UAAP Season 78 Men's Football Final

The UAAP Season 78 Men's Football Final took place on 5 May 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. It was contested between UP Fighting Maroons and Ateneo Blue Eagles. UP won 4–1, with one goal from Daniel Gadia and a hat-trick from Kintaro Miyagi, to claim their sixth UAAP Football Championship final victory; Ateneo's goal was scored by Mikko Mabanag.

UAAP Season 78 Men's Football Final

Event	UAAP Season 78 football tournaments
UP Fighting Maroons  Ateneo Blue Eagles 4 1
Date	5 May 2016
Venue	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Attendance	9,000
Weather	Fine

The men's and women's Final matches were on May 5, 2016, which was exactly eight months after the start of the season on September 5, 2015.

The UP Fighting Maroons dedicated their win for their teammate Rogie Maglinas who had just died of cancer.

Route to the Final

From the elimination round, Ateneo Blue Eagles and UP Fighting Maroons made to the Final Four with De La Salle Green Archers and UST Growling Tigers. In the playoffs, the number 1 seeded UP Fighting Maroons beat the number 4 UST Growling Tigers by a score of 3-0, while in the other match, number 2 seeded De La Salle Green Archers was beaten by their arch-rival and number 3 seeded Ateneo Blue Eagles via penalty shoot-out that makes Ateneo meet UP in the Championship match.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UP Fighting Maroons	14	9	3	2	16	5	+11	30	Semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	14	9	2	3	26	10	+16	29
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles (H)	14	8	1	5	32	21	+11	25
4	UST Growling Tigers	14	7	4	3	21	21	0	25
5	FEU Tamaraws	14	7	3	4	28	10	+18	24
6	NU Bulldogs	14	4	5	5	26	18	+8	17
7	Adamson Falcons	14	1	2	11	3	42	−39	5
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	2	12	4	29	−25	2

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host.

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	UP	3
	4	UST	0
						1	UP	4
						3	Ateneo	1
	2	La Salle	1(4)
	3	Ateneo	1(5)

• Bold = winner
• * = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Semifinals

April 28, 2016

1500

UP Fighting Maroons	3–0	UST Growling Tigers
Kyle Magdato  22' Kintaro Miyagi  37' Raphael Resuma  90+1'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 28, 2016

1700

De La Salle Green Archers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Gelo Diamante  75'	Report	Carlo Liay  36'
Penalties
Jhoguev Ybañez Darius Diamante Jan Cruz Gelo Diamante Jose Montelibano	4–5	Jeremiah Rocha Julian Roxas Mikko Mabanag Paolo Gabriel Alilam Carlo Liay

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Match

Summary

In the first half, at the 28th minute Kintaro Miyagi scored the first goal that gives UP a 1-0 lead, at the 34th minute Daniel Gadia gave UP a 2-0 lead, and at the 36th minute Mikko Mabanag scored a goal from a free kick for Ateneo.

Ihe second half, Kintaro Miyagi scored his second goal that gave UP a 3-1 lead, and in the 80th minute Miyagi made a hat trick to give UP a 4-1 lead, which was the final score.

Details

May 5, 2016

15:00 UTC+8

UP Fighting Maroons	4–1	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Kintaro Miyagi  28'  70'  80' Daniel Gadia  34'		Mikko Mabanag  36'

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Attendance: 9,000

UP Fighting Maroons

Ateneo Blue Eagles

GK 1 Nathanael Ace Villanueva RB 3 Feb Baya CB 22 Francisco Jose Primo Santos CB 11 Julian Clarino LB 14 Lou Adrian Rafanan DM 12 Nino Muros CM 17 Sebastian Patangan CM 23 Daniel Gadia LF 21 Jeremiah Borlongan CF 31 Kintaro Miyagi RF 27 Kyle Magdato Manager: Anto Gonzales

GK 26 Kenneth James RB 31 Jose Rafael Lipardo CB 29 Jeremiah Rocha CB 24 Xavier Alcuaz LB 4 Kendal Colet LDM 27 Joseph Gerard Poe RDM 7 Julian Roxas LW 11 Jarvey Gayoso CM 18 Carlo Liay RW 19 Mikko Mabanag CF 33 Mashu Yoshioka Manager: Jaypee Merida

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Seven named substitutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

Broadcasting

The match was broadcast live on ABS-CBN Sports+Action on regular channel and ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD via cable TV and livestream.

Attendance

More than 9,000 watched this championship match in Rizal Memorial Stadium.