The Mendiola Football Club 1991 is a

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professional

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club based in

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. The club is named after the

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, a short

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in the

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. It is one of the founding members of United Football League, which was last competing in the 2009–10 season. The club currently plays in the

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, the top-flight league of

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History

Mendiola 1991's roots can be traced back to the football program of

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(now San Beda University). It all began in the summer of 1991, the San Beda senior football team based in

joined a prestigious league held in

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, thus forming the Mendiola Football Club, which resulted to a respectable 4th-place finish in the said tournament. Following the success, the club has grown and became one of the pioneering teams joining the first semi-professional league in 1997, Manila Premier Football League. In 1997, Mendiola joined the U19 Adidas Cup clinching the tournament's title. Since then, the club has been consistently participating in first and second division football leagues throughout the country, such as Globe Super Cup 2001,

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2008, United Football League from 2009 to 2011 and in the 2011 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. Global Teknika emerged the champions after defeating them in a 3–2 aggregate score in the finals. 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

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organizers as one of the seven teams of the league's inaugural season in 2019. However Mendiola was ruled ineligible to play for the 2019 season by the

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due to licensing issues. The start of the league was delayed to April 2019 to allow Mendiola and

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settle their licensing issues. However, the league itself folded after the

(PFF) revoked its sanction.

Philippines Football League

After the dissolution of the short-lived PPL, Mendiola along with

joined the revived

. They debuted in the

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under a provisional license and placed fifth out of seven clubs. Prior to the start of the 2020 season, the club announced that

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, a sponsor, is funding the construction of a stadium in San Beda's campus in

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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. However, for most of the 2020 season, the club held home matches at the

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in Manila and is negotiation with the local government of

to host later matches at the

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. In 2021, Mendiola secured an AFC club license for the first time making them eligible to qualify for the

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Personnel

''As of 3 March 2020''

Players

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

*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

Home

Away

Honors

Domestic

Cups

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**''Runners-up:''

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Records

;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

External links

* {{Calabarzon Sports Football clubs in the Philippines

Mendiola Mendiola Street (or simply "Mendiola") is a short thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines. The street is named after Enrique Mendiola, the pedagogue, author of textbooks, educator and member of the first Board of Regents of the University of the ...

Association football clubs established in 1991 1991 establishments in the Philippines Sports teams in Metro Manila Sports in Cavite