The Quezon City Black Bulls are a Philippine professional basketball team based in Quezon City. 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 Quezon City District 2 Gymnasium.
The Quezon City franchise began play in the 2018 season, going by the Quezon City Capitals. The original name references Quezon City's status as the national capital of the Philippines from 1949 until 1976. It may also reference Quezon City being the biggest and most populous city in Metro Manila.
The Quezon City franchise is one of four teams based in the Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila.
History The Quezon City Capitals and Imus Bandera were the last teams to join the inaugural season of the MPBL. The team was represented by City Councilor Onyx Crisologo during the contract signing with the League headed by Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes. During the team's inaugural season, Andrew Estrella recorded the league's first triple-double against the Bataan Defenders. The team finished with a 5–4 to clinch the fifth seed in the playoffs, where the Capitals would lose 1–2 to the Valenzuela Classic.
In the 2018–19 season, the team fell one game below .500 with a 12–13 record. Despite that, the team still ranked seventh in the regular season, earning them a playoff berth. The team would pull off a major upset as they swept the second-seeded Makati Super Crunch, before falling to the eventual champion San Juan Knights. In the 2019–20 season, the Capitals didn't perform well compared to the previous two seasons and finished 10–20, finishing 12th in the North and failed to make the playoffs for the first time.
Entering the 2022 season, the team acquired a title sponsorship with MG Motor and became Quezon City MG. Although the team finished 9–12, they still ranked seventh to advance to the playoffs, losing to Pasig City MCW Sports. The team then found a new title sponsor in Gaz N Go entering the 2023 season, becoming Quezon City Gaz N Go. Mid-season, the team underwent new management as it has gained the backing of the Toda Aksyon Partylist, thus renaming the team Quezon City Toda Aksyon.
For the 2026 season, the team changed their name as the Quezon City Black Bulls.
Home venues The Quezon City franchise has played in three home venues thus far, all of them are on-campus venues. Their first home venue in the 2018 season was the Seed Dome at JCSGO Christian Academy. The other two, introduced in the 2018–19 season, were Ateneo de Manila University's Blue Eagle Gym and Trinity University of Asia's Henry Noble Gymnasium.
After not being able to play at home in 2022 and 2023, the team played at Amoranto Arena in the 2024 season. It was the first venue that wasn't on-campus.
In the 2025 season, the team found its primary venue in Commonwealth, at the Quezon City District 2 Gymnasium.
In the 2026 season, the team played its home games at a new alternate primary venue in Novaliches, at the Novadeci Convention Center.
Venue Location 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 JCSGO Christian Academy Quezon City Blue Eagle Gym Trinity University of Asia Amoranto Arena Quezon City District 2 Gymnasium Novadeci Convention Center
Current roster
Head coaches Quezon City Black Bulls head coaches # Name Start End Achievements Ref. 1 2018 2019 — 2 2019 2020 — 3 2022 2022 — 4 2023 2023 — 5 2023 2023 — 6 2023 2024 — 7 2025 2025 — 8 2026 current —
Notable players
MPBL All-Star Day
All-Star selections Jay Collado – 2019 Clark Derige – 2020 Genmar Bragais – 2022 Jason Ballesteros – 2024 Rhinwill Yambing – 2024
PBA players
Ex-PBA players Marcy Arellano Jason Ballesteros Jojo Duncil Hesed Gabo James Martinez Josan Nimes Rey Publico Magi Sison
Season-by-season records Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2026 MPBL season.
MPBL champions Division champions Playoff berth
Season League Division Regular season Playoffs Finish Played Wins Losses Win % GB Round Results Quezon City Capitals 2018 MPBL — 5th 9 5 4 3 Quarterfinals lost vs. Valenzuela, 1–2 2018–19 MPBL North 7th 25 12 13 11 Division quarterfinals Division semifinals won vs. Makati, 2–0 lost vs. San Juan, 0–2 2019–20 MPBL North 12th 30 10 20 16 Did not qualify Quezon City MG 2022 MPBL North 7th 21 9 12 12 Division quarterfinals lost vs. Pasig City, 0–2 Quezon City Toda Aksyon 2023 MPBL North 14th 28 3 25 23 Did not qualify 2024 MPBL North 9th 28 15 13 11 Did not qualify Quezon City Galeries Taipan 2025 MPBL North 12th 29 7 22 21 Did not qualify Quezon City Black Bulls 2026 MPBL North 9th 25 11 14 12 Division quarterfinals TBD vs. Abra Regular season record 72 123 4 playoff appearances Playoff record 3 6 0 finals appearances Cumulative record 75 129 0 championships
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