Mendiola F.C. 1991
The Mendiola Football Club 1991 or Mendiola United is a Filipino professional football club. The club is named after Mendiola Street, a short thoroughfare in the San Miguel district of Manila. It trains and enters teams in various age groups from the Youth level to the Senior level. It is one of the founding members of United Football League, which was last saw competing in the 2009–10 season. The team now plays in the Philippines Football League, the top-flight association football league in the Philippines.
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| Full name | Mendiola Football Club 1991 | ||
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| Short name | MEN | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| President | Ramoncito Inocencio | ||
| Head coach | Dan Padernal | ||
| League | Philippines Football League | ||
| 2019 | 5th of 7 | ||
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History
Mendiola FC 1991 is a club with a nostalgic history. It all began in the summer of 1991, the San Beda Senior Football Team based in Mendiola Street joined a prestigious league held in Manila which was composed of the Armed Forces Teams, various Clubs and Universities. Due to lack of available players, they decided to invite more players from different universities and colleges thus forming the Mendiola Football Club which resulted to a respectable 4th-place finish in the said tournament.
Following the success, the club have grown and became one of the pioneering teams joining the first semi-professional league in 1997, Manila Premier Football League.
It was in 1999 when Mendiola FC was placed in the Philippine Football map, representing NCRFA, emerged as National Champions in the U19 Adidas Cup.
Since then, the club has been consistently participating in First and Second Division Football Leagues throughout the country such as Globe Super Cup 2001, Filipino Premier League 2008, United Football League 2009 – 2011 and in the first Smart National Football Club Championship under the banner Smart-San Beda FC where they finished 2nd overall.
PFF National Men's Club Championship
At the 2011 PFF National Men's Club Championship, Mendiola played under the name Smart San Beda F.C. for sponsorship reasons.[1] Global Teknika emerged the champions after defeating them in a 3-2 aggregate score in the finals.[2]
In 2012, the club resurgent by joining the 2012–13 UFL Cup and defeating FC Masbate 4–0 in Stage 1.
Philippine Premier League
Mendiola was announced by the Philippine Premier League organizers as one of the seven teams of the league's inaugural season in 2019.[3] However Mendiola was ruled ineligible to play for the 2019 season by the Philippine Football Federation due to licensing issues.[4] The start of the league was delayed to April 2019 to allow Mendiola and Philippine Air Force F.C. to settle their licensing issues. However the league itself folded after the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) revoked its sanction on the league.
Philippines Football League
After the dissolution of the short-lived PPL, Mendiola along with Air Force joined the revived Philippines Football League. They debuted in the 2019 season under a provisional license and placed fifth out of seven clubs.[5]
Prior to the start of the 2020 season, the club announced that Ricardo Penson, a sponsor, is funding the construction of a stadium in San Beda's campus in Taytay, Rizal which will serve as the home venue of the club. The venue is part of the club's final requirement to acquire a full club license from the PFF.[5][6] However for most of the 2020 season, the club will hold home matches at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila and is negotiation with the local government of Imus, Cavite to host later matches at the Imus Grandstand.[7]
Players
First team squad
- As of 1 March 2019[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
As of 3 March 2019[9]
| Position | Staff |
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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
| Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Partner |
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| 2019– | FAT Indonesia | Penson & Company Inc.1 Focus Athletics 2 |
- 1 Major shirt sponsor (names located at the front of the shirt).
- 2 Secondary sponsor (names mostly located at the sleeves and at the back of the shirt).
Kit evolution
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    2019
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Records
| Season | Division | Tms. | Pos. | National Cup | League Cup | Other Cups |
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| 1995 | Did not participate | |||||
| 1996 | No national league | |||||
| 1997 | 1 | 8 | 7th | |||
| 1998–2007 | No national league | |||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | 8 | 4th | |||
| 2009–10 | 1 | 8 | 8th | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2010–11 | Did not participate | — | ||||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 18 | 2nd | Runner-up | — | |
| 2012–13 | 3 | 8 | 3rd | DNQ | Group stage | |
| 2013–14 | 3 | 8 | 3rd | DNQ | Withdrew | Winner |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 7 | 5th | Group stage | Round of 16 | — |
| 2015–16 | Did not participate | — | — | |||
| 2016–17 | Did not participate | Round 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 7 | 3rd | — | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 7 | 5th | Semi-final | ||
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- TBD = To be determined
- DNQ = Did not qualify
Note: Performances of the club indicated here was after the Philippine Football League created (as a semi-pro league) in 1995.
References
- "How Smart San Beda footballers relieve pain". The Philippine Star. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- "San Beda prevails but Teknika claims PFF-Smart crown". Philippine Star. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
Rizal-Smart San Beda pulled out all stops to beat Teknika FC, 2-0, but fell short of wresting the first PFF-Smart Club championship in front of an animated crowd at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium Monday night.
Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Terrado, Reuben (1 March 2019). "Inaugural Philippine Premier League kicks off with seven-team cast". Sports Interactive Network Philippine. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- "PFF Club Licensing Issues Decisions". The Philippine Football Federation. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- Go, Beatrice (29 February 2020). "Mendiola FC aims for top 3 finish in 2020 PFL Season". Rappler. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- "Mendiola FC 1991 introduces player lineup and unveils kits for PFL Season 2020". ABS-CBN Sports. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- Saldajeno, Ivan (29 February 2020). "Mendiola in talks with Imus city government for hosting PFL matches". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "Celiz, Appiah bolster Mendiola for PFL 2020". Philippine News Agency. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- "Fortified Mendiola FC out to make waves in new PFL season". Business World Online. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.