2012 United Football League (Philippines)

United Football League (Philippines)

Season	2012
Champions	Division 1: Global (1st Title) Division 2: Pachanga (1st Title)
Promoted	Pachanga (to Division 1)
Relegated	Navy (to Division 2)
AFC President's Cup	Global
Matches played	222
Goals scored	962 (4.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Division 1: Phil Younghusband (23 goals) Division 2: Freddy Gonzales (34 goals)
Highest scoring	Division 1: Loyola 14-0 Navy Division 2: Pachanga 13–0 Sunken Garden United Pachanga 13-0 Manila Lions
Longest winning run	Division 1: 9 games Global FC
Longest unbeaten run	Division 1: 5 Games Stallion FC Loyola
Longest winless run	Division 1: 8 games Navy
Longest losing run	Division 1: 6 games Navy
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The 2012 United Football League was the third season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Global FC won their first Division 1 league title on goal difference against runners-up Kaya, after a 1–1 draw with third-placers Loyola Meralco Sparks on 26 June 2012. Pachanga won the Division 2 league title after being unbeaten in all its matches.

Teams

Seven new clubs entered the league after the successful third season of UFL Cup. Manila Nomads, Stallion and Pasargad was promoted to 2012 UFL Division 1 after they reached the knockout stage of 2011 UFL Cup. The season opened on January 14, 2012, and ended on June 30, 2012.^[1][2]

Clubs by division

Division 1

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Global	Edwin Cabalida	Yu Hoshide	LGR Athletic
Green Archers United	Rodolfo Alicante	Patrick Bacobo	LGR Athletic	Globe Telecom
Kaya	Michael Angelo "Kale" Alvarez	Aly Borromeo	Mizuno	LBC Express, Inc.
Loyola	Kim Chul-soo	James Younghusband	Mizuno	Meralco
Manila Nomads	Michael Denison	Randy Musters	Fila	Auction Manila
Pasargad	Esmaeil Sedigh Joel Villarino	Mansour Madadi	Planet Sports
Philippine Air Force	Edzel Bracamonte	Yanti Barsales	Mizuno	Phoenix
Philippine Army	Patricio Bumidang, Jr.	Roel Gener	Puma	Fritz & Macziol IBM
Philippine Navy	Marlon Maro	Loreto Kalalang	LGR Athletic	RedJuice
Stallion	Ernie Nierras Eun Hyung Pee	Ruben Doctora Jr.	Nike	Gilligan's Grill and Bar

Division 2

Club	Manager	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Agila	Carlo Jose Rodriguez	Mark Alvin Valeroso	Adidas
Cebu Queen City United	Mario Ceniza	Jan Michael Flores	Adidas	Cebu Landmasters
Diliman	Salvador Alberto Salvacion	Jose Andoni Santos	Adidas	Antonov Vodka
Dolphins United	Greg Calawod	Romnick Echin
Forza FC	Azlan Nazir
Laos FC	Ronald Patulin
Manila All-Japan	Ryo Kono			MGK
Manila Lions	Joel Alcala		Adidas	Meltique Beef
Pachanga	Norman Fegidero	Yves Ashime
Sunken Garden United	Ryan Saranillo		Adidas
Team Socceroo	Alfredo Estacion	Mike Reyes	Adidas	Regent Properties
Union FC	Rafael Rodriguez	Adidas	Rudy Project

Venues

Division 1

Stadium	Location
Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila
University of Makati Stadium	Makati
Nomads Sporting Club	Parañaque

Division 2

Stadium	Location
Turf@BGC, Bonifacio Global City	Taguig
Alabang Country Club (ACC)	Muntinlupa

League Table

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Global (C)	18	13	3	2	49	17	+32	42	Qualification to  2013 AFC President's Cup
2	Kaya	18	13	3	2	30	17	+13	42
3	Loyola	18	11	4	3	66	29	+37	37
4	Stallion	18	8	5	5	37	20	+17	29
5	Philippine Air Force	18	7	4	7	31	35	−4	25
6	PSG	18	7	3	8	30	31	−1	24
7	Manila Nomads	18	4	7	7	27	38	−11	19
8	Green Archers United	18	3	5	10	30	34	−4	14
9	Philippine Army	18	3	4	11	23	48	−25	13
10	Philippine Navy (R)	18	1	2	15	15	69	−54	5	Relegation to 2013 UFL Division 2

Updated to games played on 20:20, 30 June 2012.
Source: UFL Philippines, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pachanga Diliman (C) (P)	22	21	1	0	123	8	+115	64	Promotion to 2013 UFL Division 1
2	Cimarron	22	18	2	2	82	25	+57	56
3	Cebu Queen City United	22	14	5	3	83	29	+54	47
4	Agila	22	12	1	9	48	49	−1	37
5	Union Internacional Manila	22	8	5	9	46	60	−14	29
6	Forza	22	9	2	11	50	71	−21	29
7	Team Socceroo	22	8	4	10	51	61	−10	28
8	Laos	22	8	3	11	36	45	−9	27
9	Dolphins United	22	4	9	9	28	35	−7	21
10	Manila All-Japan	22	5	4	13	30	60	−30	19
11	Manila Lions (E)	22	3	2	17	17	77	−60	11
12	Sunken Garden United (E)	22	3	0	19	35	109	−74	9

Updated to games played on 23:15, 24 June 2012.
Source: UFL Philippines
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹The two bottom-placed teams will be removed to give way for other teams a chance to compete, although they may qualify for the 2012 UFL Cup.
²One of Sunken Garden United's loss was due to forfeiture due to insufficiency of players for the match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Division 1

Home \ Away^[1]	GLO	GAU	KAY	LMS	NOM	PSG	PAF	PA	PN	STA
Global		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	5–3	1–2	3–2	1–0
Green Archers United	0–1		0–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	1–4
Kaya	1–5	2–1		2–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Loyola	4–3	3–2	2–0		5–0	3–4	3–3	4–0	14–0	3–0
Manila Nomads	1–5	1–1	1–3	2–2		0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–2
PSG	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3		3–2	6–3	1–2	1–0
Philippine Air Force	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–0		2–2	2–1	1–4
Philippine Army	0–3	2–7	0–2	1–2	1–4	2–3	2–2		3–2	0–0
Philippine Navy	0–5	2–2	1–2	1–10	1–1	0–6	1–2	2–3		0–6
Stallion	1–3	5–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0

Updated to games played on 20:20, 30 June 2012.
Source: United Football League (Philippines)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Home \ Away^[1]

AGI

CQC

CIM

DOL

FOR

LAO

AJP

LIO

PAC

SGU

SOC

UIM

Agila

0–0

4–9

0–1

4–3

2–1

2–1

3–0

0–4

8–2

5–0

1–6

Cebu Queen City United

1–2

4–1

0–0

8–2

6–1

5–2

4–4

0–4

3–2

6–1

4–1

Cimarron

4–1

1–1

2–1

5–0

3–1

10–0

5–0

2–2

5–1

3–2

3–1

Dolphins United

2–0

1–5

0–2

2–4

0–2

0–0

1–1

2–3

0–1

3–3

2–2

Forza

4–1

1–6

0–2

4–3

0–2

1–1

3–0

0–3

5–4

6–1

1–3

Laos

1–3

0–2

1–6

1–1

3–3

0–1

2–1

1–4

3–1

0–1

2–1

Manila All-Japan

1–3

1–1

0–1

2–2

9–6

2–0

2–0

0–7

1–5

1–2

2–3

Manila Lions

0–1

0–7

0–6

0–2

1–2

1–5

1–0

0–2

1–3

1–7

3–1

Pachanga Diliman

4–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

8–1

4–0

7–0

13–0

13–0

8–0

8–0

Sunken Garden United

3–5

0–12

1–2

1–4

1–2

2–4

0–3^‡

1–3

0–13

1–5

3–7

Team Socceroo

1–3

3–4

2–4

1–1

0–1

0–0

3–1

5–1

0–8

6–2

2–2

Union Internacional Manila

1–0

4–4

1–5

0–0

4–1

1–6

1–0

2–2

1–4

4–1

0–6

Updated to games played on 23:20 24 June 2012.
Source: United Football League (Philippines)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
^‡Manila All-Japan declared as winner by default after Sunken Garden United lack players to play. According to the UFL official Facebook page, only seven players arrived.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Goalscorers

Division 1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Phil Younghusband	Loyola	23
2	Izzeldin Elhabbib	Global	13
3	Mark Hartmann	Loyola	12
	Tating Pasilan	Green Archers United	12
5	James Younghusband	Loyola	11
	Ian Araneta	Philippine Air Force	11

Division 2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Freddy Gonzales	Pachanga	34
2	Isaac Agyie	Forza	21
3	Dan Villarico	Cebu Queen City United	20
4	Ariel Zerrudo	Diliman	19
5	Romnick Jover	Sunken Garden United	18

Correct as of 20:30, 30 June 2012
Source: UFL Phil

Season Awards

Team Awards

The following teams are awarded by the United Football League in the ceremony.^[3]

Division 1

Club	Award
Global FC	Champions
Kaya FC	1st-Runner Up
Global FC	Fair Play Award

Division 2

Club	Award
Pachanga FC	Champions
Manila All-Japan FC	Fair Play Award

Individual Awards

The following players are awarded by the United Football League Committee in the ceremony.^[4]

Division 1

Player	Club	Award
Carli de Murga	Global FC	Golden Ball
Phil Younghusband	Loyola Meralco Sparks FC	Golden Boot(23 goals)
Yu Hoshide	Global FC	Agility Award
Saba Garmaroudi	Kaya	Best Goalkeeper

Division 2

Player	Club	Award
Freddy Gonzales	Pachanga FC	Golden Ball
Freddy Gonzales	Pachanga FC	Golden Boot
Kenneth Dolloso	Pachanga FC	Best Goalkeeper

References

1. de Guzman, Mikhail (15 December 2011). "Seven New Clubs Enter UFL 2nd Division". Soccer Central Philippines. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
2. "Schedules". Retrieved 15 April 2012.
3. Almo, Alder (26 June 2012). "Global bags UFL title with 1-1 draw vs Loyola Meralco". philstar.com (The Philippine Star). Retrieved 27 June 2012.
4. InterAKTV (26 June 2012). "Azkals de Murga, Younghusband win UFL top individual awards". interaksyon.com (InterAksyon) (TV5). Retrieved 27 June 2012.