UAAP Season 78 Football

Host school

University of the Philippines

Men's Finals	G1	Wins
UP Fighting Maroons	4	1
Ateneo Blue Eagles	1	0

Arena(s)

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Finals MVP

Kintaro Miyagi

Winning coach

Anto Gonzales

Semifinalists

De La Salle Green Archers

UST Growling Tigers

TV network(s)

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

Women's Finals	G1	Wins
De La Salle Lady Archers	1	0
UP Lady Maroons	2	1

Arena(s)

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Finals MVP

BG Sta. Clara

Winning coach

Anto Gonzales

TV network(s)

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

Juniors' Finals	G1	Wins
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6	1
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	1	0

Duration

February 7, 2016

The UAAP Season 78 seniors division football tournament started on February 7, 2016, following the shift in the start of the league. The tournament opened at Emperador McKinley Hill Stadium in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Other games were held at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field of Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Ateneo was the tournament host.

The men's and women's Final matches happened on May 5, 2016, which is exactly eight months after the start of the Season last September 5, 2015. The championship games also served as the last ones for the Season, making football the final event.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UP Fighting Maroons	14	9	3	2	16	5	+11	30	Semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	14	9	2	3	26	10	+16	29
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles (H)	14	8	1	5	32	21	+11	25
4	UST Growling Tigers	14	7	4	3	21	21	0	25
5	FEU Tamaraws	14	7	3	4	28	10	+18	24
6	NU Bulldogs	14	4	5	5	26	18	+8	17
7	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	1	2	11	3	42	−39	5
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	2	12	4	29	−25	2

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals

	1	UP	3

	4	UST	0
						1	UP	4

						3	Ateneo	1
	2	La Salle	1(4)

	3	Ateneo	1(5)

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Semifinals

April 28, 2016

1500

UP Fighting Maroons	3–0	UST Growling Tigers
Kyle Magdato 22' Kintaro Miyagi 37' Raphael Resuma 90+1'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium

April 28, 2016

1700

De La Salle Green Archers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Gelo Diamante 75'	Report	Carlo Liay 36'
Penalties
Jhoguev Ybañez Darius Diamante Jan Cruz Gelo Diamante Jose Montelibano	4–5	Jeremiah Rocha Julian Roxas Mikko Mabanag Paolo Gabriel Alilam Carlo Liay

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Finals

May 5, 2016

1500

UP Fighting Maroons	4–1	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Kintaro Miyagi 28' 70' 80' Daniel Gadia 34'		Mikko Mabanag 36'

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Awards

UAAP Season 78 men's football champions
UP Fighting Maroons 17th title

Most Valuable Player: Daniel Gadia (University of the Philippines)
Rookie of the Year: Darius Diamante (De La Salle University)
Best Striker: Paolo Salenga (National University), Jarvey Gayoso (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best Midfielder: Paolo Bugas (Far Eastern University)
Best Defender: Chy Villaseñor (Far Eastern University)
Best Goalkeeper: Rafael de Guzman (De La Salle University)
Fair Play Award: Ateneo de Manila University

Statistics

Double Round Robin Statistics

Goal scorers

11 goals

Jarvey Gayoso (Ateneo)
Paolo Salenga (NU)

8 goals

Gregory Norman Yang (La Salle)
Rico Andes (FEU)
Nico Macapal (NU)

7 goals

Mashu Yoshioka (Ateneo)
Ronald Batisla-ong (UST)

6 goals

Val Jurao (FEU)
David Angelo Diamante (La Salle)

4 goals

Mikko Mabanag (Ateneo)
Darwin Busimon (UST)

3 goals

Julian Roxas (Ateneo)
Darius Joseph Diamante (La Salle)
Dave Deloso (FEU)
Daniel Gadia (UP)
Renz Gumban (UST)
AJ Pasion (UST)

2 goals

Jesuel Pilarca (Adamson)
Emilio Acosta (Ateneo)
Xavier Alcuaz (Ateneo)
Christian Michael Castillo (Ateneo)
Nicolas Ferrer (FEU)
Eric Ben Giganto (FEU)
Paolo Bugas (FEU)
Gerald Layumas (La Salle)
Yoshi Koizumi (La Salle)
Lawrence Colina (NU)
Kintaro Miyagi (UP)

1 goal

own goal

Jackson Ramos (Adamson)

Scoring

Overall

Total number of goals scored: 156
Average goals per match: 2.79
Total number of braces: 19
Most number of Braces: 3
- Val Jurao
- Jarvey Gayoso
Total number of hat-tricks: 3
Most number of hat-tricks: 1
- Gregory Norman Yang
- Paolo Salenga⁴
- Mashu Yoshioka
Own goals scored: 1
- Jackson Ramos

Timing

First goal of the tournament:
- Gregory Norman Yang for De La Salle Green Archers against Ateneo Blue Eagles
First brace of the tournament:
- Nico Macapal for National University Bulldogs against University of the East Red Warriors
First hat-trick of the tournament:
- Gregory Norman Yang for De La Salle Green Archers against Adamson Falcons
Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 3rd minute
- Jeremiah Borlongan for UP Fighting Maroons against UST Growling Tigers
Fastest brace of the tournament: 28th minute
- Darwin Busimon for UST Growling Tigers against UP Fighting Maroons
Fastest hat-trick of the tournament: 64th minute
- Paolo Salenga for National University Bulldogs against Adamson Falcons

Teams

Most goals scored by a team: 32
- Ateneo Blue Eagles
Fewest goals scored by a team: 3
- Adamson Falcons
Most goals conceded by a team: 42
- Adamson Falcons
Fewest goals conceded by a team: 5
- UP Fighting Maroons
Best goal difference: +18
- FEU Tamaraws
Worst goal difference: -39
- Adamson Falcons
Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 7
- FEU Tamaraws 5–2 Ateneo Blue Eagles
- NU Bulldogs 7–0 Adamson Falcons
- Ateneo Blue Eagles 7–0 Adamson Falcons
Most goals scored in a match by one team: 7
- NU Bulldogs
- Ateneo Blue Eagles
Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 2
Biggest margin of victory: 7
- NU Bulldogs
- Ateneo Blue Eagles
Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 11
- UP Fighting Maroons
Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 2
- UE Red Warriors
- Adamson Falcons
Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 6
- FEU Tamaraws
- UP Fighting Maroons
Longest winning run: 6
- FEU Tamaraws
- UP Fighting Maroons
Longest unbeaten run: 8
- UST Growling Tigers
Longest winless run: 14
- UE Red Warriors

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	8	6	2	0	23	8	+15	20	Finals
2	UP Lady Maroons	8	4	2	2	16	12	+4	14	Finals
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles (H)	8	3	0	5	13	15	−2	9
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	2	3	3	8	11	−3	9
5	UST Tigresses	8	1	1	6	10	24	−14	4

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1				Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Playoffs

Finals

May 5, 2016

1500

De La Salle Lady Archers	1–2	UP Lady Maroons
Sara Castañeda 60' (pen.)		Cristina delos Reyes 50' (pen.) BG Sta. Clara 66'

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Awards

UAAP Season 78 women's football champions
UP Lady Maroons First title

Most Valuable Player: Monica Louise Manalansana (University of the Philippines)
Rookie of the Year: Sara Castañeda (De La Salle University)
Best Striker: Sara Castañeda (De La Salle University) & Shannon Arthur (De La Salle University)
Best Midfielder: Sara Castañeda (De La Salle University)
Best Defender: Regine Metillo (De La Salle University)
Best Goalkeeper: Inna Palacios (De La Salle University)
Fair Play Award: University of Santo Tomas

Statistics

Goal scorers

As of April 16, 2016

6 goals

Sara Castañeda (La Salle)
Shannon Arthur (La Salle)
Kyla Inquig (La Salle)

5 goals

Cam Rodriguez (Ateneo)

4 goals

Jovelle Sudaria (FEU)
Angeliza Sta. Clara (UP)

3 goals

Cristina De los Reyes (UP)
Kali Navea-Huff (UP)
Mary Rose Obra (UP)
Jennizel Cabalan (UST)
Charisa Lemoran (UST)

2 goals

Niña Acuña (UST)

1 goal

Nona Amoncio (Ateneo)
Tessa Bernardo (Ateneo)
Fiona Faulkner (Ateneo)
Bea Velasco (Ateneo)
Kim Cupal (FEU)
Marie Lecera (FEU)
Sabrina Nierras (FEU)
Sharmine Siaotong (FEU)
Nicole Andaya (La Salle)
Kyra Dimaandal (La Salle)
Irish Navaja (La Salle)
Cassandra Alleje (UP)
Renee Dungca (UP)

own goal

Nina Catedrilia (Ateneo)

Scoring

As of April 7, 2016

Overall

Total number of goals scored: 57
Average goals per match: 3.8
Total number of braces: 6
Most number of Braces: 2
- Shannon Arthur
Total number of hat-tricks: 1
Most number of hat-tricks: 1
- Kali Navea-Huff
Own goals scored: 1
- Nina Catedrilia

Timing

First goal of the tournament:
- Kyla Inquig for De La Salle Green Archers against Ateneo Blue Eagles
First brace of the tournament:
- Cam Rodriguez for Ateneo Blue Eagles against De La Salle Green Archers
First hat-trick of the tournament:
- Kali Navea-Huff for UP Fighting Maroons against UST Growling Tigers
Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 8th minute
- Sara Castaneda for De La Salle Green Archers against UST Growling Tigers
Fastest brace of the tournament: 35th minute
- Jovelle Sudaria for FEU Tamaraws against UP Fighting Maroons
Fastest hat-trick of the tournament: 68th minute
- Kali Navea-Huff for UP Fighting Maroons against UST Growling Tigers

Teams

Most goals scored by a team: 20
- De La Salle Green Archers
Fewest goals scored by a team: 7
- FEU Tamaraws
Most goals conceded by a team: 18
- UST Growling Tigers
Fewest goals conceded by a team: 6
- De La Salle Green Archers
Best goal difference: +14
- De La Salle Green Archers
Worst goal difference: -10
- UST Growling Tigers
Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 8
- UP Fighting Maroons 5–3 UST Growling Tigers
Most goals scored in a match by one team: 6
- De La Salle Green Archers
Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 3
- UST Growling Tigers
Biggest margin of victory: 6
- De La Salle Green Archers
Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 3
- De La Salle Green Archers
Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0
- UST Growling Tigers
Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 3
- De La Salle Green Archers
Longest winning run: 5
- De La Salle Green Archers
Longest unbeaten run: 7
- De La Salle Green Archers
Longest winless run: 3
- FEU Tamaraws
- UST Growling Tigers

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6	6	0	0	24	2	+22	18	Finals
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets (H)	6	3	0	3	11	14	−3	9	Finals
3	DLSZ Junior Archers	6	2	1	3	5	15	−10	7	Second-seed playoff
4	UST Tiger Cubs	6	0	1	5	0	9	−9	1

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1			Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
DLSZ
FEU
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Scores

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	ADMU	DLSZ	FEU	UST
Ateneo		3–0	0–6	2–0
La Salle	1–6		0–6	0–0
FEU	4–2	3–0		1–0
UST	0–1	0–1	0–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Playoffs

February 3, 2016

DLSZ Junior Archers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ateneo Blue Eaglets

Penalties
	2–3

Final

February 7, 2016

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6–1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Christian Bacara 5' Darryl Aban 12' Chester Gio Pabualan 38' Kieth Absalon 75' John Villaseñor 85' Josh Abundo 89'		Miguel Roque 30'

Moro Lorenzo Football Field

Awards

UAAP Season 78 juniors' football champions
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws Sixth title, sixth consecutive title

Most Valuable Player: Kieth Absalon (Far Eastern University)
Rookie of the Year: Roberto Ripoll (Far Eastern University)
Best Striker: Chester Gio Pabualan (Far Eastern University)
Best Midfielder: Chester Gio Pabualan (Far Eastern University)
Best Defender: Roberto Ripoll (Far Eastern University)
Best Goalkeeper: Gavin Rosario (Ateneo de Manila University)
Fair Play Award: De La Salle-Zobel

Overall championship points

Seniors' division

Team	Men	Women	Total
UP Fighting Maroons	15	15	30
Ateneo Blue Eagles	12	10	22
De La Salle Green Archers	10	12	22
FEU Tamaraws	6	8	14
UST Growling Tigers	8	6	14
NU Bulldogs	4	-	4
Adamson Soaring Falcons	2	-	2
UE Red Warriors	1	-	1

Juniors' division

Team	Boys'	Points
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	15	15
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	12
DLSZ Junior Archers	10	10
UST Tiger Cubs	8	8

Pts.	Ranking
15	Champion
12	2nd
10	3rd
8	4th
6	5th
4	6th
2	7th
1	8th
—	Did not join
WD	Withdrew

See also

UAAP Season 77

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