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

Green Archers United v Union Internacional Manila

8 September 2013	Green Archers United	2 – 1	Union Internacional Manila	Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8	Mohammed  45' (o.g.) Caligdong  90+1'	Source	Shayan  9'

Global v Laos

8 September 2013	Global	8 – 0	Laos	Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Bahadoran  30' de Murga  34' Guirado  36', 38' Starosta  40' Hoshide  42' El Habbib  65' Altiche  89'	Source

Manila All-Japan v Laos

10 September 2013	Manila All-Japan	1 – 3	Laos	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Tanaka  26'	Source	Buenaflor  1' Lear  36' Sandoval  50'

Green Archers United v Global

10 September 2013	Green Archers United	1 – 2	Global	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Caligdong  87'	Source	Hartmann  56' Guirado  82'

Manila All-Japan v Green Archers United

14 September 2013	Manila All-Japan	0 – 3	Green Archers United	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8		Source	Caligdong  23' Villareal  45' Bacobo  80'

Union Internacional Manila v Global

14 September 2013	Union Internacional Manila	1 – 6	Global	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Behgandom  83'	Source	Rufo  1', 6', 29' I. El Habbib  60', 86' Altiche  70'

Union Internacional Manila v Manila All-Japan

18 September 2013	Union Internacional Manila	7 – 0	Manila All-Japan	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Behgandom  22', 41' Shayan  24', 30', 46', 55' Mahdavi  57'	Source

Laos v Green Archers United

18 September 2013	Laos	2 – 8	Green Archers United	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Ghasemi  55'  67'	Source	Melliza  6' Caligdong  20', 37' Garcia  21' Olowoyeye  43' Bertotto  77', 86' Bacobo  51'

Global v Manila All-Japan

21 September 2013	Global	11 – 1	Manila All-Japan	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Rufo  24', 29', 48', 64', 68' El Habbib  33', 66', 75' Guirado  83' Aguinaldo  83' Altiche  89'		Sugisaki  31'

Laos v Union Internacional Manila

21 September 2013	Laos	3 – 6	Union Internacional Manila	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Franksson  20' Ghasemi  24', 28'		Shayan  7', 16', 90+2' Hassan  27' Behgadom  35' Bertotto  39' (pen.)

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

Pachanga Diliman v Manila Nomads

7 September 2013	Pachanga Diliman	2 – 2	Manila Nomads	Emperador Stadium
14:00 UTC+8	Burkey  38' Diop  47'	Source	Weidmar  58' Peralta  88'

Loyola v Philippine Army

7 September 2013	Loyola	9 – 2	Philippine Army	Emperador Stadium
16:00 UTC+8	Joo Young  3' P. Younghusband  18', 26', 32' (pen.) Hartmann  32', 67' J. Younghusband  35' Morallo  57' Gould  69'	Source	Gener  42' Becite  50'

Dolphins United v Loyola

11 September 2013	Dolphins United	0 – 7	Loyola	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8		Source	Gould  5' P. Younghusband  50', 63', 85' Joo Young  69', 83' Bugas  87'

Pachanga Diliman v Philippine Army

11 September 2013	Pachanga Diliman	1 – 1	Philippine Army	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Valmayor  64'	Source	Bretaña  46'

Manila Nomads v Philippine Army

14 September 2013	Manila Nomads	3 – 0 Awarded[note 1]	Philippine Army	Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8

Dolphins United v Pachanga Diliman

14 September 2013	Dolphins United	0 – 7	Pachanga Diliman	Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8		Source	Santos  9', 62' Burkey  14'  38' Cutamora  20' Valmayor  70', 71'

Manila Nomads v Dolphins United

17 September 2013	Manila Nomads	3 – 0	Dolphins United	Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8	Magassa  45', 73' Borrill  58'	Source

Loyola v Pachanga Diliman

17 September 2013	Loyola	2 – 0	Pachanga Diliman	Emperador Stadium
16:00 UTC+8	J. Younghusband  84', 90+2' (pen.)	Source

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

Forza v Philippines U-23

7 September 2013	Forza	0 – 2	Philippines U-23	Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8		Sources	Hartmann  56' (pen.) Fornea  64'

Stallion v Philippine Navy

7 September 2013	Stallion	4 – 0	Philippine Navy	Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Doctora  6' Clariño  36' Barrera  62' Ignacio  69'	Source

Kaya v Stallion

12 September 2013	Kaya	3 – 1	Stallion	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	D. de Jong  34' C. Greatwich  44' Daniels  85'	Source	Alquiros  90+1'

Forza v Philippine Navy

12 September 2013	Forza	3 – 1	Philippine Navy	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Burda  12' Pascual  48' Adebando  57'	Source	Ruben  17' (o.g.)

Philippine Navy v Philippines U-23

15 September 2013	Philippine Navy	3 – 0 Awarded[note 2]	Philippines U-23	Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8

Kaya v Forza

15 September 2013	Kaya	0 – 0	Forza	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8		Sources

Stallion v Forza

19 September 2013	Stallion	1 – 0	Forza	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Park Bo Bae  10'	Sources

Philippines U-23 v Kaya

19 September 2013	Philippines U-23	0 – 2	Kaya	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8		Sources	Baganski  84' Ugarte  89'

Philippine Navy v Kaya

21 September 2013	Philippine Navy	2 – 3	Kaya	Emperador Stadium
15:00 UTC+8	Viliran  6' Leyble  81'	Sources	Omura  53' Ugarte  56' Arceo  86'

Stallion v Philippines U-23

21 September 2013	Stallion	2 – 3	Philippines U-23	Emperador Stadium
17:00 UTC+8	Hohn  47' Clariño  79'	Sources	Christiaens  46' Fornea  61' Torres  69' (o.g.)

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

Manila Nomads v Stallion

23 September 2013	Manila Nomads	5 – 1	Stallion	Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8	Magassa  25', 55' Clottey  73' Hwedi  83' Diouff  88'	Source	Alquiros  82'

Stallion v Green Archers United

25 September 2013	Stallion	3 – 1	Green Archers United	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Barrera  43', 80' Park Bo Bae  87'	Source	Pasilan  7'

Green Archers United v Manila Nomads

27 September 2013	Green Archers United	4 – 0	Manila Nomads	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Caligdong  6' Pasilan  16' Melliza  75' Garcia  90+2'	Source

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

Global v Loyola

23 September 2013	Global	0 – 3 Awarded[note 3]	Loyola	Emperador Stadium
20:00 UTC+8		Source

Global v Kaya

25 September 2013	Global	4 – 0	Kaya	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	Christiaens  36' Bahadoran  62' I. Elhabib  69' A. Guirado  88'	Source

Kaya v Loyola

27 September 2013	Kaya	2 – 1	Loyola	Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8	D. De Jong  38' Mbata  82'	Source	Ashime  20'

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

Loyola v Manila Nomads

6 October 2013	Loyola	2 – 0	Manila Nomads	Emperador Stadium
17:00 UTC+8	P. Younghusband  15' Bonney  21'	Source

Green Archers United v Global

6 October 2013	Green Archers United	1 – 2	Global	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8	Martindale  65'	Source	Bahadoran  60' Yao  90+1'

Third place playoff

Manila Nomads v Green Archers United

8 October 2013	Manila Nomads	0 – 1	Green Archers United	Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8			Villareal  30'

Finals

Global v Loyola

10 October 2013	Global	0 – 3 Awarded[note 4]	Loyola	Emperador Stadium
18:00 UTC+8

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the tournament are as follows:

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

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2. AKTV (30 August 2013). "Under-23 Azkals join UFL preseason tilt". Interaksyon.com/TV5 (ABC Development Corporation). Retrieved 3 November 2013.
3. 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.