Mendiola F.C. 1991

Mendiola 1991

Full name	Mendiola Football Club 1991
Nickname(s)	Los Valientes Hijos de Mendiola (The Brave Sons of Mendiola)
Short name	MEN
Founded	1991;33 years ago (1991)
Ground	City of Imus Grandstand and Track Oval
Capacity	4,800
President	Ramoncito Inocencio
Head coach	Dan Padernal
League	Philippines Football League
2020	Philippines Football League, 4th of 6
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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^{[ specify ]} 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 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. ^[10]

In 2021, Mendiola secured an AFC club license for the first time making them eligible to qualify for the AFC Cup. ^[3]

Players

As of 7 April 2024 ^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   PHI John Betanio 4 DF   PHI Jel Sison 5 DF   PHI Jacob Tañamor 6 DF   PHI Yuan Reña 7 FW   PHI Nicolai Abalos 8 MF   PHI Sylver Pormento 9 MF   PHI Kenneth Payosalan 10 MF   IRN Hamed Hajimehdi 11 FW   PHI Khalifa Khaled 12 DF   PHI Elljhone Rasonable 13 MF   PHI Alexis Lampines 14 MF   PHI Peter Banaynal 15 DF   PHI Faustine Tabelin 16 MF   PHI Marvin Landines 17 DF   PHI Kaizer Tañamor

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW   IRN Sajad Mohebizadeh 19 DF   PHI Keith Edulan 20 FW   PHI Paul Mapula 21 MF   PHI Vince Baito 22 DF   PHI Eldwin Escosora 23 MF   JPN Yusuke Nitta 24 FW   PHI Djohn Pusing 25 GK   PHI Marc Pellejo 26 MF   PHI Amir Aningalan 27 MF   PHI Dominic Furia 28 FW   PHI Pius Encaya 29 MF   PHI Kirk See 39 FW   PHI John Marquez 63 MF   PHI Viron Pedimonte 77 FW   JPN Hiromasa Ishikawa

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

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Partner
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

Home

2019

Away

2019

2020

Honors

Domestic

Cups

• PFF National Men's Club Championship
  • Runners-up: 2011

Records

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	National Cup [lower-alpha 1]	League Cup	AFC Champions League	AFC Cup	Other Cups
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[ specify ]
2014–15	2	7	5th	Group stage	Round of 16
2015–16	did not participate				—	—
2016–17	did not participate							Round 1[ specify ]
2017–18	5	7	3rd [ specify ]	—
2019	1	7	5th	Semi-final
2020	1	6	4th	Cancelled
2021	1	7	Cancelled	5th
2022	1	7	4th	7th
2023	1	5		Quarter Finals
2024	1	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
This record list is updated as of April 6 2024

1. PFF National Men's Club Championship (2011–2015) and Copa Paulino Alcantara (2018–present)

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

1. "Mendiola FC Ready to Reach New Heights". Philippines Football League. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
2. "How Smart San Beda footballers relieve pain". The Philippine Star. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
3. "Mendiola '91 marks 30th anniversary with breakthrough". Tiebreaker Times. 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
4. "How Smart San Beda footballers relieve pain". The Philippine Star. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
5. "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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Terrado, Reuben (1 March 2019). "Inaugural Philippine Premier League kicks off with seven-team cast". Sports Interactive Network Philippine. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
7. "PFF Club Licensing Issues Decisions". The Philippine Football Federation. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
8. Go, Beatrice (29 February 2020). "Mendiola FC aims for top 3 finish in 2020 PFL Season". Rappler. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
9. "Mendiola FC 1991 introduces player lineup and unveils kits for PFL Season 2020". ABS-CBN Sports. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
10. Saldajeno, Ivan (29 February 2020). "Mendiola in talks with Imus city government for hosting PFL matches". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 2 March 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
11. "Mendiola FC 1991". The Philippines Football League. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
12. "Fortified Mendiola FC out to make waves in new PFL season". Business World Online. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

External links

• Mendiola United FC info
• Mendiola F.C. 1991 on Facebook
• Mendiola F.C. 1991 Latest Results - latest Mendiola F.C. 1991 scores