The United Football League FA League Cup, commonly known as UFL FA League Cup, was a Filipino association football competition. It was played on a multistage format that culminates in a knockout stage (single elimination). Clubs that were eligible to compete for the cup were those who then played in the United Football League's two divisions. The only edition of this tournament was part of the 2014–15 United Football League season, preceding the league proper and the ULF Cup, the pre-existing and separate cup tournament.
2014 edition
The 2014 United Football League FA League Cup was the first and only edition of the tournament. The competition started on September 20 and ended on November 6, 2014.
Competition format The 14 clubs were separated into two groups of seven, where the top four advanced to the quarterfinals. Separate draws took place before the quarterfinals and semi-finals to determine which clubs will face off.
Group stage
Key to colours in group tables Top four placed teams advance to the knock out stage
All times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) – UTC+8.
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsCeres6600184+1418Loyola6501179+815Stallion63121515010Pachanga Diliman63031516−19Green Archers United61231016−65Manila Jeepney61141315−24Philippine Army6006719−120
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsKaya6510284+2416Global6501312+2915Laos6312115+610Manila All-Japan62222521+47Team Socceroo6213611−57Forza6113515−104Dolphins United6006452−480
Knockout stage Quarter-finals In the quarter-finals stage, matchups were made via random draw. They will play against one another in a single leg knockout basis. The draw for the quarter-finals round was held on October 23, 2014. After the quarterfinals, another random draw will determine semifinal pairings.
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Ceres 3 - 1StallionGlobal3 - 0LaosPachanga Diliman2 - 1 a.e.t.Manila All-JapanKaya1 - 2Loyola
Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Loyola1 - 2GlobalCeres3 - 1Pachanga Diliman
Third-place playoff
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Loyola3 - 1Pachanga Diliman
Final
Team 1ScoreTeam 2Global1 - 2Ceres
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Louis Max ClarkKaya10 Mark HartmannGlobal3 Yugo KobayashiManila All-Japan9 Adrian GallardoCeres5 Chichiro NodaManila All-Japan86 Phil YounghusbandLoyola7 Edgar BrionesGlobal8 Jinggoy ValmayorPachanga Diliman69 James YounghusbandLoyola5 Shin Seok JeonPhilippine Army
Correct as of 11:30, November 6, 2014
Awards The following were the competition's top individual awardees.
Golden Gloves: Patrick Deyto (Global) Golden Boot: Louis Max Clark (Kaya) Golden Ball: Jin Ho Kim (Ceres)
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