2013 UFL Pre-season Cup

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2013 UFL Pre-season Cup
Tournament details
CountryFile:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Dates7 September to 10 October 2013
Teams15
Final positions
ChampionsLoyola
Runner-upGlobal
Tournament statistics
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]

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
Source: [citation needed]

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
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.

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
Source: [citation needed]
15 September 2013 Kaya 0 – 0 Forza Emperador Stadium
21:00 UTC+8 Sources
19 September 2013 Stallion 1 – 0 Forza Emperador Stadium
19:00 UTC+8 Park Bo Bae File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Sources

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
Source: [citation needed]

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

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 6 – Taguig City
 
 
Loyola2
 
October 10 - Taguig City
 
Manila Nomads0
 
Loyola (Awarded)[note 4] 3
 
October 6 - Taguig City
 
Global0
 
Green Archers United1
 
 
Global2
 
Third place
 
 
October 8 - Taguig City
 
 
Manila Nomads0
 
 
Green Archers United1

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Finals

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 Spain Rufo Sanchez Global 8
Iran Shayan Jafari Dastjeri Union Internacional Manila 8
2 Philippines Phil Younghusband Loyola 7
Sudan Izzeldin El Habbib Global 7
3 Philippines Chieffy Caligdong Green Archers United 6
4 Philippines Angel Guirado Global 5
5 Iran Milad Behgandom Union Internacional Manila 4
Libya 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. 4.0 4.1 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

  1. Moore, Roy (3 September 2013). "UFL preseason tournament to kick off this weekend with U23 Azkals in the mix". GMA News Online. GMA Network Inc. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  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. 3.0 3.1 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.
  7. "Global, Loyola, Nomads and Green Archers Advance to Semis". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.