Makati Football Club (MFC) is a Philippine youth

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. Founded by Tomas Lozano, the club is a regular participant of the

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. The club will be sending a women's side in the

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for the 2025 season.

History

The Makati Football Club (MFC) was founded in 1976 by former

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player Tomas Lozano. The club has been sending numerous youth teams to the

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since 1983. MFC has sent both boys' and girls' sides. MFC's best finish in the tournament was in 1985, where its boys under-11 team won their age-group's tournament. Other podium finishes were third place for the boy's under-12 in 1986, and another third-place finish for the boy's under-12 in 2016 MFC entered a partnership with

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in 1996 which led to the establishment of the recurring Alaska Cup youth football tournament. In 2019, MFC's entered a partnership with

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club Stallion Laguna with its football academy merging with Stallion's for at least the 2019 season. The

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disrupted the club's operation. The 2021 Gothia Cup, which MFC was due to participate for the 38th time, was cancelled. MFC's football academy also resorted to conducting its sporting programs online. MFC returned to competing in football competitions outside the Philippines since the start of the pandemic. Their return was marked by their participation in the 2022 edition of the JSSL Singapore Professional Academy 7s. They clinched the overall title of the same tournament in 2023. In December 2023, the club announced that it would be expanding operations to

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. The girls team reinforced by imports won the 2025

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Filipina U19 title. Makati F.C. joined the

, the top-flight women's domestic league in the country starting the 2025 season with a relatively young squad with Indonesian national team players.

Current roster

The following is Makati's roster for the 2025 PFF Women's League:

Notable players

List of notable players who have played for Makati F.C. and/or have attended its Makati Football School. * Aly Borromeo – Philippines men's national team player *

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– Philippines women's national team player * Sheva Imut – Indonesia women's national team player * Shalika Aurelia – Indonesia women's national team player

Head coaches

* Jayson Cutamora ( 2025 PFF Women's League) * Dan Padernal ( 2025 PFF Women's League)

Record

;Main domestic competitions

Honors

: **Winners: 1985 (Boys U11), 2024 (Girls U12 and Boys U13) **Second place: 2023 (Girls U14) **Third place: 1986 (Boys U12), 2016 (Boys U12), 2023 (Girls U12) *

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**Winners: 2024 (Boys U6) (Boys U7) (Boys U13) (Girls U14) (Girls U16) **Second place: 2024 (Boys U14) (Boys U10) **Third place: 2024 (Boys U15) (Girls U10) *Iber Cup **Second place: 2025 (Girls U13)

References

{{PFF Women's League 1976 establishments in the Philippines Youth football in the Philippines Football clubs in the Philippines Sport in Makati Women's football clubs in the Philippines PFF Women's League clubs