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 goalscorerSpain 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 goalscorerSouth Korea 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

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2013, the UFL management has officially ruled out Cebu Queen City United from participating after the club apparently withdrawn when the club’s request for home games was turned down by the league.[5]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

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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

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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

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Division 1
Stadium Location
Rizal Memorial Stadium Manila
Emperador Stadium[2] Taguig
Division 2
Stadium Location
Emperador Stadium Taguig

League table and results

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Division 1

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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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

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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[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2013. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (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[a] 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[a]
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)
Legend: 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.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Correct as of 23:00, June 20, 2013
Source: UFL Phil Archived April 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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

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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

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Division 1
Player For Against Result Date
  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
Player For Against Result Date
  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 goals

Scoring

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Division 1

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Division 2

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Season Awards

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Team Awards

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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

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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

References

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  2. ^ a b Almo, Alder (February 8, 2013). "UFL unveils new home in McKinley Hill". philstar.com. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Karl Decena (February 10, 2013). "Cebu Queen City no-shows UFL debut match in new Emperador Stadium". InterAKTV. InterAKTV. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Karl Decena (June 13, 2013). "Global falters against Kaya, hands Stallion UFL title". interaksyon.com/. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Decena, Karl. "Cebu Queen City out of UFL Division Two". InterAKTV. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Global set to unveil new coach". globalfc.ph. Global FC. January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  7. ^ Olivares, Rick (January 8, 2013). "Freddy G joins Loyola Sparks". Business Mirror Online. Business Mirror. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Decena, Karl (December 18, 2012). "UFL: Kaya FC hires Uruguayan-Spanish coach ahead of League competition". interaksyon.com. AKTV/TV5. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  9. ^ Decena, Karl (February 23, 2013). "Kaya coach resigns after just three matches". interaksyon.com. AKTV/TV5. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  10. ^ Decena, Karl (February 26, 2013). "UFL: Kaya plays Stallion in first match since coach's resignation; Global, Army clash". interaksyon.com. AKTV/TV5. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  11. ^ a b Decena, Karl (December 11, 2012). "UFL: Nomads hire Scottish manager for upcoming League competition". interaksyon.com. AKTV/TV5. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  12. ^ Guerrero, Bob. "UFL League Kicking Off with Big Changes". Yahoo! Philippines Sports. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
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