Don Bosco – Garelli
Full nameDon Bosco – Garelli United Football Club
Short nameDon Bosco
Garelli United
Garelli
Founded2013 (2013)
Head coachJoel Villarino
LeaguePhilippines Football League (proposed)
2024TBD

Don Bosco – Garelli United Football Club, also known as Don Bosco Garelli or Garelli United, is a Philippine professional football club.

History

Don Bosco Garelli United F.C. was established by ex-seminarians and former Don Bosco students as a mean to provide boys education through football. It was named after Bartholomew Garelli, the first student of Italian priest and Roman Catholic saint John Bosco in 1841.[1]

Don Bosco Garelli has fielded a 7-a-side team in the AIA 7's Football League.[1] They would also enter the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara.[2]

In late 2023, Don Bosco Garelli announced that they would be joining the 2024 season of the Philippines Football League.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Olivares, Rick (August 23, 2022). "Looking at 7s team Garelli United". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  2. "Expanded 17-team Copa Paulino Alcantara to start 15 July". Philippines Football League. June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  3. Terrado, Jonas (December 11, 2023). "'Copa' success encourages PFL expansion". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 11, 2023.


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