The 1980 Gilbey's Gin season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Transactions ADDITIONS Wilfredo Generalao Rookie signed Orlando Delos Santos Acquired from defunct Filmanbank Wilfredo Tanduyan and Armando Torres Acquired from Crispa Marlowe Jacutin Acquired from Royal
Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino) Galleon Shippers 2 1 1-1 1-0 Great Taste / Presto 2 1 1-1 1-0 Honda 2 1 2-0 0-1 Royal / San Miguel 2 2 1-1 1-1 Tanduay 4 5 2-0 2-5 Tefilin 1 2 0-2 1-0 Toyota Tamaraws 1 4 0-2 1-2 U-Tex Wranglers 2 2 0-2 2-0 Walk Tall / Crispa 0 5 0-2 0-3Total 16 23 7-11 9-12
Semifinal stint Coach Pilo Pumaren was replaced by Nemie Villegas as the team's head coach in the season-ending All-Filipino Conference. Gilbey's posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss cards in the elimination and quarterfinal phase and they made it to the four-team semifinals for the first time in five conferences. The Gins didn't win any match in the single round-robin and they placed fourth by losing to Tanduay in four games of their best-of-five series for third place.
Awards Willie Generalao was named the season's Rookie of the year
Roster
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