Garuda F.C. PH
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Garuda F.C. PH is an association football club in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 formed in 2011.
The meaning of Garuda coming from Buddhist and Hindu mythology:
Garuda is a creature having human form with a head and wings of an eagle.In Buddhism, Garuda symbolizes strength and is a knowledgeable creature.In Hindu, Garuda is known as “Taraswin, the fast one" and also “Kāmāyus, the one who lives in happiness”.. It has a motto as well which “Para garuda terbang bersama dan menjunjung tinggi arti dari Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (English: “Garudas fly together and embrace the meaning of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika)

History

Early year 2011, a group of Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n students gathered to play football at the St. Augustine College football field. There were around 21 of them who shared the same passion for football. It was a commitment for the team to meet and play at St. Augustine every Sunday.

On the gathering of the team on the 13th of March 2011, they met with one of the event organizers of the World Cup Philippines. They were asked to join and bring the name of Indonesia to the tournament.

The Indonesian team won its 11 aside matches, but lost in the 7 asides matches. They placed 3rd runner up in its debut tournament.

After the tournament, the team gained a positive response from the public. Other foreigners and some locals (Cambodians, Chinese
Chinese people
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, Korean and Filipinos
Filipinos
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) joined the team. The team decided that they would be named Garuda F.C. PH.

Receiving a positive feedback about the team from the Indonesian students and Filipinos (all football fans), PPIF (Indonesian Students Association in the Philippines) began supporting Garuda F.C. PH and the team was made official on 19 June 2011.

Founders

Jerferson Supit, Frenky Sitorus, Frendy Pangalila, Learyf Karamoy, Jason Nathaniel, Arya Luntungan, Bun Dundu, John Nicolaas II, Nicko, Andrews Warawory, Chanfrien Simbiak, Frederick Maker Andre, Joshua Sihite.

World cup Pilipinas (WCP)

The First Garuda F.C. PH(Former name is Indonesians team) tournament is the "World cup Pilipinas:year 2".

Garuda F.C. PH won the 3rd Runner up Trophy on this tournament and became their first trophy in their first tournament.

Squad in WCP: Year 2

(vice captain)

(captain
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

)
First form Garuda Team
From left (top): Fredrick Panjaitan, Frengky Sitorus, John Nicolaas, Andrews Waramory, Chanfrien Simbiak, Jason Nathaneil, Arfan, Daniel.

From left (bottom) : Frendy Pangalila, Arya Luntungan, Bob Banundi, Jefferson Supit, Frederick Maker Andre, Aditya Suparmono.

Lauriel Cup 2011

Laurel Cup is one of the biggest football events. There are many teams join us it such as Manila Nomads S.C. and Dolphin FC which from the 2nd Division of 2010–11 LBC United Football League season. Garuda F.C. PH sends two squads for this tournament which Garuda F.C. PH Alpha and Garuda F.C. PH Bravo

Garuda F.C. PH Alpha-Squad

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Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

)

Garuda F.C. PH Bravo- Squad

(captain
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

)

UFL CUP

September 15th of year 2011, Garuda F.C. PH registered UFL Cup
United Football Cup
The United Football Cup or commonly known as UFL Cup is a Filipino association football competition. It is played on a knockout basis . Clubs that are eligible to compete for the cup are those who currently plays on the United Football League Division 1 and Division 2...

 clubs tournament as well as in the National Capital Region F.A. which under Philippine Football Federation
Philippine Football Federation
The Philippine Football Federation is the governing body of football in the Philippines. It was founded in 1907 as the Philippine Amateur Football Association . They were one of the 12 Asian associations that founded the Asian Football Confederation...

.

Garuda F.C. PH's 11 Players lineup as of 09 October 2011 in UFL Cup
United Football Cup
The United Football Cup or commonly known as UFL Cup is a Filipino association football competition. It is played on a knockout basis . Clubs that are eligible to compete for the cup are those who currently plays on the United Football League Division 1 and Division 2...

 4-4-2 Formation

UFL Cup 2011-12 Team-Squad (Garuda F.C. PH main squad)

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Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

)

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