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'''Makati Football Club''' ('''MFC''') is a Philippine youth [[football club]]. Founded by Tomas Lozano, the club is a regular participant of the [[Gothia Cup]]. The club participated in the [[2025 PFF Women's League]].
==History== [[File:April 2023 President Marcos Jr. meeting with athletes and artists - Makati FC.jpg|thumb|Makati F.C. players with Philippine president [[Bongbong Marcos]]. April 2023.]] The Makati Football Club (MFC) was founded in 1976 by former [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] player Tomas Lozano.<ref name="jssl">{{cite news |title=Makati FC vies in JSSL Singapore 7s |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/08/28/2205721/makati-fc-vies-jssl-singapore-7s |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=The Philippine Star |date=28 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Makati Football Club brings young Filipinos to the international football stage - BusinessMirror |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/10/11/makati-football-club-brings-young-filipinos-to-the-international-football-stage/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=BusinessMirror |date=11 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=sends5>{{cite news |last1=Lozada |first1=Bong |title=Makati FC sends five teams to major meets |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/356249/makati-fc-sends-five-teams-to-major-meets |access-date=29 August 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=6 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The club has been sending numerous youth teams to the [[Gothia Cup]] in [[Sweden]] since 1983. MFC has sent both boys' and girls' sides.<ref name=sends5/><ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Makati FC to take part in youth tourneys in Europe |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/08/19/football-makati-fc-to-take-part-in-youth-tourneys-in-europe |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=8 Jul 2019}}</ref> MFC's best finish in the tournament was in 1985, where its boys under-11 team won their age-group's tournament. Other podium finishes were third place for the boy's under-12 in 1986, and another third-place finish for the boy's under-12 in 2016<ref name="scores-3rd">{{cite news |last1=Oiga |first1=Jacky Lynne |title=Makati club scores 3rd in biggest youth football tournament |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-bulletin/20160904/281517930559765 |access-date=29 August 2022 |publisher=Manila Bulletin |date=4 September 2016}}</ref>
MFC entered a partnership with [[Alaska Milk Corporation]] in 1996 which led to the establishment of the recurring Alaska Cup youth football tournament.<ref name="alaska">{{cite news |last1=Luci-Atienza |first1=Charissa |last2=Cahiles-Magkilat |first2=Bernie |last3=Villegas |first3=Bernardo |title=Alaska Milk fosters grassroot football |url=https://mb.com.ph/2019/02/22/alaska-milk-fosters-grassroot-football/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
In 2019, MFC's entered a partnership with [[Philippines Football League]] club [[Stallion Laguna F.C.|Stallion Laguna]] with its football academy merging with Stallion's for at least the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Davao player joins Stallion Laguna |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1060492 |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=30 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] disrupted the club's operation. The 2021 Gothia Cup, which MFC was due to participate for the 38th time, was cancelled. MFC's football academy also resorted to conducting its sporting programs online.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jurado |first1=Theodore |title=Gothia Cup cancelled |url=https://journalnews.com.ph/gothia-cup-cancelled/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=Journal News Online |date=23 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="academy-online">{{cite news |title=Makati FC takes football academy online |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/sports/2020/05/18/294993/makati-fc-takes-football-academy-online/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=BusinessWorld |date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
MFC returned to competing in football competitions outside the Philippines since the start of the pandemic. Their return was marked by their participation in the 2022 edition of the JSSL Singapore Professional Academy 7s.<ref name="jssl"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Makati FC kicks off bid in Asian youth football tourney |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/makati-fc-kicks-off-bid-in-asian-youth-football-tourney/ |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=Rappler |date=2 September 2022}}</ref> They clinched the overall title of the same tournament in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brilliant girls’ clean-sheet golden run highlights Makati FC’s overall title |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/506607/brilliant-girls-clean-sheet-golden-run-highlights-makati-fcs-overall-title |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=25 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
In December 2023, the club announced that it would be expanding operations to [[Cebu City]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Makati FC to expand operations to Cebu City |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/27/23/football-makati-fc-to-expand-operations-to-cebu-city |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=27 December 2023}}</ref> Makati FC Cebu was established the following year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aznar |first1=Edri |title=Makati FC wins another Aboitiz Football Cup plum |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/makati-fc-wins-another-aboitiz-football-cup-plum |access-date=11 January 2026 |work=SunStar |publisher=SunStar Publishing Inc. |date=13 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosal |first1=Glendale |title=MFC Cebu-Makati FC young booters dominate Asia's biggest youth football tilt |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/565582/mfc-cebu-makati-fc-young-booters-dominate-asias-biggest-youth-football-tilt |access-date=11 January 2026 |work=Cebu Daily News |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=1 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
The girls team reinforced by imports won the 2025 [[Ang Liga]] Filipina U19 title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Makati FC shapes future football stars |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2025/03/08/makati-fc-shapes-future-football-stars |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Daily Tribune |date=9 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Terrado |first1=Reuben |title=Kaya, Stallion banner six clubs seeing action in 2025 PFF Women's League |url=https://www.spin.ph/football/six-clubs-seeing-action-in-2025-pff-women-s-league-a795-20250315 |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=15 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
Makati F.C. joined the [[PFF Women's League]], the top-flight women's domestic league in the country starting the [[2023 PFF Women's League|2025 season]] with a relatively young squad with Indonesian national team players.<ref>{{cite web |title=Football: Capital1 to enter PFF Women’s League with Solar Strikers |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/3/12/football-capital1-to-enter-pff-womens-league-with-solar-strikers-1909 |work=ABS-CBN news |access-date=March 14, 2025 |date=March 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Payo |first1=Jasmine |title=Youthful teams test mettle in PFF Women’s Football League |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/youthful-teams-test-mettle-pff-women-league-2025/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Rappler |date=14 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=craves>{{cite news |last1=Suing |first1=Ivan |title=Makati FC craves for experience |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2025/03/16/makati-fc-craves-for-experience |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=Daily Tribune |date=17 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Montayre |first1=Mia |title=Stallion, Kaya-Iloilo keep winning ways in PFFWL; Makati impresses in first outing |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/stallion-kaya-iloilo-keep-winning-ways-in-pffwl-makati-impresses-in-first-outing/333631 |access-date=4 April 2025 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
==Current roster== <!---senior-level tournaments only---> The following is Makati's roster for the [[2025 PFF Women's League]]: {{updated|May 17, 2025}}<ref name=pff2025roster>{{cite web |title=Makati FC PFF Women's League 2025 Roster |url=https://www.instagram.com/makatifc/p/DH-fJ6dPP2D/?hl=en&img_index=1 |publisher=Makati FC |access-date=3 April 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250403100810/https://www.instagram.com/makatifc/p/DH-fJ6dPP2D/?hl=en&img_index=1 |archive-date=3 April 2025 |date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=GHA|name=[[Ayishatu Simpson]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=PHI|name=[[Maeva Javier]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=INA|name=[[Gea Yumanda]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=PHI|name=[[Ariana Gementiza]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=PHI|name=[[Ella Chua]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=PHI|name=[[Rhiauna de la Calzada]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=GHA|name=[[Veronica Appiah]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=PHI|name=[[Lauren Tiangco]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=PHI|name=[[Elisha Lubiano]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=PHI|name=[[Julia Kabatay]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=PHI|name=[[Summer Solis]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=PHI|name=[[Martina Horn]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=PHI|name=[[Adriana Bautista]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=PHI|name=[[Soleil Schroth]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=PHI|name=[[Brooke Solis]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=PHI|name=[[Mikaela Villacin]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=PHI|name=[[Hazel Arce]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=GHA|name=[[Selina Anima]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=PHI|name=[[Tootchie Eval]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=PHI|name=[[Jilliana Dagpin]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=THA|name=[[Kawinthida Kikuntod]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=PHI|name=[[Carlene Dy]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=INA|name=[[Nafeeza Nori]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=87|nat=PHI|name=[[Angely Alferez]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PHI|name=[[Shinezen Cadayona]]|pos=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=INA|name=[[Nasywa Rambe]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs end}}
==Notable players== List of notable players who have played for Makati F.C. and/or have attended its Makati Football School.
*[[Aly Borromeo]] – [[Philippines men's national football team|Philippines men's national team player]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Leading by Example: Aly Borromeo – Kaya FC–Iloilo |url=https://www.kayafc.com/feature/leading-by-example-aly-borromeo/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=27 September 2015}}</ref> *[[Sara Castañeda]] – [[Philippines women's national football team|Philippines women's national team player]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=del Carmen |first1=Lorenzo |title=Sara Castaneda relishes super-sub role in historic Asian Cup campaign |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/sara-castaneda-relishes-super-sub-role-in-historic-asian-cup-campaign/231192 |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=8 February 2022}}</ref> *[[Sheva Imut]] – [[Indonesia women's national football team|Indonesia women's national team player]]<ref name=pff2025roster/> *[[Shalika Aurelia]] – [[Indonesia women's national football team|Indonesia women's national team player]]<ref name=pff2025roster/>
==Head coaches== *{{flagicon|PHI}} Jayson Cutamora<ref name=craves/> ([[2025 PFF Women's League]]) *{{flagicon|PHI}} Dan Padernal ([[2025 PFF Women's League]])
==Record== ;Main domestic competitions {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Season !Teams !League Position ![[PFF Women's Cup]] |- |2025 | 6 |[[2025 PFF Women's League|4th]] |– |}
== Honors == * '''[[Gothia Cup]]:''' **'''Winners:''' 1985 (Boys U11), 2024 (Girls U12<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Makati FC from the Philippines wins the G12-category |url=https://gothiacup.se/en/post/makati-fc-from-the-philippines-wins-the-g12-category |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=gothiacup.se |language=en}}</ref> and Boys U13<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Double win for Makati FC |url=https://gothiacup.se/en/post/double-win-for-makati-fc |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=gothiacup.se |language=en}}</ref>), 2025 (Girls U13<ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Makati FC finishes second at Portugal tilt |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/7/8/football-makati-fc-finishes-second-at-portugal-tilt-1933 |access-date=11 January 2026 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=8 July 2025}}</ref>) **'''Second place:''' 2023 (Girls U14) **'''Third place:''' 1986 (Boys U12), 2016 (Boys U12), 2023 (Girls U12) * '''[[JSSL Singapore]]''' **'''Winners:''' 2024 (Boys U6) (Boys U7) (Boys U13) (Girls U14) (Girls U16) **'''Second place:''' 2024 (Boys U14) (Boys U10) **'''Third place:''' 2024 (Boys U15) (Girls U10) *'''Iber Cup''' **'''Second place:''' 2025 (Girls U13<ref>{{cite news |title=Makati FC girls provide blueprint for other young hopefuls |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/630998/makati-fc-girls-provide-blueprint-for-other-young-hopefuls |access-date=9 July 2025 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=9 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Makati FC finishes second at Portugal tilt |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/7/8/football-makati-fc-finishes-second-at-portugal-tilt-1933 |access-date=9 July 2025 |work=ABS-CBN |date=8 July 2025}}</ref>)
==References== {{reflist}}
{{PFF Women's League}} [[Category:1976 establishments in the Philippines]] [[Category:Youth football in the Philippines]] [[Category:Football clubs in the Philippines]] [[Category:Sports in Makati]] [[Category:Women's football clubs in the Philippines]] [[Category:PFF Women's League clubs]]