2015 United Football League (Philippines)

United Football League (Philippines) Division 1
Season	2015
Matches played	45
Goals scored	176 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	10 goals Adrián Gallardo
Highest scoring	11 goals Global 10–1Manila Jeepney
Longest winning run	7 games Ceres
Longest unbeaten run	7 games Ceres
Longest winless run	9 games Philippine Army
Longest losing run	6 games Philippine Army
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United Football League (Philippines) Division 2
Season	2015
Matches played	19
Goals scored	85 (4.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	9 goals Chichiro Noda
Highest scoring	11 goals JP Voltes 9–2 Mendiola
Longest winning run	6 games Laos
Longest unbeaten run	6 games Laos
Longest winless run	5 games Kabuscorp
Longest losing run	5 games Kabuscorp
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The 2015 United Football League is the sixth season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Ten (10) teams are competing in UFL Division 1 while seven (7) teams in Division 2. ^[1]

Global are the defending champions, having won the Division 1 of the 2014 United Football League season.^[2]

Teams

UFL Division 1 will headline a complete 10-team cast for the highest level of Philippine League football. Ceres and Manila Jeepney will play in Division I, replacing the relegated Pasargad and the spot left by Manila Nomads last season.^[3]

UFL Division 2 will only have 7 participants with new side Kabuscorp and returnees Mendiola. Six Division 2 clubs, namely, Philippine Air Force, Manila Nomads, UIM, Philippine Navy, Dolphins United, Cimarron, will not participate in 2015 UFL League competitions.

Managerial changes

Division	Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
1	Loyola	Vince Santos	End of Contract	Simon McMenemy^[4]
1	Kaya	David Perkovic	End of Contract	Adam Reekie^[5]
1	Kaya	Adam Reekie^[6]	Resigned	TBA

Clubs by division

Division 1

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ceres	Soung Yooung Cha	Juan Luis Guirado	Adidas	Ceres Liner
Global	Leigh Manson	Misagh Bahadoran	Accel	Smart
Green Archers United	Rodolfo Alicante	Christian Pasilan	Mizuno	Globe Telecom
Kaya		Anton del Rosario	LGR Athletic Wears	LBC Express
Loyola Meralco Sparks	Simon McMenemy	James Younghusband	LGR Athletic Wears	Meralco
Manila Jeepney	Kim Chul-Su	Davide Cortina	LGR Athletic Wears
Pachanga Diliman	Yuki Matsuda	Anton Gonzales
Philippine Army	Patricio Bumidang	Roel Gener		Artificial Turf Sejung
Stallion	Ernie Nierras	Ruben Doctora	Mizuno	Gilligan's
Team Socceroo	Franklin Cacacho	Lee Jeong Woo	Loro Sports	Chevrolet

Division 2

Club	Manager	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Agila	Ramon Vicente Roxas	Olayemi Bakare	LGR Athletic	Blue Booters
Forza	Jun Mark Saraga	Allan Auman	LGR Athletic	Orient Freight
JP Voltes	Shinichiro Maeno	Yuki Tanaka	LGR Athletic	JK Mart
Kabuscorp De Laguna	Eliezer Fabroada			Kabuscorp SCP
Laos	Rudy Del Rosario	Rolly Lear	LGR Athletic
Mendiola	Aris Caslib
Pasargad	Mike Agbayani	Jay Torres	LGR Athletic	Cord Marine Epoxy

Venues

Division	Club	Stadium	Location	Capacity
1	All Clubs	Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila	12,000
2	All Clubs	Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila	12,000

League Table

Division 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ceres	9	8	0	1	28	7	+21	24	Qualification to 2016 AFC Cup Group Stage
2	Stallion	9	7	0	2	19	9	+10	21
3	Global	9	6	1	2	30	6	+24	19
4	Kaya	9	6	1	2	27	10	+17	19
5	Loyola Meralco Sparks	9	6	1	2	23	12	+11	19
6	Green Archers United	9	3	2	4	15	10	+5	11
7	Pachanga Diliman	9	2	1	6	12	22	−10	7
8	Manila Jeepney	9	1	2	6	12	31	−19	5
9	Team Socceroo	9	1	1	7	7	31	−24	4
10	Philippine Army	9	0	1	8	3	38	−35	1	Relegation to the 2016 UFL Division 2

Updated to games played on 22:30, 21 April 2015.
Source: Football.com.ph SoccerWay
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Laos	6	6	0	0	18	5	+13	18	Promotion to 2016 UFL Division 1
2	JP Voltes	6	3	2	1	29	8	+21	11
3	Forza	6	3	2	1	16	9	+7	11
4	Pasargad	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
5	Agila	4	1	0	3	7	17	−10	3
6	Mendiola	5	1	1	3	5	13	−8	4
7	Kabuscorp De Laguna	5	0	0	5	1	24	−23	0

Updated to games played on 23:30, 16 April 2015.
Source: Football.com.ph SoccerWay
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Division 1

Home \ Away^[1]	CER	GLO	GAU	KAY	LMS	MJP	PAC	PAR	STA	SOC
Ceres			2–1		5–2	2–1	3–0
Global	2–0		1–1	0–2		10–1		5–0
Green Archers United				0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1
Kaya	1–2							4–0	0–3	5–0
Loyola Meralco Sparks		1–0		3–3				7–0	1–2	1–0
Manila Jeepney				0–4	2–3		1–4	2–2
Pachanga Diliman		0–2		2–6	0–4			4–1		1–1
Philippine Army	0–7		0–3						0–2	0–4
Stallion	0–3	1–2	2–1			4–1	1–0
Team Socceroo	0–4	0–8	0–5			1–3			1–4

Updated to games played on 22:30, 21 April 2015.
Source: UFL Philippines SoccerWay
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Home \ Away^[1]	AGI	FOR	JPV	KDL	LAO	MEN	PSG
Agila			0–8				3–1
Forza	5–2		2–2
JP Voltes				7–0	2–3	9–2
Kabuscorp De Laguna		1–7			0–3	0–3
Laos	3–2	3–0					3–1
Mendiola		0–0			0–3		0–1
Pasargad		1–2	1–1	4–0

Updated to games played on 23:00, 16 April 2015.
Source: UFL Philippines SoccerWay
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Goalscorers

Division 1

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	10
2	Mark Hartmann	Global	9
3	Jose Porteria	Kaya	7
4	James Younghusband	Loyola	6
4	Louis Clark	Kaya	6
6	Hikaru Minegishi	Global	5
	Jordan Mintah	Stallion
	Lee Jeong Woo	Pachanga Diliman
9	Phil Younghusband	Loyola	4
	Ruben Doctora	Stallion
	Beleu Cleopas	Team Socceroo
	Patrick Reichelt	Ceres

Correct as of 22:30, 21 April 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

Division 2

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Chichiro Noda	JP Voltes	9
2	Nicolas Vandelli	Forza	6
3	Takashi Odawara	JP Voltes	5
3	Shayan Jafary Dastjerdi	Laos	5
5	Jangobah Johnson	Forza	4
	Yugo Kobayashi	JP Voltes
	Patrik James Franksson	Laos
8	Romeo Sydney Gohi	Agila	3
	John Celiz	JP Voltes
	Yuta Nakagaito	JP Voltes

Correct as of 23:00, 16 April 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

Hat-tricks

Division	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1	Ruben Doctora	Stallion	Team Socceroo	4–1	14 February 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Philippine Army	7–0	3 March 2015
1	Mark Hartmann	Global	Manila Jeepney	10–1	11 April 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Loyola Meralco Sparks	5–2	11 April 2015
2	Chichiro Noda	JP Voltes	Mendiola	9–2^‡	22 February 2015
2	Chichiro Noda	JP Voltes	Kabuscorp De Laguna	7–0^‡	26 February 2015
2	Nicolas Vandelli	Forza	Kabuscorp De Laguna	7–1^‡	12 March 2015
2	Yugo Kobayashi	JP Voltes	Agila	8–0^‡	19 March 2015

^‡ Player scored more than three (3) goals

Correct as of 22:30, 07 April 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

Discipline

Division 1

Most yellow cards (club): 26
- Philippine Army

Least yellow cards (club): 10
- Pachanga Diliman

Most yellow cards (player): 5
- Ronel Gener (Philippine Army)

Most red cards (club): 2
- Philippine Army^XY
- Team Socceroo^XY

Least red cards (club): 0
- Pachanga Diliman
- Stallion

Most red cards (player): 1
- Jalsor Soriano (Ceres)^Y
- William Herve Ebanda (Green Archers United)^Y
- Jorge Butron (Kaya)^Y
- Joo Young Lee (Loyola)^Y
- Dexter Chio (Manila Jeepney)^X
- Erwin Silvestre (Philippine Army)^Y
- Lauren Bedua (Philippine Army)^X
- Arnes Casil (Team Socceroo)^Y
- Rogie Maglinas (Team Socceroo)^X

Most red cards (Team Management): 1
- Jorge Kuriyama (Global GK Coach)^X

Note: ^X means Straight Red Card; ^Y means 2 Yellow Cards

Correct as of 22:30, 18 April 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

Division 2

Most yellow cards (club): -

Most yellow card (player): -

Most red cards (club): -

Most red cards (player): -

Correct as of__:__, __ ______ 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

Cards & Suspension

Division 1

Ceres (Total: 18 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Martin Steuble		MJP KAY STA	2/17/15 3/14/15 3/22/15	Green Archers Utd	4/07/15
Martin Steuble		LMS	4/11/15
Angelo Marasigan		PAC	3/01/15
Arnie Pasinabo Jr.		PAR	3/03/15
Jason Sabio		PAR	3/03/15
Camelo Tacusalme		PAR	3/03/15
Patrick Reichelt		KAY STA	3/14/15 3/22/15
Marvin Angeles		STA	3/22/15
Sang Min Kim		GAU LMS	4/07/15 04/11/15
Jalsor Soriano		GAU	4/07/15	Loyola	4/11/15
Manuel Ott		LMS GLO	4/11/15 4/18/15
Adrian Gallardo Valdes		GLO	4/18/15

Global (Total: 16 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Richard Talaroc		GAU	2/07/15
Yu Hoshide		PAC	2/14/15
Raúl Martínez		PAC PAR LMS	2/14/15 2/28/15 3/21/15	Manila Jeepney	4/11/15
Amani Aguinaldo		STA LMS	2/21/15 3/21/15
Masaki Yanagawa		STA	2/21/15
Renato González		PAR	2/28/15
Dennis Villanueva		PAR	2/28/15
Hikaru Minegishi		KAY	3/07/15
Jerry Barbaso		LMS	3/21/15
Daisuke Sato		LMS	3/21/15
Renato Gonzales		MJP CER	4/11/15 4/18/15
Paolo Salenga		MJP	4/11/15
Mark Hartmann		CER	4/18/15

Green Archers United (Total: 19 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Daniel del Rio		GLO STA	2/07/15 4/18/15
Robert Cañedo		GLO	2/07/15
Hervé Ebanda		GLO KAY LMS	2/07/15 2/15/15 3/15/15	Team Socceroo	3/22/15
		STA	4/18/15	Global	5/31/15

	CER	4/04/15
Reynald Villareal		KAY SOC STA	2/15/15 3/22/15 4/18/15	Global	5/31/15
Jesse Martindale		KAY LMS	2/15/15 3/15/15
David Icardo		PAR	2/22/15
Robert Lopez Mendy		LMS	3/15/15
Christian Pasilan		LMS	3/15/15
Tommy Escoltero		SOC	3/22/15
Paolo Pascual		STA	4/18/15

Kaya (Total: 16 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Jorge Butron		STA	4/12/15	Loyola	4/19/15
Jorge Butron		PAR CER	2/07/15 3/14/15
Miguel Tanton		PAR CER PAC	2/07/15 3/14/15 3/21/15	Stallion	4/12/15
Louis Clark		GAU LMS	2/15/15 3/07/15
Joshua Beloya		MJP STA	2/21/15 4/12/15
Alfred Osei		LMS STA	3/07/15 4/12/15
Richard Greer		CER	3/14/15
Christopher Greatwich		CER	3/14/15
James Rochlitz		PAC	3/21/15

Loyola Meralco Sparks (Total: 15 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
James Younghusband		SOC MJP GAU	2/08/15 2/15/15 3/15/15	Global	3/21/15
Charlie Beaton		PAC	2/22/15
Yves Ashime		STA	2/28/15
Simon Greatwich		STA GAU CER	2/28/15 3/15/15 4/11/15	Kaya	4/19/15
Adam Mitter		GAU	3/15/15
Joo Young Lee		GAU	3/15/15	Global	3/21/15
Anthony Putrus-Schnell		GLO CER	3/21/15 4/11/15
Anton Edward Del Rosario		CER	4/11/15
Phil Younghusband		CER	4/11/15

Manila Jeepney (Total: 16 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Chy Villasenor		CER STA	2/07/15 3/10/15
Jake Morallo		CER	2/07/15
Manuel Chaffort		CER LMS	2/07/15 2/15/15
Peter Fadrigalan		CER GAU GLO	2/07/15 2/28/15 4/11/15	Team Socceroo	4/18/15
Alvaro Alonzo		LMS	2/15/15
Hyun Don In		LMS	2/15/15
Dexter Chio		KAY	2/28/15	Stallion	3/10/15
Su Hyun Park		PAC	3/14/15
Arnel Amita		GLO SOC	4/11/15 4/18/15
N'gnan Koffi Kouassi		GLO	4/11/15
Rodrigue Nembot Talla		SOC	4/18/15

Pachanga Diliman (Total: 10 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Stephen Permanes		STA	2/08/15
Hossein Doustdarsefidmazgi		STA GLO	2/08/15 2/14/15
Ali Mahmoud		GLO LMS GAU	2/14/15 2/22/15 4/12/15	Philippine Army	4/19/15
Jayson Cutamora		LMS	2/22/15
Raffy Cabug		SOC MJP	3/07/15 3/14/15
Nathan Octavio		GAU	4/12/15

Philippine Army (Total: 27 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Djibril Sissako		KAY	2/07/15
Ronel Gener		KAY GAU GLO	2/07/15 2/22/15 2/28/15	Ceres	3/03/15
Ronel Gener		LMS SOC	3/03/15 4/11/15	Pachanga Diliman	4/19/15
Eduardo Gempisaw Jr.		KAY CFC STA	2/07/15 3/03/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Yong Ok Choi		KAY GAU STA	2/07/15 2/22/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Song Ji Hun		GAU LMS STA	2/22/15 3/07/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Lauren Bedua		GAU	2/22/15
Elmo Pabilona Jr.		GFC LMS STA	2/28/15 3/07/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Erwin Silvestre		CFC	3/03/15	Loyola	3/07/15
Rodrigo Betita		LMS STA	3/07/15 3/15/15
Roel Gener		MJP	3/21/15
Luisito Brillantes		MJP	3/21/15
Wilson Dela Cruz		SOC	4/11/15
Lauren Bedua		SOC	4/11/15	Pachanga Diliman	4/19/15

Stallion (Total: 24 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Shirmar Felongco		PAC LMS PAR	2/08/15 2/28/15 3/15/15	Ceres	3/22/15
Shirmar Felongco		KAY	4/12/15
OJ Clariño		PAC CER KAY	2/08/15 3/22/15 4/12/15	Green Archers Utd	4/18/15
Ruben Doctora		GLO	2/21/15
Jordan Mintah		GLO KAY GAU	2/21/15 4/12/15 4/18/15	Pachanga Diliman	5/30/15
Sean Bateau		GLO	2/21/15
Louis Kaole		GLO LMS CER	2/21/15 2/28/15 3/22/15	Kaya	4/12/15
Louis Kaole		GAU	4/18/15
Milan Arends		LMS PAR KAY	2/28/15 3/15/15 4/12/15	Green Archers Utd	4/18/15
Jose Luis Lozano		MJP	3/10/15
Landry Nguene		PAR	3/15/15
Christian Nana		CER	3/22/15
Nathanael Alquiros		GAU	4/18/15
David Basa		GAU	4/18/15

Team Socceroo (Total: 18 Cards)
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Justin Mengane		LMS	2/08/15
John Michael Navarro		LMS KAY	2/08/15 3/17/15
Masood Shadideh		LMS	2/08/15
Guilherme Hasegawa		STA	2/14/15
Mandie Lunag		GLO	2/17/15
Mamadou Sangare		GLO GAU MJP	2/17/15 3/22/15 4/18/15	Loyola	5/30/15
Paolo Casambre		PAC PAR	3/07/15 4/11/15
Stanley Ankrah		PAC	3/07/15
Marco Poli		PAC	3/07/15
Feb Baya		KAY	3/17/15
Arnel Casil		GAU	3/22/15	Ceres	3/31/15
Beleu Cleopas		PAR	4/11/15
Rogie Maglinas		PAR	4/11/15	Manila Jeepney	4/18/15

Correct as of 22:30, 18 April 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

References

↑ UFL Philippines/ (January 9, 2014). "Ceres-La Salle Clinches 2nd Division Title, Manila Jeepney Secures Promotion". UFL Philippines (http://ufl.ph/). Retrieved June 9, 2014.
↑ Karlo Sacamos (June 12, 2014). "Global does it again, clinches 2nd UFL title with still plenty to spare". spin.ph (http://www.spin.ph/). Retrieved June 13, 2014.
↑ Karl Decena (June 24, 2014). "Ceres, Manila Jeepney earn promotion to UFL’s first division for next season". InterAksyon.com (TV5/ABC Development Corporation). Retrieved June 9, 2014.
↑ "Simon McMenemy, architect of Azkals’ miracle run, to coach Loyola in the UFL". ph.sports.yahoo.com. ph.sports.yahoo.com. August 26, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
↑ "Adam Reekie named new Kaya head coach". Kaya FC. http://www.kayafc.com/. August 31, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
↑ "Kaya Futbol Club statement on Adam Reekie’s resignation". Kaya Futbol Club. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

Official website

United Football League (Philippines)

2015 clubs

Division 1	Ceres Global Green Archers United Kaya Loyola Meralco Sparks Manila Jeepney Pachanga Diliman Philippine Army Stallion Team Socceroo

Division 2	Agila Forza JP Voltes Kabuscorp Laos Mendiola United Pasargad

Others	Cebu Queen City United Cimarron Dolphins United General Trias International Manila Lions Manila Nomads Philippine Air Force Philippine Navy Sunken Garden United Union

League seasons

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