2013 United Football Cup
Tournament details
CountryPhilippines
DatesOctober 12 – December 5
Teams23
Final positions
ChampionsLoyola (1st title)
Runner-upPachanga Diliman
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored301 (5.19 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Philippines Phil Younghusband
(21 goals)
Best playerPhilippines Phil Younghusband

The 2013 United Football League Cup was the fifth edition of the United Football League Cup. The competition started on October 12 and finished on December 5, 2013.

Stallion were the defending champions.[1]

The UFL Cup opens the new season with the launching of its Fantasy Football Games after UFL has signed a three-year partnership with FanXT.[2] Also, UFL has announced that it has undergone partnership with low-cost airline Tigerair Philippines which will serve as their Official Airline for a year.[3]

On December 5, 2013, Loyola Meralco Sparks defeated Pachanga Diliman with a 3–2 scoreline to win their first ever UFL Cup.[4]

Competition format

In this edition of UFL Cup, total of 27 clubs will compete for the cup after the pullout of Division 1 team Manila Nomads citing the five-foreigners-on-the-field rule issue.[5] This year will also see the return of Cebu Queen City United to the cup competition[6] along with the 8 guest/invited clubs which include the defending PFF National Men's Club Championship titleholders Ceres.[7] The groups with five teams will see their top three enter the knockout round-of-16 stage, while the groups with four clubs will have their top two assured of passage, plus the best third-placer.

From the 27-team competition, it was later reduced to 23 teams after Division 1 team Pasargad together with three guest/invited clubs Manila Tala FC, Mendiola United and Manila Hurricanes FC decided to withdraw their participation in the Cup citing their inability to field a competitive team. Due to their withdrawal to the tournament, the UFL redrawn teams and the format of having 6 groups was changed to 5 wherein five teams comprised groups A, C and E while four teams were featured in groups B and D. The top three teams of each group will be advancing to the Knockout Round-of-16 stage and the highest ranked fourth-placed team among the five groups will be the sixteenth team to qualify.[8]

Rules on foreign players

For the 2013/14 UFCA (UFL) Football Season, the UFL Executive Committee has decided to implement a Foreign Player Rule. A club may only field in a maximum of five foreign players on the pitch at any given time. Of the six remaining players on the pitch, two may still be foreigners provided that they are permanent residents of the Philippines for at least five years.[9]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, Runners-up and Third-placed team advance to the knock out stage
Qualified for Best Ranked Fourth-placed team that will advance to the knock out stage

All times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) – UTC+8.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ceres 4301141+119
Pachanga Diliman 4211113+87
Manila Jeepney 42117707
Philippine Army 4112410−64
Laos 4013316−131
12 October 2013 Pachanga 4 – 0 Laos Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 Amirkhizan, Reza 5'
Appiah, Ernest 12'
Diop, Ousseynou 16'
Nate Burkey 49'		 Report
12 October 2013 Ceres 6 – 1 Manila Jeepney Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Conmigo, Jaymile 30' (o.g.)
Olaniyi, Samson 58', 81'
Joshua Beloya 63'
Poderoso, Jaime 83'
Kim Jin Ho 90' (pen.)		 Report Iliff, Sean 75'
15 October 2013 Laos 0 – 3 Manila Jeepney Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Report Shadideh Masood 44', 55'
Iliff, Sean 84'
15 October 2013 Pachanga Diliman 5 – 0 Philippine Army Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Nate Burkey 24', 32', 43'
Zerrudo, Ariel 29'
Amirkhizan, Reza 49'		 Report
20 October 2013 Manila Jeepney 2 – 0 Philippine Army Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 Sean Iliff 60', 78' Report
20 October 2013 Ceres 6 – 0 Laos Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 Jayson Panhay 17', 36'
Jin Ho Kim 19', 87'
Beloya 39'
Angelo Marasigan 79'		 Report
26 October 2013 Ceres 0 – 1 Philippine Army Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 Report Meliton Pelayo 38'
29 October 2013 Ceres 2 – 1 Pachanga Diliman Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Jin Ho Kim 34'
Jalsor Soriano 41'		 Report Ariel Zerrudo 57'
29 October 2013 Laos 3 – 3 Philippine Army Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Mohammad Ghasemi 9', 17'
Patrik James Franksson 23'		 Report Nestorio Margarse 49'
Jeoffrey Lobaton 52'
Romano Vestal 68'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Union Internacional Manila 3300116+59
Kaya 3201134+96
Cimarron 301226−41
Manila All-Japan 3012111−101
13 October 2013 Cimarron 2 – 3 Union Internacional Manila Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 Permanes, Ralph 79'
Ucang, Jusua 88'		 Report Jafari Dastjerdi Shayan 36', 90+2'
Hajimhedi Hamed 40'
17 October 2013 Kaya 7 – 0 Manila All-Japan Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 del Rosario 25'
Danilo De Jong 42'
Emmanuel Mbata 44'
Antonio Ugarte 57'
Kenshiro Daniels 73'
Mitchell Davidson 77', 88'		 Report
23 October 2013 Kaya 3 – 0 Cimarron Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Mitchell Davidson 40'
Kenshiro Daniels 45+1'
Greatwich 70'		 Report
23 October 2013 Manila All-Japan 1 – 4 Union Internacional Manila Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Eiji Sugisaki 79' Report Fidelis Nnabuife 7', 53'
Muhamed Hassan 57', 77'
9 November 2013 Union Internacional Manila 4 – 3 Kaya Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Mahmoud Ali 3'
Fidelis Nnabuife 14'
Hamed Hajimhedi 28'
Shayan Jafari 43'		 Report Kenshiro Daniels 27'
Masa Omura 67'
Janrick Soriano 89'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Stallion 430185+39
Cebu Queen City United 421194+67
Philippine Air Force 420267−16
Agila 411225−34
Bright Star FC 402259−42
13 October 2013 Bright Star FC 1 – 1 Agila Emperador Stadium
14:00 UTC+8 Sissako Mahamadou 62' Report Stanley Ajah 16'
13 October 2013 Cebu Queen City United 3 – 0 Philippine Air Force Emperador Stadium
16:00 UTC+8 Kabulo Pintho 8', 28'
Camara, Ahmed 19'		 Report
16 October 2013 Stallion 1 – 0 Agila Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Zamora, Cesar 47' Report
16 October 2013 Cebu Queen City United 2 – 2 Bright Star FC Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Camara, Ahmed 30'
Apurado, Siegfred 49'		 Report Acampado, Mark 17'
Sissako Mahamadou 33'
20 October 2013 Philippine Air Force 3 – 1 Bright Star FC Emperador Stadium
14:00 UTC+8 Araneta 9', 74'
Rodolf Bebanco 33'		 Report Jayson Delos Santos 53'
20 October 2013 Stallion 1 – 4 Cebu Queen City United Emperador Stadium
14:00 UTC+8 Benjamin Gordon 86' Report Ahmed Camara 50'
Pintho Kabulo 72'
Junard Aguilar 76', 86'
27 October 2013 Bright Star FC 1 – 3 Stallion Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 Vaseeba Toure 43' Report Ruben Doctora 9'
Bo Bae Park 20'
Jeremy Hohn 89'
27 October 2013 Agila 0 – 3 Philippine Air Force Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Report Araneta 5'
Neckson Leonora 15'
Randy Bela-ong 86'
5 November 2013 Philippine Air Force 0 – 3
PAF abandoned the match		 Stallion Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Report

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Global 3300161+159
Forza 320134−16
General Trias 310226−43
Team Socceroo 3003111−100
13 October 2013 Forza 2 – 0 Team Socceroo Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Pacquiao, Gerald 29'
Johnson, Jangobah 71'		 Report
17 October 2013 General Trias 0 – 5 Global Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Report Izzo El Habbib 9'
Angel Guirado 12', 28', 71'
Aaron Altiche 89'
24 October 2013 General Trias 2 – 0 Team Socceroo Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Shin Seok Jeon 4'
Cristituto Pino 36'		 Report
24 October 2013 Global 4 – 0 Forza Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Izzo El Habbib 14', 50', 52'
Mark Hartmann 23'		 Report
4 November 2013 Team Socceroo 1 – 7 Global Emperador Stadium
16:00 UTC+8 Danstin Muraoka 90+2' Report Christiaens 4', 28', 55'
Izzo El Habbib 40', 45+1', 78'
Jason De Jong 53'
6 November 2013 Forza 1 – 0 General Trias Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Jangobah Johnson 85' Report

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Loyola 4400610+6112
Green Archers United 4301263+239
Navy 42021215−36
Dolphins United 41031223−113
Blue Guards 4004171−700
19 October 2013 Loyola 16 – 0 Dolphins United Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8 J.Younghusband 10', 29', 70'
Gould 35', 43', 47'
Samuel Bonney 41'
Robert Cañedo 52'
Lee Joo Young 45+1'
Jake Morallo 56', 67', 73'
Alex Elnar 74'
Dorlas 77'
Arnel Amita 80', 83'		 Report
19 October 2013 Green Archers United 17 – 0 Blue Guards Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Caligdong 2', 4', 40'
Jesse Martindale 9', 38', 60'
Patrick Bocobo 12'
Gabriel Olowoyeye 16'
Jesus Melliza 58', 63', 66', 70', 72'
Shag Shapay Johnson 77'
Reynald Villareal 81', 82'
Ronnie Aguisanda 87'		 Report
22 October 2013 Dolphins United 0 – 4 Green Archers United Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Report Gabriel Olowoyeye 2'
Jesus Melliza 13'
Caligdong 17'
Jesse Martindale 55'
22 October 2013 Blue Guards 0 – 10 Navy Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Report Richard Leyble 14'
Noel Reyes 30' (o.g.)
Arnaldo Montana 42'
Friday Okoro 45', 57'
Rachy Gunda 53'
Mohamed Diallo 60', 73'
Arnold Carino 66'
Gary Viliran 88'
27 October 2013 Dolphins United 11 – 1 Blue Guards Emperador Stadium
14:00 UTC+8 Abdou Moussa Obono 1', 8', 44'
Anthony Delante 17'
Jerome Cuyos 25', 71'
John Caballero 47'
Enow Lewis 64'
Jerad Baron 77'
Georg Bragas 81' (o.g.)
Bryan Baleos 89'		 Report Roger Sulit 32'
27 October 2013 Loyola 9 – 0 Navy Emperador Stadium
16:00 UTC+8 Gould 23'
P.Younghusband 48', 49', 59', 67', 72', 76'
Robert Cañedo 64'
Jake Morallo 88'		 Report
30 October 2013 Blue Guards 0 – 33 Loyola Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Report Samuel Bonney 1'
P.Younghusband 2', 11', 19', 28', 62', 69', 80', 90'
Hartmann 8', 17', 18', 46', 55'
J.Younghusband 13', 22', 26', 56', 78'
Robert Cañedo 15'
Joo Young Lee 16', 33', 41'
Gould 48', 57', 66', 68', 79', 82', 87'
Jake Morallo 54', 64'
Greatwich 85'
30 October 2013 Navy 0 – 5 Green Archers United Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Report Reynald Villareal 14'
Pasilan 23', 30'
Jesse Martindale 84'
Robert Mendy 90+1'
7 November 2013 Navy 2 – 1 Dolphins United Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Friday Okoro 20', 83' Report Abdou Moussa Obono 16'
7 November 2013 Green Archers United 0 – 3 Loyola Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Report Hartmann 50'
Gould 83'
Arnel Amita 89'

Ranking of Groups' Fourth-placed team

The best ranked fourth-placed team among the groups will qualify for the Knock-out Round-of-16 Stage. In the groups of 5, the matches between the 4th placed and the bottom-placed team were not considered for games played calculation.

They are determined by the parameters in this order:

  1. Highest number of points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Highest number of goals scored (goals for)
Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CAgila 310214−33
APhilippine Army 310217−63
BManila All-Japan 3012111−101
DTeam Socceroo 3003111−100
EDolphins United 3003122−210

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
November 21 – Taguig
 
 
Green Archers United6
 
November 26 – Taguig
 
Manila Jeepney2
 
Green Archers United2
 
November 14 – Taguig
 
Ceres1
 
Agila2
 
December 3 – Taguig
 
Ceres7
 
Green Archers United0
 
November 21 – Taguig
 
Loyola2
 
Global8
 
November 26 – Taguig
 
Philippine Navy0
 
Global0
 
November 19 – Taguig
 
Loyola2
 
Cimarron0
 
December 5 – Taguig
 
Loyola10
 
Loyola3
 
November 19 – Taguig
 
Pachanga Diliman2
 
Philippine Air Force1
 
November 28 - Taguig
 
Kaya0
 
Philippine Air Force1
 
November 12 – Taguig
 
Union Internacional Manila0
 
Union Internacional Manila4
 
December 3 – Taguig
 
General Trias1
 
Philippine Air Force2
 
November 14 – Taguig
 
Pachanga Diliman3 Third place
 
Stallion2
 
November 28 – TaguigDecember 5 – Taguig
 
Cebu Queen City United0
 
Stallion3Green Archers United3
 
November 12 – Taguig
 
Pachanga Diliman5 Philippine Air Force0
 
Forza0 (3)
 
 
Pachanga Diliman0 (4)


 

Round of 16

November 12, 2013 Union Internacional Manila 4 – 1 General Trias Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Shayan Jafari Dastjerdi 55', 58', 75'
Muhamed Hassan 87'		 Report Song Woo 61'
November 12, 2013 Forza 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		 Pachanga Diliman Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Report
Penalties
David Adebanjo soccer ball with check mark
Arvin Gaspe soccer ball with red X
Jangobah Johnson soccer ball with check mark
Luis Celdran soccer ball with check mark
Elle Cagayanan soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Burkey
soccer ball with check mark Anto Gonzales
soccer ball with check mark Daniel Gadia
soccer ball with check mark Jayson Cutamora
November 14, 2013 Stallion 2 – 0 Cebu Queen City United Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Bo Bae Park 15'
Ruben Doctora Jr. 27'		 Report
November 14, 2013 Agila 2 – 7 Ceres Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Olayemi Victor Bakare 11', 18' Report Younousse Yaogo 16'
Jayson Panhay 35', 58'
Jin Ho Kim 49'
Byeong Jun Yoon 66'
Beloya 74'
Hwa Seo Park 90+3'
November 19, 2013 Philippine Air Force 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Kaya Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Jimmy Vergara Jr. 104' Report
November 19, 2013 Cimarron 0 – 10 Loyola Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Report J.Younghusband 4', 77'
Gould 16', 40'
Lee Joo Young 20'
P.Younghusband 23', 66', 92'
Hartmann 74'
Yves de Luis 10(o.g.)'
November 21, 2013 Green Archers United 6 – 2 Manila Jeepney Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Agbayomi Gabriel Olowoyeye 6'
Arnie Pasinabo 12'
Caligdong 40'
Pasilan 54'
Jesse Martindale 77'
Michael Garcia 87'		 Report Mamadou Sangare 48'
Chris Arceo 68'
November 21, 2013 Global 8 – 0 Philippine Navy Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Christiaens 5'
Hartmann 12', 16', 53'
El Habbib 32'
de Jong 61'
Aaron Altiche 82'
Guirado 86'		 Report

Quarter-finals

November 26, 2013 Green Archers United 2 – 1 Ceres Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Caligdong 33', 90+2' Report Jayson Panhay 28'
November 26, 2013 Global 0 – 2 Loyola Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Report P.Younghusband 58'
Hartmann 76'
November 28, 2013 Stallion 3 – 5 Pachanga Diliman Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Mario Javier Clarino 18'
Junior Muñoz 32'
Ruben Doctora Jr. 67'		 Report Andrew Santiago 1', 64'
Oussenynou Diop 6'
Reza Amirkhizan 51'
Ariel Zerrudo 82'

Semi-finals

December 3, 2013 Philippine Air Force 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Pachanga Diliman Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 Araneta 28'
Jezurel Tonog 95'		 Report Burkey 29'
Ariel Zerrudo Jr. 91'
Reza Amirkhizan 112'

Third-place playoff

Final

December 5, 2013 Loyola 3 – 2 Pachanga Diliman Emperador Stadium
20:30 UTC+8 J.Younghusband 19'
Gould 45'
P.Younghusband 52'		 Report Ariel Zerrudo Jr. 16', 53'

Loyola Meralco Sparks-Blue Guards match

Last October 30, 2013, Loyola Meralco Sparks and Blue Guards played each other in the tournament at the Emperador Stadium, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. It surpassed the largest winning margin in international association football which is a 31–0 victory of Australia against American Samoa and three goals shy of a 36–0 win of Arbroath over Bon Accord.

Loyola defeated Blue Guards by a margin of 33 goals making a new record and the most lopsided match in the history of the United Football League since it began a semi-professional league in 2009.

The match has received many reactions. Many suggested that there must be a screening next year for new clubs.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Philippines Phil Younghusband Loyola 21
2 Philippines Chad Gould Loyola 15
3 Philippines James Younghusband Loyola 11
4 Philippines Matthew Hartmann Loyola 9
Philippines Chieffy Caligdong Green Archers United 9

Correct as of 11:30, December 5, 2013

Awards

The following were the competition’s top individual awardees.[10]

References

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  2. ↑ UFL. "Launch Of UFL Cup's First Ever Online Fantasy Football Game". ufl.ph/. United Football League Philippines. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Visayan Daily Star. "UFL Cup set for kick-off at Emperador Stadium". visayandailystar.com/. Visayan Daily Star. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Loyola edges Pachanga 3-2 in classic final, crowned UFL Cup champs". ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs. The Passionate Fan. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Guerrero, Bob. "2013 UFL Cup groups set, interesting matchups abound". ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs. The Passionate Fan. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ Decena, Karl. "Cebu Queen City United back in UFL Cup, hopes to play home matches". InterAKTV. interaksyon.com/. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ Doble, Henry. "Ceres FC debuts in UFL Cup". Sun.Star Bacolod. sunstar.com.ph/bacolod. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  8. ↑ Moore, Roy. "UFL Cup gets redrawn as four more teams pull out". GMANews. gmanews.tv/. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  9. ↑ "2013/14 UFL CUP PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES". Facebook.com. July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ Decena, Karl (December 5, 2012). "Phil Younghusband bags UFL Golden Ball trophy after Loyola's Cup triumph". interaksyon.com (InterAKTV/TV5). Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
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