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2015 United Football League

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The 2015 United Football League was the sixth season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Ten teams competed in UFL Division 1 while seven teams were in Division 2.[1]

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

Ceres outclassed Team Socceroo 6-0 on 15 July 2015 to clinch the 2015 United Football League title with two games to spare.

Season summary edit

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

UFL Division 2 only had seven participants with new side Kabuscorp and returnees Mendiola. Six Division 2 clubs, namely, Philippine Air Force, Manila Nomads, UIM, Philippine Navy, Dolphins United, Cimarron, participated in the 2015 UFL League competitions.

Division 1 edit

United Football League Division 1
Season2015
ChampionsCeres
RelegatedPhilippine Army
Matches played81
Goals scored341 (4.21 per match)
Top goalscorer18 goals
  Adrián Gallardo
Highest scoring14 goals
Pachanga Diliman 5–9 Green Archers United
Longest winning run7 games
Ceres
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Global
Longest winless run10 games
Team Socceroo
Longest losing run10 games
Team Socceroo
← 2014
2016 →

Clubs edit

Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ceres   Ali Go   Juan Luis Guirado   Adidas Ceres Liner
Global   Leigh Manson   Misagh Bahadoran   Accel Smart
Green Archers United   Rodolfo Alicante   Christian Pasilan   Mizuno Globe Telecom
Kaya   Fabien Larry Lewis   Chris Greatwich   LGR Athletic LBC Express
Loyola Meralco Sparks   Simon McMenemy   James Younghusband   Under Armour Meralco
Manila Jeepney   Kim Chul-Soo   Davide Cortina   LGR Athletic
Pachanga Diliman   Yuki Matsuda   Anton Gonzales   Umbro
Philippine Army   Patricio Bumidang   Roel Gener Artificial Turf Sejung
Stallion   Ernest Nierras   Ruben Doctora   Mizuno Gilligan's
Team Socceroo   Franklin Cacacho   Lee Jeong Woo   Loro Sports Chevrolet

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Incoming head coach
Loyola   Vince Santos End of Contract   Simon McMenemy[4]
Kaya   David Perkovic End of Contract   Adam Reekie[5]
Kaya   Adam Reekie[6] Resigned   Fabien Larry Lewis
Ceres   Cha Seung-ryong Resigned   Ali Go[7]

Venues edit

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

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ceres (C) 17 14 1 2 59 13 +46 43 Qualification to the 2015 AFC Cup Group stage
2 Global 17 10 5 2 50 15 +35 35
3 Loyola Meralco Sparks 17 11 2 4 46 26 +20 35
4 Kaya (Q) 17 10 1 6 47 23 +24 31 Qualification to the 2015 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
5 Stallion 17 10 1 6 36 24 +12 31
6 Green Archers United 17 7 3 7 36 33 +3 24
7 Manila Jeepney 17 4 4 9 30 48 −18 16
8 Pachanga Diliman 17 3 3 11 27 52 −25 12
9 Team Socceroo (R) 17 1 1 15 7 69 −62 4 Qualification to the 2015 Relegation playoffs
10 Philippine Army (D, E) 9 0 1 8 3 38 −35 1 Disqualified from the tournament
Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2015. Source: rsssf.com, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Kaya qualified to the 2016 AFC Cup Group stage by winning the 2015 UFL Cup.

Results edit

Home \ Away CER GLO GAU KAY LMS MJP PAC PAR STA SOC
Ceres 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–0
Global 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 10–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 6–0
Green Archers United 0–7 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 4–0
Kaya 1–2 1–3 0–2 3–2 4–1 4–1 4–0 0–3 5–0
Loyola Meralco Sparks 1–6 1–0 4–0 3–3 2–0 5–2 7–0 1–2 1–0
Manila Jeepney 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–4 2–3 1–4 2–2 3–2 5–0
Pachanga Diliman 0–5 0–2 5–9 2–6 0–4 3–3 4–1 1–3 1–1
Philippine Army 0–7 0–3 0–2 0–4
Stallion 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 1–0 4–0
Team Socceroo 0–4 0–8 0–5 0–7 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–4
Source: uflph.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2 edit

United Football League Division 2
Season2015
ChampionsLaos
PromotedLaos
Matches played36
Goals scored152 (4.22 per match)
Top goalscorer12 goals
  Chihiro Noda
Highest scoring11 goals
JP Voltes 9–2 Mendiola
Longest winning run11 games
Laos
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Laos
Longest winless run6 games
Kabuscorp
Longest losing run6 games
Kabuscorp
← 2014
2016 →

Clubs edit

Club Head coach 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 LGT Athletic Kabuscorp SCP
Laos   Rudy Del Rosario   Rolly Lear LGR Athletic
Mendiola   Aris Caslib Adidas victory liner
Pasargad   Mike Agbayani   Jay Torres LGR Athletic Cord Marine Epoxy

Venues edit

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

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Laos (C, P) 11 10 1 0 33 8 +25 31 Promotion to the 2016 UFL Division 1
2 JP Voltes (O, P) 11 7 3 1 48 12 +36 24 Qualification to the 2015 Promotion playoffs
3 Forza 11 6 2 3 27 17 +10 20
4 Agila 11 4 0 7 17 35 −18 12
5 Mendiola 11 2 2 7 15 28 −13 8
6 Pasargad 11 2 2 7 11 25 −14 8
7 Laguna Kabuscorp (D, E) 6 0 0 6 1 27 −26 0 Disqualified from the tournament
Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2015. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results edit

Home \ Away AGI FOR JPV KDL LAO MEN PSG
Agila 1–3 0–8 3–0 0–3 4–1 3–1
Forza 5–2 2–2 1–2 4–2 2–1
JP Voltes 8–0 2–1 7–0 2–3 9–2 5–0
Kabuscorp De Laguna 1–7 0–3 0–3
Laos 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1
Mendiola 3–1 0–0 2–3 0–3 0–1
Pasargad 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–7 1–1
Source: uflph.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion-relegation playoffs edit

Team Socceroo, the 9th-placed team of Division 1 faced the 2nd-placed 2015 UFL Division 2 side JP Voltes in a two-legged playoff. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2016 UFL Division 1.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Team Socceroo 1 - 12 JP Voltes 1 - 3 0 - 9
1st Leg
Team Socceroo1 - 3JP Voltes
Matsunaga   28' Report Tatsuya Nakamura   6'
Michael Mabanag   26'
del Rosario   45'
2nd Leg
JP Voltes9 - 0Team Socceroo
del Rosario   17', 49', 72'
Chihiro Noda   34', 45', 61', 69', 83'
John Celiz   57'		 Report

JP Voltes won 12–1 on aggregate and earned a United Football League Division 1 spot for the 2016 season.

Top goalscorers edit

Hat-tricks edit

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
1   Robert Lopez Mendy Green Archers United Pachanga Diliman 9–5‡ 20 June 2015
1   Bienvenido Marañón Ceres Loyola Meralco Sparks 6–1 20 June 2015
1   Adrián Gallardo Ceres Pachanga Diliman 5–0‡ 23 June 2015
1   Tishan Hanley Kaya Pachanga Diliman 4–1 11 July 2015
1   Adrián Gallardo Ceres Green Archers United 7–0 15 July 2015
1   Phil Younghusband Loyola Meralco Sparks Pachanga Diliman 5–2 22 July 2015
1   Tishan Hanley Kaya Team Socceroo 7–0 29 July 2015
2   Chihiro Noda JP Voltes Mendiola 9–2‡ 22 February 2015
2   Chihiro 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 goals

Correct as of 22:00, 29 July 2015
Source: uflph.com

Discipline edit

Cards and suspension edit

Division 1 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ UFL Philippines/ (January 9, 2014). "Ceres-La Salle Clinches 2nd Division Title, Manila Jeepney Secures Promotion". ufl.ph/. UFL Philippines. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. ^ Karlo Sacamos (June 12, 2014). "Global does it again, clinches 2nd UFL title with still plenty to spare". spin.ph. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Karl Decena (June 24, 2014). "Ceres, Manila Jeepney earn promotion to UFL's first division for next season". InterAksyon.com. TV5/ABC Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Adam Reekie named new Kaya head coach". kayafc.com/. Kaya FC. August 31, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "Kaya Futbol Club statement on Adam Reekie's resignation". Kaya Futbol Club. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Go wants Ceres-La Salle to play consistent football en route to title". tiebreakertimes.com/. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

External links edit

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