2013 UFL Pre-season Cup

2013 UFL Pre-season Cup
Country  Philippines
Dates 7 September to 10 October 2013
Teams 15
Champions Loyola
Runners-up Global
Matches played 38
Goals scored 168 (4.42 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Rufo Sanchez
Shayan Jafari Dastjeri
(8)

The 2013 UFL Pre-Season Cup is the inaugural Filipino association football friendly tournament. It is composed of 14 United Football League teams from, 7 Division I and 7 Division II clubs, with the aim of getting the teams some competitive games going into the UFL Cup.[1] It also features the U-23 Azkals as their preparation for the upcoming 2013 Southeast Asian Games.[2] Loyola declared as the cup winner by default against Global.[3]

Format

The tournament begins with three groups of five teams playing round-robin. The two teams per group with the best record then move on. Those six qualifying teams will then be split into two groups of three for the second group stage, which will also see round-robin play. From there, the top two teams of each group will be drawn into the semifinals, with pairings to be arranged at a later date.

First Round

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

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Global 4 4 0 0 27 3 +24 12
Green Archers United 4 3 0 1 14 5 +9 9
Union Internacional Manila 4 2 0 2 15 11 +4 6
Laos 4 1 0 3 5 23 18 3
Manila All-Japan 4 0 0 4 2 24 22 0

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Loyola Meralco Sparks 3 3 0 0 18 2 +16 9
Manila Nomads 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
Pachanga Diliman 4 1 2 1 10 5 +5 5
Philippine Army 3 0 1 2 3 13 10 1
Dolphins United 3 0 0 3 0 17 17 0

The remaining matches for Group B was postponed due to weather condition and safety concerns as cited by the UFL official Facebook and Twitter account.[5] However, the said matches was not played without further details and the cup proceed to the second round.

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Kaya 4 3 1 0 8 3 +5 10
Stallion 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 6
Philippines U-23 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 6
Forza 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 4
Philippine Navy 4 1 0 3 6 10 4 3

Second Round

Group D

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Green Archers United 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
Manila Nomads 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
Stallion 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 3

Group E

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Loyola 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
Global 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
Kaya 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 3

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
October 6 – Taguig City
 Loyola  2  
 Manila Nomads  0  
 
October 10 - Taguig City
     Loyola (Awarded)[note 4]  3
   Global  0
Third place
October 6 - Taguig City October 8 - Taguig City
 Green Archers United  1  Manila Nomads  0
 Global  2    Green Archers United  1

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Finals

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the tournament are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Spain Rufo Sanchez Global 8
Iran Shayan Jafari Dastjeri Union Internacional Manila 8
2 Philippines Phil Younghusband Loyola 7
Sudan Izzeldin El Habbib Global 7
3 Philippines Chieffy Caligdong Green Archers United 6
4 Philippines Angel Guirado Global 5
5 Iran Milad Behgandom Union Internacional Manila 4
Libya Mohammad Ghasemi Laos 4

Notes

  1. The UFL declared Manila Nomads as the winner by default as stated in the UFL official Twitter account.[4]
  2. Referee declared the match in favored of Philippine Navy as a result of Philippines U-23 unable to field their starting eleven upon kick-off cited by UFL official Twitter account.[6]
  3. UFL Disciplinary Committee awarded Loyola a 3–0 win as a result of Global fielding the ineligible player Rufo Sánchez. The match originally ended 3–1 in favor to Global.[7]
  4. 1 2 The UFL awarded Loyola a 3–0 win by default after Global failed to show up for the championship game Thursday night at the Emperador Stadium in McKinley Hill.[3]

References

  1. Moore, Roy (3 September 2013). "UFL preseason tournament to kick off this weekend with U23 Azkals in the mix". GMA News Online (GMA Network Inc.). Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. AKTV (30 August 2013). "Under-23 Azkals join UFL preseason tilt". Interaksyon.com/TV5 (ABC Development Corporation). Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 Decena, Karl (10 October 2013). "Loyola Meralco Sparks win UFL preseason title after Global FC default". Interaksyon.com/TV5 (ABC Development Corporation). Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  4. "UFL Pre-season Cup - Saturday". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. "UFL Preseason cup postponed". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  6. "UFL Pre-season Cup - Sunday". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 15 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  7. "Global, Loyola, Nomads and Green Archers Advance to Semis". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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