UFL FA Cup

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UFL FA Cup
Founded 2014
Number of teams 6
Television broadcasters AksyonTV
Website UFL FA Cup
Soccerball current event.svg 2014 UFL FA Cup

The United Football League Football Alliance Cup, commonly known as UFL FA Cup was a Filipino association football competition. It was played on a knockout stage (single elimination). It was the season ender short tournament for the UFL that pits the top 6 clubs of UFL Division 1. [1]

Football in the Philippines

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History

On 21 June 2012, UFL officials announced that it will introduce a new tournament to its calendar around May of the 2013 United Football League season. Originally, the UFL Super Cup was supposed to feature 10 teams from the UFL Division 1 and the top six clubs from its second division. [2] A maximum of five foreign players would be allowed for each club during the inaugural tournament, and this number would be reduced to four players the succeeding years. [3]

On 22 April 2014, it was officially announced that the planned UFL Super Cup will commence after the 2013 UFL season, and will be held annually after the end of each league competition. As for its participants, the top six clubs of the first division will compete in this knockout tournament. UFL president Randy Roxas said that the Super Cup was supposed to include foreign teams competing against the league and cup champions. However, he explained that inviting foreign teams became too expensive. [4] The league champion and runner-up will receive byes to the cup's semi-finals, while the other four clubs will compete in two-legged knockout games. [5]

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Cup Winners And Runners-Up

ClubChampionsYears wonRunners-upYears lost
Global
1
 2014
0
Kaya
0
1
 2014

Top goal scorers by edition

YearScorerClubGoals
2014 Flag of Australia.svg Thomas Taylor Kaya
5

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References

  1. ↑ http://ufl.ph/ (June 18, 2014). "UFL Launches Mall Tour in Support of Football Alliance Cup". UFL Philippines. Manila. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Decena, Karl (21 June 2012). "UFL to debut new Super Cup tournament next season". InterAKTV. Interaksyon.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Villar, Joey (21 April 2014). "UFL announces 'Super Cup'". x. Philstar.com. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Fenix, Ryan (24 April 2014). "Rampaging Fullback: UFL Super Cup means more football joy for everybody". InterAKTV. Interaksyon.com. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Decena, Karl (22 April 2014). "Top six UFL teams to contest Super Cup in June". InterAKTV. Interaksyon.com. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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