2013 UFL Pre-season Cup explained

UFL Pre-season Cup
Year:2013
Dates:7 September to 10 October 2013
Num Teams:15
Champions:Loyola
Runner-Up:Global
Matches:38
Goals:168
Top Goal Scorer:Rufo Sanchez
Shayan Jafari Dastjeri
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The 2013 UFL Pre-Season Cup is the inaugural Filipino association football friendly tournament. It is composed of 14 United Football League teams from, 7 Division I and 7 Division II clubs, with the aim of getting the teams some competitive games going into the UFL Cup.[1] It also features the U-23 Azkals as their preparation for the upcoming 2013 Southeast Asian Games.[2] Loyola declared as the cup winner by default against Global.

Format

The tournament begins with three groups of five teams playing round-robin. The two teams per group with the best record then move on.Those six qualifying teams will then be split into two groups of three for the second group stage, which will also see round-robin play. From there, the top two teams of each group will be drawn into the semifinals, with pairings to be arranged at a later date.

First round

All times are in Philippine Standard Time (PST) – UTC+8.

Group A

Group B

The remaining matches for Group B was postponed due to weather condition and safety concerns as cited by the UFL official Facebook and Twitter account.[3] However, the said matches was not played without further details and the cup proceed to the second round.

Group C

Second round

Group D

Group E

Knockout stage

Finals

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the tournament are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Rufo SanchezGlobal8
Shayan Jafari DastjeriUnion Internacional Manila8
2 Phil YounghusbandLoyola7
Izzeldin El HabbibGlobal7
3 Chieffy CaligdongGreen Archers United6
4 Angel GuiradoGlobal5
5 Milad BehgandomUnion Internacional Manila4
Mohammad GhasemiLaos4

Notes

  1. News: UFL preseason tournament to kick off this weekend with U23 Azkals in the mix . Moore, Roy . GMA News Online . GMA Network Inc.. 3 September 2013. 3 November 2013.
  2. News: Under-23 Azkals join UFL preseason tilt . AKTV . Interaksyon.com/TV5 . ABC Development Corporation . 30 August 2013 . 3 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103010329/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/under-23-azkals-join-ufl-preseason-tilt . 3 November 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: UFL Preseason cup postponed . Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 22 September 2013. 3 November 2013.