# 2015 UFL Cup

The 2015 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started on May 2 and ended on August 28, 2015. This edition was supposed to be held in 2014 but the kick off was moved to 2015 with the main objective to eventually align league schedules with ASEAN neighbors.
Loyola Meralco Sparks are the defending champions.
The 20 teams which participated at the tournament were distributed into four groups for the group stage. All group stage matches will take place at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Kaya were crowned champions and qualified for a play-off spot at the 2016 AFC Cup.

## Group stage
### Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Goal difference in all the group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
* If, after applying criteria 1 and 2, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 and 2 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 8 apply;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
* Fewest red cards
* Fewest yellow cards
* Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.
* Drawing of lots, coin toss or play-off match as determined by the Executive Committee

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ceres | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 12 |
| Green Archers United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 |
| Pasargad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 |
| Philippine Army | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| Bright Star | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 |
* Philippine Army withdrew from the UFL Cup. Their matches against Green Archers United and Pasargad were designated as 0–3 defeats and 3 points were awarded to Philippine Army's remaining two oppositions.
* Bright Star qualify as the result of Army's withdrawal, they also withdrew from the tournament without playing a single game at the round of 16 resulting UST to take its place.

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kaya | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 12 |
| Pachanga Diliman | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 |
| Agila MSA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 6 |
| Team Socceroo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
| Fleet Marine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Loyola | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 10 |
| Stallion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 |
| JP Voltes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
| Mendiola | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 |
| UST | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 1 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Global | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 12 |
| Manila Jeepney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 9 |
| Forza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 |
| Laos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 3 |
| Manila Nomads | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 1 |
* Global was disqualified from the UFL Cup for fielding Satoshi Ōtomo as a Filipino player and ruled the club has violated the UFL's five-foreigner-rule. Matches of Global were originally decided to be forfeited after complaints from Ceres La-Salle FC, Kaya FC, Stallion FC, and Pachanga Diliman FC but the decision was overturn after the Appeals Committee ruled that the complainants did not follow proper procedure for reversing match outcomes. Last placers, Manila Nomads qualifies for the next round as a result.

## Knock-out stage

The Knock-out stage is set to begin on August 13 and will end on August 28.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 13 | August 13 | | | | | | |
| Kaya | 10 | | | | | | |
| Kaya | 10 | August 21 | August 21 | | | | | |
| Manila Nomads | 1 | August 21 | August 21 | | | | |
| Manila Nomads | 1 | Kaya | 8 | | | | |
| August 18 | August 18 | | Kaya | 8 | | | | |
| August 18 | August 18 | JP Voltes | 0 | | | | |
| Pasargad | 1 | JP Voltes | 0 | | | | |
| Pasargad | 1 | | | | August 25 | August 25 | | |
| JP Voltes | 2 | | | | August 25 | August 25 | |
| JP Voltes | 2 | | | | Kaya | 3 (a.e.t.) | |
| August 16 | August 16 | | | | | Kaya | 3 (a.e.t.) | |
| August 16 | August 16 | | | | Stallion | 3 | |
| Stallion | 8 | | | | Stallion | 3 | |
| Stallion | 8 | August 22 | August 22 | | | | | |
| Team Socceroo | 0 | August 22 | August 22 | | | | |
| Team Socceroo | 0 | Stallion | 5 | | | | |
| August 16 | August 16 | | Stallion | 5 | | | | |
| August 16 | August 16 | Pachanga Diliman | 0 | | | | |
| Laos | 0 | Pachanga Diliman | 0 | | | | |
| Laos | 0 | | | | | | | August 28 | August 28 |
| Pachanga Diliman | 2 | | | | | | | August 28 | August 28 |
| Pachanga Diliman | 2 | | | | | | | Kaya | 2 (a.e.t.) |
| August 15 | August 15 | | | | | | | | Kaya | 2 (a.e.t.) |
| August 15 | August 15 | | | | | | | Ceres | 2 |
| UST | 0 | | | | | | | Ceres | 2 |
| UST | 0 | August 21 | August 21 | | | | | | |
| Ceres | 7 | August 21 | August 21 | | | | | | |
| Ceres | 7 | Ceres | 5 | | | | | | |
| August 18 | August 18 | | Ceres | 5 | | | | | | |
| August 18 | August 18 | Green Archers Utd. | 0 | | | | | | |
| Green Archers Utd. | 3 | Green Archers Utd. | 0 | | | | | | |
| Green Archers Utd. | 3 | | | | August 25 | August 25 | | | | |
| Agila MSA | 0 | | | | August 25 | August 25 | | | |
| Agila MSA | 0 | | | | Ceres | 1 | | | |
| August 15 | August 15 | | | | | Ceres | 1 | | | |
| August 15 | August 15 | | | | Loyola | 0 | |
| Mendiola | 0 | | | | Loyola | 0 | |
| Mendiola | 0 | August 22 | August 22 | | | | | |
| Loyola | 5 | August 22 | August 22 | | | | |
| Loyola | 5 | Loyola | 3 | | | | |
| August 13 | August 13 | | Loyola | 3 | | | | |
| August 13 | August 13 | Manila Jeepney | 0 | | | | |
| Manila Jeepney | 2 | Manila Jeepney | 0 | | | | |
| Forza | 0 | | | | | | |

### Final
## Awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Golden Ball | Masanari Omura | Kaya |
| Golden Boot | Tishan Hanley | Kaya |
| Golden Glove | Louie Casas | Ceres |
| Fair Play Award | Stallion | Stallion |
Source:

## 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 | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | B | Kaya | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 6 | +43 | 20 | 1st |
| 2 | A | Ceres | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4 | +35 | 22 | 2nd |
| 3 | C | Loyola Meralco Sparks | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 19 | 3rd |
| 4 | C | Stallion | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 17 | 4th |
| 5 | D | Manila Jeepney | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 12 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | B | Pachanga Diliman | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 12 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 7 | A | Green Archers United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 12 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 8 | C | JP Voltes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 9 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 9 | A | Pasargad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 10 | B | Agila MSA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 6 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 11 | D | Forza | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 12 | D | Laos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 13 | B | Team Socceroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 3 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 14 | C | Mendiola | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 1 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 15 | C | UST | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 1 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 16 | D | Manila Nomads | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 36 | −32 | 1 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 17 | D | Global | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 12 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 18 | A | Philippine Army | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 19 | A | Bright Star | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 20 | B | Fleet Marine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |