UAAP Season 79 Men's Football Final

UAAP Season 79 Men's Football Final
Event	UAAP Season 79 football tournaments
Date	7 May 2017
Venue	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Attendance	120
Weather	Fine
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The UAAP Season 79 Men's Football Final took place on 7 May 2017 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.It Will be the final match of the UAAP Season 79 football tournaments of the UAAP Season 79.It was contested between the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the FEU Tamaraws. Ateneo won 1-0, with Jarvey Gayoso's goal at the 39th minute to claim their seventh UAAP Football Championship title.

Route to the Final

The Final Four of the tournament are #1 seed Ateneo Blue Eagles, #2 UP Fighting Maroons, #3 FEU Tamaraws, and #4 UST Growling Tigers who just finished from the Elimination Round. The number 1 seeded team Ateneo Blue Eagles beat the #4 team UST Growling Tigers in the score of 2-1.And in the other match, the number 3 seeded team FEU Tamaraws beat the defending champions and the number 2 seeded team UP Fighting Maroons in the score of 1-2.That makes Ateneo Blue Eagles meet the FEU Tamaraws in the championship match.

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	11	2	1	33	7	+26	35	Semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons	14	8	4	2	21	8	+13	28
3	FEU Tamaraws	14	6	4	4	20	12	+8	22
4	UST Growling Tigers (H)	14	6	3	5	18	16	+2	21
5	NU Bulldogs	14	6	1	7	17	19	−2	19
6	De La Salle Green Archers	14	4	4	6	12	13	−1	16
7	UE Red Warriors	14	4	2	8	13	25	−12	14
8	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	1	0	13	8	40	−32	3

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals

1	Ateneo	2

4	UST	1
			1	Ateneo	1

			3	FEU	0
2	UP	1

3	FEU	2

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

Semifinals

May 4, 2017

15:00 UTC+8

Ateneo Blue Eagles	2–1	UST Growling Tigers
Jarvey Gayoso 22' 44'		Marvin Bricenio 54'

Rizal Memorial Stadium

May 4, 2017

17:00 UTC+8

UP Fighting Maroons	1–2	FEU Tamaraws
Kintaro Miyagi 24'		Rico Andes 23' 57'

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Match

Jarvey Gayoso took the lead for Ateneo at 1-0 in the 39th minute with a winning left-foot attack that finally penetrated FEU's defense after a deflation to give Ateneo a good end of the first half. In the second half, the FEU Tamaraws had several offsides and freekicks but it did not change the momentum of the match and Ateneo claimed their seventh title of the UAAP Football Championship. Ateneo last tasted the championship victory in 2012.

Details

May 7, 2017

15:00 UTC+8

Ateneo Blue Eagles	1–0	FEU Tamaraws
Jarvey Gayoso 39'

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Attendance: 120

Ateneo Blue Eagles

FEU Tamaraws


GK	1	Alexandre Jae Arcilla
RB	88	William Jay Grierson
CB	29	Jeremiah Rocha
LB	27	Joseph Gerard Poe
DM	7	Julian Roxas
RW	2	Jordan Jarvis
LW	15	Alfredo Mathay
RM	16	Mario Ceniza
LM	19	Inigo Herrera
RF	18	Carlo Liay
LF	11	Jarvey Gayoso
Manager:
Jaypee Merida


GK	19	Ray Joseph Joyel
RB	88	John Renz Saldivar
CB	44	Audie Menzi
CB	26	Reymart Cubon
LB	37	Resty Monterona
CDM	11	Michael Menzi
RM	8	Dominique Canonigo
LM	39	Paolo Bugas
RW	7	Rico Andes
LW	29	Val Jurao
CF	12	Nickael Ferrer
Manager:
Vince Santos

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 for regular channel and ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD via livestream and Cable TV.The match commentators are Bob Guerrero and Armand Del Rosario.

Attendance

The match was attended by 120 people in Rizal Memorial Stadium. Some notable spectators are the FEU Lady Tamaraws Volleyball team, FEU Courtside Reporter Ganiel Krishnan, former Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball star Chris Newsome, and several players from the Ateneo Lady Eagles and Ateneo Blue Eagles Volleyball team.