UP Fighting Maroons

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UP Fighting Maroons
University of the Philippines Diliman
UP Fighting Maroons logo
League UAAP
Joined 1938
(NCAA founding member - 1924)
Location Diliman, Quezon City
Team colors UP colors.svg Maroon & Forest Green
White as a tertiary color
Juniors' team Junior Maroons (formerly the Preps)
Women's team Lady Maroons
Seniors' general championships
UAAP: 5
(1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1997-98)
Juniors' general championships
UAAP: none

The Fighting Maroons is the name of the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Maroons. They compete in all of the sports of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The University of the Philippines Integrated School is the affiliate juniors school. They play as the Junior Maroons, formerly the Preps.


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[edit] History

UAAP Founding Member
UP is one of the founding members (1938) of the UAAP. It was also a founding member and the originator of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the year 1924.

UP was a perennial contender for the over-all championship in the NCAA. While in the UAAP, The team last won the UAAP Seniors Overall Championship in the 1997-1998 season, two years before the University last hosted the competitions prior to its centennial.

Name
The word Maroon comes from the Spanish word cimarron which means wild, untamed. The word was used to refer to African slaves who escaped into the hills from the Spaniards when the British invaded Jamaica in 1655. By 1660, the British have wrested control of most of the island from the Spaniards but they continued to fight the Maroons. Though the Maroons were few in number, not more than 2,000 strong, they fought as if they were a large force. This fighting between the British and the Maroons ended when they signed a peace treaty in 1738. (taken from The History of Jamaica) The use of the term embodies the spirit of students of the University to "escape" from the status quo, by trying to bring it to a state of betterment. The adjective "fighting" was added for the athletic team to intensify the eagerness to combat any obstacles to win for the honor of the University. Former names include the Maroons and Greens and the Parrots.

[edit] Teams

UAAP Varsity Teams:

  • Basketball
  • Volleyball
  • Beach Volleyball
  • Football
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Tennis
  • Table Tennis


  • Badminton
  • Chess
  • Judo
  • Taekwondo
  • Fencing
  • Swimming
  • Athletics

Other Varsity Teams:

[edit] Championships

The following table shows the number of championships in the UAAP, unless otherwise specified. It can be noted that UP has titles in all the sports in the UAAP program (except the newly-installed beach volleyball, so far) and the University boasts of successful swimming and athletics programs, with 30 and 20 titles apiece in the league (33 for swimming if one includes NCAA). UP also holds the most number of titles in judo (16) and badminton (11) in the UAAP.

Sport Men's Women's Boys' Girls' Total Notes
Swimming 16
NCAA: 3		 12 0 2 33 *
Athletics 18 0 2 - 20 **
Basketball 2
NCAA: 4		 7 1
NCAA: 3		 - 17 *
Judo 4 12 0 - 16
Football 15 0 - - 15
Baseball 13 - - - 13
Volleyball 4 8 0 0 12
Badminton 5 6 - - 11
Table Tennis 3 5 - - 8
Tennis 6
NCAA: 1		 0 - - 7 *
Fencing 1 5 - - 6
Chess 1 3 - - 4
Softball - 4 - - 4
Taekwondo 0 1 0 - 1
Beach volleyball 0 0 - - 0

Note: Most number of championships in each division is in italics.
* includes both UAAP & NCAA titles
** does not include NCAA titles

[edit] Streaks

  • Current Championship Streak(s):
Women's Swimming - 3 (2009–2011)
Boys' Athletics - 2 (2009–2010)
  • Longest Championship Streak(s) (4 years and over):
Women's Badminton - 6 (1995–2000) (UR) 1
Men's Swimming - 5 (2003–2007) 2
Women's Fencing - 5 (2000–2004) (UR)
Baseball - 5 (1977–1981) (UR) 3
Men's Football - 5 (1973–1977) 4
Women's Basketball - 4 (1980–1983) (UR)
Men's Badminton - 4 (1997–2000) (UR)
Women's Judo - 4 (1999–2002) and (2006–2009)
Women's Table Tennis - 4 (1997–2000)
Men's Volleyball - 4 (1977–1980)
  • ^1 (UR) means UAAP Record.
  • ^2 The team has another streak from 1996–1999 (4).
  • ^3 Includes 1 co-championship (1977 with FEU).
  • ^4 Includes 2 co-championships (both with UST).

[edit] Double Crowns

A double crown usually refers to winning both the Men's and Women's (Seniors), or Boys' and Girls' (Juniors) championship in the same sport at a single UAAP season.

  • Seniors:
    • Swimming: 8 (consecutive: 1939-40 and 1940–41 and 1997–98, 1998–99, and 1999–2000; and 1947–48, 1993–94, and 2010–2011)
    • Badminton: 4 (consecutive: 1997-98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01)
    • Athletics: 3 (consecutive: 1972-73, 1973–74; and 1977–78)
    • Volleyball: 2 (consecutive: 1978-79, 1979–80)
    • Judo: 2 (1995–96, 2007–08)
    • Football: 1 (1978–79)
  • Juniors:
    • Volleyball: 3 (consecutive: 1983-84, 1984–85, 1985–86)


The following are "double crowns" of different nature:

  • Men's & Girls'
    • Volleyball: 3 (1991–92, 1994–95, 1999–2000)
    • Swimming: 2 (2006–07, 2007–08)
  • Men's & Boys'
    • Basketball: 2 (consecutive: 1925-26, 1926–27) (NCAA)

[edit] Rankings History

The following tables show the rankings history of the teams in the UAAP.

[edit] Seniors Division championships

Year MEN'S
Basketball Volleyball Beach volleyball Swimming Chess Table tennis Tennis Badminton Track and field Fencing Taekwondo Judo Baseball Football
1996-97 [1] 3rd 4th   2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th 1st C1 3rd 1st 2nd 6th
2005-06 4th C2 3rd   1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 5th 1st 1st 4th
2006-07 6th 2nd 2nd C3 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 6th 4th 6th 2nd 4th 3rd
2007-08 8th 4th 8th 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 5th 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 4th
2008-09 6th 2nd 4th 3rd 6th 3rd 3rd 5th 5th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 1st
2010–11 8th 3rd 4th 1st 4th 4th 4th 5th 6th 1st 3rd 4th 6th 1st
2011–12 8th 4th 4th 5th 5th 4th 4th


Year WOMEN'S
Basketball Volleyball Beach volleyball Swimming Chess Table tennis Tennis Badminton Track and field Fencing Taekwondo Judo Softball Football
1996-97 [1] 4th 3rd   2nd   1st 2nd 1st 5th 1st C1 3rd 1st 1st 5th
2005-06 3rd 7th   2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 4th 7th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th
2006-07 4th 6th 7th C3 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
2007-08 2nd 5th 8th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 5th
2008-09 2nd 8th 2nd 4th 3rd 4th 6th 5th 3rd 1st
2010-11 6th 7th 7th 1st 4th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 5th 4th 2nd 4th 5th
2011–12 7th 7th 1st 1st 5th 3rd 2nd
  • ^C1 Fencing and Women's Tennis were demonstration sports in 1996-97, and is not included in the calculation of points for the overall championship.
  • ^C2 This placing is due to forfeiture of La Salle games. See UAAP Season 68 for details.
  • ^C3 Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport in 2006-07, and is not included in the calculation of points for the overall championship.

[edit] Juniors Division Championships

Year BOYS' GIRLS'
Basketball Volleyball Swimming Chess Table tennis Football Taekwondo Track and field Judo Volleyball Swimming
1996-97 [1] 6th 4th 6th - 6th    ? 5th   2nd 5th
2006-07 4th 4th 4th - 3rd   3rd 3rd - 3rd 1st
2007-08 7th 5th 4th - 5th - 3rd 3rd - 4th 1st
2008-09 8th 6th 5th - 4th - 4th 3rd - 4th 3rd
2009-10 8th 6th 5th - 6th - - 1st 5th 4th 3rd
2010-11 8th 6th 5th - 6th - - 1st - 3rd 4th

[edit] Basketball

[edit] UAAP Season 74

[edit] The Fighting Maroons Basketball Team Roster

No. Name Position Height Weight Playing Yr. High School
4 Michael Joseph Z. Gamboa PG 5' 6" 145 lbs. 4th Ateneo de Manila
5 Robby Victorio Weirzba PG 6' 2" 175 lbs. 2nd Terra Nova HS California USA
6 Jose Anton Teodoso V. Manuel SG 6' 1" 170 lbs. 2nd Xavier School
7 Alinko Mbah C 6' 7" 205 lbs. 1st Bosworth International Lagos Nigeria
8 Francis Miguel R. Maniego SG 6' 0" 165 lbs. Final Year UP Integrated School
10 Anjelo A. Montecastro PG/SG 6' 1" 170 lbs. 4th (Transf.) San Beda College
11 Vergel P. Evangelista PF/C 6' 5" 190 lbs. 2nd Philippine College of Criminology
13 Don Carlo B. Fortu SF 6' 1" 170 lbs. 3rd Saint Bridget College Batangas City
14 Moriah Joel B. Gingerich SF 6' 2" 175 lbs. 3rd Faith Academy
15 Carlo C. Gomez PF 6' 3" 180 lbs. 3rd Saint Claire School
16 Mark Kevin S. Juruena C 6' 5" 190 lbs. 3rd Adamson University
18 Martin Javier L. Pascual PF/C 6' 5" 190 lbs. 2nd Ateneo de Manila
19 Paolo Luis J. Romero PF 6' 3" 170 lbs. Rookie Ateneo de Manila
20 Julius Paul T. Wong SG 6' 1" 170 lbs. Final Year Colegio de San Juan de Letran
21 Michael Jeffrey C. Silungan SF 6' 3" 180 lbs. 4th Conant HS Illinois USA

[edit] Team Depth Chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Alinko Mbah Mark Juruena Vergel Evangelista
PF Carlo Gomez Paolo Romero Martin Pascual
SF Mike Silungan Moriah Gingerich Carlo Fortu
SG Jett Manuel Miggy Maniego Julius Wong
PG Mike Gamboa Gelo Montecastro Robby Weirzba

[edit] Coaching Staff

  • Head Coach: Frederick "Ricky" Dandan
  • Assistant Coaches:
    • Joey Mendoza
    • Jojo Villa
    • Duane Salvatera
    • Mark Dandan
  • Athletic Trainers:
    • Ronnie Dizer
    • Julio Veloso

Team Managers:

  • Ponciano Rivera
  • Bert Mendoza

[edit] Notable Players

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c UAAP 59 Web Archive Retrieved 15 October 2007

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