2016 United Football League


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.
The league competition which started in April 30 and ended in October 24 will followed a pure double round robin match with no play-offs.
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.
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.

Venue

Matches are played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Clubs

The league is composed of 12 clubs.
ClubHead CoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Agila Richard Leyble Shinji Shozu LGR SportswearNone
Ceres Risto Vidaković Juan Luis Guirado Puma Ceres Liner
Forza Arvin Jay Soliman Stephen Burda LGR Sportswear Orient Freight International
Global Leigh Manson Misagh Bahadoran LGR SportswearNone
Green Archers United Rodolfo Alicante Tating Pasilan LGR Sportswear Globe Telecom
JP Voltes Yu Hoshide Masaki Yanagawa LGR Sportswear JK Mart
Kaya Chris Greatwich Alexander Borromeo LGR Sportswear LBC Express
Laos Jovanie Villagracia Badreldin Elhabib LGR SportswearNone
Loyola Meralco Sparks Simon McMenemy James Younghusband Under Armour Meralco
Manila Nomads Ronaldo Luis Bernardo Ubiam Ugochukwu Okoro LGR Sportswear True Blue Tools
Pasargad Joel Villarino Jean Claude Delos Reyes LGR SportswearNone
Stallion Ernest Nierras Ruben Doctora Vizari Giligan's Restaurant

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
6 Player scored six goals
8 Player scored eight goals

Own goals

Honors

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