2012 United Football League

United Football League
Season	2012
Champions	Division 1: ; Global (1st Title) ; Division 2: ; Pachanga (1st Title)
Promoted	Pachanga (to Division 1)
Relegated	Navy (to Division 2)
AFC President's Cup	Global
Matches played	222
Goals scored	962 (4.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Division 1: ; Phil Younghusband ; (23 goals) ; Division 2: ; Freddy Gonzales ; (34 goals)
Highest scoring	Division 1: ; Loyola 14-0 Navy ; Division 2: ; Pachanga 13–0 Sunken Garden United ; Pachanga 13-0 Manila Lions
Longest winning run	Division 1: ; 9 games ; Global FC
Longest unbeaten run	Division 1: ; 5 Games ; Stallion FC ; Loyola
Longest winless run	Division 1: ; 8 games ; Navy
Longest losing run	Division 1: ; 6 games ; Navy
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 United Football League was the third season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Global FC won their first Division 1 league title on goal difference against runners-up Kaya, after a 1–1 draw with third-placers Loyola Meralco Sparks on 26 June 2012. Pachanga won the Division 2 league title after being unbeaten in all its matches.

Teams edit

Seven new clubs entered the league after the successful third season of UFL Cup. Manila Nomads, Stallion and Pasargad was promoted to 2012 UFL Division 1 after they reached the knockout stage of 2011 UFL Cup. The season opened on January 14, 2012, and ended on June 30, 2012.^[1]^[2]

Clubs by division edit

Division 1 edit

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Global	Edwin Cabalida	Yu Hoshide	LGR Athletic
Green Archers United	Rodolfo Alicante	Patrick Bacobo	LGR Athletic	Globe Telecom
Kaya	Michael Angelo "Kale" Alvarez	Aly Borromeo	Mizuno	LBC Express, Inc.
Loyola	Kim Chul-soo	James Younghusband	Mizuno	Meralco
Manila Nomads	Michael Denison	Randy Musters	Fila	Auction Manila
Pasargad	Esmaeil Sedigh Joel Villarino	Mansour Madadi	Planet Sports
Philippine Air Force	Edzel Bracamonte	Yanti Barsales	Mizuno	Phoenix
Philippine Army	Patricio Bumidang, Jr.	Roel Gener	Puma	Fritz & Macziol IBM
Philippine Navy	Marlon Maro	Loreto Kalalang	LGR Athletic	RedJuice
Stallion	Ernie Nierras Eun Hyung Pee	Ruben Doctora Jr.	Nike	Gilligan's Grill and Bar

Division 2 edit

Club	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Agila	Carlo Jose Rodriguez	Mark Alvin Valeroso	Adidas
Cebu Queen City United	Mario Ceniza	Jan Michael Flores	Adidas	Cebu Landmasters
Diliman	Salvador Alberto Salvacion	Jose Andoni Santos	Adidas	Antonov Vodka
Dolphins United	Greg Calawod	Romnick Echin
Forza FC	Azlan Nazir
Laos FC	Ronald Patulin
Manila All-Japan	Ryo Kono			MGK
Manila Lions	Joel Alcala		Adidas	Meltique Beef
Pachanga	Norman Fegidero	Yves Ashime
Sunken Garden United	Ryan Saranillo		Adidas
Team Socceroo	Alfredo Estacion	Mike Reyes	Adidas	Regent Properties
Union FC	Rafael Rodriguez	Adidas	Rudy Project

Venues edit

Division 1 edit

Stadium	Location
Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila
University of Makati Stadium	Makati
Nomads Sporting Club	Parañaque

Division 2 edit

Stadium	Location
Turf@BGC, Bonifacio Global City	Taguig
Alabang Country Club (ACC)	Muntinlupa

League tables edit

Division 1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Global (C)	18	13	3	2	49	17	+32	42	Qualification to the 2013 AFC President's Cup
2	Kaya	18	13	3	2	30	17	+13	42
3	Loyola	18	11	4	3	64	27	+37	37
4	Stallion	18	8	5	5	37	20	+17	29
5	Philippine Air Force	18	7	4	7	31	35	−4	25
6	Pasargad	18	7	3	8	30	31	−1	24
7	Manila Nomads	18	4	7	7	25	36	−11	19
8	Green Archers United	18	3	5	10	30	34	−4	14
9	Philippine Army	18	3	4	11	23	48	−25	13
10	Philippine Navy (R)	18	1	2	15	15	69	−54	5	Relegation to the 2013 UFL Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2012. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Division 2 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pachanga (C, P)	22	21	1	0	123	8	+115	64	Promotion to the 2013 UFL Division 1
2	Diliman	22	18	2	2	82	25	+57	56
3	Cebu Queen City United	22	14	5	3	83	29	+54	47
4	Agila	22	12	1	9	48	49	−1	37
5	Union Internacional Manila	22	8	5	9	46	60	−14	29
6	Forza	22	9	2	11	50	71	−21	29
7	Team Socceroo	22	8	4	10	51	61	−10	28
8	Laos	22	8	3	11	36	45	−9	27
9	Dolphins United	22	4	9	9	28	35	−7	21
10	Manila All-Japan	22	5	4	13	30	60	−30	19
11	Manila Lions (E)	22	3	2	17	17	77	−60	11	Eliminated for the 2013 UFL Division 2^[a]
12	Sunken Garden United^[b] (E)	22	3	0	19	35	109	−74	9	Eliminated for the 2013 UFL Division 2^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2012. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Manila Lions and Sunken Garden United will be removed to give way for other teams a chance to compete for 2013 season, although they may still compete for the 2012 UFL Cup.
^ Sunken Garden United's one of the loss was due to forfeiture due to insufficiency of players for the match.

Results edit

Division 1 edit

Home \ Away	GLO	GAU	KAY	LMS	NOM	PSG	PAF	PA	PN	STA
Global		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	5–3	1–2	3–2	1–0
Green Archers United	0–1		0–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	1–4
Kaya	1–5	2–1		2–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Loyola	4–3	3–2	2–0		5–0	3–4	3–3	4–0	14–0	3–0
Manila Nomads	1–5	1–1	1–3	2–2		0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–2
PSG	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3		3–2	6–3	1–2	1–0
Philippine Air Force	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–0		2–2	2–1	1–4
Philippine Army	0–3	2–7	0–2	1–2	1–4	2–3	2–2		3–2	0–0
Philippine Navy	0–5	2–2	1–2	1–10	1–1	0–6	1–2	2–3		0–6
Stallion	1–3	5–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 20:20, 30 June 2012. Source: United Football League (Philippines)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2 edit

Home \ Away	AGI	CQC	CIM	DOL	FOR	LAO	AJP	LIO	PAC	SGU	SOC	UIM
Agila		0–0	4–9	0–1	4–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–4	8–2	5–0	1–6
Cebu Queen City United	1–2		4–1	0–0	8–2	6–1	5–2	4–4	0–4	3–2	6–1	4–1
Cimarron	4–1	1–1		2–1	5–0	3–1	10–0	5–0	2–2	5–1	3–2	3–1
Dolphins United	2–0	1–5	0–2		2–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	3–3	2–2
Forza	4–1	1–6	0–2	4–3		0–2	1–1	3–0	0–3	5–4	6–1	1–3
Laos	1–3	0–2	1–6	1–1	3–3		0–1	2–1	1–4	3–1	0–1	2–1
Manila All-Japan	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	9–6	2–0		2–0	0–7	1–5	1–2	2–3
Manila Lions	0–1	0–7	0–6	0–2	1–2	1–5	1–0		0–2	1–3	1–7	3–1
Pachanga Diliman	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	8–1	4–0	7–0	13–0		13–0	8–0	8–0
Sunken Garden United	3–5	0–12	1–2	1–4	1–2	2–4	0–3^[a]	1–3	0–13		1–5	3–7
Team Socceroo	1–3	3–4	2–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	0–8	6–2		2–2
Union Internacional Manila	1–0	4–4	1–5	0–0	4–1	1–6	1–0	2–2	1–4	4–1	0–6

Updated to match(es) played on 23:20 24 June 2012. Source: United Football League (Philippines)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Manila All-Japan declared as winner by default after Sunken Garden United lack players to play. According to the UFL official Facebook page, only seven players arrived.

Top goalscorers edit

Division 1 edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Phil Younghusband	Loyola	23
2	Izzeldin Elhabbib	Global	13
3	Mark Hartmann	Loyola	12
3	Tating Pasilan	Green Archers United	12
5	James Younghusband	Loyola	11
5	Ian Araneta	Philippine Air Force	11

Division 2 edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Freddy Gonzales	Pachanga	34
2	Isaac Agyie	Forza	21
3	Dan Villarico	Cebu Queen City United	20
4	Ariel Zerrudo	Diliman	19
5	Romnick Jover	Sunken Garden United	18

Correct as of 20:30, 30 June 2012
Source: UFL Phil

Season Awards edit

Team Awards edit

The following teams are awarded by the United Football League in the ceremony.^[3]

Division 1 edit

Club	Award
Global FC	Champions
Kaya FC	1st-Runner Up
Global FC	Fair Play Award

Division 2 edit

Club	Award
Pachanga FC	Champions
Manila All-Japan FC	Fair Play Award

Individual awards edit

The following players are awarded by the United Football League Committee in the ceremony.^[4]

Division 1 edit

Player	Club	Award
Carli de Murga	Global FC	Golden Ball
Phil Younghusband	Loyola Meralco Sparks FC	Golden Boot(23 goals)
Yu Hoshide	Global FC	Agility Award
Saba Garmaroudi	Kaya	Best Goalkeeper

Division 2 edit

Player	Club	Award
Freddy Gonzales	Pachanga FC	Golden Ball
Freddy Gonzales	Pachanga FC	Golden Boot
Kenneth Dolloso	Pachanga FC	Best Goalkeeper

References edit

^ de Guzman, Mikhail (15 December 2011). "Seven New Clubs Enter UFL 2nd Division". Soccer Central Philippines. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
^ "Schedules". Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ Almo, Alder (26 June 2012). "Global bags UFL title with 1-1 draw vs Loyola Meralco". philstar.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ InterAKTV (26 June 2012). "Azkals de Murga, Younghusband win UFL top individual awards". interaksyon.com (InterAksyon). TV5. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[table_note_res_UFLE0.25395714549998-3] Manila Lions and Sunken Garden United will be removed to give way for other teams a chance to compete for 2013 season, although they may still compete for the 2012 UFL Cup.

[table_note_SGU0.25395714549998-4] Sunken Garden United's one of the loss was due to forfeiture due to insufficiency of players for the match.

[table_note_1_SGU_AJP0.90548924864525-5] Manila All-Japan declared as winner by default after Sunken Garden United lack players to play. According to the UFL official Facebook page, only seven players arrived.

[1] Guzman, Mikhail (15 December 2011). "Seven New Clubs Enter UFL 2nd Division". Soccer Central Philippines. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

[2] "Schedules". Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[6] Almo, Alder (26 June 2012). "Global bags UFL title with 1-1 draw vs Loyola Meralco". philstar.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] InterAKTV (26 June 2012). "Azkals de Murga, Younghusband win UFL top individual awards". interaksyon.com (InterAksyon). TV5. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

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