The United Football Cup or commonly known as UFL Cup is a Filipino association football

Football in the Philippines

Football in the Philippines is organized by the Philippine Football Federation Despite football being popular among its Southeast Asian neighbours, football is usually overshadowed by basketball which is undeniably the most popular sport in the Philippines...

 competition. It is played on a knockout

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 basis (single elimination). Clubs that are eligible to compete for the cup are those who currently plays on the United Football League

United Football League (Philippines)

The United Football League, commonly known as UFL, is an association football league in the Philippines, governed by the United Football Clubs Association. The league is composed of two divisions, each with eight member football clubs playing a double round-robin format...

 Division 1 and Division 2. Likewise, it is open to all clubs in the Philippines

Philippines

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 that passed the requirements given by the Football Alliance Group, which organises the competition. The UFL Cup runs from mid-October to mid-December. It provides a chance for all clubs to play each other regardless of their league divisions.

The holders of the UFL Cup are Global F.C.

Global F.C.

Global Football Club is a Filipino association football club. The team started in Division 2 of the United Football League inaugural season.On that same season, the team managed to finish top of the Second Division with an unbeaten record. As a result, the team was automatically promoted to...

 (2010) and Philippine Air Force

Philippine Air Force F.C.

The Philippine Air Force Football Club is an association football club serving under consisting of officers, enlisted personnel and civilians of the Philippine Air Force...

 (2009).

History

The first UFL Cup was held in 2009–10 where it was known as UFL–LBC Cup, after the name of LBC Express Inc. as its title sponsor. The purpose was to determine the distribution of clubs over the Divisions 1 and 2 of United Football League in its inaugural season. Clubs were divided into four groups of four, the top 2 finisher of each group after single round robin elimination qualified for quarterfinals (for division one) and the bottom 2 battles for Plate Competition (for division two). Philippine Air Force

Philippine Air Force F.C.

The Philippine Air Force Football Club is an association football club serving under consisting of officers, enlisted personnel and civilians of the Philippine Air Force...

 was the inaugural cup champions by defeating Philippine Army

Philippine Army F.C.

The Philippine Army Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines. It was founded in 1960 through the effort of the Philippine Army Special Services Unit. A unit that promotes sports and physical fitness within the Army, under the direction of the Commanding General...

 2–1.

Cup Winners And Runners-Up

Club	Wins	Last final won	Runners-up	Last final lost
Philippine Air Force Philippine Air Force F.C. The Philippine Air Force Football Club is an association football club serving under consisting of officers, enlisted personnel and civilians of the Philippine Air Force...	1	2009–10	1	2010–11
Global Global F.C. Global Football Club is a Filipino association football club. The team started in Division 2 of the United Football League inaugural season.On that same season, the team managed to finish top of the Second Division with an unbeaten record. As a result, the team was automatically promoted to...	1	2010–11	0
Philippine Army Philippine Army F.C. The Philippine Army Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines. It was founded in 1960 through the effort of the Philippine Army Special Services Unit. A unit that promotes sports and physical fitness within the Army, under the direction of the Commanding General...	0		1	2009–10

Top goal scorers

Year	Scorer	Club	Goals
2009–10	Yanti Bersales	Philippine Air Force Philippine Air Force F.C. The Philippine Air Force Football Club is an association football club serving under consisting of officers, enlisted personnel and civilians of the Philippine Air Force...	8
2010–11	Izzeldin Elhabbib	Global Global F.C. Global Football Club is a Filipino association football club. The team started in Division 2 of the United Football League inaugural season.On that same season, the team managed to finish top of the Second Division with an unbeaten record. As a result, the team was automatically promoted to...	8

Venues

Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...	Makati	Muntinlupa		Parañaque
Rizal Memorial Stadium	University of Makati Stadium	Alabang Country Club A	Alabang Country Club B	Nomads Sports Club
Capacity: 12,873	Capacity: 4,000	-	-	Capacity: 3,000

External links

• United Football League Philippines at Facebook.com