UAAP Season 78 Men's Football Final

UAAP Season 78 Men's Football Final
EventUAAP Season 78 football tournaments
Date5 May 2016
VenueRizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Attendance9,000
WeatherFine

The UAAP Season 78 Men's Football Final took place on 5 May 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, featuring a matchup between UP Fighting Maroons and Ateneo Blue Eagles. UP won 4–1, with one goal from Daniel Gadia and a hat-trick from Kintaro Miyagi, to claim their sixth UAAP Football Championship final victory; Ateneo's goal was scored by Mikko Mabanag.

The men's and women's Final matches were on May 5, 2016, which was exactly eight months after the start of the season on September 5, 2015.

The UP Fighting Maroons dedicated their win for their teammate Rogie Maglinas who had just died of cancer.

Route to the Final

From the elimination round, Ateneo Blue Eagles and UP Fighting Maroons made to the Final Four with De La Salle Green Archers and UST Growling Tigers. In the playoffs, the number 1 seeded UP Fighting Maroons beat the number 4 UST Growling Tigers by a score of 3-0, while in the other match, number 2 seeded De La Salle Green Archers was beaten by their arch-rival and number 3 seeded Ateneo Blue Eagles via penalty shoot-out that makes Ateneo meet UP in the Championship match.

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

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
1  UP 3
4  UST 0
1  UP 4
3  Ateneo 1
2  La Salle 1(4)
3  Ateneo 1(5)

Semifinals

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

Match

Summary

In the first half, at the 28th minute Kintaro Miyagi scored the first goal that gives UP a 1-0 lead, at the 34th minute Daniel Gadia gave UP a 2-0 lead, and at the 36th minute Mikko Mabanag scored a goal from a free kick for Ateneo.

Ihe second half, Kintaro Miyagi scored his second goal that gave UP a 3-1 lead, and in the 80th minute Miyagi made a hat trick to give UP a 4-1 lead, which was the final score.

Details

UP Fighting Maroons 4–1 Ateneo Blue Eagles
Kintaro Miyagi 28' 70' 80'
Daniel Gadia 34'
Mikko Mabanag 36'
Attendance: 9,000
UP Fighting Maroons
Ateneo Blue Eagles
GK 1 Nathanael Ace Villanueva
RB 3 Feb Baya
CB 22 Francisco Jose Primo Santos
CB 11 Julian Clarino
LB 14 Lou Adrian Rafanan
DM 12 Nino Muros
CM 17 Sebastian Patangan
CM 23 Daniel Gadia
LF 21 Jeremiah Borlongan
CF 31 Kintaro Miyagi
RF 27 Kyle Magdato
Manager:
Anto Gonzales
GK 26 Kenneth James
RB 31 Jose Rafael Lipardo
CB 29 Jeremiah Rocha
CB 24 Xavier Alcuaz
LB 4 Kendal Colet
LDM 27 Joseph Gerard Poe
RDM 7 Julian Roxas
LW 11 Jarvey Gayoso
CM 18 Carlo Liay
RW 19 Mikko Mabanag
CF 33 Mashu Yoshioka
Manager:
Jaypee Merida

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Broadcasting

The match was broadcast live on ABS-CBN Sports+Action on regular channel and ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD via cable TV and livestream.

Attendance

More than 9,000 watched this championship match in Rizal Memorial Stadium.

References