Pasig City MPBL team
Professional basketball team in Pasig, Philippines
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The Pasig City MPBL team is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team plays its home games at Ynares Sports Arena.
2018 (second incarnation)
1998
Pasig-Rizal Pirates
1999–2000
Pasig Pirates
2018–2019
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors
2019–2021
Pasig City
2022, 2025–present
Pasig City MCW Sports
2022–2023
| Pasig City MPBL team | |
|---|---|
 2025 Pasig City MPBL team season | |
| League | MBA (1998–2000) MPBL (2018–2023, 2025–present) FilBasket (2021–2022) |
| Founded | 1998 (first incarnation) 2018 (second incarnation) |
| History | Pasig Blue Pirates 1998 Pasig-Rizal Pirates 1999–2000 Pasig Pirates 2018–2019 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 2019–2021 Pasig City 2022, 2025–present Pasig City MCW Sports 2022–2023 |
| Arena | Ynares Sports Arena |
| Location | Pasig |
| Team colors | |
| Head coach | Aldrin Morante |
The team's first incarnation was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which ran until 2000. The Pirates would later be revived with an MPBL expansion team for the 2018–19 season.[1] Pasig then took a leave of absence in 2024 before returning in 2025.
The Pasig franchise is one of four teams based in the Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila. They also took part in FilBasket and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.
History
First incarnation (1998–2000)
Pasig's basketball franchise was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, the team was renamed as the Pasig-Rizal Pirates and would remain in the league until 2000.
Second incarnation (2018–present)
The Pasig Pirates were revived in 2018, when they became one of sixteen teams that were part of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's national expansion for its 2018–19 season. The Mark Andaya-led Pirates finished with a league-worst 4–21 record.
In the 2019–20 season, Sta. Lucia Land became the title sponsors of the Pasig franchise, becoming the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors, reviving the Realtors moniker used in the Philippine Basketball Association and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.
Ahead of the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team gained the sponsorship of MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines.[2]
Personnel
Head coaches
| Pasig City MPBL team head coaches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Start | End | Achievements | Ref. |
| 1 | James Machate | 2018 | 2019 | — | |
| 2 | Ronjay Enrile | 2019 | 2019 | — | |
| 3 | Bong Dela Cruz | 2019 | 2022 | — | |
| 4 | Ogie Gumatay | 2022 | 2023 | — | |
| 5 | Boyet Fernandez | 2023 | 2023 | — | |
| 6 | Aldrin Morante | 2025 | current | — | |
Notable players
Metropolitan Basketball Association
- Paul Alvarez[3]
- Bong Ravena
- Jonathan De Guzman
- Jay Magat
- Dorian Peña
- John Dumont
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
| Pasig City MPBL team notable players | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Tenure | Awards | All-Star |
| Mark Andaya | 2018–2019 | — | 1 (2019) | |
| Jeric Teng | 2019–2020 | 1x All-MPBL First Team (2020) | 1 (2020) | |
| Carlo Lastimosa | 2022 | — | 1 (2022) | |
| Jason Ballesteros | 2022–2023 | 1x Defensive Player of the Year (2023) | 1 (2023) | |
| Ryan Costelo | 2022–2023 | 1x All-MPBL Second Team (2023) | 1 (2023) | |
Season-by-season records
| League champions | |
| Division champions | |
| Qualified for playoffs | |
| Best regular season record |
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
| Season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results | |
| Pasig Pirates | |||||||||
| 2018–19 Datu Cup | North | 13th | 25 | 4 | 21 | .160 | 19 | Did not qualify | |
| Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors | |||||||||
| 2019–20 Lakan Season | North | 7th | 30 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8 | First Round | lost vs. Manila, 0–2 |
| Pasig City MCW Sports | |||||||||
| 2022 | North | 2nd | 21 | 14 | 7 | .667 | 7 | Division quarterfinals Division semifinals | won vs. Quezon City, 2–0 lost vs. San Juan, 0–2 |
| 2023 | North | 5th | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 7 | Division quarterfinals | lost vs. Caloocan, 1–2 |
| Did not participate in 2024 | |||||||||
| Pasig City MPBL team | |||||||||
| 2025 | North | 10th | 29 | 12 | 17 | .414 | 16 | Clinched play-in; did not qualify playoffs | |
| All-time regular season record | 133 | 67 | 66 | .504 | 3 playoff appearances | ||||
| All-time playoff record | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 0 finals appearances | ||||
| All-time overall record | 142 | 70 | 72 | .493 | 0 championships | ||||