UFL FA League Cup

UFL FA League Cup
Organizing bodyFootball Alliance
Founded2014
Abolished2014
RegionPhilippines
Number of teams14
Most successful club(s)Ceres (1 title)
Television broadcastersAksyonTV

The United Football League FA League Cup, commonly known as UFL FA League Cup, was a Filipino association football competition. It was played on a multistage format that culminates in a knockout stage (single elimination). Clubs that were eligible to compete for the cup were those who then played in the United Football League's two divisions.[1] The only edition of this tournament was part of the 2014–15 United Football League season, preceding the league proper and the ULF Cup, the pre-existing and separate cup tournament.[1][2]

2014 edition

2014 UFL FA League Cup
Tournament details
CountryPhilippines
DatesSeptember 20 - November 6, 2014
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsCeres
Runner-upGlobal
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored232 (4.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)England Louis Max Clark
Philippines Mark Hartmann
(10 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Jin Ho Kim

The 2014 United Football League FA League Cup was the first and only edition of the tournament. The competition started on September 20 and ended on November 6, 2014.[3]

Competition format

The 14 clubs were separated into two groups of seven, where the top four advanced to the quarterfinals. Separate draws took place before the quarterfinals and semi-finals to determine which clubs will face off.[4]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advance to the knock out stage

All times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) – UTC+8.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ceres 6 6 0 0 18 4 +14 18
Loyola 6 5 0 1 17 9 +8 15
Stallion 6 3 1 2 15 15 0 10
Pachanga Diliman 6 3 0 3 15 16 −1 9
Green Archers United 6 1 2 3 10 16 −6 5
Manila Jeepney 6 1 1 4 13 15 −2 4
Philippine Army 6 0 0 6 7 19 −12 0
September 20, 2014 Stallion 1–0 Philippine Army Rizal Memorial Stadium
14:15 Arboleda 20' Report
September 20, 2014 Manila Jeepney 2–2 Green Archers United Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15
  • Kouassi 5'
  • Taher 90+1'
Report
September 20, 2014 Pachanga Diliman 0–4 Ceres Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 Report Okunaiya 38'
Gallardo 39', 66'
Reichelt 90+2'
September 23, 2014 Stallion 2–4 Ceres Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 Mintah 12'
Carrascosa 62'
Report Gallardo 14'
Reichelt 50', 57'
Guirado 70'
23 September 2014 Philippine Army 1 – 3 Loyola Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Jeon Shin Seok 77' J. Younghusband 11', 51'
Hartmann 63'
23 September 2014 Manila Jeepney 3 – 4 Pachanga Diliman Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Ngnan Koffi Kouassi 6', 53'
Jahanbakhsh Taher 56'
Report Behrous Khoshgavar 5'
Jinggoy Valmayor 22', 70'
Yi Young Park 35'
30 September 2014 Green Archers United 1 – 4 Pachanga Diliman Emperador Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Robert Lopez Mendy 45' Report Hamed Hajimahdi 34'
Shayan Dastjerdi 54'
Gerardo Valmayor 71'
Andoni Santos 90+3'
2 October 2014 Philippine Army 4 – 5 Manila Jeepney Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Nestorio Margarse Jr. 18'
Shin Seok Jeon 56', 65'
Dae Han Kang 80'
Report Alvaro Alonso 3', 42'
Eric Ben Giganto 27', 60'
Ngnan Koffi Kouassi 71'
2 October 2014 Ceres 1 – 0 Loyola Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Jin Ho Kim 22' Report
14 October 2014 Green Archers United 3 – 3 Stallion Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Reynald Villareal 68'
Pasilan 70'
Robert Lopez Mendy 86'
Report Rota 34'
Belinga Blanchard 44'
Angel Carrascosa 75'
14 October 2014 Loyola 3 – 2 Pachanga Diliman Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 J. Younghusband 65'
P. Younghusband 90+1'
Caygill 90+2'
Report Gerardo Valmayor 46', 49'
14 October 2014 Ceres 3 – 2 Manila Jeepney Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Jin Ho Kim 43'
Adrian Gallardo 49'
Sabio 57'
Report Angelo Jurao 57'
Arnel Amita 68'
18 October 2014 Green Archers United 4 – 1 Philippine Army Emperador Stadium
14:15 UTC+8 Robert Lopez Mendy 45+1'
Jovanie Simpron 46'
Jesse Martindale 60'
Caligdong 70'
Shin Seok Jeon 72'
18 October 2014 Pachanga Diliman 2 – 4 Stallion Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Yi Young Park 31' (33) Mario Javier Clarino 3'
Rota 5'
Angel Carrascosa 47', 85'
18 October 2014 Manila Jeepney 1 – 2 Loyola Emperador Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Alvaro Alonso 76' Max Wright 2'
P. Younghusband 49'
20 October 2014 Stallion 1 – 0 Manila Jeepney Emperador Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Nana Thomert 89' Report
21 October 2014 Ceres 3 – 0 Green Archers United Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Jin Ho Kim 19'
Adrian Gallardo 39', 45'
Report
21 October 2014 Pachanga Diliman 3 – 1 Philippine Army Emperador Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Jeong Woo Lee 33'
Gerardo Valmayor 71'
Raffy Cabug 87'
Report Shin Seok Jeon 9'
23 October 2014 Philippine Army 0 – 3 Ceres Rizal Memorial Stadium
14:15 UTC+8 Report Kyum Son Cho 22', 50', 54'
23 October 2014 Loyola 6 – 4 Stallion Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Freddy Gonzalez 45'
Charlie Beaton 65'
Max Wright 68'
P. Younghusband 76', 90+2'
Caygill 89'
Report Jordan Mintah 32'
Nguene Landry 63'
Mario Javier Clarino 70', 79'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kaya 6 5 1 0 28 4 +24 16
Global 6 5 0 1 31 2 +29 15
Laos 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10
Manila All-Japan 6 2 2 2 25 21 +4 7
Team Socceroo 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7
Forza 6 1 1 3 5 15 −10 4
Dolphins United 6 0 0 6 4 52 −48 0
21 September 2014 Kaya 9 – 1 Dolphins United Rizal Memorial Stadium
14:15 UTC+8 Louis Max Clark 9', 37', 43', 49'
C. Greatwich 21'
Porteria 23'
Daniels 52'
Christian Egba 85'
Janrick Soriano 88'
Report Jaybone Herva 63'
21 September 2014 Team Socceroo 0 – 3 Laos Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Report Patrick Franksson 35'
Finn Gumela 75'
Jamal Lord 90'
21 September 2014 Manila All-Japan 1 – 1 Forza Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Chichiro Noda 23' Report Jangobah Johnson 87'
23 September 2014 Dolphins United 0 – 12 Global Emperador Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Report Milad Behgandom 1'
Izzeldin El Habbib 8', 17', 23', 41'
Hartmann 46', 62', 64'
Edgar Briones 47', 74', 85'
Yu Hoshide 81'
25 September 2014 Kaya 5 – 0 Forza Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Louis Max Clark 35', 49', 65'
Jovin Bedic 78'
Christian Egba 89'
Report
25 September 2014 Team Socceroo 1 – 1 Manila All-Japan Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Rogie Maglinas 90+2' Report Jenno Aquino 33'
27 September 2014 Global 1 – 0 Laos Rizal Memorial Stadium
14:15 UTC+8 Hikaru Minegishi 82'
27 September 2014 Dolphins United 1 – 4 Forza Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Rey Miravite 48' Javier Ramos 17'
Arvin Gaspe 45', 60'
Jangobah Johnson 62'
27 September 2014 Kaya 4 – 0 Team Socceroo Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Louis Max Clark 7', 13', 42'
C. Greatwich 17'
30 September 2014 Dolphins United 1 – 2 Team Socceroo Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 John Paul Dela Paz 40' Report Paolo Casambre 35'
Masood Shadideh 57'
30 September 2014 Forza 0 – 3 Global Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Report Hartmann 27'
Edgar Briones 66'
Rodríguez 85'
14 October 2014 Forza 0 – 3 Team Socceroo Emperador Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Report Jerome Cuyos 14'
Masood Shadideh 32'
Beleu Cleopas 53'
16 October 2014 Laos 1 – 1 Kaya Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Mark Valeroso 13' Porteria 90'
16 October 2014 Global 12 – 0 Manila All-Japan Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Dizon 9'
Bahadoran 18', 54'
Hartmann 25', 28', 34', 46'
Dennis Villanueva 50'
Sato 59'
Edgar Briones 68', 77'
Paolo Bugas 83'
Report
19 October 2014 Laos 5 – 1 Dolphins United Rizal Memorial Stadium
14:15 UTC+8 John Regis 7'
Alex Obiang 8'
Ange Guisso 18'
Ryan Buenaflor 70'
Patrick Franksson 79'
Report Yves Fono Simo 43'
19 October 2014 Manila All-Japan 1 – 7 Kaya Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Darryl Regala 81' Report Greatwich 3', 25'
Emmanuel Mbata 18', 55'
Porteria 58'
Rocky Plaza 66'
Janrick Soriano 90+1'
21 October 2014 Manila All-Japan 20 – 0 Dolphins United Emperador Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Chihiro Noda 10', 11', 21', 23', 30', 39', 55'
Fidel Kue 28'
Kobayashi 29', 43', 45', 46', 49', 58'
Ed Merill Walohan 35', 56'
Ryohei Kamon 36', 38'
Renando Mantua Jr. 53'
Report
21 October 2014 Forza 0 – 2 Laos Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Report Alex Obiang 9'
Aaron Altiche 55'
23 October 2014 Global 1 – 2 Kaya Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Milad Behgandom 65' Report Younousse Yaogo 14'
Barrera 17'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals stage, matchups were made via random draw. They will play against one another in a single leg knockout basis. The draw for the quarter-finals round was held on October 23, 2014. After the quarterfinals, another random draw will determine semifinal pairings.[5]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Ceres 3 - 1 Stallion
Global 3 - 0 Laos
Pachanga Diliman 2 - 1 a.e.t. Manila All-Japan
Kaya 1 - 2 Loyola
26 October 2014 Ceres 3 – 1 Stallion Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Adrian Gallardo 34'
Carli de Murga 38'
Kyum Son Cho 87'
Belinga Blanchard 52'
26 October 2014 Global 3 – 0 Laos Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Hartmann 9'
Hikaru Minegishi 72'
Milad Behgandom 90'
27 October 2014 Pachanga Diliman 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Manila All-Japan Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 Khozshgavar Behrouz 45'
Jeong Woo Lee 100'
Kobayashi 87'
27 October 2014 Kaya 1 – 2 Loyola Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Barrera 33' P. Younghusband 24', 50'

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Loyola 1 - 2 Global
Ceres 3 - 1 Pachanga Diliman
4 November 2014 Loyola 1 – 2 Global Rizal Memorial Stadium
17:15 UTC+8 P. Younghusband 90+4' Report Edgar Briones 85'
Izo El Habbib 90+3'
4 November 2014 Ceres 3 – 1 Pachanga Diliman Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Sabio 23'
Adrian Gallardo 86'
Ott 86'
Report Yi Young Park 7'

Third-place playoff

Team 1 Score Team 2
Loyola 3 - 1 Pachanga Diliman
6 November 2014 Loyola 3 – 1 Pachanga Diliman Rizal Memorial Stadium
16:45 UTC+8 Jamal Fenelon 18'
Charlie Beaton 21'
Reuben Silitonga 43'
Report Hajimahdi Hamed 33'

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Global 1 - 2 Ceres
6 November 2014 Global 1 – 2 Ceres Rizal Memorial Stadium
20:15 UTC+8 Hartmann 69' Report Jin Ho Kim 1'
Adrian Gallardo 21'

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Louis Max Clark Kaya 10
Philippines Mark Hartmann Global
3 Japan Yugo Kobayashi Manila All-Japan 9
Spain Adrian Gallardo Ceres
5 Japan Chichiro Noda Manila All-Japan 8
6 Philippines Phil Younghusband Loyola 7
Philippines Edgar Briones Global
8 Philippines Jinggoy Valmayor Pachanga Diliman 6
9 Philippines James Younghusband Loyola 5
South Korea Shin Seok Jeon Philippine Army

Correct as of 11:30, November 6, 2014

Awards

The following were the competition's top individual awardees.[6]

References

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  2. ^ UFL Philippines (August 18, 2014). "New FA League Cup Marks Start of ASEAN-geared 2014-15 UFL Season". UFL Philippines. ufl.ph. Archived from the original on August 27, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  3. ^ John Paul Manahan (September 11, 2014). "UFL FA League Cup fixtures released". Soccer Central Philippines. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  4. ^ UFL Philippines (September 3, 2014). "UFL Introduces New Additions to Exciting Upcoming Season". ufl.ph. ufl.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "UFL LEAGUE CUP QUARTERS SET". bobguerreroph.wordpress.com. bobguerreroph.wordpress.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  6. ^ interaksyon.com (November 6, 2014). "UFL: Ceres downs Global to win FA League Cup". interaksyon.com (InterAKTV/TV5). Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.