiro Noda
Highest scoring	11 goals JP Voltes 9–2 Mendiola
Longest winning run	11 games Laos
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Laos
Longest winless run	6 games Kabuscorp
Longest losing run	6 games Kabuscorp
← 2014 2016 →

Clubs

Club	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Agila	Ramon Vicente Roxas	Olayemi Bakare	LGR Athletic	Blue Booters
Forza	Jun Mark Saraga	Allan Auman	LGR Athletic	Orient Freight
JP Voltes	Shinichiro Maeno	Yuki Tanaka	LGR Athletic	JK Mart
Kabuscorp De Laguna	Eliezer Fabroada		LGT Athletic	Kabuscorp SCP
Laos	Rudy Del Rosario	Rolly Lear	LGR Athletic
Mendiola	Aris Caslib		Adidas	victory liner
Pasargad	Mike Agbayani	Jay Torres	LGR Athletic	Cord Marine Epoxy

Venues

Club	Stadium	Location	Capacity
All Clubs	Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila	12,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Laos (C, P)	11	10	1	0	33	8	+25	31	Promotion to the 2016 UFL Division 1
2	JP Voltes (O, P)	11	7	3	1	48	12	+36	24	Qualification to the 2015 Promotion playoffs
3	Forza	11	6	2	3	27	17	+10	20
4	Agila	11	4	0	7	17	35	−18	12
5	Mendiola	11	2	2	7	15	28	−13	8
6	Pasargad	11	2	2	7	11	25	−14	8
7	Laguna Kabuscorp (D, E)	6	0	0	6	1	27	−26	0	Disqualified from the tournament

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2015. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AGI	FOR	JPV	KDL	LAO	MEN	PSG
Agila		1–3	0–8	3–0	0–3	4–1	3–1
Forza	5–2		2–2		1–2	4–2	2–1
JP Voltes	8–0	2–1		7–0	2–3	9–2	5–0
Kabuscorp De Laguna		1–7			0–3	0–3
Laos	3–2	3–0	1–1			2–1	3–1
Mendiola	3–1	0–0	2–3		0–3		0–1
Pasargad	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–7	1–1

Source: uflph.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

Team Socceroo, the 9th-placed team of Division 1 faced the 2nd-placed 2015 UFL Division 2 side JP Voltes in a two-legged playoff. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2016 UFL Division 1.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Team Socceroo	1 - 12	JP Voltes	1 - 3	0 - 9

1st Leg

August 8, 2015

19:30 PST

Team Socceroo	1 - 3	JP Voltes
Matsunaga 28'	Report	Tatsuya Nakamura 6' Michael Mabanag 26' del Rosario 45'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

2nd Leg

August 11, 2015

19:30 PST

JP Voltes	9 - 0	Team Socceroo
del Rosario 17', 49', 72' Chihiro Noda 34', 45', 61', 69', 83' John Celiz 57'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

JP Voltes won 12–1 on aggregate and earned a United Football League Division 1 spot for the 2016 season.

Top goalscorers

Division 1 Rank Name Team Goals 1 Adrián Gallardo Ceres 18 2 Robert Lopez Mendy Green Archers United 11 Phil Younghusband Loyola 4 Jose Porteria Kaya 10 5 Mark Hartmann Global 9 Jordan Mintah Stallion Hikaru Minegishi Global Bradley Grayson Loyola 9 Lee Jeong Woo Pachanga Diliman/Ceres 8 Louis Max Clark Kaya Tishan Hanley Kaya Hamed Hajimahdi Pachanga Diliman Ruben Doctora Stallion Correct as of 22:30, 5 August 2015 Source: uflph.com[usurped]

Division 2 Rank Name Team Goals 1 Chihiro Noda JP Voltes 12 2 Shayan Jafary Dastjerdi Laos 9 3 Nicolas Vandelli Forza 6 Takashi Odawara JP Voltes Patrik James Franksson Laos 6 Jangobah Johnson Forza 5 7 Yugo Kobayashi JP Voltes 4 8 Romeo Sydney Gohi Agila 3 Yuta Nakagaito JP Voltes John Celiz JP Voltes Cheick Ahmed Camara Laos Jim Ashley Flores Mendiola Renando Mantua, Jr. JP Voltes Amadou Lamine Ngom Forza Correct as of 23:00, 18 July 2015 Source: uflph.com[usurped]

Hat-tricks

Division	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1	Ruben Doctora	Stallion	Team Socceroo	4–1	14 February 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Philippine Army	7–0	3 March 2015
1	Mark Hartmann	Global	Manila Jeepney	10–1	11 April 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Loyola Meralco Sparks	5–2	11 April 2015
1	Robert Lopez Mendy	Green Archers United	Pachanga Diliman	9–5‡	20 June 2015
1	Bienvenido Marañón	Ceres	Loyola Meralco Sparks	6–1	20 June 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Pachanga Diliman	5–0‡	23 June 2015
1	Tishan Hanley	Kaya	Pachanga Diliman	4–1	11 July 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Green Archers United	7–0	15 July 2015
1	Phil Younghusband	Loyola Meralco Sparks	Pachanga Diliman	5–2	22 July 2015
1	Tishan Hanley	Kaya	Team Socceroo	7–0	29 July 2015
2	Chihiro Noda	JP Voltes	Mendiola	9–2‡	22 February 2015
2	Chihiro Noda	JP Voltes	Kabuscorp De Laguna	7–0‡	26 February 2015
2	Nicolas Vandelli	Forza	Kabuscorp De Laguna	7–1‡	12 March 2015
2	Yugo Kobayashi	JP Voltes	Agila	8–0‡	19 March 2015

• ^‡ Player scored more than three goals

Correct as of 22:00, 29 July 2015
Source: uflph.com^[usurped]

Discipline

Division 1 Most yellow cards (club): 26 Philippine Army Least yellow cards (club): 10 Pachanga Diliman Most yellow cards (player): 5 Ronel Gener (Philippine Army) Most red cards (club): 2 Philippine ArmyXY Team SoccerooXY Least red cards (club): 0 Pachanga Diliman Stallion Most red cards (player): 1 Jalsor Soriano (Ceres)Y William Herve Ebanda (Green Archers United)Y Jorge Butron (Kaya)Y Joo Young Lee (Loyola)Y Dexter Chio (Manila Jeepney)X Erwin Silvestre (Philippine Army)Y Lauren Bedua (Philippine Army)X Arnes Casil (Team Socceroo)Y Rogie Maglinas (Team Socceroo)X Most red cards (Team Management): 1 Jorge Kuriyama (Global GK Coach)X Note: X means Straight Red Card; Y means 2 Yellow Cards Correct as of 22:30, 18 April 2015 Source: UFL Philippines

Division 2 Most yellow cards (club): - Most yellow card (player): - Most red cards (club): - Most red cards (player): - Correct as of__:__, __ ______ 2015 Source: UFL Philippines

Cards and suspension

Division 1

Ceres (Total: 18 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Martin Steuble		MJP KAY STA	2/17/15 3/14/15 3/22/15	Green Archers Utd	4/07/15
		LMS	4/11/15
Angelo Marasigan		PAC	3/01/15
Arnie Pasinabo Jr.		PAR	3/03/15
Jason Sabio		PAR	3/03/15
Camelo Tacusalme		PAR	3/03/15
Patrick Reichelt		KAY STA	3/14/15 3/22/15
Marvin Angeles		STA	3/22/15
Sang Min Kim		GAU LMS	4/07/15 04/11/15
Jalsor Soriano		GAU	4/07/15	Loyola	4/11/15
Manuel Ott		LMS GLO	4/11/15 4/18/15
Adrian Gallardo Valdes		GLO	4/18/15

Global (Total: 16 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Richard Talaroc		GAU	2/07/15
Yu Hoshide		PAC	2/14/15
Raúl Martinez		PAC PAR LMS	2/14/15 2/28/15 3/21/15	Manila Jeepney	4/11/15
Amani Aguinaldo		STA LMS	2/21/15 3/21/15
Masaki Yanagawa		STA	2/21/15
Renato González		PAR	2/28/15
Dennis Villanueva		PAR	2/28/15
Hikaru Minegishi		KAY	3/07/15
Jerry Barbaso		LMS	3/21/15
Daisuke Sato		LMS	3/21/15
Renato Gonzales		MJP CER	4/11/15 4/18/15
Paolo Salenga		MJP	4/11/15
Mark Hartmann		CER	4/18/15

Green Archers United (Total: 19 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Daniel del Rio		GLO STA	2/07/15 4/18/15
Robert Cañedo		GLO	2/07/15
Hervé Ebanda		GLO KAY LMS	2/07/15 2/15/15 3/15/15	Team Socceroo	3/22/15
		STA	4/18/15	Global	5/31/15
		CER	4/04/15
Reynald Villareal		KAY SOC STA	2/15/15 3/22/15 4/18/15	Global	5/31/15
Jesse Martindale		KAY LMS	2/15/15 3/15/15
David Icardo		PAR	2/22/15
Robert Lopez Mendy		LMS	3/15/15
Christian Pasilan		LMS	3/15/15
Tommy Escoltero		SOC	3/22/15
Paolo Pascual		STA	4/18/15

Kaya (Total: 16 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Jorge Butron		STA	4/12/15	Loyola	4/19/15
		PAR CER	2/07/15 3/14/15
Miguel Tanton		PAR CER PAC	2/07/15 3/14/15 3/21/15	Stallion	4/12/15
Louis Clark		GAU LMS	2/15/15 3/07/15
Joshua Beloya		MJP STA	2/21/15 4/12/15
Alfred Osei		LMS STA	3/07/15 4/12/15
Richard Greer		CER	3/14/15
Christopher Greatwich		CER	3/14/15
James Rochlitz		PAC	3/21/15

Loyola Meralco Sparks (Total: 15 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
James Younghusband		SOC MJP GAU	2/08/15 2/15/15 3/15/15	Global	3/21/15
Charlie Beaton		PAC	2/22/15
Yves Ashime		STA	2/28/15
Simon Greatwich		STA GAU CER	2/28/15 3/15/15 4/11/15	Kaya	4/19/15
Adam Mitter		GAU	3/15/15
Joo Young Lee		GAU	3/15/15	Global	3/21/15
Anthony Putrus-Schnell		GLO CER	3/21/15 4/11/15
Anton Edward Del Rosario		CER	4/11/15
Phil Younghusband		CER	4/11/15

Manila Jeepney (Total: 16 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Chy Villasenor		CER STA	2/07/15 3/10/15
Jake Morallo		CER	2/07/15
Manuel Chaffort		CER LMS	2/07/15 2/15/15
Peter Fadrigalan		CER GAU GLO	2/07/15 2/28/15 4/11/15	Team Socceroo	4/18/15
Alvaro Alonzo		LMS	2/15/15
Hyun Don In		LMS	2/15/15
Dexter Chio		KAY	2/28/15	Stallion	3/10/15
Su Hyun Park		PAC	3/14/15
Arnel Amita		GLO SOC	4/11/15 4/18/15
N'gnan Koffi Kouassi		GLO	4/11/15
Rodrigue Nembot Talla		SOC	4/18/15

Pachanga Diliman (Total: 10 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Stephen Permanes		STA	2/08/15
Hossein Doustdarsefidmazgi		STA GLO	2/08/15 2/14/15
Ali Mahmoud		GLO LMS GAU	2/14/15 2/22/15 4/12/15	Philippine Army	4/19/15
Jayson Cutamora		LMS	2/22/15
Raffy Cabug		SOC MJP	3/07/15 3/14/15
Nathan Octavio		GAU	4/12/15

Philippine Army (Total: 27 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Djibril Sissako		KAY	2/07/15
Ronel Gener		KAY GAU GLO	2/07/15 2/22/15 2/28/15	Ceres	3/03/15
		LMS SOC	3/03/15 4/11/15	Pachanga Diliman	4/19/15
Eduardo Gempisaw Jr.		KAY CFC STA	2/07/15 3/03/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Yong Ok Choi		KAY GAU STA	2/07/15 2/22/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Song Ji Hun		GAU LMS STA	2/22/15 3/07/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Lauren Bedua		GAU	2/22/15
Elmo Pabilona Jr.		GFC LMS STA	2/28/15 3/07/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Erwin Silvestre		CFC	3/03/15	Loyola	3/07/15
Rodrigo Betita		LMS STA	3/07/15 3/15/15
Roel Gener		MJP	3/21/15
Luisito Brillantes		MJP	3/21/15
Wilson Dela Cruz		SOC	4/11/15
Lauren Bedua		SOC	4/11/15	Pachanga Diliman	4/19/15

Stallion (Total: 24 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Shirmar Felongco		PAC LMS PAR	2/08/15 2/28/15 3/15/15	Ceres	3/22/15
		KAY	4/12/15
OJ Clariño		PAC CER KAY	2/08/15 3/22/15 4/12/15	Green Archers Utd	4/18/15
Ruben Doctora		GLO	2/21/15
Jordan Mintah		GLO KAY GAU	2/21/15 4/12/15 4/18/15	Pachanga Diliman	5/30/15
Sean Bateau		GLO	2/21/15
Louis Kaole		GLO LMS CER	2/21/15 2/28/15 3/22/15	Kaya	4/12/15
		GAU	4/18/15
Milan Arends		LMS PAR KAY	2/28/15 3/15/15 4/12/15	Green Archers Utd	4/18/15
Jose Luis Lozano		MJP	3/10/15
Landry Nguene		PAR	3/15/15
Christian Nana		CER	3/22/15
Nathanael Alquiros		GAU	4/18/15
David Basa		GAU	4/18/15

Team Socceroo (Total: 18 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Justin Mengane		LMS	2/08/15
John Michael Navarro		LMS KAY	2/08/15 3/17/15
Masood Shadideh		LMS	2/08/15
Guilherme Hasegawa		STA	2/14/15
Mandie Lunag		GLO	2/17/15
Mamadou Sangare		GLO GAU MJP	2/17/15 3/22/15 4/18/15	Loyola	5/30/15
Paolo Casambre		PAC PAR	3/07/15 4/11/15
Stanley Ankrah		PAC	3/07/15
Marco Poli		PAC	3/07/15
Feb Baya		KAY	3/17/15
Arnel Casil		GAU	3/22/15	Ceres	3/31/15
Beleu Cleopas		PAR	4/11/15
Rogie Maglinas		PAR	4/11/15	Manila Jeepney	4/18/15

Correct as of 22:30, 18 April 2015
Source: UFL Philippines