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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 on April 30 and ended on October 24 will followed a pure
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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
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and
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. 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. Global Football Club was a professional association football, football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cu ...
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.


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

;Player *Golden Boot: Adrián Gallardo (
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) *Golden Glove: Nelson Gasic ( JP Voltes) *Golden Ball:
Hikaru Minegishi , also known by his nickname Pika, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 2 club Uthai Thani and the Philippines national team. Early life and education Minegishi was born on June 5, 1991. His Filipino mother is a ...
( Global) *Best Midfielder:
Matthew Hartmann Matthew James Calibjo Hartmann (born 19 August 1989), also known as Matt Hartmann, is a former Filipino profoessional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He represented the Philippines at international level. Career Club career ...
( Global) *Best Defender:
Masaki Yanagawa is a former Japanese football player. Club career Yanagawa was born in Sanda on May 1, 1987. He joined J2 League club Vissel Kobe from youth team in 2006. In first season, he played many matches as center back and the club was promoted to J1 L ...
( JP Voltes) ;Team *Fairplay:
Stallion F.C. Stallion Laguna Football Club is a Filipino professional football club based in Biñan, Laguna. The club competes in the Philippines Football League, the top tier of football in the Philippines. In 2002, the club was founded as Stallion Foo ...


References


External links


Official website
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