2013 UFL Pre-season Cup

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2013 UFL Pre-season Cup
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Dates7 September to 10 October 2013
Teams15
Champions Loyola
Runners-up Global
Matches played38
Goals scored168 (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]

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Contents

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.

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Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Global 4400273+2412
Green Archers United 4301145+99
Union Internacional Manila 42021511+46
Laos 4103523−183
Manila All-Japan 4004224−220
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Loyola Meralco Sparks 3300182+169
Manila Nomads 321082+67
Pachanga Diliman 4121105+55
Philippine Army 3012313−101
Dolphins United 3003017−170
Source: [ citation needed ]

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.

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Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Kaya 431083+510
Stallion 420286+26
Philippines U-23 420257−26
Forza 411234−14
Philippine Navy 4103610−43
Source: [ citation needed ]

Second round

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Green Archers United 210153+23
Manila Nomads 21015503
Stallion 210146−23
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group E

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Loyola 210142+23
Global 210143+13
Kaya 210125−33
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Finals

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the tournament are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Spain.svg Rufo Sanchez Global 8
Flag of Iran.svg Shayan Jafari Dastjeri Union Internacional Manila 8
2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Phil Younghusband Loyola 7
Flag of Sudan.svg Izzeldin El Habbib Global 7
3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Chieffy Caligdong Green Archers United 6
4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Angel Guirado Global 5
5 Flag of Iran.svg Milad Behgandom Union Internacional Manila 4
Flag of Libya.svg 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]

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References

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  2. ↑ AKTV (30 August 2013). "Under-23 Azkals join UFL preseason tilt". Interaksyon.com/TV5. ABC Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. 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.
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