One Taguig Football Club is a professional football club based in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. The club currently plays in the Philippines Football League, the top-flight league of football in the Philippines.

One Taguig
Full nameOne Taguig Football Club
Short name1TFC
Founded2024
OwnerCity Government of Taguig
Head coachJovanie Villagracia
LeaguePhilippines Football League
2024TBD
Current season

History edit

In February 2024, One Taguig was announced to be one of the new clubs of the Philippines Football League and would be provisionally known as the City of Taguig.[1][2] They would received support from the local city government of Taguig. Having no social media presence for the next two months, the club's players would train and prepare for their Philippines Football League debut.[3]

Shortly prior to the start of the 2024 season, their first, the club would brand itself as One Taguig. The club would have Ace Bright as its club manager.[4][5] On 4 April 2024, the club play it first ever professional match in their history in a 4–1 league win against Manila Monet. In the next league match on 13 April, the club recorded their highest ever win in their history in a 8–0 win against Philippine Air Force with Japanese player, Tsukasa Shimomura becoming the first ever player to scored a hat-trick for the club.

Crest edit

The club's crest features the historic Napindan Lighthouse, with the old structure used as a meeting point by the revolutionary group Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution. The 38 leaves of the two stalks represents the barangays of Taguig as well as the development of the club's home city.[4]

Players edit

As of 16 April 2024[6]

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   PHI Quincy Kammeraad
2 DF   PHI Jordan Jarvis
4 DF   IRN Taher Jahanbakhsh
5 DF   PHI Mathew Custodio
6 MF   PHI Kevin Ingreso (captain)
7 MF   PHI Dennis Chung
8 MF   PHI Nicolas Ferrer Jr.
9 FW   PHI Misagh Bahadoran
10 FW   PHI Patrick Grogg
11 FW   PHI Yannick Tuason
13 FW   PHI Andres Aldeguer
17 MF   PHI Stephan Schröck (vice-captain)
18 MF   PHI Patrick Artes
19 DF   PHI Yrick Gallantes
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   NGA Ilemona Usman
22 MF   PHI Arnel Amita
23 DF   PHI Joshua Dutosme
24 GK   PHI Lance Bencio
29 MF   JPN Naoto Hiraishi
72 MF   PHI George Vincent Baker
77 MF   JPN Tsukasa Shimomura
80 MF   PHI Artin Mahvashi
88 GK   PHI Eduard Sacapaño
89 MF   IRN Milad Behgandom
92 DF   PHI Ali Mahmoud
99 MF   SDN Izzeldin Elhabib

Club staff edit

Position Name
Head coach   Jovanie Villagracia
Assistant coaches   Arvin Soliman
Goalkeeping coach
Conditioning Coach    Junior De Murga
Physiotherapist
Team Manager

Head coaches edit

  •   Jovanie Villagracia (2024–)

Records edit

Domestic tournament records edit

Season Division League Position Copa Paulino Alcantara
2024 PFL TBD TBD

References edit

  1. ^ "15 clubs are G this PFL '24". Dugout Philippines. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Old and New Faces to Clash in the New Philippines Football League Season". Football Tribe. February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Cabatbat, Erel (April 4, 2024). "One Taguig FC". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "One Taguig FC eyes strong PFL debut". The Philippine Star. April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "One Taguig FC out to make an impression in PFL debut". Tempo. April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "One Taguig FC". Philippines Football League. Retrieved April 6, 2024.