Stallion Laguna F.C.

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Stallion Laguna
Full nameStallion Laguna Football Club
Nickname(s)The Stallions
Short nameSTA
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
GroundBiñan Football Stadium
Capacity2,580
ChairmanFilbert Alquiros
Head coachErnest Nierras
LeaguePhilippines Football League
2022–23Philippines Football League, 3rd of 5
Current season

Stallion Laguna Football Club is a

Biñan, Laguna. The club competes in the Philippines Football League, the top tier of football in the Philippines
.

In 2002, the club was founded as Stallion Football Club. The club competed in the Metro Manila-based

2012–2013 UFL season
.

Originally based in

Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, the club moved to the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna in 2016, after submitting its application to join the Philippines Football League.[1] Stallion Laguna also used 4,500-capacity McKinley Hill Stadium
for some home games.

History

In 2001, a group of football enthusiasts from

Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo thought of establishing a club that would regularly compete in football tournaments held in the town. The name of the club was conceptualized during a drinking session where most of the group were drinking Red Horse Stallion beer. The group decided to name the club Stallion Football Club after Tamasak, the town's folklore hero, a pure white stallion known for its strength.[2]

The club made its debut in the 2001 Barotac Nuevo Football Club (BNFC) Seven-a-Side Football Tournament. They played under the name Stallion Aqua Sports at the 2002 Cocomangas Beach Football Tournament in Boracay due to sponsorship deal with Aqua Sport Shop Boracay. They returned to the BNFC as the Stallion Bulalo Soldier in 2003.[2]

Stallion was formally established as a proper club in 2006, and continued to participate in various local competitions in the Philippines including the Siniki Football Festival and other tournaments in Cebu, Boracay, Subic, Metro Manila and Capiz.[2]

Initially the club culture revolved around building friendship among its members and Red Horse Stallion drinking session usually held after each match of the club. However the club decided to begin catering to a wider demographic in order to develop football in their locale. Stallion organized the first edition of its own football tournament, the Stallion Football Club Seven-a-Side Football Tournament in order to promote football in Barotac Nuevo and in early 2019 set up Stallion Kids, a football development program for the youth.[2]

It began competing in national football tournaments and leagues such as the United Football League (UFL) in 2010[2] and the 2011 PFF-Smart Club Championships.[3] In the later tournament, the club lost to San Beda FC in the quarterfinals, 2–1.[4][5]

2010–11: Promotion to UFL Division 1

Stallion FC finished as one of the top three teams in the

Manila Nomads and Pasargad.[6]

2011–12: Debut in first division

At the start of the

Global FC.[7]

To close the season, Stallion defeated Philippine Army in their last couple of games. With these two wins, the club secured the fourth spot of the top division.[8]

2012–13: New signings and affiliate team

In preparation for the

Tercera División.[10]

In August 2012, Stallion announced that it has signed

Filipino international player and Philippines national under-23 football team captain Jason de Jong for the upcoming season.[11] De Jong, who also represents the Philippines national football team in the international level, was initially offered to play for Stallion in March 2012, but then he was offered a trial with Ayr United. Eventually, due to financial constraints, the Scottish First Division side was forced to let De Jong go, which enabled Stallion to finally sign him to a contract.[12][13]

UFL Cup champions

2012 UFL Cup final starting lineup

The club started in the group stages and topped Group D with 9 points (3 wins, 1 loss) to qualify in the knockout stage. In the quarterfinals of the cup's knockout stage, Stallion defeated General Trias FC on penalty shoot out with 5–4 result. In the semi-finals, the club edged Green Archers United with a scoreline of 3–1, booking them for the finals.

On 17 December 2012, Stallion FC defeated

Most Valuable Player award, while Wilson Muñoz bagged the Golden Glove trophy as the best goalkeeper in the competition.[15]

PFF Championship early exit

To prepare for the second season of the PFF National Men's Club Championship, Stallion enlisted the services of American soccer midfielder Jeremy Taylor Hohn and Goalkeeper Cyrus Andre Mohseni, who was part of the under-18 team of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.[16][17]

On 13 January 2013,

2013 PFF National Men's Club Championship.[18]

UFL Division 1 campaign

After a disappointing run in the

Ceres FC.[23][24]

On 13 June 2013, Stallion clinched the

Kaya came away with a 3–2 victory against Global at the Emperador Stadium in Mckinley Hill, Taguig.[25]

Philippines Football League

Stallion FC were set to participate at the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League (PFL) in 2017. They designated Biñan Football Stadium as their home turf and by mid-January 2017 already started pre-season training and tryouts in the venue. The club renamed themselves as Stallion Laguna FC as part of their participation in the PFL.[26]

In 2019, Stallion Laguna joined the

United Makati withdrew from the league on April 26, 2019, a day before the first match day of the league citing concerns regarding what the Stallion management see as a lack of professionalism and transparency regarding the league's management.[28]

The participated in the 2019 PFL season which was held in lieu of the dissolved PPL.

Youth

Stallion Laguna runs a youth football academy known as the Stallion Youth Academy. Starting the 2019 season the academy would be merging with the Makati Football Club (MFC) with the existing academy of the club to be renamed as the Stallion MFC Youth Academy. MFC was managed by Stallion former player Selu Lozano who would be rejoining the club as a player and corporate manager for the 2019 season.[29]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2011–12 Nike Giligan's Restaurant
2013 Nike Sta.Lucia Land Inc.1 Gatorade, Giligan's Restaurant 2
2014–2017
Mizuno
 Giligan's Restaurant 1
2017 Nixare
  • 1Major shirt sponsor (names located at the front of the shirt).
  • 2Secondary sponsor (names mostly located at the back of the shirt).

Players

As of 2 April 2024

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 United States USA Alfredo Cortez
2 DF Philippines PHI Miguel de Mesa
3 DF Philippines PHI Matthew Nierras (vice-captain)
4 DF Japan JPN Hayato Kame
5 DF Philippines PHI Charles Pickering
6 MF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Cirigliano
7 FW Brazil BRA Théo
8 FW Philippines PHI Griffin McDaniel
9 MF Philippines PHI Ruben Doctora (captain)
10 FW Argentina ARG
Cristian Ivanobski
11 FW Mexico MEX Juan Trujillo
12 GK Philippines PHI Hayeson Pepito
13 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel Silva
14 DF Philippines PHI Angelo Marasigan
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Philippines PHI Spencer Galasa
19 MF United States USA Julian Stifano
21 DF Philippines PHI Paolo Pavone
22 MF United States USA Jesús Salazar
23 MF Brazil BRA Leonardo Nogueira
24 MF Philippines PHI Jo Bedia
25 GK Philippines PHI Vicente Valdez
26 DF Philippines PHI Ken Pryde
31 DF Philippines PHI Christian Schaffner
33 FW Cameroon CMR Junior Ngong Sam
34 DF United States USA Abraham Placito
68 MF Philippines PHI Jacob Peña
77 MF Japan JPN Aoi Isami
88 FW Brazil BRA Magson Dourado

Board and staff

Position Name Nationality
Chairman Filbert Alquiros Philippines Filipino
Team manager Natasha Alquiros Philippines Filipino
Head coach Ernest Nierras Philippines Filipino
Academy coach Richard Leyble Philippines Filipino

Head coaches

Name Nat Period Honours
Ernest Nierras Philippines 2012–present
2013 UFL Division 1
Champion
Richard Leyble[note 1] Philippines 2018 (interim) None

Honors

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

  • UFL Cup
  • Stallions FC Invitational Cup
    • Winners: 2017

Performance in AFC competitions

2023–24: Group stage

Records

Season Division Teams League position
PFL Cup
 PFF NMCC
UFL Cup
FA Cup
 League Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup Stallion Cup
2010 — — — Quarter-final — — — — —
2011 2 (P) 8
2nd
 		— Semi-final Quarter-final — — — — —
2012 1 10
4th
 — — Champion — — — — —
2013 1 10
1st
 		— Round of 16 Quarter-final — — — — —
2014 1 9
4th
 — — —
Third
Quarter-final
 — — —
2015 1 10
5th
 — Fourth Fourth — — — — —
2016 1 12
6th
 — — Fourth — — — — —
2017 1 8 5th (Regular Season) — — — — — — — Champion
DNQ (Final Series)
2018 1 6 4th
Semi-final
 		— — — — — — —
2019 1 7 3rd 3rd — — — — — — —
2020 1 6 6th — — — — — — — —
2021 1 7 Cancelled 3rd — — — — — — —
2022 1 7
3rd
 		3rd — — — — — — —
2023 1 5 Semi-final — — — — — Group stage —
2024 1 15 — — — — — — — — —
Updated as of 7 April 2023

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Score Agg. / Pos.
Home Away
2023–24 AFC Cup Group stage
Bali United
 2–5 2–5 Group G
(4th)
Central Coast Mariners
 0–3 1–9
Malaysia Terengganu 2–3 2–2

See also

Stallion Laguna F.C. (women)

Notes

  1. ^ In July 2018, Assistant coach Leyble served as head coach of Stallion Laguna on an interim basis in lieu of Ernest Nierras who was completing an AFC "A" Coaching Certificate Course.[30]

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