Green Archers United F.C.

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Green Archers United
Aboitiz Pitch
Capacity1,500
LeagueUnited Football League
Philippines Football League

Green Archers United Futbol Club, formerly known as Alabang Grins Futbol Club, was a Filipino professional association football club based in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. The team last played in the 2019 season of the Philippines Football League, the top-level league in the Philippines. They have also participated in the United Football League.

It was founded in 1998 by football players from the De La Salle University, which are known as the "Green Archers" in the UAAP.

History

2012 UFL season

Green Archers United is one of the founding members of the

2012 UFL season
, they finished 8th in the table.

Green Archers United finished 4th in the

Loyola (1–4) in the 3rd place play-off.[2]

2013 PFF National Men's Club Championship

The Green Archers United qualified in the

Kaya
in the 3rd place play-offs.

Weekend Futbol League Elite

Green Archers United was among the teams that applied to participate in the inaugural season of the

Kaya FC-Makati's reserves in the 2017 season.[5]

Philippines Football League

Green Archers United formally expressed interest to join the Philippine Premier League (PPL), the intended successor league of the Philippines Football League (PFL) in December 2018[6] Their only match in the short-lived PPL which only had one match day was a 0–3 loss to Kaya–Iloilo on April 27, 2019.[7] The PPL folded when the Philippine Football Federation withdrew its sanction of the league's operators and decided to revive the PFL within the same year.

The club was among the seven teams to participate in the

PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite, and the Rizal Memorial Stadium as its home venue starting the 2019 PFL season.[8] The Green Archers decided to set the Lipa facility as their home venue, with their 4–0 win over Philippine Air Force on August 4, 2019 as their first official home match.[9]

Green Archers United decided not participate in 2020 season citing unsatisfactory media coverage of the PFL during the 2019 season.[10] Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the team has disbanded.[11]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2009–10 Unknown Orient Freight International
2010–11 Comadore Sports and Leisure Orient Freight International
2011–15 LGR
Mobil1
2
2015–16
Mizuno
Mobil1
2
2016–2017 LGR Globe Telecom1
Orient Freight International2
2019 Cutz Apparel Globe Telecom1
Orient Freight International2
  • 1Major shirt sponsor (names located at the front of the shirt).
  • 2Secondary sponsor (names mostly located at the back of the shirt).

Records

Emperador Stadium
.
Season Division Tms. Pos. National Cup League Cup Other Cups International
2009–10
 1 8 7th
Quarter-finals
2010–11
 1 7 6th Group stage
2011–12
 1 10 8th DNQ Quarter-finals
2012–13
 1 10 6th
Fourth
 		Fourth Third DNQ
2013–14
 1 9 5th
—
 Third
Quarter-finals
 —
2014–15
 1 10 6th DNQ Quarter-finals
Group stage
 DNQ
2016
 1 12 7th Quarter-finals DNQ
2019
 1 7 4th Group stage —
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 UFL created (as a semi-pro league) in 2009.

Head coaches

Name Nat Period Honors
Rodolfo Alicante Philippines 2011–2018 UFL Cup Third 2013
Joel Villarino Philippines 2019

Honors

Domestic

League

  • WFL Elite Futbol League
    • Champions (1): 2018
    • Runners-up (1): 2017

Cup

  • UFL Cup
    • Third place (1): 2013
  • UFL Pre-season Cup
    • Third place (1): 2013

References

  1. ^ "Stallion dispatches tough Archers side to book first UFL Finals match". UFL Philippines. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ Moore, Roy (18 December 2012). "UFL Cup: Sparks run through Archers to claim third place". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ^ Manahan, John Paul (4 January 2013). "PFF-SMART Club Nationals Round of 16 set next". SoccercentralPh.com. Soccer Central Philippines. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. ^ "PFL to be launched on April 22". 19 February 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ^ Estrada, Kevin (8 January 2018). "GAU laments Meralco Manila's folding, calls PFF to review PFL admission requirements". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ Sevilla, Jeremiah (27 December 2018). "Green Archers U eye to join PPL". Manila Times. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. ^ "PPL proceeds with season opener; Kaya wins while Air Force, Mendiola draw". BusinessWorld. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan (24 May 2019). "GAU finally joins PFL in 3rd season". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (5 August 2019). "GAU romps Air Force in 1st home game". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  10. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (9 January 2020). "Green Archers United begs off from PFL 2020". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  11. ^ Olivares, Rick (28 July 2020). "Usapang Football with Hans Smit". Facebook (Podcast). Event occurs at 1:17:00. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

External links

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