2015 UFL Cup

The 2015 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started on May 2 and ended on August 28, 2015. This edition was supposed to be held in 2014 but the kick off was moved to 2015 with the main objective to eventually align league schedules with ASEAN neighbors.[1]

2015 United Football Cup
Country Philippines
DatesMay 2 – August 28
Teams20
ChampionsKaya F.C.
Runners-upCeres F.C.
Matches played54
Goals scored288 (5.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Tishan Hanley
(15 goals)
← 2013
2016 →

Loyola Meralco Sparks are the defending champions.[2]

The 20 teams which participated at the tournament were distributed into four groups for the group stage. All group stage matches will take place at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.[3]

Kaya were crowned champions and qualified for a play-off spot at the 2016 AFC Cup.[4]

Group stage
Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[5]

  1. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  3. If, after applying criteria 1 and 2, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 and 2 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 8 apply;
  4. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  5. Fewest red cards
  6. Fewest yellow cards
  7. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.
  8. Drawing of lots, coin toss or play-off match as determined by the Executive Committee

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ceres 4 4 0 0 24 2 +22 12
Green Archers United 4 3 0 1 14 4 +10 9
Pasargad 4 2 0 2 5 11 −6 6
Philippine Army 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 3
Bright Star 4 0 0 4 2 24 −22 0
Source:
Philippine Army4–1Bright Star
Brillantes  13'
Benitez  62', 72'
Bedua  87'		 Report Adams  61'
Ceres4–0Pasargad
Panhay  17'
Steuble  38'
Lee Jeong Woo  53'
Jal. Soriano  87'		 Report
Ceres2–1Philippine Army
Lee Jeong Woo  19'
Steuble  65'		 Report Benitez  66'
Bright Star0–4Green Archers United
Report Del Rio  11'
Pasilan  43'
Diamante  80'
Simpron  86'
Pasargad0–6Green Archers United
Report Pasilan  3'
Caligdong  17'
Reynald Villareal  22'
Mendy  53', 60'
Chaffort  90+2'
Bright Star0–14Ceres
Report Kama  4', 17'
Panhay  6', 22'
Gallardo  13', 27'
Steuble  31'
Burkey  42', 90+1'
Lee Jeong Woo  46', 61', 63', 75'
Angeles  88'
Pasargad2–1Bright Star
Ogochukwu  43' (pen), 61' (pen) Report Yao  77'
Green Archers United3–0
(awarded)		Philippine Army
Green Archers United1–4Ceres
Mendy  3' Report Lee Jeong Woo  63'
Bienvenido Marañón  64'
Gallardo  69'
Christiaens  81'
Philippine Army0–3
(awarded)		Pasargad
Report
  • Philippine Army withdrew from the UFL Cup. Their matches against Green Archers United and Pasargad were designated as 0–3 defeats and 3 points were awarded to Philippine Army's remaining two oppositions.
  • Bright Star qualify as the result of Army's withdrawal, they also withdrew from the tournament without playing a single game at the round of 16 resulting UST to take its place.

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kaya 4 4 0 0 26 0 +26 12
Pachanga Diliman 4 3 0 1 16 4 +12 9
Agila MSA 4 2 0 2 9 17 −8 6
Team Socceroo 4 1 0 3 6 14 −8 3
Fleet Marine 4 0 0 4 1 23 −22 0
Source:
Team Socceroo2–1Fleet Marine
Cleopas  18', 90+5' Report Brown  34' (pen)
Kaya7–0Agila MSA
Beloya  26', 42'
Daniels  28'
Hanley  53', 63'
Jan. Soriano  85'
Barrera  89'		 Report
Kaya5–0Team Socceroo
Clark  9'
Omura  13'
Hanley  30', 90'
Porteria  85'		 Report
Fleet Marine0–5Pachanga Diliman
Report Valmayor  19', 42'
Hajimahdi  28', 79'
Corina  73'
Agila MSA0–7Pachanga Diliman
Report Hajimahdi  26', 52', 63'
Permanes  31'
Doustdarsefidmazgi  47'
Valmayor  60'
Silitonga  79'
Fleet Marine0–11Kaya
Report Clark  10', 47', 58', 65', 71', 90'
Porteria  70', 90+2'
Daniels  75'
Hanley  81', 88'
Agila MSA5–0Fleet Marine
Clottey  14'
Bakare  19', 55'
Narca  34'
Kone  69'		 Report
Pachanga Diliman4–1Team Socceroo
Doustdarsefidmazgi  52', 73'
Permanes  69'
Hajimahdi  74'		 Report Lunag  27'
Pachanga Diliman0–3Kaya
Report Hanley  6'
Clark  10'
Barrera  80'
Team Socceroo3–4Agila MSA
Shadideh  8'
Rech  68', 80'		 Report Olayemi Bakare  34', 54' (pen)
Clottey  52'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Loyola 4 3 1 0 20 3 +17 10
Stallion 4 3 1 0 14 2 +12 10
JP Voltes 4 2 0 2 11 10 +1 6
Mendiola 4 0 1 3 4 15 −11 1
UST 4 0 1 3 2 21 −19 1
Source:
JP Voltes7–0UST
Kobayashi  3', 21', 69', 89'
Kamon  7', 34', 67'		 Report
Stallion4–1Mendiola
Mintah  9', 15', 25'
J. Borromeo  69'		 Report Tacagni  57'
Loyola1–1Stallion
P. Younghusband  8' Report Doctora  65'
JP Voltes2–1Mendiola
Kobayashi  61'
Nakagaito  79'		 Report Jim Flores  37'
Mendiola0–7Loyola
Report Caygill  17', 68'
J. Younghusband  49'
Dizon  74', 82'
Putrus-Schnell  78'
del Rosario  90+1'
UST0–5Stallion
Report Doctora  22'
Mbata  37'
Rota  73' (pen)
H. Borromeo  82'
Boblo  90+1'
Mendiola2–2UST
Dorimon  2'
Pedimonte  12'		 Report Bronda  74'
Molino  89'
Loyola5–2JP Voltes
Minniecon  36', 41'
P. Younghusband  57', 59', 83'		 Report Kobayashi  25', 74'
Stallion4–0JP Voltes
Nana  55'
Mbata  59', 90+?'
J. Borromeo  62'		 Report
UST0–7Loyola
Report Caygill  46'
Bustillo  48', 54'
P. Younghusband  84', 88'
Minniecon  85'
Beaton  87'

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Global 4 4 0 0 23 3 +20 12
Manila Jeepney 4 3 0 1 18 8 +10 9
Forza 4 1 1 2 6 11 −5 4
Laos 4 1 0 3 10 12 −2 3
Manila Nomads 4 0 1 3 3 26 −23 1
Source:
Laos7–1Manila Nomads
Franksson  2', 44'
Jafary  6', 20'
Camara  27', 79'
Elhabib  85'		 Report William  17'
Global4–1Forza
Mark Hartmann  10', 76'
Suzuki  20'
Minegishi  74'		 Report J. Johnson  90+2'
Manila Jeepney1–4Global
Kouassi  30' Report Mark Hartmann  7'
Hoshide  12'
Clarino  43'
El Habbib  75'
Laos0–1Forza
Report J. Johnson  11'
Forza2–5Manila Jeepney
Tetang Zeipop  6'
J. Johnson  67'		 Report Kouassi  29', 53', 87'
Alonso  32'
Giganto  69'
Manila Nomads0–10Global
Report El Habbib  26'
Mark Hartmann  45+2', 60', 71', 72', 77', 90+2'
Suzuki  62', 81'
Sato  90'
Global5–1Laos
Mark Hartmann  12', 36', 41' (pen)
Bahadoran  55'
El Habbib  83'		 Report Jafary  6', 65'
Manila Nomads0–7Manila Jeepney
Report Kouassi  9', 30' (pen)
Giganto  44'
Alonso  69'
Amita  74'
Lord  88', 90'
Forza2–2Manila Nomads
Zeipop  60'
Belgira  61'		 Report Custodio  21', 62'
Manila Jeepney5–2Laos
Kouassi  25'
Epesso  39'
Safarian  ?'
Giganto  ?'
Menzi  ?'		 Report Altiche  31'
Franksson  47'
  • Global was disqualified from the UFL Cup for fielding Satoshi Ōtomo as a Filipino player and ruled the club has violated the UFL's five-foreigner-rule. Matches of Global were originally decided to be forfeited after complaints from Ceres La-Salle FC, Kaya FC, Stallion FC, and Pachanga Diliman FC but the decision was overturn after the Appeals Committee ruled that the complainants did not follow proper procedure for reversing match outcomes.[6] Last placers, Manila Nomads qualifies for the next round as a result.

Knock-out stage

The Knock-out stage is set to begin on August 13 and will end on August 28.[7][4][8]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 August 13
 
 
Kaya 10
 
 August 21
 
Manila Nomads1
 
Kaya 8
 
 August 18
 
JP Voltes0
 
Pasargad1
 
 August 25
 
JP Voltes2
 
Kaya 3 (a.e.t.)
 
 August 16
 
Stallion3
 
Stallion8
 
 August 22
 
Team Socceroo0
 
Stallion 5
 
 August 16
 
Pachanga Diliman0
 
Laos0
 
 August 28
 
Pachanga Diliman2
 
Kaya 2 (a.e.t.)
 
 August 15
 
Ceres2
 
UST0
 
 August 21
 
Ceres7
 
Ceres 5
 
 August 18
 
Green Archers Utd.0
 
Green Archers Utd.3
 
 August 25
 
Agila MSA0
 
Ceres 1
 
 August 15
 
Loyola0
 
Mendiola 0
 
 August 22
 
Loyola5
 
Loyola 3
 
 August 13
 
Manila Jeepney0
 
Manila Jeepney2
 
 
Forza0
 

Round of 16
Manila Jeepney2-0Forza
Joshua Mullero  30'
Arnel Amita  90'
Kaya10-1Manila Nomads
Porteria  1', 28', 51'
Hanley  10', 11', 42', 80'
Barrera  38'
Borromeo  76'
Greatwich  84'		 Federico Rabaya  84'
UST0-7Ceres
Bienvenido Marañon  10', 42'
Lee Jeong Woo  53', 59'
Patrick Reichelt  61', 72'
Karl Bronda  81' (o.g.)
Mendiola0-5Loyola
Anthony Putrus-Schnell  23', 36'
Bradley Grayson  73'
Graham Caygill  78', 90'
Stallion8-0Team Socceroo
Jordan Mintah  5', 29', 75', 80'
Ruben Doctora  11'
Ian Araneta  31'
Christian Nana  32'
Emmanuel Mbata  58'
Laos0-2Pachanga Diliman
Hossein Doustdarsefidmazgi  46'
Davide Cortina  52'
Green Archers United3-0 (default)Agila MSA
Pasargad1-2JP Voltes
Fidelis Nnabuife  13' Report Takashi Odawara  18'
Soichiro Tanaka  37'

Quarterfinals
Kaya8-0JP Voltes
Hanley  30', 37', 42'
Alfred Osei  31'
Daniels  62'
Janrick Soriano  69', 72'
Greatwich  90+2'
Ceres5-0Green Archers Utd.
Lee Jeong Woo  36'
Patrick Reichelt  38', 74'
Manuel Ott  53'
Bienvenido Marañon  79'
Loyola3-0Manila Jeepney
Phil Younghusband  35'
Joaquín Cañas  37'
Anton del Rosario  90+2'
Stallion5-0Pachanga Diliman
Ruben Doctora  16'
Jordan Mintah  22', 43', 56'
Fitch Arboleda  33'

Semifinals
Kaya3-3 (a.e.t.)Stallion
Alfred Osei  56'
Porteria  61'
Barrera  102'		 Rota  35'
Shirmar Felongco  54'
Jordan Mintah  101'
Penalties
Porteria
Borromeo
Daniels
Barrera
Louis Clark 		5–4 Araneta
Nathanael Alquiros
Bervic Italia
Basa
Doctora
Ceres1-0Loyola
Orman Okunaiya  70'

Third place playoff
Stallion2-4Loyola

Final
Kaya2-2 (a.e.t.)Ceres
Hanley  45'
Barrera  56'		 Report Lee Jeong-Woo  63'
Guirado  73'
Penalties
Porteria
Borromeo
Daniels
Ayew
Clark		 4–2 Marañón
Lee
Mulders
Steuble

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 Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 B Kaya 8 6 2 0 49 6 +43 20 1st
2 A Ceres 8 7 1 0 39 4 +35 22 2nd
3 C Loyola Meralco Sparks 8 6 1 1 32 6 +26 19 3rd
4 C Stallion 8 5 2 1 32 9 +23 17 4th
5 D Manila Jeepney 6 4 0 2 20 11 +9 12 Eliminated in the quarter-finals
6 B Pachanga Diliman 6 4 0 2 18 9 +9 12
7 A Green Archers United 6 4 0 2 17 9 +8 12
8 C JP Voltes 6 3 0 3 13 19 −6 9
9 A Pasargad 5 2 0 3 6 13 −7 6 Eliminated in the round of 16
10 B Agila MSA 5 2 0 3 9 20 −11 6
11 D Forza 5 1 1 3 6 13 −7 4
12 D Laos 5 1 0 4 10 14 −4 3
13 B Team Socceroo 5 1 0 4 6 22 −16 3
14 C Mendiola 5 0 1 4 4 20 −16 1
15 C UST 5 0 1 4 2 28 −26 1
16 D Manila Nomads 5 0 1 4 4 36 −32 1
17 D Global 4 4 0 0 23 3 +20 12 Eliminated in the group stage
18 A Philippine Army 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 3
19 A Bright Star 4 0 0 4 2 24 −22 0
20 B Fleet Marine 4 0 0 4 1 23 −22 0
Source:

References
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