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| Full name | Manila Nomads Sports Club 1914 | ||
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| Nickname | The Nomads | ||
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| Founded | 1914 | ||
| Home ground | Paco Park, Manila (1914-1949) Pasay Road-EDSA, Makati (1950-1968) Merville, Parañaque (1969-2017) San Lazaro Leisure Park, Carmona (2017-2019) Carmona, Makati (present) | ||
| Colours | White, Green, Black, Grey | ||
| Chairman | Jena Fetalino | ||
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Manila Nomads Sports Club, also known as Nomads Sports Club, Nomads SC or simply Manila Nomads and Nomads, is a Filipino multi-sport club now based in Carmona, Makati, Philippines. For much of the club's history, its beginnings and roots were situated within the city of Manila at the Paco Park from 1914 to 1949 and around Metro Manila, with its former grounds in the metropolis located, once more, in Makati from 1950 to 1968 and at the Merville area in Parañaque from 1969 to 2017.
The Manila Nomads Sports Club is the oldest active multi-sport club in the Philippines starting its involvements in sports continuously since 1914 and is parent to a number of different departments including football, rugby sevens, cricket, tennis, squash, and lawn bowls. The sports club is mostly known for its activities in football and rugby.
Its men's football team, fielded for the first time in the same year of the club's foundation in 1914, is now the oldest and last selection of the teams that participated in the first National Championships, since it started in 1911. Nomads is also the third ever club to win the Philippines National Football Championship, as well in 1914.[1] The team, however, last played in the now-defunct United Football League, the highest level of Philippine club football in which, in 2011, the Nomads football team won it's second division after being the runner-up in 2010. Nomads SC also took part in the United Football League domestic cup and in the PFF National Men's Club Championship. The Nomads saw their last involvement in the league and cup in 2016, which were also their last edition, before seeing the launch of the new top-tier league. Despite that, the club is yet to participate in the Philippines Football League. The women's football team is also one of the section the club pays great attention to, as it's team was active way before the PFF Women's League was organized. In 2010 their team, named Nomads StretchMarks, participated in a few tournaments which they were able to win some and also took part in the Weekend Women's Football League.[2] The Nomads then organized a team that is now competing in the current top tier league and in the PFF Women's Cup. The sports club also feature youth teams, also thanks to the Philippines women's national football team and its win in the 2022 AFF Women's Championship, the results obtained in the Asian Cup and the first ever participation in the World Cup sparked more interest and engagement in the sport.
Rugby, like football is a staple for Nomads SC, as it is one of the main promoters of the sport. The Club, thanks to its efforts, was one of the factors for the birth of the Philippine Rugby Football Union in 1998. The club host one of the oldest and most popular rugby 10s tournaments in Asia, the Manila 10s International Rugby Festival which, before the club was forced out, took place in their home in Merville, Parañaque. The tournament now is taking place in sports venues around Metro Manila. Nomads has its own team in rugby, for both men's and women's, called Manila Nomads Rugby Club and compete in both rugby 7s and rugby 15s. The club also boasts a number of representatives in the Philippine Volcanoes national team, the Philippine Residents XV, and the National Development Team (for Philippine Heritage players). The club's overall objective is to get more and more local players involved in the sport as it also has a development program called Nomads Youth Rugby Program .[3][4]
Nomads' connection with the sport of cricket is also evident, as the first games date back during the years of the club's foundation. Like rugby, the club is also one of its major promoters and developers in the Philippines and when the Philippine Cricket Association was established in June 1999, it had its official base at the Nomads headquarters in Merville before the club moved out. It's team, the Nomads Cricket Team became a three-time National Cricket Champion in 2013.[5]
- ^ Schöggl, Hans. "Philippines – List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "Sports – Ladies Football". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Rugby".
- ^ "YouthRugbyProgram".
- ^ "Sports – Cricket". Retrieved 5 August 2015.