2016 United Football League

The 2016 United Football League was the seventh and last season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Division 2 is disbanded for this season with all teams competing in one division.[1]

United Football League
Season2016
ChampionsGlobal
AFC CupGlobal
Ceres
Matches played102
Goals scored544 (5.33 per match)
Best PlayerJapan Hikaru Minegishi
Top goalscorerSpain Adrián Gallardo
(30 goals)
Best goalkeeperPhilippines Nelson Gasic
Highest scoring17 goals
Kaya 16–1 Manila Nomads
Longest winning run10 games
Global
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Global
Longest winless run11 games
Pasargad
Longest losing run8 games
Pasargad
← 2015

The league competition which started on April 30 and ended on October 24 will followed a pure double round robin match with no play-offs.[1] For this edition the foreign player cap is reduced to four from five foreign players in a playing squad of 18 players, including 7 substitutes. At least one of the four maximum allowable foreign players must be from the Asian country. This was to align to the guidelines followed at the AFC Cup and AFC Champions League. However, a club with more than 25 players may have more than four foreign players in their whole squad provided that they comply with the 4-player foreign player limit rule during match day.[1]

Global F.C. won the league with one game to spare.

The 2016 season was the last UFL season following the appointment of UFL President Randy Roxas as part of the task force for the upcoming Philippines Football League which had its inaugural season in 2017.[2]

Venue

Matches are played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.[1]

Clubs

The league is composed of 12 clubs.

Club Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Agila Philippines Richard Leyble Japan Shinji Shozu Philippines LGR Sportswear None
Ceres Serbia Risto Vidaković Philippines Juan Luis Guirado Germany Puma Philippines Ceres Liner
Forza Philippines Arvin Jay Soliman Philippines Stephen Burda Philippines LGR Sportswear Philippines Orient Freight International
Global Scotland Leigh Manson Philippines Misagh Bahadoran Philippines LGR Sportswear None
Green Archers United Philippines Rodolfo Alicante Philippines Tating Pasilan Philippines LGR Sportswear Philippines Globe Telecom
JP Voltes Japan Yu Hoshide Japan Masaki Yanagawa Philippines LGR Sportswear Japan JK Mart
Kaya Philippines Chris Greatwich Philippines Alexander Borromeo Philippines LGR Sportswear Philippines LBC Express
Laos Philippines Jovanie Villagracia Sudan Badreldin Elhabib Philippines LGR Sportswear None
Loyola Meralco Sparks Scotland Simon McMenemy Philippines James Younghusband United States Under Armour Philippines Meralco
Manila Nomads Brazil Ronaldo Luis Bernardo Nigeria Ubiam Ugochukwu Okoro Philippines LGR Sportswear Philippines True Blue Tools
Pasargad Philippines Joel Villarino Philippines Jean Claude Delos Reyes Philippines LGR Sportswear None
Stallion Philippines Ernest Nierras Philippines Ruben Doctora United States Vizari Philippines Giligan's Restaurant

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Incoming head coach
Kaya Trinidad and Tobago Fabien Larry Lewis End of contract Philippines Chris Greatwich
JP Voltes Japan Shinichiro Maeno End of contract Japan Yu Hoshide[3]
Laos Philippines Rudy Del Rosario End of contract Philippines Jovanie Villagracia
Forza Philippines Jun Mark Saraga End of contract Philippines Arvin Jay Soliman
Agila Philippines Ramon Vicente Roxas End of contract Philippines Richard Leyble
Pasargad Philippines Mike Agbayani End of contract Philippines Joel Villarino
Ceres Philippines Ali Go New coach under contract Serbia Risto Vidaković

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Global (C) 19 15 2 2 80 15 +65 47 Qualification to the 2017 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1
or 2017 AFC Cup Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Ceres (Q) 19 13 2 4 109 18 +91 41 Qualification to the 2017 AFC Cup Group stage
3 Loyola Meralco Sparks 19 13 2 4 83 23 +60 41
4 JP Voltes 19 13 2 4 51 16 +35 41
5 Kaya 19 12 1 6 78 25 +53 37
6 Stallion 19 8 7 4 43 28 +15 31
7 Green Archers United 19 6 3 10 29 48 −19 21
8 Forza 19 4 2 13 20 82 −62 14
9 Manila Nomads (D, E) 11 3 0 8 20 65 −45 9 Withdrew from the tournament[lower-alpha 2]
10 Laos 19 2 1 16 22 111 −89 7
11 Agila (D, E) 11 1 1 9 6 56 −50 4 Withdrew from the tournament[lower-alpha 2]
12 Pasargad (D, E) 11 0 1 10 4 58 −54 1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2016. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Global qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup Group stage by winning the 2016 UFL Cup. However, since they already qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1 by winning the 2016 UFL Division 1, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the next best-placed team (2016 UFL Division 1 runner-up Ceres FC).
  2. Manila Nomads, Agila and Pasargad did not participate in the second round of the league.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819
Global4211111111111111111
Ceres8643222222223232222
Loyola Meralco Sparks5365333333432323333
JP Voltes2154555444344444444
Kaya1532444566555555555
Stallion91077667655666666666
Green Archers United6426776777777777777
Forza691110111111988888888888
Manila Nomads37898888910999999999
Laos1212121212101011119101010101010101010
Agila108108999101011111111111111111111
Pasargad1111911101212121212121212121212121212
Leader
2017 AFC Cup group stage
Source: UFL League Table

Results
Home \ Away AGI CER FOR GLO GAU JPV KAY LAO LMS NOM PSG STA
Agila 0–5 0–3 1–0 0–11 2–2
Ceres 10–1 11–0 3–3 7–1 4–2 5–0 8–0 4–1 6–0 2–2
Forza 4–1 0–10 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–5 3–1 1–5 2–0 1–4
Global 8–0 0–5 12–0 4–0 0–2 3–2 8–0 1–0 3–0 3–0
Green Archers United 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–5 3–0 0–4 2–1 1–3
JP Voltes 1–0 7–1 0–4 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 5–0 0–0
Kaya 1–0 10–2 0–3 6–0 1–3 8–0 1–2 16–1 0–1
Laos 0–11 0–3 0–7 0–4 0–4 2–10 2–13 8–3 2–2
Loyola Meralco Sparks 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 11–1 9–2 3–1
Manila Nomads 3–0 2–1 0–12 3–4 2–4
Pasargad 0–16 0–6 0–6 1–6 0–9 0–4
Stallion 5–1 1–4 3–0 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 8–0 2–2 2–0
Source: United Football League (Philippines)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Spain Adrián GallardoCeres 30
2 Philippines Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco Sparks 21
3 Philippines Stephan SchröckCeres 18
Senegal Robert Lopez MendyKaya
5 Japan Hikaru MinegishiGlobal 17

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Philippines Jay BaguioroJP VoltesPasargad0–630 April 2016
Philippines James YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksStallion3–18 May 2016
Philippines Nate BurkeyCeresManila Nomads6–014 May 2016
Philippines Jay BaguioroJP VoltesForza7–115 May 2016
Japan Takumi Uesato
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy4KayaForza10–218 May 2016
Philippines Patrick ReicheltCeresAgila10–118 May 2016
Spain Bienve
Philippines Kenshiro Daniels4KayaManila Nomads16–19 June 2016
Philippines OJ Porteria4
Philippines Joshua Beloya4StallionLaos8–09 June 2016
Spain Adrián Gallardo8CeresPasargad0–1611 June 2016
Philippines Stephan Schröck
Philippines Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksAgila0–1115 June 2016
Japan Akira Miyayama
Spain Adrián GallardoCeresForza0–1015 June 2016
Philippines Patrik Franksson4LaosPasargad1– 619 June 2016
Senegal Robert Lopez MendyKayaPasargad0– 625 June 2016
Philippines Stephan SchröckCeresStallion1–425 June 2016
Philippines Phil Younghusband5Loyola Meralco SparksLaos2–1326 June 2016
Philippines Curt DizonLoyola Meralco SparksManila Nomads9–23 July 2016
Spain Alvaro Castiella
Spain Carlos Ortiz 4GlobalAgila8–05 July 2016
Philippines Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksPasargad0– 97 July 2016
Spain Adrián Gallardo6CeresLaos0– 117 July 2016
Philippines Patrik Franksson5LaosManila Nomads8–310 July 2016
Ghana Stephen AppiahManila NomadsLaos8–310 July 2016
Philippines Misagh Bahadoran5GlobalManila Nomads0–1214 July 2016
Philippines Phil YounghusbandLoyola Meralco SparksForza1– 57 August 2016
Philippines Omid NazariGlobalForza12–010 August 2016
Philippines Misagh Bahadoran4
Japan Hikaru Minegishi
Philippines Jorrel AristorenasLoyola Meralco SparksLaos11–117 August 2016
England Louis ClarkKayaLaos8–024 September 2016
Philippines Stephan SchröckCeresLoyola Meralco Sparks4–124 September 2016
Laos8–028 September 2016
Japan Hikaru MinegishiGlobalLaos0–72 October 2016
Philippines Matthew Hartmann

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
6 Player scored six goals
8 Player scored eight goals

Own goals
Player For Club Own goals
Philippines Ronnie Aguisanda Loyola Meralco Sparks Green Archers United 2
JP Voltes
Cameroon Christian Nana Global Stallion 1
Philippines Michael Atienza Global Laos
Philippines Jayson Cutamora Global JP Voltes
Philippines Rezziel Villaespin Agila Laos
Philippines John Lloyd Bastasa Loyola Meralco Sparks Laos
Nigeria Fidelis Nnabuife Loyola Meralco Sparks Manila Nomads
Philippines Joseph Rigoberto Global Forza

Honors
Player
Team

References
  1. Guerrero, Bob (13 January 2016). "What to expect in Philippine football in 2016". Rappler. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Ceres FC ready to apply for PFL license". The Visayan Daily Star. 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. "Line ups for JP Voltes Vs Kaya". Twitter. UFL Philippines. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. "Global and Voltes dominate UFL Awards". Dugout Philippines. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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