Pasig City MPBL team

"Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors" redirects here. For other teams backed by Sta. Lucia Land, see Sta. Lucia Realtors (disambiguation).

Pasig City MPBL team
2025 Pasig City MPBL team season
League	MBA (1998–2000) MPBL (2018–2023, 2025–present) FilBasket (2021–2022)
Founded	1998;27 years ago (1998) (first incarnation) 2018;7 years ago (2018) (second incarnation)
History	Pasig Blue Pirates 1998 Pasig-Rizal Pirates 1999–2000 Pasig Pirates 2018–2019 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 2019–2021 Pasig City 2022, 2025–present Pasig City MCW Sports 2022–2023
Arena	Ynares Sports Arena
Location	Pasig
Team colors
Main sponsor	MCW Sports

The Pasig City MPBL team is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team most recently played its home games at Ynares Sports Arena.

The team's first incarnation was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which ran until 2000. The Pirates would later be revived with an MPBL expansion team for the 2018–19 season. ^[1] Pasig then took a leave of absence in 2024 before returning in 2025.

The Pasig franchise is one of four teams based in the Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila. They also took part in FilBasket and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.

History

First incarnation (1998–2000)

Pasig's basketball franchise was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, the team was renamed as the Pasig-Rizal Pirates and would remain in the league until 2000.

Second incarnation (2018–present)

Logo of the Pasig City MCW Sports from late 2022 to 2023.

The Pasig Pirates were revived in 2018, when they became one of sixteen teams that were part of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's national expansion for its 2018–19 season. The Mark Andaya-led Pirates finished with a league-worst 4–21 record.

In the 2019–20 season, Sta. Lucia Land became the title sponsors of the Pasig franchise, becoming the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors, reviving the Realtors moniker used in the Philippine Basketball Association and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.

Ahead of the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team gained the sponsorship of MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines. ^[2]

Personnel

Head coaches

Pasig City MPBL team head coaches
#	Name	Start	End	Achievements	Ref.
1	James Machate	2018	2019	—
2	Ronjay Enrile	2019	2019	—
3	Bong Dela Cruz	2019	2022	—
4	Ogie Gumatay	2022	2023	—
5	Boyet Fernandez	2023	2023	—

Notable players

Metropolitan Basketball Association

• Paul Alvarez ^[3]
• Bong Ravena
• Jonathan De Guzman
• Jay Magat
• Dorian Peña
• John Dumont

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

Pasig City MCW Sports notable players
Player	Position	Tenure	Awards	All-Star
Mark Andaya		2018–2019	—	1 (2019)
Jeric Teng		2019–2020	1x All-MPBL First Team (2020)	1 (2020)
Carlo Lastimosa		2022	—	1 (2022)
Jason Ballesteros		2022–2023	1x Defensive Player of the Year (2023)	1 (2023)
Ryan Costelo		2022–2023	1x All-MPBL Second Team (2023)	1 (2023)

Season-by-season records

	League champions
	Division champions
	Qualified for playoffs
	Best regular season record

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

Season	Regular season							Playoffs
	Division	Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
Pasig Pirates
2018–19 Datu Cup	North	13th	25	4	21	.160	19	Did not qualify
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors
2019–20 Lakan Season	North	7th	30	18	12	.600	8	First Round	lost vs. Manila, 0–2
Pasig City MCW Sports
2022	North	2nd	21	14	7	.667	7	First Round Division Semifinals	won vs. Quezon City, 2–0 lost vs. San Juan, 0–2
2023	North	5th	28	19	9	.679	7	First Round	lost vs. Caloocan, 1–2
Did not participate in 2024
Pasig City MPBL team
2025	North	To be determined						To be determined
All-time regular season record			104	55	49	.529		3 playoff appearances
All-time playoff record			9	3	6	.333		0 Finals appearances
All-time overall record			113	58	55	.513		0 championships

References

1. "Laguna, Pasig pormal nang kabilang sa MPBL" [Laguna and Pasig, formally part of the MPBL]. ABS-CBN News. April 6, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
2. "MCW Sports inks sponsorship deal with Pasig City Basketball team". MCW Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
3. "Alvarez staying with Pasig Pirates". Philstar. January 20, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2018.