The United Football League Cup, commonly known as UFL Cup, was a Filipino association football competition. It was played on a multistage format that culminated in a knockout stage (single elimination). Clubs eligible to compete for the cup were those who played in the United Football League. Likewise, it was open to all clubs in the Philippines that passed the requirements given by the Football Alliance Group, which organized the competition.[1][2] The UFL Cup run from mid-October to mid-December and was moved from May to August starting with the 2015 edition, to make it in line with the calendar of its Southeast Asian neighbors. It provided a chance for all clubs to play each other regardless of their league divisions.
The UFL Cup was first held in October 2009 where it was known as UFL–LBC Cup, after the name of LBC Express Inc. as its title sponsor and is sanctioned by the National Capital Region Football Association (NCRFA) and the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).[3] The purpose was to determine the distribution of clubs over the Divisions 1 and 2 of United Football League in its inaugural season. Clubs were divided into four groups of four, the top 2 finisher of each group after single round-robin elimination qualified for quarterfinals (for division one) and the bottom 2 battles for Plate Competition (for division two). Philippine Air Force was the inaugural cup champions by defeating Philippine Army 2–1.[4][5]
The 2011 UFL Cup season marks the first live television coverage of a match after AKTV (owned and operated by TV5) inked the historical 5-year multi-million peso deal with the UFL.[6]
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External linksedit
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United Football League Philippines at Facebook.com
United Football League Philippines at Twitter.com
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united, football, league, this, article, about, philippine, competition, philippine, football, league, united, football, league, philippines, commonly, known, filipino, association, football, competition, played, multistage, format, that, culminated, knockout,. This article is about the Philippine cup competition For the Philippine football league see United Football League Philippines The United Football League Cup commonly known as UFL Cup was a Filipino association football competition It was played on a multistage format that culminated in a knockout stage single elimination Clubs eligible to compete for the cup were those who played in the United Football League Likewise it was open to all clubs in the Philippines that passed the requirements given by the Football Alliance Group which organized the competition 1 2 The UFL Cup run from mid October to mid December and was moved from May to August starting with the 2015 edition to make it in line with the calendar of its Southeast Asian neighbors It provided a chance for all clubs to play each other regardless of their league divisions United Football League CupFounded2009 2009 Number of teams12 2016 Current championsGlobal 2nd title Most successful club s Philippine Air ForceGlobal 2 titles Television broadcastersAksyonTVHyperWebsiteUFL Cup2016 UFL CupThe last holders of the UFL Cup were Global who defeated Ceres 3 1 in the 2016 final for their second title Contents 1 History 2 Cup Winners And Runners Up 3 Top goal scorers by edition 4 Venues 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe UFL Cup was first held in October 2009 where it was known as UFL LBC Cup after the name of LBC Express Inc as its title sponsor and is sanctioned by the National Capital Region Football Association NCRFA and the Philippine Football Federation PFF 3 The purpose was to determine the distribution of clubs over the Divisions 1 and 2 of United Football League in its inaugural season Clubs were divided into four groups of four the top 2 finisher of each group after single round robin elimination qualified for quarterfinals for division one and the bottom 2 battles for Plate Competition for division two Philippine Air Force was the inaugural cup champions by defeating Philippine Army 2 1 4 5 The 2011 UFL Cup season marks the first live television coverage of a match after AKTV owned and operated by TV5 inked the historical 5 year multi million peso deal with the UFL 6 Cup Winners And Runners Up editClub Champions Years won Runners up Years lostPhilippine Air Force 2 2009 2011 1 2010Global 2 2010 2016 1 2012Loyola 1 2013 1 2011Stallion 1 2012 0Kaya 1 2015 0Ceres 0 2 2015 2016Philippine Army 0 1 2009Pachanga Diliman 0 1 2013Top goal scorers by edition editYear Scorer Club Goals2009 nbsp Yanti Barsales Philippine Air Force 82010 nbsp Izzeldin Elhabbib Global 82011 nbsp Phil Younghusband Loyola 252012 nbsp Phil Younghusband Loyola 102013 nbsp Phil Younghusband Loyola 212015 nbsp Tishan Hanley Kaya 152016 nbsp Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya 11Venues editPrimary venues used in the 2012 UFL Cup Manila Taguig MakatiRizal Memorial Football Stadium ASCom Football Field University of Makati StadiumCapacity 12 873 7 Capacity 1 000 8 Capacity 4 000 9 10 nbsp Santa Rosa Laguna Marikina ParanaqueNUVALI FieldS 1 amp 2 Nuvali Marikina Sports Complex Nomads FieldCapacity N A Capacity 30 000 Capacity 3 000 8 References edit Olivares Rick August 7 2011 UFL Cup to kick off with smashing changes Business Mirror Manila Retrieved October 21 2011 de Guzman Mikhail July 14 2011 Calling All Clubs The UFL Needs YOU Soccer Central Philippines Retrieved October 22 2011 Six matches kick off LBC UFL Cup The Philippine Star October 17 2009 Retrieved October 23 2011 Schoggl Hans Philippines 2009 10 RSSSF Retrieved October 19 2011 Air Force Rider Crowned Champions of Inaugural UFL LBC Cup pfsa cebufa org Retrieved October 21 2011 Olivares Rick September 16 2011 AKTV UFL ink historic five year deal interaksyon com AKTV Archived from the original on September 25 2011 Retrieved December 10 2011 Leyba Olmin June 21 2011 Rizal can only seat 13 000 The Philippine Star Archived from the original on September 9 2012 Retrieved November 4 2011 a b Stadiums in the Philippines WorldStadiums com Retrieved November 4 2011 University of Makati Stadium sports opera com Retrieved November 4 2011 University of Makati Stadium soccerway com Retrieved November 4 2011 External links editOfficial website United Football League Philippines at Facebook com United Football League Philippines at Twitter com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United Football League Cup amp oldid 1142977642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
