Manila Nomads F.C.
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| Nickname(s) | The Nomads |
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| Founded | 1914 |
| Owner | Manila Nomads Sports Club |
| President | Jena Fetalino |
| Head coach | Ronaldo Luis Bernardo |
| League | United Football League |
| 2016 | 9th |
| Website | Club home page |
The Manila Nomads Sports Club, or simply the Nomads Sports Club or the Manila Nomads, is a sports club based in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. The sports club primarily focuses on its association football team which played in the United Football League, the highest level of Philippine club football.
In 2011, the Nomads football team won the UFL Division 2 title after being runner-up in 2010. The club, which was formed in 1914, holds the distinction of being the oldest active football club in the Philippines.
Manila Nomads F.C. was founded in 1914 by members of the Manila Club which primarily is a club for Britons and the oldest existing club in the country. James Walker Cairns, who was born in Scotland in 1870 was the first president of the sports club. Cairns served the position from 1914 to 1934. The FIFA Book of Record, lists the football team of Manila Nomads as the first Philippine Football Champion, winning the local league in 1914. The initial site of the club was built near the Manila Club on the corner of Marquins de Comillas and Padre Faura next to the Paco Cemetery. World War II interrupted the activities of the club.
The facilities of the Manila Club were destroyed during the Liberation of Manila. After the war the Nomads used the grounds for their activities and were involved with the rebuilding of the Manila Club which is now occupied by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. It was proposed for the Manila Club and Manila Nomads to be merged but did not push through with the plan after members decided on the matter during a general meeting of the Manila Club.
On January 14, 1949, the Nomads Sports Club was registered as a non-profit corporation in accordance to Philippine law. In 1949/50, a new ground and clubhouse of the Nomads was constructed in Makati, near the corner of current Pasay Road and EDSA. In the 1960s, the club looked for another location after an offer to sell the property to the club was declined by the Board of Directors of the Nomads. The sports club moved to Merville in 1969. The facility was improved upon with the addition of two tennis courts in 1977, a junior Olympic size swimming pool and changing room was added in 1981 as a result of a joint venture with the British School, the first and only lawn bowls green in the Philippines was added in 1988.
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