Global Football Club was a professional
football club that last played in the
Philippines Football League
The Philippines Football League, commonly known as PFL, is a Filipino professional football league sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Foo ...
(PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two
UFL Cup
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s, one
UFL FA Cup, and one
PFF National Men's Club Championship. They have participated in the
AFC Cup three times.
Founded in 2000, Global FC participated in minor tournaments around Metro Manila as Laos Football Club. In 2009, after recruiting several players from the railway maintenance company APT Global, the club changed its name to Global Football Club and were one of the founding members of the
United Football League (UFL). Global won the
2010 UFL Division 2
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with an undefeated season, earning promotion to UFL Division 1—the ''de facto'' top-level league of Philippine football back then. They went on to win three of the seven UFL seasons (commemorated by the three
stars
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on the club's crest)—becoming the most successful club in the league.
In 2017, the club
moved to
Cebu City
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and renamed itself to Global Cebu F.C. to participate in the
Philippines Football League
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(PFL), which was the official top flight of Philippine football. In the PFL, the club finished as runners-up of the
2017 season and by the end of the season, Alvin Carranza became owner of Global, succeeding founder
Dan Palami. However, they went through a period of decline in
2018
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, where they experienced financial troubles and had to forfeit or postpone some away matches; some players also complained of unpaid wages. With several key players leaving the club, and with just one win in 25 league matches, they ended the 2018 season at the bottom of the table. Mid-season, the club had another ownership change with Mark Jarvis taking over from Carranza.
In 2019, the club relocated to Makati and adopted their current name. They intended to participate in the inaugural season of the
Philippine Premier League
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but withdrew from the league without playing a match due to various issues with the league management. They later joined the revived PFL.
In January 2020, the club reportedly underwent an ownership change with Hong Kong-based Mazinyi taking over and the club reverted its name back to Global F.C. However, player wage issues continued to hound Global with Mazinyi distancing itself from the club in August 2020, alleging it had never taken over the club from Jarvis. This led to the suspension of Global's PFF license as well as the blacklisting of the club by the
Games and Amusement Board.
History
Foundation and early years (2000–2009)
Global FC was founded in March 2000 when a group of football enthusiasts from
Tacloban
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formed a weekly football practice as their leisure activity.
The group played their first weekly football games behind the
Quezon City Hall
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History
The first location of the city ha ...
, and later moving to the
Sunken Garden football field inside the
University of the Philippines Diliman
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. Then they began to participate in minor tournaments around
Manila
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, including the Alaska Cup, the Kia Cup, and ''Ang Liga'', under the name Laos F.C. (; "has-beens"). After hiring football players from employees at a railway company Autre Porte Technique Global (APT Global), they decided in 2009 that the club would be renamed to Global Football Club.
Dan Palami, the chief executive officer of the railway company, was hired as the owner of Global.
Eventually, they joined the
2009 UFL Cup, with
Smartmatic as their corporate sponsor.
Global competed in Group B and finished third at the group stages, advancing them to the plate cup
single-elimination tournament
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. Because of this, they would play at
Division II in the United Football League. Global is one of the founding club members in the competition.
Global in the United Football League (2010–2016)
In 2010, Global made its debut in the
inaugural season of the United Football League (UFL) as a
Division II team. They went undefeated throughout the season to secure a promotion to Division I.
They were also victorious in the
league cup
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after defeating
Philippine Air Force in the finals. Franklin Muescan, the current head coach of that time
then led his team to a second-place finish in their first appearance in the top-tier
2011 United Football League. After an opening match against
Stallion in the
2011 UFL Cup
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, the owner of the team, Dan Palami, hired Australian Graeme Mackinnon as head coach.
Global would be later eliminated by the Philippine Air Force in the semi-finals. Global also made their first appearance at the
2011 National Men's Club Championship after it was established in the same year. They won over San Beda FC in the finals making the first champion of the tournament.
Global then finished the
2012 league season tied with
Kaya
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but claimed their first Division I title in
goal difference. Because of their victory in the league, Global advanced to the
2013 AFC President's Cup
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and was the first Filipino football club to qualify for the tournament since its inception in 2005, but they were eliminated early in the group stages. Global began to compete at the
2012 UFL Cup in the second group and finished unbeaten. Global survived the knockout stages and Stallion won the trophy over an "upset" against them.
Graeme Mackinnon resigned as the coach for Global at the end of the 2012 UFL season because of family concerns about the destruction of
Tropical Storm Washi
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in Mindanao where his family lived. After a month-long search for a replacement, former
Ayr United
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head coach
Brian Reid was signed for the position. He was in charge of the club's campaign in the President's Cup.
In the
fourth season of the UFL, Global finished second, three points beneath the top, resulting in Stallion winning the championship trophy. The team began to compete at the
2012–13 National Men's Club Championship, where they lost in the quarter-finals to
Ceres
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* Ceres (mythology), the Roman goddess of agriculture
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Brazil
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. Eventually, Global was invited to play in the
2013 Singapore Cup
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as a guest club, together with fellow UFL side
Loyola Meralco Sparks
Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship.
Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola M ...
. As a result, they became the second Philippine club to reach the semi-finals of the tournament. However, Global would lose to
Tanjong Pagar United
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.
They won both the
2014 season and the
FA Cup
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on the same year.
Global Cebu in the Philippines Football League (2017–2019)
A slot was allocated for the Philippines in the preliminary stage of the
2017 AFC Champions League
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Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal ...
. Global as winners of the 2016 UFL season represented the country in the tournament. Global fails to qualify for the group stage after losing to Brisbane Roar by 6–0 in the second round of the qualification phase, and was relegated to the group stage of the
2017 AFC Cup
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Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...
.
Global was confirmed in November 2016 to be one of the teams to participate in the
inaugural season of the
Philippines Football League
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.
On 30 December 2016 it was reported that Global planned to adopt the name "Global Queen City FC" as a nod to the defunct Cebu-based team that participated in the UFL, the
Cebu Queen City United F.C. Global owner, Dan Palami also expressed openness to investments from Cebuanos in the same report. The club changed its name to Global Cebu FC.
On 5 July 2017, Global Cebu played their first home match at their designated home venue, the
Cebu City Sports Complex
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. The club went on to finish second to champions
Ceres-Negros in the overall standings of the PFL inaugural season. In December 2017 after the PFL season concluded, the football club reportedly had a new owner. Alvin Carranza, founder and owner of MacGraphics Carranz International Corp and managing director of the Teen Azkals Foundation, and replaced
Dan Palami as the club's owner.
Financial crisis and overhaul
The transfer of ownership of Global Cebu caused financial uncertainty of the club with funding coming into halt and the club was rumored to be under the threat of becoming defunct.
In the
2018 season, Global was playing its home matches in the
Rizal Memorial Stadium
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. In May 2018, Global was forced to request the league to postponed an away match against
Kaya F.C.–Iloilo which led to the cancellation of the match. The club later announced in May 2018 that financial issues was the reason they could not play the match. The club also released an official statement that in January 2018, Global Cebu owner Alvin Carranza requested the PFL for the club not to participate in the league but the whole management of the club decided against withdrawing from the league. This is because the PFL would only be left with five clubs after the departure of Ilocos United and Manila Meralco. If the withdrawal pushed through, the Philippines would lose eligibility to have its clubs participate in the
AFC Cup. This development would later be officially announced to the public by the club in May 2018.
Some other away matches of Global Cebu were either cancelled or delayed and key players of the club left. At one point of the league season, Global Cebu suffered at 1–11 loss to
JPV Marikina on 1 August 2018 due to being unable to field a natural goalkeeper due to injury of their only keeper in their squad at that time. From being among the top clubs in the previous PFL season, Global Cebu fell to the bottom of the 2018 PFL table.
The club later secured sponsorship from
Puma and in August 2018, it was confirmed that by this time Mark Jarvis was now the owner of the club. Jarvis, the father of Global defender Jordan Jarvis, had previous indirect ownership of the club. Under his watch, the club had a major overhaul, signing numerous players to play for Global Cebu in the July 2018 transfer window. The club under Jarvis planned to focus on the club's survival for the rest of 2018.
However, in January 2019, financial issues remain with several players including former goalkeeper Milan Nikolic calling out team owner Jarvis for the non-payment of their wages.
Global Makati in the Philippine Premier League (2019)
Global Cebu are set to join the Philippine Premier League which replaced the PFL despite financial issues experiencing by the club.
[ On 5 February 2019, the club announced that they would be changing their home locality from Cebu to ]Makati
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Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
in Metro Manila
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and that they will be changing their name to "Global Makati F.C." The club then renamed themselves as "United Makati FC" as a result of a Facebook poll organized by the club.
Within the same month, the club management announced a partnership with MMC Sportz and stated that they will have support from the Makati city government. Makati United pledged that it will pay its outstanding dues to unpaid players before the start of the inaugural Philippine Premier League
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season to avoid risking their eligibility to participate in the league. The club re-signed seven to eight players and head coach Dragutin Stević-Ranković and made new player signings as well. The club said it will focus on the grassroots level and a salary cap was reportedly imposed as a result of such.[
In March 2019, United Makati announced its legal disassociation with its past as Global Makati F.C., registering with the ]Philippine Football Federation
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as a distinct separate legal entity from its former iteration as Global. However such plan didn't push through and the club reverted to Global Makati. Global Makati along with Stallion Laguna withdrew from the league on 26 April 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.
However, PPL dissolved with Global rejoining the PFL.
Global Makati in the revived Philippines Football League (2019)
The Philippines Football League
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was revived in 2019 after the Philippine Premier League its supposed replacement was dissolved in same year. Global continued its participation in the PFL but continued to struggle, finishing at the bottom of the 2019 season's table behind debutantes Green Archers United and Mendiola
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. During the 2019 season, the PFL referred to the club as Global Cebu instead of Global Makati in official league channels due to licensing issues.
Mazinyi's involvement and continued wage issues (2020–present)
Their status for the 2020 season was left with uncertainty until Global announced its intent to continue its participation in the league and the reportedly the relinquishing of the club by its owner Jarvis to Hong Kong-based Mazinyi Management Ltd. In February 2020, Global Makati reverted its name back to Global F.C. and modified its crest to reflect the name change.
Reports of unpaid wages by Global to its players remained. English footballer John Cofie who was signed in to play for the club in January 2020, came forward to the public of allegations that Global owed him unpaid wages. He has sought the Games and Amusements Board
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History
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to help him deal with the situation and the Philippines Football League
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officials has scheduled to meet with representatives of Global FC regarding the matter. If the allegations were proven, the PFL has said that Global's license may be revoked rendering them ineligible to participate in the 2020 PFL season. A graphic designer commissioned by Global has also said that they have not been paid for services rendered to the club.
The PFF gave Global a ten-day ultimatum from July 23, to settle all its outstanding wages to its players and staff and other contractual obligations. While Global managed to settle its obligations with the graphic designer, it failed to do so for its players and staff and the PFF will now refer Global's case to its Licensing First Instance Body. The Games and Amusements Board
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) ( tgl, Lupon sa Palaro at Libangan) is the government-ran regulatory body of professional sports in the Philippines.
History
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(GAB) on their part have started their on investigation announcing on August 8, that they have issued a show cause order to demanding them to air their side in writing within 10 days from receipt of such order regarding the unpaid wage allegations However Mazinyi Management reportedly distanced itself from the wage issues, saying that Mark Jarvis is still the owner, and that they have backed out from taking over as the club's new owner allegedly due to documentary issues. The PFF suspended Global's PFL license for 90 days. The Games and Amusement Board followed suit by blacklisting the club on September 7.
Club rivalry
Rivalry with Ceres–Negros F.C.
Global first arrived in the local football scene in 2010 as the undefeated UFL Division 2
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champions. Then after gaining promotion to Division 1, they went on to challenge powerhouse Philippine Air Force for the crowned of being best club in the country. They have won three titles and have two runner-up finishes before Ceres arrived the scene in 2012. Since the emergence of Ceres–Negros F.C.
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as one of Philippine football's powerhouse clubs, the club became a serious threat to Global's dominance in the local football scene. Between 2013 and 2017, the rivalry has developed into an intense and fiery competition between both sides. Both club's have battle it out in a total of three finals showdown in domestic cup campaigns, and fought three tight battle's for the domestic league title's, two for the last two league titles of the UFL and the other being the first and only 2017 PFL "Finals Series". Before the Global-Ceres rivalry, the Philippine Club Footballing Landscape was dominated by the "big three", composed of the Philippine Army
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, Philippine Air Force and Philippine Navy football clubs. For the longest time, the various football teams of the Armed Forces of the Philippines were the best clubs in the country. But by 2012, the armed forces teams went through a period of rapid decline. The new rivalry between Global and Ceres proceeded thereafter, as both clubs would go on to dominate Philippine Club Football for the next 8 years.
In the calendar year of 2013, a rivalry was born. Global's rivalry with Ceres began to develop on 19 January 2013 when the two sides met in a quarter-finals match of the 2012–13 PFF National Men's Club Championship
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. The then unknown club based in football hotbed Bacolod City
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, and formerly known as "Ceres-La Salle", Ceres scored a major 1–0 "upset" against UFL league champions Global Football Club. Ceres would go on to win that national tournament and claimed its first major trophy. In the next edition of the national tournament, Global and Ceres would meet in a Finals match up for the first time during the 2013–14 PFF National Men's Club Championship. Global was the first champion of the tournament( 2011), while Ceres was the 2nd champion(2012–13
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). They battled it out for the coveted title, the nice top prize and the distinction as the best club team in the Philippines. The tournament was hosted by Negros Occidental FA, with matches held at Panaad Sports Complex, University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, and also in the Bago City Sports Complex. Ceres, being the Negros Occidental-based club is therefore the home-team, while Global participated under Leyte FA. This would be the precursor to what would later evolve into the first "Visayas derby". During the two-legged finals, Ceres beat Global on 3–1 aggregate to retained the title. In the aftermath, as national tournament winners, Ceres earn a guaranteed 'spot' in the 2015 AFC Cup Play-off.
In the 2014 UFL Season, Global was crowned UFL Division 1 champions, while Ceres have just earned their promotion to Division 1 after winning the UFL Division 2
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title. Ceres signed a number of national team members such as Patrick Reichelt, Carlie De Murga and brothers Marwin and Marvin Angeles to boost its campaign. As fate would have it, Ceres and Global met again in the finals to battle for the first and only UFL FA League Cup trophy. During the finals, Ceres came out firing right at the opening whistle, with Kim Jin Ho scoring at the first minute after converting a header for an early 1-nil lead. Ceres suffered a huge blow after Azkals veteran Carlie De Murga was stretchered out of the pitch due to a possible knee injury. He never returned to the game. But Adrián Gallardo
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doubled Ceres’ cushion with a header at the 22nd minute as they held a comfortable 2-nil halftime lead. In the second half, Global got a boost when Mark Hartmann
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Club career
As a youngster, Har ...
connected with a long distance shot from outside the box off a Misagh Bahadoran
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feed to trim their deficit, 2–1. Global then got another break a few minutes after as Ceres team captain Juani Guirado was sent off after being involved in a scuffle that saw Global goalkeeper Patrick Deyto hurt after a Ceres player accidentally hit him in the head. That reduced the newly promoted club to just 10 men, giving Global another shot at tying the match. But Global, despite having plenty of chances at the goal, failed to convert its shots, including a last-second effort which was denied by the Ceres goalkeeper Louie Casas
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that sealed the result. Ceres managed to hold on and won its first major trophy in the UFL after having been promoted during that season. The victory halted Global's run of back-to-back trophies in the UFL, while effectively throwing into disarray the hierarchy of clubs in the Philippines’ elite domestic competition. Global head coach Leigh Manson was pleased at the interest generated by the spectacular affair. "Tonight's game, with the amount of fans – the passion, the drama, the excitement, that's got to be great for the League, for Filipino football," he said.
In 2015 Ceres won their first UFL League title with two games to spare, Ceres lead by Adrián Gallardo
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's 18 goals was eight points ahead of runners-up Global. During that period, from late 2014 to 2015, Global would endured a disappointing 1 and 1/2-season stretch, losing in three straight Finals. Two of the losses were against archrivals Ceres.
In the 2016 UFL Season and the 2016 UFL Cup, Global would finally have its redemption against bitter rival Ceres. The club would go on to achieved a league double, by winning the annual UFL league and cup tournaments. Only three clubs in the Philippines have achieved a league double, and the members of that exclusive group were – Philippine Air Force F.C. in 2009–10, Stallion Laguna F.C. in 2012–13 and Global Makati F.C. in 2016. Ceres would be runners-up to Global in both league and cup tournaments. During the UFL Cup
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finals, Global was coming off a ban from the previous edition of the UFL Cup
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. Global came back to reclaim their place as one of the country's top clubs with the help of the brace of Azkals standout and tournament Golden Ball Misagh Bahadoran
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. Global quickly capitalized on a distraught defense of Ceres in the consequent minutes of the affair with Bahadoran left unmarked inside the box to strike the rebound in the 21st minute and open the scoring. Not long after, the defense of the Bacolod-based club was left to pay with another goal as Bahadoran found Matthew Hartman on the edge of the box to elevate their squad's lead to 2–0 going into the break. After the restart Bahadoran doubled his output in the night with an impressive effort inside the area to shake away defender Jason Sabio and put the ball to the back of the net in the 56th minute. Tension flared in the match when Ceres head coach Ali Go was thrown off the playing area following an altercation on the pitch after the side's protest of a non-call of a handball in the penalty box. The Busmen finally scratched a mark in their scorecard in the 61st minute with a shot courtesy of substitute Nate Burkey to cut the deficit down to just two goals. Ceres scrambled their jets in the remaining minutes of affair to ignite their offense, sending in Stephan Schröck to augment their attacks, but they were unable to turn the game around until the end of regulation. Global captured the 2016 UFL Cup title, on a 3–1 finals victory. Misagh Bahadoran
Misagh Medina Bahadoran ( fa, میثاق بهادران, Mithāq Bhāderan; born January 10, 1987) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Maharlika Manila in the Philippines Football League and the Philippines natio ...
would later be awarded with the PSA ‘Mr. Philippine football’ award for his heroics in the last UFL Cup tournament. In the seventh and last season of the UFL League since its establishment as a semi-professional league in 2009, Global lead by UFL Golden Ball awardee Hikaru Minegishi
, also known by his nickname Pika, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 2 club Uthai Thani and the Philippines national team.
Early life and education
Minegishi was born on June 5, 1991. His Filipino mother is a ...
, won the league title with one game to spare, Global was six points ahead of runners-up Ceres. With the win, Global returns to the next edition of the AFC Cup with a sure slot in the qualification round of the continental club championship.
In the calendar year of 2017, the PFF, the governing body of Philippine Football, have decided to replaced the Metro Manila-based UFL for a nationwide, community-based football league that is at par with the standards set by the FIFA and the AFC. A nationwide survey have favored "Philippines Football League
The Philippines Football League, commonly known as PFL, is a Filipino professional football league sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Foo ...
" as the name for the new league. As a community-based league with a home-and-away double round robin format, clubs were required under the PFF Club Licensing Regulations to have a name that includes the name of their home locality and were also required to have a certified home stadium. Ceres being based in the city of Bacolod, added Negros in their club name. While Global made a switch, originally a regular member of Leyte FA(now EVRFA) and owned by Leyte FA Pres. Dan Palami, the club decided to relocate to Cebu City
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines and capital of the Cebu Province. Acc ...
, and adopted the name "Global Queen City FC." (later renamed as Global Cebu FC). These developments lead fans to dubbed the Global-Ceres rivalry as the "Visayas derby" or the "Visayas ''Clásico''". During the PFL's inaugural season, the league had two phases, the regular season, and the "Finals Series", a play-off round where the top four teams of the regular season played each other to determine the champions of the league. As the inaugural season reach its finale, the archnemeses once again crossed paths during the PFL "Finals Series" to resume their fierce rivalry. Ceres–Negros F.C. won the league's inaugural championship by defeating archrivals Global Cebu F.C. in the Final, 4–1. Iain Ramsay scored a hat-trick that sealed the victory. With Kaya relocating from Makati to Iloilo, one of the country's football hotbed, the PFL's "Visayas derby" got all the more interesting and competitive as Kaya joined reigning champ Ceres–Negros F.C. and runner-up Global Cebu F.C. in the mix for the 2018 PFL season.
By 2019, the PFL "Finals Series" was the last of many championship battles between the bitter rivals. Over an 8-year period, archrivals Global and Ceres have dominated Philippine Club football. Both clubs have won a combined 13 titles out of the total 21 crowns from years 2011 to 2018, with Global winning seven major Trophies, and rivals Ceres winning six, with four of its titles won at the expense of Global. Ceres–Negros FC would go on to win back-to-back PFL titles and be ranked as AFC ASEAN Zone's no.1 club. While Global Cebu F.C. now renamed as "Global Makati FC" and also relocated to the city of Makati, went through a period of decline in 2018
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and is currently undergoing a financial crisis. This crisis also led to a mass exodus of Global F.C. stars. Currently, the rivalry have experienced a period of uncertainty as fans witness how Ceres routed its financially crippled rival in their last 5 matches in the last two seasons. Filipino football fans may wonder will Global ever recover from the crisis or when will it go back to its winning-ways and resume its championship rivalry with Ceres–Negros. The rivalry being tagged as the "Visayas ''Clásico''" may no longer be appropriate, but the rivalry is definitely not defunct.
Stadiums
The club joined the PFL in 2017 and maintained as their home ground the Cebu City Sports Complex
The Cebu City Sports Center, formerly called as Abellana Sports Complex is a track and field and football stadium located in Cebu City, Philippines. The complex was built by the city to serve as the main venue for the 1994 Palarong Pambansa and a ...
. Global started play in the stadium during the 2013 AFC President's Cup
The 2013 AFC President's Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Istiqlol were the defending champions, but did ...
. Before the club joined the Philippines Football League
The Philippines Football League, commonly known as PFL, is a Filipino professional football league sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Foo ...
, Global did not have its own football ground. Instead, they played in neutral venues across the Philippines, such as the McKinley Hill Stadium in Taguig
Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...
and the Rizal Memorial Stadium
The Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium (simply known as the Rizal Memorial Stadium; officially the Simeon Toribio Track Stadium) is the main stadium of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. It served as the main stad ...
in Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
(considered as the national stadium of the country) when they were still in the UFL.
Crest history
The first team emblem was used from 2000 to 2011, during which time the club was known as Global F.C. The logo was a simple crest with the words "Global F.C." in front of a wireframe globe
A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. A model glo ...
. The second logo, the revamped club logo, was used for a year during the latter portion of the 2011 UFL season. The crest was blue with yellow borders, displaying "Global F.C." on top and the year "2000" at the bottom. In the middle was a yellow gold globe. The third crest removed the foundation date and replaced it with the text "Global Football Club" around the globe. The club released its fourth logo on 26 April 2017 through its social media
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account when it joined the Philippines Football League as Global Cebu F.C. The new logo is derived from the third logo, with the text "Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...
" placed in the center of the crest. Three stars
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...
are also added to the top of the crest, which symbolizes the three national championships won by the club in the UFL.
When the club adopted the name Global Makati F.C. on 4 February 2019, they maintained use of the crest when the club was known as Global Cebu F.C.; "Cebu" was replaced by "Makati". The club would rebrand itself that month as United Makati F.C. and a with new crest which was derived from the Seal of Makati. In March 2019, the club revert to its original Global Makati crest after United Makati separated from Global.[ In February 2020, the new club owners restore its original name "Global FC" and adopted a newly enhance logo removing the word "Makati" and replaced by three stars which represents the title that won by the club.
File:Global old emblem.png, The club's first crest, used from 2009 to 2011
File:Old_global_fc_crest.jpg, Crest used from 2011 to 2012
File:Global FCEmblem.png, The club's third crest, used from 2012 to 2017
File:Global Cebu F.C.png, The club's fourth crest, used from 2017 to 2019;
File:Global Makati.png, The club's fifth crest, this version was briefly adopted with "Makati" text instead of Cebu when the club renamed itself to "Global Makati F.C." in February 2019.
File:Global_FC_2020_crest.png, The club's sixth crest, used in 2020, a version where the name "Makati" were replaced by three stars which represents the title that won by the club restoring its original name "Global FC."
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Sponsors
On 29 August 2013, the Colombian Autocar Corporation, the exclusive distributor of Kia Motors
Kia Corporation, commonly known as Kia (, ; formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry and Kia Motors Corporation), is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second lar ...
in the Philippines, held a contract signing event with Dan Palami to renew their partnership for another year. Kia Motors is the club's major sponsor and transportation provider of the team. AtletA Sportswear, a local manufacturer of activewear
Sportswear or activewear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons.
Typical sport-specific garments ...
, is the club's official supplier of match kits, training kits, and casual wear. LGR Athletic Wears was the former creator of the match kits; as they were responsible in selling the kits in the mainstream market for the first time. Melmac Sports Management is the official marketing agency of the team.
Management team
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Kit evolution
Head coaches
Since the appointment of Global head coach Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
Franklin Muescan, there have been thirteen (13) other recognized head coaches. The first head coach from outside the Philippines was Australian coach Graeme Mackinnon.
Former players
''For a list of former Global players with Wikipedia articles, see Global F.C. players
Global means of or referring to a globe and may also refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Global'' (Paul van Dyk album), 2003
* ''Global'' (Bunji Garlin album), 2007
* ''Global'' (Humanoid album), 1989
* ''Global'' (Todd Rundgren album), 2015
* Bruno ...
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Individual player awards
Honors
Domestic
Leagues
* Philippines Football League
The Philippines Football League, commonly known as PFL, is a Filipino professional football league sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Foo ...
:
**''Runners-up:'' 2017
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* United Football League Division 1:
**Winners: 2012
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, 2014
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, 2016
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**''Runners-up:'' 2011, 2013
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, 2015
* United Football League Division 2:
**Winners: 2010
Cup
* PFF National Men's Club Championship:
**Winners: 2011
**''Runners-up:'' 2013–14, 2014–15
* UFL Cup
The United Football League Cup, commonly known as UFL Cup, was a Filipino association football competition. It was played on a multistage format that culminated in a knockout stage (single elimination). Clubs eligible to compete for the cup we ...
:
**Winners: 2010, 2016
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**''Runners-up:'' 2012
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* UFL FA League Cup:
**''Runners-up:'' 2014
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* UFL FA Cup:
**Winners: 2014
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Continental record
Singapore Cup
AFC Club ranking
Records
Note:
* a Global FC tops the group but disqualified from the UFL Cup for fielding Satoshi Ōtomo as a Filipino player and ruled the club has violated the UFL's five-foreigner-rule. Matches of Global were originally decided to be forfeited after complaints from Ceres La-Salle FC, Kaya FC, Stallion FC, and Pachanga Diliman FC but the decision was overturn after the Appeals Committee ruled that the complainants did not follow proper procedure for reversing match outcomes. Last placers, Manila Nomads qualifies for the next round as a result.
Notes
Footnotes
References
{{United Football League (Philippines)
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Association football clubs established in 2000
Sports in Leyte (province)
Sport in Makati