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.
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. 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.
Personnel
Head coaches Pasig City MPBL team head coaches # Name Start End Achievements Ref. 1 1998 2001 — 2 2018 2019 — 3 2019 2019 — 4 2019 2022 — 5 2022 2023 — 6 2023 2023 — 7 2025 2025 — 8 2026 2026 — 9 2026 current —
Notable players Individual award winners
MPBL All-Star Day PBA players
Ex-PBA players
Josan Nimes
Metropolitan Basketball Association Paul Alvarez Bong Ravena Jonathan De Guzman Jay Magat Dorian Peña John Dumont
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Pasig City MPBL team notable playersPlayerPositionTenureAwardsAll-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 ResultsPasig Pirates 2018–19 Datu Cup North 13th 25 4 21 19 Did not qualifyPasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 2019–20 Lakan Season North 7th 30 18 12 8 First Round lost vs. Manila, 0–2Pasig City MCW Sports 2022 North 2nd 21 14 7 7 Division quarterfinals lost vs. San Juan, 0–2 2023 North 5th 28 19 9 7 Division quarterfinals lost vs. Caloocan, 1–2 Did not participate in 2024Pasig City MPBL team 2025 North 10th 29 12 17 16 Clinched play-in; did not qualify playoffs2026 North 8th 25 11 14 12 Clinched play-in; To be determined All-time regular season record 78 80 3 playoff appearances All-time playoff record 3 6 0 finals appearances All-time overall record 81 86 0 championships
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