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

Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Dates	February 6 – April 16
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Global F.C. (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ceres F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Goals scored	188 (4.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Robert Lopez Mendy (11 goals)
Awards
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

February 6, 2016

16:00

Forza	1–0	Agila
Orcullo 85' (o.g.)	Report 1, 2

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

February 6, 2016

20:30

JP Voltes	3–0	Laos
Odawara 19' Espinosa 44' Skinker 76'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 7, 2016

18:15

Kaya	0–1	Stallion
	Report	Mintah 39'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 13, 2016

18:15

JP Voltes	2–1	Forza
Yanagawa 25', 56'		Mekong 9'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 14, 2016

16:00

Stallion	4–0	Agila
Nana 32' Park 85' Soberano 89' Mintah 90+2'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

February 14, 2016

20:30

Kaya	6–1	Laos
Lopez Mendy 16', 41' Bedic 77', 92' Borromeo 79' Del Rosario 84'		Altiche 21'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 18, 2016

18:15

Kaya	5–1	Agila
Borromeo 12' Porteria 39' (pen.), 68' Bedic 47' Daniels 72'.		Jang 20'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 20, 2016

20:30

Stallion	2–1	JP Voltes
Flores 20' Bonney 47'		Odawara 61'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 21, 2016

18:15

Laos	0–3 Awarded[note 1]	Forza

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 27, 2016

18:15

JP Voltes	0–4	Kaya
		Lopez Mendy 5', 25', 48' Bedic 83'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

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February 28, 2016

16:00

Forza	1–9	Stallion
Italia 89' (o.g.)		Beloya 36' Mintah 43', 50', 65', 78' Tuason 55' Doctora 61' Flores 63' Soberano 74'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

February 28, 2016

20:30

Agila	1–1	Laos
Alcoresa 87'		Hajimahdi 50'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)

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March 3, 2016

20:30

Forza	0–6	Kaya
		Daniels 12', 68' Lopez Mendy 26', 34', 59' Muñoz 87'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)

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March 4, 2016

18:15

Agila	0–4	JP Voltes
		Yanagawa 5' Wada 41' Nakazono 78' Mahmoud 85'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)

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March 5, 2016

18:15

Laos	1–4	Stallion
Hajimehdi 26'		Doctora 3', 24' Mintah 12' Bonney 17'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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

February 6, 2016

18:15

Pasargad	0–7	Global
	Report 1, 2	El-Habib 3' Minegishi 15', 44' Nazari 39', 61', 71' Villanueva 79'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 7, 2016

16:00

Manila Nomads	0–4	Green Archers United
		Young 52' Epesso 74' Hossain 79' Ariola 86'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

February 7, 2016

20:30

Loyola Meralco Sparks	1–2	Ceres
Valmayor 65'	Report	De Murga 34', 90+2'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

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February 13, 2016

16:00

Global	0–3 Awarded[note 2]	Green Archers United
M. Hartmann 82' Kouassi 90+4'		Epesso 27'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

February 13, 2016

20:30

Pasargad	1–7	Loyola Meralco Sparks
De Castro 44'		Castiella 15', 22', 56' Minniecon 18', 39', 51' J. Younghusband 54'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 14, 2016

18:15

Manila Nomads	0–15	Ceres
		Gallardo 3', 40' Marañón 23', 43' Schröck 27', 49' Reichelt 34' Steuble 35', 42', 84' De Murga 39' Burkey 59' Lee 71', 74', 88'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 18, 2016

20:30

Pasargad	0–9	Ceres
		Gallardo 20', 50', 65', 71' Schröck 26', 61', 87' Ingreso 35' Reichelt 47'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 20, 2016

18:15

Green Archers United	2–4	Loyola Meralco Sparks
Epesso 22' Melliza 86'		Valmayor 7' J. Younghusband 20' Minniecon 70' Morallo 72'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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February 21, 2016

20:30

Global	4–0	Manila Nomads
Kouassi 36', 57' M. Hartmann 60', 81'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)

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February 27, 2016

16:00

Ceres	3–2	Green Archers United
Schröck 17' Lee 36' Marañón 68'		Ariola 32' Caligdong 75'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)

February 27, 2016

20:30

Loyola Meralco Sparks	0–2	Global
		Kouassi 42' Nazari 52'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)

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February 28, 2016

18:15

Manila Nomads	0–4	Pasargad
		Camara 4', 26' Ebere 74' De Castro 78'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)

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March 3, 2016

18:15

Ceres	1–2	Global
Steuble 8'		Nikolic 36' M. Hartmann 77'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

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March 4, 2016

16:00

Green Archers United	3–1	Pasargad
Caligdong 5', 74' Melliza 16'		Ebere 60'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)

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March 5, 2016

18:15

Loyola Meralco Sparks	11–0	Manila Nomads
J. Younghusband 3', 26' (pen.) Castiella 18', 41', 73', 75', 81', 86' De Jong 29', 45' Morallo 84'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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

Plate SF Losing teams

Loyola Meralco Sparks

4

Kaya

3(7) (a.e.t.)

Third place

Forza

0

Ceres

3(8)

Green Archers United

N/A

1B

Ceres

7

Stallion

1

Forza

N/A

4A

Forza

0

Kaya

2

Quarterfinals

April 2, 2016

17:15

Stallion	3–2	Green Archers United
Rota 20' Doctora 55' Arboleda 88'		Caligdong 49', 90'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)

April 2, 2016

20:15

Loyola Meralco Sparks	1–2	Kaya
J. Younghusband 38'		Omura 73' Lopez Mendy 90'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 476

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

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April 3, 2016

17:15

JP Voltes	0–1	Global
		Kouassi 57'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)

April 3, 2016

20:15

Ceres	7–0	Forza
Christiaens 15' Burkey 17' Marañón 36', 39' Gallardo 61' Soriano 63' Panhay 80'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)

Semi finals

April 6, 2016

17:15

Stallion	0–2	Global
		Nikolić 29' Kaole 43'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Linjun Talaver (NOFA)

April 6, 2016

20:15

Ceres	3–3 (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

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (ZANDIFA)

Plate Semi finals

April 7, 2016

17:15

Green Archers United	0–1	JP Voltes
		Hoshide 68'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Krizmark Nañola (QFA)

April 7, 2016

20:15

Forza	0–4	Loyola Meralco Sparks
		J. Younghusband 25', 74', 90' Cañas 35'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Aldous Mirafuentes (FAR)

Plate

April 16, 2016

14:15

JP Voltes	0–2	Loyola Meralco Sparks
		Minniecon 61' Valmayor 77'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Third place

April 16, 2016

17:15

Stallion	1–2	Kaya
Flores 21'		Lopez Mendy 40', 68'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Final

April 16, 2016

20:15

Global	3–1	Ceres
Bahadoran 21', 56' M. Hartmann 24'		Burkey 69'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat^[1](ZANDIFA)

Player awards

Player	Club	Award
Misagh Bahadoran	Global	Golden Ball
Patrick Deyto	Global	Best Goalkeeper
Amani Aguinaldo	Global	Best Defender
Miguel Tanton	Kaya	Best Midfielder
Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya	Top 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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya	11
2	Alvaro Castiella	Loyola	9
3	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	8
	James Younghusband	Loyola
4	Jordan Mintah	Stallion	7
5	Stephan Schröck	Ceres	6
6	Emelio Caligdong	Green Archers United	5
	Matthew Hartmann	Global
	Bienvenido Marañón	Ceres
	Tahj Minniecon	Loyola
7	Jovin Bedic	Kaya	4
	Lee Jeong Woo	Ceres
	Kofi Kouassi	Global
	Martin Steuble	Ceres
	Ruben Doctora	Stallion
	Omid Nazari	Global
	Jose Porteria	Kaya

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Omid Nazari	Global	PSG	7–0	6 February 2016
Alvaro Castiella	Loyola	PSG	1–7	13 February 2016
Tahj Minniecon	Loyola	PSG	1–7	13 February 2016
Martin Steuble	Ceres	Manila Nomads	0–15	14 February 2016
Lee Jeong Woo	Ceres	Manila Nomads	0–15	14 February 2016
Adrián Gallardo4	Ceres	PSG	0–9	18 February 2016
Stephan Schröck	Ceres	PSG	0–9	18 February 2016
Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya	JP Voltes	0–4	27 February 2016
Jordan Mintah4	Stallion	Forza	1–9	28 February 2016
Robert Lopez Mendy	Kaya	Forza	0–6	3 March 2016
Alvaro Castiella 6	Loyola	PSG	11–0	5 March 2016
James Younghusband	Loyola	Forza	0–4	7 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]