# 2016 UFL Cup

The 2016 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started on February 6 and ended on April 9, 2016. There will be no guest teams with all competing teams also participating in the main UFL competition as per mandate by the Philippine Football Federation. All competing clubs also had to field teams for youth competitions to be organized by the UFL.
The cup adopted a single round robin format with two groups followed by a knockout stage composing of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. There is also a foreign player limit of five in the matchday squad of each clubs.
Kaya are the defending champions. Global won the 2016 UFL Cup defeating Ceres in the final.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on January 20, 2016.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Stallion | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 15 | Quarterfinal |
| 2 | Kaya | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 12 | Quarterfinal |
| 3 | JP Voltes | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Quarterfinal |
| 4 | Forza | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 6 | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Agila | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 1 | |
| 6 | Laos | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Ceres | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 12 | Quarterfinal |
| 2 | Global | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | Quarterfinal |
| 3 | Loyola Meralco Sparks | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 9 | Quarterfinal |
| 4 | Green Archers United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Pasargad | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 3 | |
| 6 | Manila Nomads | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | −38 | 0 | |

## Knock-out stage

| Plate | Plate | Plate | Plate Semifinals | Plate Semifinals | Plate Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | 1A | Stallion | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4B | Green Archers United | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Green Archers United | Green Archers United | 0 | | | | Stallion | Stallion | 0 | | |
| | | | JP Voltes | JP Voltes | 1 | | | | Global | Global | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | 3A | JP Voltes | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2B | Global | 1 | | | | | | |
| JP Voltes | JP Voltes | 0 | | | | | | | | | Global | Global | 3 |
| Loyola Meralco Sparks | Loyola Meralco Sparks | 2 | | | | | | | | | Global | | Ceres | Ceres | 1 |
| | | | | | | 3B | Loyola Meralco Sparks | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2A | Kaya | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Plate SF Losing teams | Plate SF Losing teams | Plate SF Losing teams | Loyola Meralco Sparks | Loyola Meralco Sparks | 4 | | | | Kaya | Kaya | 3(7) (a.e.t.) | | Lower round 5 | Lower round 5 | Lower round 5 |
| | | | Forza | Forza | 0 | | | | Ceres | Ceres | 3(8) | | | | |
| Green Archers United | Green Archers United | N/A | | | | 1B | | | Ceres | 7 | | | Stallion | Stallion | 1 |
| Forza | Forza | N/A | | | | 4A | Forza | 0 | | | | | Kaya | Kaya | 2 |

### Final
## Player awards

| Player | Club | Award |
| Misagh Bahadoran | Global | Golden Ball |
| Patrick Deyto | Global | Best Goalkeeper |
| Amani Aguinaldo | Global | Best Defender |
| Miguel Tanton | Kaya | Best Midfielder |
| Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya | Top scorer |
| Source: The Manila Times |||

## Season Statistics
### Tournament team rankings

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Global | B | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 5 | +16 |
| 2 | Ceres | B | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 41 | 11 | +30 |
| 3 | Kaya | A | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 8 | +20 |
| 4 | Stallion | A | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 9 | +15 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals |||||||||||
| 5 | Loyola Meralco Sparks | B | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 9 | +21 |
| 6 | JP Voltes | A | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | +1 |
| 7 | Green Archers United | B | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 12 | +4 |
| 8 | Forza | A | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | −22 |
| Failed to qualify in Knock Out stage |||||||||||
| 9 | Pasargad | B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 26 | −20 |
| 10 | Agila MSA | A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | −13 |
| 11 | Laos | A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | −14 |
| 12 | Manila Nomads | B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | −38 |

### Top Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya | 11 |
| 2 | Alvaro Castiella | Loyola | 9 |
| 3 | Adrián Gallardo | Ceres | 8 |
| 3 | James Younghusband | Loyola | 8 |
| 4 | Jordan Mintah | Stallion | 7 |
| 5 | Stephan Schröck | Ceres | 6 |
| 6 | Emelio Caligdong | Green Archers United | 5 |
| 6 | Matthew Hartmann | Global | 5 |
| 6 | Bienvenido Marañón | Ceres | 5 |
| 6 | Tahj Minniecon | Loyola | 5 |
| 7 | Jovin Bedic | Kaya | 4 |
| 7 | Lee Jeong Woo | Ceres | 4 |
| 7 | Kofi Kouassi | Global | 4 |
| 7 | Martin Steuble | Ceres | 4 |
| 7 | Ruben Doctora | Stallion | 4 |
| 7 | Omid Nazari | Global | 4 |
| 7 | Jose Porteria | Kaya | 4 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Omid Nazari | Global | PSG | 7–0 | 6 February 2016 |
| Alvaro Castiella | Loyola | PSG | 1–7 | 13 February 2016 |
| Tahj Minniecon | Loyola | PSG | 1–7 | 13 February 2016 |
| Martin Steuble | Ceres | Manila Nomads | 0–15 | 14 February 2016 |
| Lee Jeong Woo | Ceres | Manila Nomads | 0–15 | 14 February 2016 |
| Adrián Gallardo$^4$ | Ceres | PSG | 0–9 | 18 February 2016 |
| Stephan Schröck | Ceres | PSG | 0–9 | 18 February 2016 |
| Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya | JP Voltes | 0–4 | 27 February 2016 |
| Jordan Mintah$^4$ | Stallion | Forza | 1–9 | 28 February 2016 |
| Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya | Forza | 0–6 | 3 March 2016 |
| Alvaro Castiella $^6$ | Loyola | PSG | 11–0 | 5 March 2016 |
| James Younghusband | Loyola | Forza | 0–4 | 7 April 2016 |
| $^4$Player scored four goals $^5$Player scored five goals $^6$Player scored six goals |||||

### Own Goals

| Player | For | Club | Own Goal |
| Gerald Orcullo | Forza | Agila | 1 |
| Bervic Italia | Forza | Stallion | 1 |