2015 UFL Cup

2015 United Football Cup
Tournament details
Country Philippines
DatesMay 2 – August 28
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsKaya F.C. (1st title)
Runner-upCeres F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored288 (5.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Saint Kitts and Nevis Tishan Hanley
(15 goals)
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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]

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: [citation needed]
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: [citation needed]
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: [citation needed]
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: [citation needed]
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 soccer ball with check mark
Borromeo soccer ball with check mark
Daniels soccer ball with check mark
Barrera soccer ball with check mark
Louis Clark soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with red X Araneta
soccer ball with check mark Nathanael Alquiros
soccer ball with check mark Bervic Italia
soccer ball with check mark Basa
soccer ball with check mark 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
soccer ball with check mark Porteria
soccer ball with check mark Borromeo
soccer ball with red X Daniels
soccer ball with check mark Ayew
soccer ball with check mark Clark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Marañón
soccer ball with check mark Lee
soccer ball with red X Mulders
soccer ball with red X Steuble

Awards

Award Winner Club
Golden Ball Japan Masanari Omura Kaya
Golden Boot Saint Kitts and Nevis Tishan Hanley Kaya
Golden Glove Philippines Louie Casas Ceres
Fair Play Award Stallion

Source: [9]

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: [citation needed]

References

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