Mendiola F.C. 1991 Explained

Clubname:Mendiola 1991
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Fullname:Mendiola Football Club 1991
Nickname:Los Valientes Hijos de Mendiola
(The Brave Sons of Mendiola)
Short Name:MEN
Ground:City of Imus Grandstand and Track Oval
Capacity:4,800
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Ramoncito Inocencio
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Dan Padernal
League:Philippines Football League
Season:2024
Current:2024 Mendiola F.C. 1991 season
Position:Philippines Football League, 10th of 15
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Website:https://www.mendiolafc.com/

The Mendiola Football Club 1991 is a Philippines professional football club based in Imus, Cavite. The club is named after the Mendiola Street, a short thoroughfare in the San Miguel district of Manila. 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 Philippines Football League, the top-flight league of football in the Philippines.

History

Mendiola 1991's roots can be traced back to the football program of San Beda College (now San Beda University).[1] [2] 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, 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.[3]

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 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.[4] Global Teknika emerged the champions after defeating them in a 3–2 aggregate score in the finals.[5]

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.[6] However Mendiola was ruled ineligible to play for the 2019 season by the Philippine Football Federation due to licensing issues.[7] The start of the league was delayed to April 2019 to allow Mendiola and Philippine Air Force settle their licensing issues. However, the league itself folded after the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) revoked its sanction.

Philippines Football League

After the dissolution of the short-lived PPL, Mendiola along with Philippine 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.[8]

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.[8] [9] However, for most of the 2020 season, the club held 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.[10]

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

Players

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Personnel

As of 3 March 2020[12]

! Position! Name
Team manager Erwin Isla
Head coach Dan Padernal
Assistant head coach Nhiboy Pedimonte
Jake Cuaycong
Goalkeeping coach Anton Albao

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Kit evolution

Home

Away

Honors

Domestic

Cups

Records

SeasonDivisionTms.Pos.National CupLeague CupAFC Champions LeagueAFC CupOther Cups
1995did not participate
1996No national league
1997187th
1998–2007No national league
2008–09184th
2009–1018align=center bgcolor=#fdd8thQuarter-finals
2010–11did not participate
2011–12318align=center bgcolor=silver2ndalign=center bgcolor=silverRunner-up
2012–1338align=center bgcolor=#deb6783rdDNQGroup stage
2013–1438align=center bgcolor=#deb6783rdDNQWithdrewalign=center bgcolor=goldWinner
2014–15275thGroup stageRound of 16
2015–16did not participate
2016–17did not participateRound 1
2017–1857align=center bgcolor=#deb6783rd
2019175thSemi-final
2020164thCancelled
202117Cancelled5th
202217align=center rowspan=24th7th
202315Quarter Finals
2024115
This record list is updated as of April 6, 2024
Key

Note: Performances of the club indicated here was after the Philippine Football League created (as a semi-pro league) in 1995.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Mendiola FC Ready to Reach New Heights . 24 September 2020 . Philippines Football League . 4 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201004123306/https://pfl.org.ph/mendiola-fc-ready-reach-new-heights/ . live .
  2. News: How Smart San Beda footballers relieve pain . February 21, 2021 . The Philippine Star . January 31, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210221154731/https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2012/01/31/772446/how-smart-san-beda-footballers-relieve-pain . February 21, 2021.
  3. News: Mendiola ’91 marks 30th anniversary with breakthrough . 10 November 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 7 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107173016/https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/mendiola-91-marks-30th-anniversary-with-breakthrough/224197 . 7 November 2021.
  4. News: How Smart San Beda footballers relieve pain. 5 August 2015. The Philippine Star. 31 January 2012. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924234603/http://www.philstar.com/health-and-family/772446/how-smart-san-beda-footballers-relieve-pain. live.
  5. News: San Beda prevails but Teknika claims PFF-Smart crown . Philippine Star . 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. . August 24, 2011 . 2011-10-31.
  6. News: Terrado . Reuben . Inaugural Philippine Premier League kicks off with seven-team cast . 1 March 2019 . Sports Interactive Network Philippine . 1 March 2019 . 2 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024456/https://www.spin.ph/football/philippine-premier-league-season-seven-teams-ceres-kaya-fc-a795-20190301?ref=home_feed_1 . live .
  7. Web site: PFF Club Licensing Issues Decisions. 2019-03-23. The Philippine Football Federation. en-US. 2019-03-25. 25 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190325073102/http://pff.org.ph/2019/03/23/pff-club-licensing-issues-decisions/. live.
  8. News: Go . Beatrice . Mendiola FC aims for top 3 finish in 2020 PFL Season . November 3, 2020 . Rappler . February 29, 2020 . https://archive.today/20201103101419/https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/mendiola-fc-top-3-finish-2020-pfl-season . 3 November 2020 . live .
  9. News: Mendiola FC 1991 introduces player lineup and unveils kits for PFL Season 2020. ABS-CBN Sports. 1 March 2020. 1 March 2020. 1 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301062250/https://sports.abs-cbn.com/football/news/2020/03/01/mendiola-fc-1991-unveils-lineup-kits-2020-pfl-season-66589. dead.
  10. News: Saldajeno . Ivan . Mendiola in talks with Imus city government for hosting PFL matches . 2 March 2020 . Dugout Philippines . 29 February 2020 .
  11. Web site: Mendiola FC 1991 . The Philippines Football League . 9 April 2024.
  12. News: Fortified Mendiola FC out to make waves in new PFL season. Business World Online. 2 March 2020. 3 March 2020. 3 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303114548/https://www.bworldonline.com/fortified-mendiola-fc-out-to-make-waves-in-new-pfl-season/. live.