The 2016 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started on February 6 and ended on April 9, 2016. There will be no guest teams with all competing teams also participating in the main UFL competition as per mandate by the Philippine Football Federation. All competing clubs also had to field teams for youth competitions to be organized by the UFL.
The cup adopted a single round robin format with two groups followed by a knockout stage composing of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. There is also a foreign player limit of five in the matchday squad of each clubs.
Kaya are the defending champions. Global won the 2016 UFL Cup defeating Ceres in the final.
Draw The draw for the group stage was held on January 20, 2016.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knock-out stage
Quarterfinals
Semi finals
Plate Semi finals
Plate
Third place
Final
Player awards Player Club Award Global Golden Ball Global Best Goalkeeper Global Best Defender Kaya Best Midfielder Kaya Top scorerSource: The Manila Times
Season Statistics
Tournament team rankings
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals
| colspan="11"| Failed to qualify in Knock Out stage
Top Goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals1 Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya112 Alvaro Castiella Loyola93 Adrián Gallardo Ceres8 James Younghusband Loyola4 Jordan Mintah Stallion 75 Stephan Schröck Ceres66 Emelio Caligdong Green Archers United 5 Matthew Hartmann Global Bienvenido Marañón Ceres Tahj Minniecon Loyola7 Jovin Bedic Kaya 4 Lee Jeong Woo Ceres Kofi Kouassi Global Martin Steuble Ceres Ruben Doctora Stallion Omid Nazari Global Jose Porteria Kaya
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Global PSG 7–0 6 February 2016 Loyola PSG 1–7 13 February 2016 Loyola PSG 1–7 13 February 2016 Ceres Manila Nomads 0–15 14 February 2016 Ceres Manila Nomads 0–15 14 February 2016 4 Ceres PSG 0–9 18 February 2016 Ceres PSG 0–9 18 February 2016 Kaya JP Voltes 0–4 27 February 2016 4 Stallion Forza 1–9 28 February 2016 Kaya Forza 0–6 3 March 2016 6 Loyola PSG 11–0 5 March 2016 Loyola Forza 0–4 7 April 2016
Own Goals PlayerForClubOwn Goal Gerald OrculloForzaAgila1 Bervic ItaliaForzaStallion
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