The 2012–13 PFF National Men's Club Championship (also known as 2012–13 PFF–Smart National Club Championship) was the 2nd season of the

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, a Filipino association football competition organized by the

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. Global Teknika were the defending champions. On February 2, 2013, Ceres defeated PSG with a 1–0 scoreline to win the title.

Competition format

Similar to the previous tournament, the Smart National Club championships this year had cluster and regional eliminations outside of Manila and the quarterfinal matches were hosted in the provinces. There were two clusters for Luzon, one for Visayas, four for Mindanao and one for the National Capital Region. After the cluster eliminations, there was a Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao eliminations, where the top two teams advanced to the quarterfinal round along with the top 10 teams that were participating in the

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. There was another drawing of lots for the quarterfinal round and if a provincial team faced a UFL club, that game will be hosted by the provincial football associations. The Provincial Football Association (PFA) teams who made the quarterfinal round was given a transfer window to allow teams to add or drop eight players for their 25-man squad. This was done to help boost the provincial teams. Teams played in a single round-robin format with the top teams advancing to the regional eliminations. Top two teams from each group advanced to the Round of 16, the start of the knockout stage, wherein they were joined by the top 10 UFL teams. In the Round of 16, qualified teams were divided into two groups. The top 8 UFL teams comprised the first group and the remaining two UFL teams joined the six regional qualifiers from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao in the second group. Only two matches were played in Manila as the rest were played in the provinces. If a provincial team drew a UFL team, the match will be played in their turf. The top eight teams from the Round of 16 advanced to the quarterfinals, top four to the semifinals and top two to the finals. Top two teams in Mindanao joined top two teams of Luzon, top two teams from Visayas and top ten United Football League teams for the round of 16 which started on 12 January 2012. The tournament will also serve as a qualifying process of teams which have plans to join the country’s premier football league – the United Football League (UFL).

Qualifying round

Member Associations (MA) of the

organized their own tournaments as part of Provincial Qualifying Rounds to determine their representatives to the group stages.

National Capital Region Cluster

Top ten teams of the 2012 UFL Cup from National Capital Region F.A. moved to the knockout stages. *

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¹ *

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* Loyola * Manila Nomads * Pachanga Diliman * PSG *

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² ¹ Competing as a guest club in the UFL;

is a member of Cavite Football Association.
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is a member of Iloilo Football Association.

Luzon Cluster

North, Central and South Luzon cluster eliminations were held in

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on October 17, 2012. *Baguio United FC represents Baguio City Football Association *Football Association of Tarlac *Flame United FC represents Cavite Football Association *LB United FC represents Laguna Football Association *San Beda FC represents Football Association of Rizal *Adriatico FC represents Oriental Mindoro Football Association Southeast Luzon cluster eliminations were held in Naga City *Camarines Norte Football Association *Legaspi City-Albay Federated Football Association *Federated Football Association of Masbate *ABC Stars FC represents Naga City-Camarines Sur Football Association * Quezon Football Association *University of Batangas FC represents Football Association of Batangas

Visayas Cluster

Visayas region with its lone cluster held its regional elimination in San Carlos City. * Cebu Queen City United, winner of the 14th Aboitiz Cup Men’s Open, represents Cebu Football Association. * Ceres represents Negros Occidental Football Association. * Iloilo Football Association *Baybay FC, winner of the KULAS Cup last August 4–5, 2012, represents Leyte Football Association *Negros Oriental Football Association Iloilo Football Association and Negros Oriental Football Association withdrew participation later on. Ceres and Cebu Queen City United qualified for the knockout stages.

Mindanao Cluster

Mindanao hosted the most number of cluster elimination rounds, taking place in

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on 17 October 2012 while

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and

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commenced thereafter.

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commenced their qualification matches earlier, on October 3, 2012. 16 football associations in the Mindanao region took part. North Mindanao cluster was held in Malaybalay City. *Malaybalay United FC represents Bukidnon Football Association *Cuartel FC represents Butuan-Agusan del Norte Football Association *Montecarlo FC represents Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental Football Association *Advocates FC represents Iligan-Lanao del Norte Football Association *Surigao City FC represents Surigao del Norte Football Association Central Mindanao cluster was held in

. *Maguindanao-Cotabato City Football Association *M'lang FC represents North Cotabato Football Association *Real Marbel FC represents Football Association of South Cotabato *Sultan Kudarat Football Association South Mindanao cluster was held in

. *Hooligans FC represents Davao Football Association *PNP FC represents Davao del Norte Football Association. West Mindanao cluster was held in

. *Misamis Occidental-Ozamiz City Football Association *Alberei FC represents Zamboanga Football Association *Romgarjal FC represents Zamboanga del Norte-Dipolog Football Association * Zamboanga del Sur-Pagadian Football Association

Regional Championships

Games were played in

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format where winners and runners-up advanced to the next round. ''All times are

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(PST) –

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All-Luzon Championship

Luzon will stage their regional eliminations in Laguna. Winners and runners-up from both Luzon clusters will advance to the All-Luzon Championship and will compete in single-round robin format. *Flame United FC of Cavite Football Association, winner of North, Central and South Luzon cluster eliminations *Baguio United FC of Baguio Football Association, runner-up of North, Central and South Luzon cluster eliminations *Federated Football Association of Masbate *ABC Stars FC of Naga City-Camarines Sur Football Association ³ No data.

All-Mindanao Championship

Mindanao will stage their regional eliminations in

. Winners from the four Mindanao clusters will advance to the All-Mindanao Championship and will compete in single-round robin format. *Advocates FC of Iligan-Lanao del Norte Football Association, winner of North Mindanao cluster eliminations *Hooligans FC of Davao Football Association, winner of South Mindanao cluster eliminations. *M’Lang FC, winner of Central Mindanao qualifiers *Ramgarjal FC of Zamboanga del Norte-Dipolog Football Association, winner of Western Mindanao qualifiers Advocates FC back out at the last minute, leaving three clubs in the regional eliminations.

Knockout stage

The draw for the qualified teams from regional qualifiers was made at the

headquarters on 7 December 2012. Knock-out stages was held starting January 19, 2013.

Round of 16

''All times are

(PST) –

.''

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place

Finals

Top goalscorers

Top Goal Scorers starting Round of 16. Correct as of 21:00, February 2, 2013

Awards

The following were the competition’s top individual awardees. *Fair Play Award:

*Golden Boot:

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*Most Valuable Player: Byeong Yun Joon *Best Defender: Kyeon Hyeong Park *Best Midfielder: Joshua Beloya *Golden Gloves: Jae Hun Hyeon

References

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