2013 UFL Cup
# 2013 UFL Cup

The 2013 United Football League Cup was the fifth edition of the United Football League Cup. The competition started on October 12 and finished on December 5, 2013.

Stallion were the defending champions.

The UFL Cup opens the new season with the launching of its Fantasy Football Games after UFL has signed a three-year partnership with FanXT. Also, UFL has announced that it has undergone partnership with low-cost airline Tigerair Philippines which will serve as their Official Airline for a year.

On December 5, 2013, Loyola Meralco Sparks defeated Pachanga Diliman with a 3–2 scoreline to win their first ever UFL Cup.

## Competition format

In this edition of UFL Cup, total of 27 clubs will compete for the cup after the pullout of Division 1 team Manila Nomads citing the five-foreigners-on-the-field rule issue. This year will also see the return of Cebu Queen City United to the cup competition along with the 8 guest/invited clubs which include the defending PFF National Men's Club Championship titleholders Ceres. The groups with five teams will see their top three enter the knockout round-of-16 stage, while the groups with four clubs will have their top two assured of passage, plus the best third-placer.

From the 27-team competition, it was later reduced to 23 teams after Division 1 team Pasargad together with three guest/invited clubs Manila Tala FC, Mendiola United and Manila Hurricanes FC decided to withdraw their participation in the Cup citing their inability to field a competitive team. Due to their withdrawal to the tournament, the UFL redrawn teams and the format of having 6 groups was changed to 5 wherein five teams comprised groups A, C and E while four teams were featured in groups B and D. The top three teams of each group will be advancing to the Knockout Round-of-16 stage and the highest ranked fourth-placed team among the five groups will be the sixteenth team to qualify.

## Rules on foreign players

For the 2013/14 UFCA (UFL) Football Season, the UFL Executive Committee has decided to implement a Foreign Player Rule. A club may only field in a maximum of five foreign players on the pitch at any given time. Of the six remaining players on the pitch, two may still be foreigners provided that they are permanent residents of the Philippines for at least five years.

## Group stage

* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners, Runners-up and Third-placed team advance to the knock out stage
* Qualified for Best Ranked Fourth-placed team that will 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | +11 | 9 |
| Pachanga Diliman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 |
| Manila Jeepney | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Philippine Army | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 |
| Laos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Union Internacional Manila | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 |
| Kaya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 |
| Cimarron | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Manila All-Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stallion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 |
| Cebu Queen City United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +6 | 7 |
| Philippine Air Force | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| Agila | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
| Bright Star FC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Global | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 |
| Forza | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| General Trias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| Team Socceroo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loyola | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | +61 | 12 |
| Green Archers United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 9 |
| Navy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 |
| Dolphins United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 3 |
| Blue Guards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 71 | −70 | 0 |

### Ranking of Groups' Fourth-placed team

The best ranked fourth-placed team among the groups will qualify for the Knock-out Round-of-16 Stage. In the groups of 5, the matches between the 4th placed and the bottom-placed team were not considered for games played calculation.

They are determined by the parameters in this order:

* Highest number of points
* Goal difference
* Highest number of goals scored (goals for)

| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C | Agila | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 |
| A | Philippine Army | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 |
| B | Manila All-Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
| D | Team Socceroo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
| E | Dolphins United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November 21 – Taguig | November 21 – Taguig | | | | | | |
| Green Archers United | 6 | | | | | | |
| Green Archers United | 6 | November 26 – Taguig | November 26 – Taguig | | | | | |
| Manila Jeepney | 2 | November 26 – Taguig | November 26 – Taguig | | | | |
| Manila Jeepney | 2 | Green Archers United | 2 | | | | |
| November 14 – Taguig | November 14 – Taguig | | Green Archers United | 2 | | | | |
| November 14 – Taguig | November 14 – Taguig | Ceres | 1 | | | | |
| Agila | 2 | Ceres | 1 | | | | |
| Agila | 2 | | | | December 3 – Taguig | December 3 – Taguig | | |
| Ceres | 7 | | | | December 3 – Taguig | December 3 – Taguig | |
| Ceres | 7 | | | | Green Archers United | 0 | |
| November 21 – Taguig | November 21 – Taguig | | | | | Green Archers United | 0 | |
| November 21 – Taguig | November 21 – Taguig | | | | Loyola | 2 | |
| Global | 8 | | | | Loyola | 2 | |
| Global | 8 | November 26 – Taguig | November 26 – Taguig | | | | | |
| Philippine Navy | 0 | November 26 – Taguig | November 26 – Taguig | | | | |
| Philippine Navy | 0 | Global | 0 | | | | |
| November 19 – Taguig | November 19 – Taguig | | Global | 0 | | | | |
| November 19 – Taguig | November 19 – Taguig | Loyola | 2 | | | | |
| Cimarron | 0 | Loyola | 2 | | | | |
| Cimarron | 0 | | | | | | | December 5 – Taguig | December 5 – Taguig |
| Loyola | 10 | | | | | | | December 5 – Taguig | December 5 – Taguig |
| Loyola | 10 | | | | | | | Loyola | 3 |
| November 19 – Taguig | November 19 – Taguig | | | | | | | | Loyola | 3 |
| November 19 – Taguig | November 19 – Taguig | | | | | | | Pachanga Diliman | 2 |
| Philippine Air Force | 1 | | | | | | | Pachanga Diliman | 2 |
| Philippine Air Force | 1 | November 28 - Taguig | November 28 - Taguig | | | | | | |
| Kaya | 0 | November 28 - Taguig | November 28 - Taguig | | | | | | |
| Kaya | 0 | Philippine Air Force | 1 | | | | | | |
| November 12 – Taguig | November 12 – Taguig | | Philippine Air Force | 1 | | | | | | |
| November 12 – Taguig | November 12 – Taguig | Union Internacional Manila | 0 | | | | | | |
| Union Internacional Manila | 4 | Union Internacional Manila | 0 | | | | | | |
| Union Internacional Manila | 4 | | | | December 3 – Taguig | December 3 – Taguig | | | | |
| General Trias | 1 | | | | December 3 – Taguig | December 3 – Taguig | | | |
| General Trias | 1 | | | | Philippine Air Force | 2 | | | |
| November 14 – Taguig | November 14 – Taguig | | | | | Philippine Air Force | 2 | | | |
| November 14 – Taguig | November 14 – Taguig | | | | Pachanga Diliman | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Stallion | 2 | | | | Pachanga Diliman | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Stallion | 2 | November 28 – Taguig | November 28 – Taguig | | | | | December 5 – Taguig | December 5 – Taguig |
| Cebu Queen City United | 0 | November 28 – Taguig | November 28 – Taguig | | | | | December 5 – Taguig | December 5 – Taguig |
| Cebu Queen City United | 0 | Stallion | 3 | | | | | Green Archers United | 3 |
| November 12 – Taguig | November 12 – Taguig | | Stallion | 3 | | | | | Green Archers United | 3 |
| November 12 – Taguig | November 12 – Taguig | Pachanga Diliman | 5 | | | | | Philippine Air Force | 0 |
| Forza | 0 (3) | Pachanga Diliman | 5 | | | | | Philippine Air Force | 0 |
| Pachanga Diliman | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | |

## Loyola Meralco Sparks-Blue Guards match

Last October 30, 2013, Loyola Meralco Sparks and Blue Guards played each other in the tournament at the Emperador Stadium, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. It surpassed the largest winning margin in international association football which is a 31–0 victory of Australia against American Samoa and three goals shy of a 36–0 win of Arbroath over Bon Accord.

Loyola defeated Blue Guards by a margin of 33 goals making a new record and the most lopsided match in the history of the United Football League since it began a semi-professional league in 2009.

The match has received many reactions. Many suggested that there must be a screening next year for new clubs.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Phil Younghusband | Loyola | 21 |
| 2 | Chad Gould | Loyola | 15 |
| 3 | James Younghusband | Loyola | 11 |
| 4 | Matthew Hartmann | Loyola | 9 |
| 4 | Chieffy Caligdong | Green Archers United | 9 |

Correct as of 11:30, December 5, 2013

## Awards

The following were the competition’s top individual awardees.

* Golden Gloves: Baba Sampana (Loyola)
* Golden Boot: Phil Younghusband (Loyola)
* Golden Ball: Phil Younghusband (Loyola)
* Fair Play Awards: Global
