| Competition: | United Football League |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Global |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Global Ceres |
| League Topscorer: |  Adrián Gallardo(30 goals) |
| Best Player: |  Hikaru Minegishi |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Nelson Gasic |
| Highest Scoring: | 17 goals Kaya 16–1 Manila Nomads |
| Matches: | 102 |
| Total Goals: | 544 |
| Longest Wins: | 10 games Global |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 15 games Global |
| Longest Winless: | 11 games Pasargad |
| Longest Losses: | 8 games Pasargad |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
The 2016 United Football League was the seventh and last season of the UFL since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009. Division 2 is disbanded for this season with all teams competing in one division.[1]
The league competition which started on April 30 and ended on October 24 will followed a pure double round robin match with no play-offs.[1] For this edition the foreign player cap is reduced to four from five foreign players in a playing squad of 18 players, including 7 substitutes. At least one of the four maximum allowable foreign players must be from the Asian country. This was to align to the guidelines followed at the AFC Cup and AFC Champions League. However, a club with more than 25 players may have more than four foreign players in their whole squad provided that they comply with the 4-player foreign player limit rule during match day.[1]
Global F.C. won the league with one game to spare.
The 2016 season was the last UFL season following the appointment of UFL President Randy Roxas as part of the task force for the upcoming Philippines Football League which had its inaugural season in 2017.[2]
Matches are played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.[1]
The league is composed of 12 clubs.
| Club | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agila | Richard Leyble | Shinji Shozu | LGR Sportswear | None | |
| Ceres | Risto Vidaković | Juan Luis Guirado | Ceres Liner | ||
| Forza | Arvin Jay Soliman | Stephen Burda | Orient Freight International | ||
| Global | Leigh Manson | Misagh Bahadoran | None | ||
| Green Archers United | Rodolfo Alicante | Tating Pasilan | Globe Telecom | ||
| JP Voltes | Yu Hoshide | Masaki Yanagawa | JK Mart | ||
| Kaya | Chris Greatwich | ||||
| Laos | Jovanie Villagracia | Badreldin Elhabib | LGR Sportswear | None | |
| Loyola Meralco Sparks | Simon McMenemy | James Younghusband | Meralco | ||
| Manila Nomads |  Ronaldo Luis Bernardo | Ubiam Ugochukwu Okoro | LGR Sportswear | True Blue Tools | |
| Pasargad | Joel Villarino | Jean Claude Delos Reyes | LGR Sportswear | None | |
| Stallion | Ernest Nierras | Ruben Doctora |  Vizari | Giligan's Restaurant |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Incoming head coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaya | Fabien Larry Lewis | End of contract | Chris Greatwich | |
| JP Voltes | Shinichiro Maeno | End of contract | Yu Hoshide[3] | |
| Laos | Rudy Del Rosario | End of contract | Jovanie Villagracia | |
| Forza | Jun Mark Saraga | End of contract | Arvin Jay Soliman | |
| Agila | Ramon Vicente Roxas | End of contract | Richard Leyble | |
| Pasargad | Mike Agbayani | End of contract | Joel Villarino | |
| Ceres | Ali Go | New coach under contract | Risto Vidaković |
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrián Gallardo | Ceres | 30 | |
| 2 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Ceres | 18 | ||
| Kaya | ||||
| 5 | Global | 17 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–6 | 30 April 2016 | ||||
| 3–1 | 8 May 2016 | ||||
| 6–0 | 14 May 2016 | ||||
| 7–1 | 15 May 2016 | ||||
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 4 | 10–2 | 18 May 2016 | |||
| 10–1 | 18 May 2016 | ||||
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| 4 | 16–1 | 9 June 2016 | |||
| 4 | |||||
| 4 | 8–0 | 9 June 2016 | |||
| 8 | 0–16 | 11 June 2016 | |||
| 0–11 | 15 June 2016 | ||||
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| | 0–10 | 15 June 2016 | |||
| 4 | 1– 6 | 19 June 2016 | |||
| | 0– 6 | 25 June 2016 | |||
| 1–4 | 25 June 2016 | ||||
| 5 | 2–13 | 26 June 2016 | |||
| 9–2 | 3 July 2016 | ||||
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| 4 | 8–0 | 5 July 2016 | |||
| 0– 9 | 7 July 2016 | ||||
| 6 | 0– 11 | 7 July 2016 | |||
| 5 | 8–3 | 10 July 2016 | |||
 | 8–3 | 10 July 2016 | |||
| 5 | 0–12 | 14 July 2016 | |||
| 1– 5 | 7 August 2016 | ||||
| 12–0 | 10 August 2016 | ||||
| 4 | |||||
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| 11–1 | 17 August 2016 | ||||
| 8–0 | 24 September 2016 | ||||
| 4–1 | 24 September 2016 | ||||
| 8–0 | 28 September 2016 | ||||
| | 0–7 | 2 October 2016 | |||
| Player | For | Club | Own goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ronnie Aguisanda | 2 | ||
| JP Voltes | ||||
 Christian Nana | Global | Stallion | 1 | |
| Michael Atienza | ||||
| Jayson Cutamora | ||||
| Rezziel Villaespin | ||||
| John Lloyd Bastasa | ||||
 Fidelis Nnabuife | Manila Nomads | |||
| Joseph Rigoberto | Global | Forza |
Adrián Gallardo (Ceres)[4] Hikaru Minegishi (Global)[4] Masaki Yanagawa (JP Voltes)[4]