Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.

Loyola Agila (2006–2011)

The club was founded in 2006 as Loyola Agila Football Club by former student footballers of Ateneo de Manila University. The team is named after St. Ignatius of Loyola, the university's patron saint, while Agila is Tagalog for "eagle" (the university's sports teams are called the Ateneo Blue Eagles).

2008 season

Since its foundation, Loyola Agila has been actively participating in local semi-professional club tournaments; the most notable is the Lotto Titans Football Cup.

2009 season

The tournament was later changed to the Republic Cup, expanding the tournament to seven clubs from the previous five. In their opening matches, Loyola Agila defeated Titans FC 2–0, while their match against Superfriends FC ended in a 0–0 draw. Loyola Agila ended the tournament with a 3–2–2 record, finishing 4th overall.

2010 season

Loyola was one of the teams that joined the first season of the UFL which they finished in fourth place. The team was then sponsored by ATR Kim-Eng by the 2011 season, which they finished 5th place under their team captain Patrick Ozaeta. Loyola finished as runners-up in the 2010 Rexona-Republic Cup after losing 4–1 to Caliraya FC in the final.

Loyola Meralco Sparks (2011–2016)

Straight from the 2011 National Club Championships, the brothers Phil and James Younghusband led the new signed players of the Sparks in early September 2011, along with brothers Darren, Matthew and Mark Hartmann. The…