2013 United Football League

The 2013 United Football League was the fourth season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009.

United Football League Division 1
Season2013
ChampionsStallion FC
RelegatedPhilippine Air Force
Matches played90
Goals scored338 (3.76 per match)
Top goalscorer Rufo Sánchez
(18 Goals)
Highest scoringLoyola Meralco Sparks 10–1 Philippine Army
Longest winning run8 games
Stallion FC
Longest unbeaten run8 games
Global
Stallion FC
Longest winless run9 games
Philippine Air Force
Longest losing run9 games
Philippine Air Force
← 2012
2014 →
United Football League Division 2
Season2013
ChampionsTeam Socceroo
PromotedTeam Socceroo
Matches played72
Goals scored267 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer Jeong Woo Lee
(14 goals)
Highest scoringForza 4-5 Team Socceroo
Team Socceroo 8–1 Laos
Longest winning run16 games
Team Socceroo
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Team Socceroo
Longest winless run11 games
Manila All-Japan
Longest losing run4 games
Dolphins United
← 2012
2014 →

Global FC are the defending champions, having won the previous Division 1 of the 2012 United Football League season. The season features 9 teams from the 2012 United Football League Division 1 and one new team promoted from the 2012 United Football League Division 2. Pachanga Diliman replaced the relegated Navy. The 2013 Division 1 league play kicked off on February 5, 2013 [1] while the Division 2 scheduled to kick off its first match between Dolphins United and Cebu Queen City United on February 9, 2013 at the Emperador Stadium [2] but Cebu Queen City United did not show up in the game time.[3]

Stallion FC clinched the United Football League Division 1 championship after Kaya came away with a 3-2 victory against Global at the Emperador Stadium in Mckinley Hill in Taguig June 13, 2013.[4]

Teams

Ten teams in Division 1 and Division 2 contest for this years' league title. Pachanga Diliman from 2012 UFL Division 2 to replace relegated Navy. Two 2012 UFL Division 2 sides Manila Lions and Sunken Garden United did not participate in this year's league contest after they finished 11th and 12th spot respectively in 2012 league season.

On March 1, 2013, the UFL management has officially ruled out Cebu Queen City United from participating after the club apparently withdrawn when the club’s request for home games was turned down by the league.[5]

Clubs by division
Division 1
Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Global Brian Reid Yu Hoshide LGR Athletic Kia
Green Archers United Rodolfo Alicante Chieffy Caligdong LGR Athletic Globe Telecom
Kaya David Perkovic Anton del Rosario LGR Athletic LBC Express, Inc.
Loyola Meralco Sparks Vincent Santos James Younghusband LGR Athletic Meralco
Manila Nomads John Jofre Randy Musters AtletA
Pachanga Diliman Noel Marcaida Yves Ashime Mizuno Victory Liner
PSG Esmaeil Sedigh Jaham Taher LGR Athletic Cord Epoxy
Philippine Air Force Leo Alfred Jaena Ian Araneta Philippine Air Force
Philippine Army Patricio Bumidang, Jr. Roel Gener LGR Athletic
Stallion FC Ernie Nierras Reuben Doctora Jr. Nike Sta. Lucia Land Inc.
Division 2
Club Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Agila John Paul Mérida Mark Alvin Valeroso Adidas
Cebu Queen City United Mario Ceniza Jan Michael Flores
Cimarron Stephen Permanes Bismark Frimpong Adidas Antonov Vodka
Dolphins United Greg Calawod Romnick Echin OLM
Forza FC Azlan Nazir Allan Auman LGR Athletic or? Orient Freight
Laos FC Rolando Pinero Rolly Lear
Manila All-Japan Shinichiro Maeno Yuki Tanaka Cebu General Services, Inc.
Philippine Navy Narciso Rosima Loreto Kalalang LGR Athletic RedJuice
Team Socceroo Nolan Manito Michael Reyes LGR Athletic Vcargo Worldwide
Union Internacional Manila Jorge Muller Ivan Meilan Rudy Project

Managerial changes
Division 1
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Incoming head coach
Global Dan Palami[6] End of caretaker position[6] Brian Reid[6]
Loyola Kim Chul-Soo Mutual consent Vincent Santos[7]
Kaya Michael Angelo Alvarez Resigned[8] Maor Rozen[8]
Maor Rozen Resigned[9] David Perkovic[10]
Manila Nomads Michael Denison Resigned[11] John Jofre[11]
Pachanga Diliman Norman Fegidero Resigned Salvador Alberto Salvacion
Salvador Alberto Salvacion Resigned Noel Marcaida
Philippine Air Force Edzel Bracamonte Resigned Leo Alfred Jaena
Division 2
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Incoming head coach
Agila Carlo Jose Rodriguez Resigned John Paul Mérida
Cimarron Salvador Alberto Salvacion Transferred (to Pachanga Diliman) Noel Marcaida
Noel Marcaida Transferred (to Pachanga Diliman) Stephen Permanes
Laos Ronald Patulin Resigned Rolando Pinero
Manila All-Japan Ryo Kono Mutual consent Shinichiro Maeno
Navy Marlon Maro Resigned Narciso Rosima
Team Socceroo Alfredo Estacion Resigned Nolan Manito
Union Internacional Manila Rafael Rodriguez Mutual consent Jorge Muller

Venues
Division 1
Stadium Location
Rizal Memorial StadiumManila
Emperador Stadium[2]Taguig
Division 2
Stadium Location
Emperador StadiumTaguig

League table and results

Division 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stallion (C) 18 15 1 2 60 22 +38 46
2 Global 18 14 1 3 47 12 +35 43
3 Loyola 18 11 5 2 50 18 +32 38
4 Kaya 18 8 7 3 35 21 +14 31
5 Pachanga Diliman 18 9 1 8 28 28 0 28
6 Green Archers United 18 7 3 8 36 36 0 24
7 Pasargad 18 6 3 9 38 38 0 21
8 Manila Nomads 18 3 4 11 16 43 −27 13
9 Philippine Army (O) 18 2 1 15 20 62 −42 7 Qualification to the 2013 Relegation playoffs
10 Philippine Air Force (R) 18 2 0 16 9 59 −50 6 Relegation to the 2014 UFL Division 2
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2013. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Home \ Away GLO GAU KAY LMS NOM PAC PSG PAF PA STA
Global 5–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
Green Archers United 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–2 5–1 1–3
Kaya 3–2 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–2
Loyola 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 10–1 1–1
Manila Nomads 0–4 1–4 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–6
Pachanga Diliman 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 5–1 3–2 0–2
PSG 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–4 7–2 2–3 5–0 4–0 0–4
Philippine Air Force 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–4 2–0 0–3 0–6 0–3 2–7
Philippine Army 0–6 1–1 0–4 1–4 1–3 1–2 4–5 0–1 1–6
Stallion 1–2 4–3 3–2 4–2 1–0 3–1 5–1 6–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on June 20, 2013, 23:00. Source: United Football League (Philippines) soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Team Socceroo (C, P) 16 16 0 0 60 14 +46 48 Promotion to the 2014 UFL Division 1
2 Union Internacional Manila 16 9 4 3 32 23 +9 31 Qualification to the 2013 Promotion playoffs
3 Forza 16 8 3 5 38 26 +12 27
4 Agila 16 9 0 7 30 34 −4 27
5 Laos 16 6 3 7 29 38 −9 21
6 Philippine Navy 16 4 4 8 17 27 −10 16
7 Cimarron 16 4 2 10 27 36 −9 14
8 Manila All-Japan 16 2 5 9 16 34 −18 11
9 Dolphins United 16 3 1 12 21 38 −17 10
10 Cebu Queen City United (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2013. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Cebu Queen City United was officially ruled out by UFL management after the club withdrawn from the league as the club's request for home games in Cebu was turned down by the UFL.
Home \ Away AGI CQC[lower-alpha 1] CIM DOL FOR LAO AJP PN SOC UIM
Agila 1–0 3–2 1–6 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 2–3
Cebu Queen City United[lower-alpha 2]
Cimarron 1–3 4–2 1–4 4–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–3
Dolphins United 1–2 2–2 0–5 1–2 1–2 4–0 0–2 1–2
Forza 3–1 3–2 1–3 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–5 1–1
Laos 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–2
Manila All-Japan 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–3
Philippine Navy 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–3
Team Socceroo 5–2 5–1 4–1 2–1 8–1 5–0 6–2 2–0
Union Internacional Manila 2–0 4–3 3–0 0–1 4–4 0–0 2–2 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on June 20, 2013, 21:00. Source: United Football League (Philippines)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. All fixtures involving Cebu Queen City United have been nullified after the UFL management officially ruled out the club from participating.
  2. All fixtures involving Cebu Queen City United have been nullified after the UFL management officially ruled out the club from participating.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

Philippine Army, the 9th-placed team of Division 1 will face the 2nd-placed 2013 UFL Division 2 side Union Internacional Manila in a two-legged playoff. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2014 UFL Division 1.[12]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Philippine Army 8–4 Union Internacional Manila 5–3 3–1
1st Leg
Philippine Army5–3Union Internacional Manila
Margarse  40'
Brillantes  49', 67'
Vestal  56'
Lobaton  76'		 Meilan  3'
Stanley  19'
Owusu  90' (pen.)
Emperador Stadium, Taguig
2nd Leg
Union Internacional Manila1–3Philippine Army
Stanley  63' Gener  35'
Vestal  65', 83'
Emperador Stadium, Taguig

Philippine Army won 8–4 on aggregate and retained its United Football League Division 1 spot for the 2014 season.

Top goalscorers

Correct as of 23:00, June 20, 2013
Source: UFL Phil

Division 1
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Rufo Sánchez Stallion FC 18
2 Phil Younghusband Loyola 17
3 Mark Hartmann Loyola 13
Izzeldin El Habbib Global FC
5 Emmanuel Mbata PSG 12
6 Chieffy Caligdong Green Archers United 9
7 Lee Joo-Young Stallion FC 8
8 Ian Araneta Philippine Air Force 7
9 Nathan Alquiros Stallion FC 6
Anton del Rosario Kaya
Jeffrey Christiaens Global FC
Jesus Joaquin Melliza Green Archers United
Christian Pasilan Green Archers United
Meliton Pelayo Philippine Army
Kalilou Toure PSG
Division 2
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jeong Woo Lee Team Socceroo 14
2 Jerome Cuyos Dolphins United 12
3 Dibi Pascal Forza 11
4 Shin Seok Jeon Team Socceroo 10
5 Ebenezer Owusu Union Internacional Manila 8
6 Ivan Meilan Union Internacional Manila 7
Bismark Frimpong Cimarron
Olayemi Bakare Agila
9 Philip Zemen Agila 6
Richard Leyble Navy
Hyeon Seung Lee Team Socceroo

Own goals
Division 1
Rank Player For Club Own Goal
1 Bafio Magassa Global Manila Nomads 2
Stallion FC
2 Edward Rances Global Pachanga Diliman 1
3 Carli de Murga Kaya Global 1
Division 2
Rank Player For Club Own Goal
1 Yuki Itoyama Cimarron Manila All-Japan 1
2 Henderson Campo Cimarron Forza 1

Hat-tricks
Division 1
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Rufo Sánchez Stallion FC Philippine Air Force 7–2‡ 7 March 2013
Robert Cañedo Pachanga Diliman Philippine Air Force 5–1 21 March 2013
Phil Younghusband Loyola Meralco Sparks Philippine Army 10–1‡ 16 April 2013
Mark Hartmann Loyola Meralco Sparks Philippine Army 10–1‡ 16 April 2013
Rufo Sánchez Stallion FC Philippine Army 6–1‡ 30 April 2013
Oussenynou Diop Pachanga Diliman PSG 3–2 4 May 2013
Division 2
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Jerome Cuyos Dolphins United Philippine Navy 4–0 3 March 2013
Jeong Woo Lee Team Socceroo Agila 4–1 14 April 2013
Shin Seok Jeon Team Socceroo Navy 6–2 5 May 2013
Hyeon Seung Lee Team Socceroo Forza 5–4 26 May 2013
Olayemi Bakare Agila Manila All-Japan 4–1 1 June 2013
  • ‡ Player scored more than three (3) goals

Scoring

Division 1
  • First goal of the season: Relan Bretaña for Philippine Army against Loyola (February 5, 2013)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Mark Hartmann for Loyola against Philippine Air Force (February 21, 2013) and Agbayomi Olowoyeye for Green Archers United against Philippine Army (May 18, 2013)
  • First own goal of the season: 50 Minutes – Bafio Magassa of Manila Nomads for Global (February 14, 2013)
  • Widest winning margin: 9 goals
  • Highest scoring game: 11 goals
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 10 goals
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals

Division 2
  • First goal of the season: Own goal by Manila All-Japan player Yuki Itoyama scored for Cimarron (February 10, 2013)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Mohammad Ghasemi for Laos against Dolphins United (May 26, 2013)
  • First own goal of the season: 6 Minutes – Yuki Itoyama of Manila All-Japan for Cimarron (February 10, 2013)
  • Widest winning margin: 7 goals
  • Highest scoring game: 9 goals
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals

Season Awards

Team Awards

The following teams are awarded by the United Football League in the ceremony.[13]

Division 1
Club Award
Stallion FC Champions
Global 1st-Runner Up
Loyola Meralco Sparks Fair Play Award
Division 2
Club Award
Team Socceroo Champions
Manila All-Japan Fair Play Award

Individual awards

The following players are awarded by the United Football League Committee in the ceremony.[13]

Division 1
Player Club Award
Rufo Sánchez Stallion FC Golden Ball
Rufo Sánchez Stallion FC Golden Boot(18 goals)
Roland Sadia Global Best Goalkeeper
Division 2
Player Club Award
Jeong Woo Lee Team Socceroo Golden Ball
Jeong Woo Lee Team Socceroo Golden Boot(14 goals)
Seung Seok Seo Team Socceroo Best Goalkeeper

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