The Lions Football Club was a

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club based in

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History

Lions F.C. was established on 7 December 1949 by football coach Mariano Ong. In the 1950s, the Lions dominated other Filipino-Chinese football clubs such as Cheng Hua, Cheng Hong, Electrons, and South Star in local leagues and was composed mostly of players from the

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. The Lions won the Manila Football League seven times. They participated in the Asian Champion Club Tournament (now known as the AFC Champions League) held in

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, in

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, where they finished last in Group A of the group stage.

Honors

Domestic competitions

*Philippines National Championship **Winners (1): 1967 *Manila Football League **Winners (7): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961

References

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