2015 United Football League Explained

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

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

Competition:	United Football League Division 1
Season:	2015
Winners:	Ceres
Relegated:	Philippine Army
League Topscorer:	18 goals Adrián Gallardo
Highest Scoring:	14 goals
Matches:	81
Total Goals:	341
Largest Margin:	9 goals
Longest Wins:	7 games Ceres
Longest Unbeaten:	10 games Global
Longest Winless:	10 games Team Socceroo
Longest Losses:	10 games Team Socceroo
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016

Clubs

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

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]

League table

Results

Division 2

Competition:	United Football League Division 2
Season:	2015
Winners:	Laos
Promoted:	Laos
League Topscorer:	12 goals Chihiro Noda
Highest Scoring:	11 goals
Matches:	36
Total Goals:	152
Largest Margin:	8 goals
Longest Wins:	11 games Laos
Longest Unbeaten:	12 games Laos
Longest Winless:	6 games Kabuscorp
Longest Losses:	6 games Kabuscorp
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016

Clubs

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

League table

Results

Promotion-relegation playoffs

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.

1st Leg

2nd Leg

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

Top goalscorers

Division 1

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	18
2	Robert Lopez Mendy	Green Archers United	11
	Phil Younghusband	Loyola
4		Kaya	10
5	Mark Hartmann	Global	9
	Jordan Mintah	Stallion
	Hikaru Minegishi	Global
	Bradley Grayson	Loyola
9	Lee Jeong Woo	Pachanga Diliman/Ceres	8
	Louis Max Clark	Kaya
	Tishan Hanley	Kaya
	Hamed Hajimahdi	Pachanga Diliman
	Ruben Doctora	Stallion

Correct as of 22:30, 5 August 2015
Source: uflph.com

Division 2

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Chihiro Noda	JP Voltes	12
2	Shayan Jafary Dastjerdi	Laos	9
3	Nicolas Vandelli	Forza	6
	Takashi Odawara	JP Voltes
	Patrik James Franksson	Laos
6	Jangobah Johnson	Forza	5
7	Yugo Kobayashi	JP Voltes	4
8	Romeo Sydney Gohi	Agila	3
	Yuta Nakagaito	JP Voltes
	John Celiz	JP Voltes
	Cheick Ahmed Camara	Laos
	Jim Ashley Flores	Mendiola
	Renando Mantua, Jr.	JP Voltes
	Amadou Lamine Ngom	Forza

Correct as of 23:00, 18 July 2015
Source: uflph.com

Hat-tricks

Division	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1			Team Socceroo	4–1	14 February 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Philippine Army	7–0	3 March 2015
1		Global	Manila Jeepney	10–1	11 April 2015
1	Adrián Gallardo	Ceres	Loyola Meralco Sparks	5–2	11 April 2015
1	Robert Lopez Mendy		Pachanga Diliman	9–5^‡	20 June 2015
1	Bienvenido Marañón		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		Loyola Meralco Sparks	Pachanga Diliman	5–2	22 July 2015
1	Tishan Hanley	Kaya	Team Socceroo	7–0	29 July 2015
2	Chihiro Noda		Mendiola	9–2^‡	22 February 2015
2	Chihiro Noda		Kabuscorp De Laguna	7–0^‡	26 February 2015
2	Nicolas Vandelli		Kabuscorp De Laguna	7–1^‡	12 March 2015
2			Agila	8–0^‡	19 March 2015

• ^‡ Player scored more than three goals

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

Discipline

Division 1

• Most yellow cards (club): 26
  • Philippine Army
• Least yellow cards (club): 10
  • Pachanga Diliman
• Most yellow cards (player): 5
  • Ronel Gener (Philippine Army)
• Most red cards (club): 2
  • Philippine Army^XY
  • Team Socceroo^XY
• Least red cards (club): 0
  • Pachanga Diliman
  • Stallion
• Most red cards (player): 1
  • Jalsor Soriano (Ceres)^Y
  • William Herve Ebanda (Green Archers United)^Y
  • Jorge Butron (Kaya)^Y
  • Joo Young Lee (Loyola)^Y
  • Dexter Chio (Manila Jeepney)^X
  • Erwin Silvestre (Philippine Army)^Y
  • Lauren Bedua (Philippine Army)^X
  • Arnes Casil (Team Socceroo)^Y
  • Rogie Maglinas (Team Socceroo)^X
• Most red cards (Team Management): 1
  • Jorge Kuriyama (Global GK Coach)^X

Note: ^X means Straight Red Card; ^Y means 2 Yellow Cards

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

Division 2

• Most yellow cards (club): -
• Most yellow card (player): -
• Most red cards (club): -
• Most red cards (player): -

Correct as of__:__, __ ______ 2015
Source: UFL Philippines

Cards and suspension

Division 1

Ceres (Total: 18 Cards) <						-- Ceres FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Martin Steuble		MJP KAY STA	2/17/15 3/14/15 3/22/15	Green Archers Utd	4/07/15
		LMS	4/11/15
Angelo Marasigan		PAC	3/01/15
Arnie Pasinabo Jr.		PAR	3/03/15
Jason Sabio		PAR	3/03/15
Camelo Tacusalme		PAR	3/03/15
Patrick Reichelt		KAY STA	3/14/15 3/22/15
Marvin Angeles		STA	3/22/15
Sang Min Kim		GAU LMS	4/07/15 04/11/15
Jalsor Soriano		GAU	4/07/15	Loyola	4/11/15
Manuel Ott		LMS GLO	4/11/15 4/18/15
Adrian Gallardo Valdes		GLO	4/18/15

Global (Total: 16 Cards) <						-- Global FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Richard Talaroc		GAU	2/07/15
Yu Hoshide		PAC	2/14/15
Raúl Martinez		PAC PAR LMS	2/14/15 2/28/15 3/21/15	Manila Jeepney	4/11/15
Amani Aguinaldo		STA LMS	2/21/15 3/21/15
Masaki Yanagawa		STA	2/21/15
Renato González		PAR	2/28/15
Dennis Villanueva		PAR	2/28/15
Hikaru Minegishi		KAY	3/07/15
Jerry Barbaso		LMS	3/21/15
Daisuke Sato		LMS	3/21/15
Renato Gonzales		MJP CER	4/11/15 4/18/15
Paolo Salenga		MJP	4/11/15
Mark Hartmann		CER	4/18/15

Green Archers United (Total: 19 Cards) <						-- Green Archers United FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Daniel del Rio		GLO STA	2/07/15 4/18/15
Robert Cañedo		GLO	2/07/15
Hervé Ebanda		GLO KAY LMS	2/07/15 2/15/15 3/15/15	Team Socceroo	3/22/15
		STA	4/18/15	Global	5/31/15
		CER	4/04/15
Reynald Villareal		KAY SOC STA	2/15/15 3/22/15 4/18/15	Global	5/31/15
Jesse Martindale		KAY LMS	2/15/15 3/15/15
David Icardo		PAR	2/22/15
Robert Lopez Mendy		LMS	3/15/15
Christian Pasilan		LMS	3/15/15
Tommy Escoltero		SOC	3/22/15
Paolo Pascual		STA	4/18/15

Kaya (Total: 16 Cards) <						-- Kaya FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Jorge Butron		STA	4/12/15	Loyola	4/19/15
		PAR CER	2/07/15 3/14/15
Miguel Tanton		PAR CER PAC	2/07/15 3/14/15 3/21/15	Stallion	4/12/15
Louis Clark		GAU LMS	2/15/15 3/07/15
Joshua Beloya		MJP STA	2/21/15 4/12/15
Alfred Osei		LMS STA	3/07/15 4/12/15
Richard Greer		CER	3/14/15
Christopher Greatwich		CER	3/14/15
James Rochlitz		PAC	3/21/15

Loyola Meralco Sparks (Total: 15 Cards) <						-- Loyola Meralco Sparks FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
James Younghusband		SOC MJP GAU	2/08/15 2/15/15 3/15/15	Global	3/21/15
Charlie Beaton		PAC	2/22/15
Yves Ashime		STA	2/28/15
Simon Greatwich		STA GAU CER	2/28/15 3/15/15 4/11/15	Kaya	4/19/15
Adam Mitter		GAU	3/15/15
Joo Young Lee		GAU	3/15/15	Global	3/21/15
Anthony Putrus-Schnell		GLO CER	3/21/15 4/11/15
Anton Edward Del Rosario		CER	4/11/15
Phil Younghusband		CER	4/11/15

Manila Jeepney (Total: 16 Cards) <						-- Manila Jeepney FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Chy Villasenor		CER STA	2/07/15 3/10/15
Jake Morallo		CER	2/07/15
Manuel Chaffort		CER LMS	2/07/15 2/15/15
Peter Fadrigalan		CER GAU GLO	2/07/15 2/28/15 4/11/15	Team Socceroo	4/18/15
Alvaro Alonzo		LMS	2/15/15
Hyun Don In		LMS	2/15/15
Dexter Chio		KAY	2/28/15	Stallion	3/10/15
Su Hyun Park		PAC	3/14/15
Arnel Amita		GLO SOC	4/11/15 4/18/15
N'gnan Koffi Kouassi		GLO	4/11/15
Rodrigue Nembot Talla		SOC	4/18/15

Pachanga Diliman (Total: 10 Cards) <						-- Pachanga Diliman FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Stephen Permanes		STA	2/08/15
Hossein Doustdarsefidmazgi		STA GLO	2/08/15 2/14/15
Ali Mahmoud		GLO LMS GAU	2/14/15 2/22/15 4/12/15	Philippine Army	4/19/15
Jayson Cutamora		LMS	2/22/15
Raffy Cabug		SOC MJP	3/07/15 3/14/15
Nathan Octavio		GAU	4/12/15

Philippine Army (Total: 27 Cards) <						-- Philippine Army FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Djibril Sissako		KAY	2/07/15
Ronel Gener		KAY GAU GLO	2/07/15 2/22/15 2/28/15	Ceres	3/03/15
		LMS SOC	3/03/15 4/11/15	Pachanga Diliman	4/19/15
Eduardo Gempisaw Jr.		KAY CFC STA	2/07/15 3/03/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Yong Ok Choi		KAY GAU STA	2/07/15 2/22/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Song Ji Hun		GAU LMS STA	2/22/15 3/07/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Lauren Bedua		GAU	2/22/15
Elmo Pabilona Jr.		GFC LMS STA	2/28/15 3/07/15 3/15/15	Manila Jeepney	3/21/15
Erwin Silvestre		CFC	3/03/15	Loyola	3/07/15
Rodrigo Betita		LMS STA	3/07/15 3/15/15
Roel Gener		MJP	3/21/15
Luisito Brillantes		MJP	3/21/15
Wilson Dela Cruz		SOC	4/11/15
Lauren Bedua		SOC	4/11/15	Pachanga Diliman	4/19/15

Stallion (Total: 24 Cards) <						-- Stallion FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Shirmar Felongco		PAC LMS PAR	2/08/15 2/28/15 3/15/15	Ceres	3/22/15
		KAY	4/12/15
OJ Clariño		PAC CER KAY	2/08/15 3/22/15 4/12/15	Green Archers Utd	4/18/15
Ruben Doctora		GLO	2/21/15
Jordan Mintah		GLO KAY GAU	2/21/15 4/12/15 4/18/15	Pachanga Diliman	5/30/15
Sean Bateau		GLO	2/21/15
Louis Kaole		GLO LMS CER	2/21/15 2/28/15 3/22/15	Kaya	4/12/15
		GAU	4/18/15
Milan Arends		LMS PAR KAY	2/28/15 3/15/15 4/12/15	Green Archers Utd	4/18/15
Jose Luis Lozano		MJP	3/10/15
Landry Nguene		PAR	3/15/15
Christian Nana		CER	3/22/15
Nathanael Alquiros		GAU	4/18/15
David Basa		GAU	4/18/15

Team Socceroo (Total: 18 Cards) <						-- Team Socceroo FC -->
Player	Card	Against	Date	Suspended	Date
Justin Mengane		LMS	2/08/15
John Michael Navarro		LMS KAY	2/08/15 3/17/15
Masood Shadideh		LMS	2/08/15
Guilherme Hasegawa			2/14/15
Mandie Lunag		GLO	2/17/15
Mamadou Sangare		GLO GAU MJP	2/17/15 3/22/15 4/18/15	Loyola	5/30/15
Paolo Casambre		PAC PAR	3/07/15 4/11/15
Stanley Ankrah		PAC	3/07/15
Marco Poli		PAC	3/07/15
Feb Baya		KAY	3/17/15
Arnel Casil		GAU	3/22/15	Ceres	3/31/15
Beleu Cleopas		PAR	4/11/15
Rogie Maglinas		PAR	4/11/15	Manila Jeepney	4/18/15

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

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Ceres-La Salle Clinches 2nd Division Title, Manila Jeepney Secures Promotion . UFL Philippines/ . UFL Philippines . ufl.ph/ . January 9, 2014 . June 9, 2014.
2. News: Global does it again, clinches 2nd UFL title with still plenty to spare . Karlo Sacamos . spin.ph . June 12, 2014 . June 13, 2014 .
3. News: Ceres, Manila Jeepney earn promotion to UFL’s first division for next season . Karl Decena . InterAksyon.com . TV5/ABC Development Corporation . June 24, 2014 . June 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151126100302/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/ceres-manila-jeepney-earn-promotion-to-ufls-first-division-for-next-season . 2015-11-26 . dead .
4. Web site: Simon McMenemy, architect of Azkals’ miracle run, to coach Loyola in the UFL . ph.sports.yahoo.com . ph.sports.yahoo.com . August 26, 2014 . February 4, 2015 .
5. Web site: Adam Reekie named new Kaya head coach . Kaya FC . kayafc.com/ . August 31, 2014 . February 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150205052349/http://www.kayafc.com/adam-reekie-named-new-kaya-head-coach/ . February 5, 2015 . dead .
6. News: Kaya Futbol Club statement on Adam Reekie’s resignation. 31 March 2015. Kaya Futbol Club. 31 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143550/http://www.kayafc.com/kaya-futbol-club-statement-on-adam-reekies-resignation/. 2 April 2015. dead.
7. News: Go wants Ceres-La Salle to play consistent football en route to title. 1 July 2015. tiebreakertimes.com/. 14 July 2015.