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De La Salle Green Archers De La Salle University-Manila
League	UAAP
Joined	Member since 1986 (Founding member of the NCAA in 1924-Member from 1924 to 1980-81)
Seniors' general championships	UAAP : none NCAA: 6 (1967-68, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81)
Juniors' general championships	UAAP: none NCAA: 2 (1965-66, 1966-67) (*La Salle also won juniors titles in 1971-72, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1977-78, but these were credited to La Salle Green Hills.)
Location	Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila (Srs.) Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila (Jrs.)
Team colors	Green and white
Juniors' team	Junior Archers
Women's team	Lady Archers
Staple cheer	"Animo La Salle!" "Rektikano!" "Go La Salle!" "Boom-Ma-Kaya" "Zama Zima Zam" "Derecho La Salle"

The De La Salle Green Archers (also La Salle Green Archers) is the varsity team of De La Salle University-Manila in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and in other leagues.

Their main rivals were the San Beda Red Lions, the Letran Knights, the San Sebastian Stags and the Jose Rizal Heavy Bombers during the Green Archers' NCAA days (1924-1980)^{[citation needed]} and the Ateneo Blue Eagles, FEU Tamaraws and the UST Growling Tigers in the UAAP (from 1986 to present).^{[citation needed]}

La Salle was a founding member of the NCAA in 1924, together with Ateneo, San Beda, Letran, National, UP and UST. Its founding representative in 1924 was Brother John Lyman FSC (a De La Salle Sports Hall of Fame Awardee).

La Salle won the first ever NCAA Junior Basketball Title in the inaugural 1924-25 season. It won its first ever NCAA Senior Basketball Title in the 1939-40 season.

In 1986, La Salle joined the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

Currently, aside from the UAAP, the Green Archers also participate in off-season collegiate invitational leagues such as the Nike Summer League, the Fil-Oil Homegrown Post-UAAP and Summer Leagues, the Biennial Inter-La Salle League and the Home and Away League. In December 2006, the Green Archers won the Fil-Oil Homegrown Invitational League and in June 2007, it also won the Nike Summer Invitational League, winning over the FEU Tamaraws in the finals, and also the Fil-Oil Summer Invitational League, winning over the then 2006 NCAA Champions-San Beda Red Lions in the finals.

The De La Salle Green Archers are the current 2007 UAAP Senior Basketball Champions.

Contents 1 NCAA (1924-1980) and UAAP (1986 to present) basketball 1.1 2005 Player ineligibility scandal 1.2 Current roster 1.3 Current depth chart 1.4 Notable De La Salle Green Archers 1.4.1 Retired numbers 2 Volleyball 2.1 Women's Volleyball 2.1.1 Notable players 3 Football 3.1 Men's Football 3.2 Notable players 3.3 Women's Football 4 Ranking 5 Websites Related to De La Salle Green Archers

The De La Salle Green Archers had moderate success in basketball since joining the NCAA in 1924, winning five senior basketball titles in the said league in 1939, 1947, 1956, 1971 and 1974. The NCAA held no annual tournaments during the Japanese Occupation years and the year following the Liberation of Manila from 1942 up to 1946.

La Salle withdrew from the NCAA, and joined the UAAP after six years of inactivity in intercollegiate athletics. See related story :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_%28Philippines%29

The De La Salle Greenies won the very first NCAA Junior Basketball Title in the inaugural 1924-25 season. It won its last NCAA Junior Basketball Title in the 1955-56 NCAA season led by its star player-Kurt Bachmann. Bachmann later led the Green Archers in the NCAA Seniors Division to get the seniors basketball title in the 1956-57 NCAA season. In 2005, the De La Salle-Zobel won it's first UAAP championship and 3rd overall. The Greenies came back to the NCAA as the Juniors counterparts of the CSB Blazers.

In 1986, La Salle joined the UAAP and has won seven titles in its 20-year participation in the league. In 1989, La Salle won its very first UAAP senior basketball title and made it back-to-back in 1990. From 1998-2001, La Salle won four straight UAAP senior basketball titles after four straight runner-up finishes the previous years. They regained the title in 2007 via a two-game sweep of the UE Red Warriors, which ended the two-round classification phase winning all 14 games to reach the finals, only to fall by a more experienced Archers team fresh from a one-year suspension from a year ago.

In 1991 UAAP Finals La Salle's final game win was protested by the FEU after a Green Archer was left on the playing court by the UAAP Table Officials for about 10 seconds, after being disqualified for incurring 5 personal fouls. The UAAP Board upheld the protest which was made by FEU after the championship match ended and then ordered the replay of the already won championship match. La Salle did not show up, as a metter of principle claiming to have won legitimately since the error was made by the official UAAP Table officials and not that of the De La Salle Team Coaching staff, and FEU was awarded the 1991 trophy.^{[citation needed]}

On October 10, 2005, the University officially revealed to the newspapers in an official De La Salle press release that a then current La Salle player (later identified as second-string back-up center-Mark Benitez) was discovered by the university itself to be ineligible to continue to study in the university and therefore play for it in the UAAP. The player was unilaterally discovered by the university to have submitted, as part of La Salle's requirements for admission as a college freshman school year 2003-2004, a falsified Department of Education Philippine Educational Placement Test Certificate of Rating (PEPTCR, a government-issued replacement for a regular high school diploma). In November 2005 after concluding the university's official internal investigation and then submitting its official report to the UAAP Board, the University returned its 2004 UAAP Senior Basketball championship and 2005 runner-up trophies.

On October 18, 2005, a meeting was held between the player's camp and the La Salle administrators. Benitez' father denied reports that his son failed the PEPTCR. La Salle also admitted, after DepEd submitted its findings to La Salle, that a second Green Archer, second-string guard Tim Gatchalian, who was no longer even a member of the Green Archers during the 2005-2006 UAAP season but played in the previous 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 seasons, also used spurious documents to enter college, and hence, also rendering himself ineligible to continue to study in the university and play in the UAAP. La Salle later both expelled Benitez and Gatchalian and cancelled all their previously earned college credits after due official investigation.

In a letter addressed to the UAAP, De La Salle informed the league of their intent to take a leave from men's basketball. ^[1] The UAAP rejected this move by La Salle, saying that because basketball is a required event for members' continuing participation, La Salle had to have a leave of absence on all sports and not just Men's Basketball.

In a meeting held at Adamson University on April 21, 2006, the UAAP Board unanimously voted to suspend De La Salle from all UAAP events (in the senior, junior and womens divisions) for the succeeding 2006-2007 (69th) season due to negligence. The UAAP board also decided to award the 2004 Seniors Basketball crown to the Far Eastern University Tamaraws.

A team in the UAAP is composed of fifteen players. All fifteen listed players may be fielded in a single game. Also, each team is given a maximum limit of two foreign players without Filipino roots to join its squad. This season, those two players from the team are Marko Batricevic from Serbia, and Ferdinand from Indonesia.

• Head Coach:
  • Franz Pumaren
• Assistant Coaches:
  • Jack Santiago
  • Joey Santamaria
  • Tyrone Bautista
• Courtside Reporter:
  • Sharon Yu

#	Position	Country	Last Name	First Name	Nick Name	Eligibility	Status
7	PG		Atkins	Simon	Loyal Archer	1st year
17	SF		Barua	Peejay	Peejay	2nd year
20	C		Batricevic	Marko	Euro Secret	1st year
6	PG		Casio	Joseph Evans	JV/J-Shock	4th year
12	PF		Co	Kish Grover	The Stephenian	3rd year
16	SF		Cua	Oliver John	OJ	4th year
18	PF		Ferdinand		Ferdie	1st year	Foreigner
15	C		Ilad	Brian	Mount Ilad	1st year
21	SG		Lee	Rejan	Baby Ninja	3rd year
8	SF		Malabes	Bader Abdulla	Bad-er Bomber	1st year
19	SF		Mangahas	James Phillip	The Snake	2nd year
10	PF		Maierhofer	Paul Rico	Rico Mambo / The Kite	3rd year
11	PG		Tang	Tyrone	TY	5th year	Captain
9	SG		Villanueva	Pocholo Iňigo	Cholo	5th year
5	C		Walsham	PJ		3rd year

Position	Starter	2nd Stringer	3rd Stringer
C	WALSHAM	ILAD	BATRICEVIC
PF	MAIERHOFER	CO	FERDINAND
SF	MANGAHAS	MALABES	CUA
SG	CASIO	VILLANUEVA	BARUA
PG	TANG	ATKINS	LEE

• Kurt Bachmann - Captain of the 1955 NCAA Juniors Champion Greenies and the 1956 NCAA Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Enrique "Totit" Valles - Captain of the 1939 NCAA Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Leo Prieto (also became the Green Archers' Head Coach in the NCAA, Philippine National Head Coach and also became the 1st ever Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner in 1975)
• Carlos J. Valdes
• Manolet Araneta
• Eddie Decena
• Dominador Sevillano
• Augusto Fermin
• Eddie Sharuff
• Rene Wassmer
• Raymond Siochi
• Antonio Lara
• Ramoncito Campos - also an Olympian
• Valentin "Tito" Eduque - Captain of the 1947 NCAA Seniors Champion Green Archers, became the Green Archers' Head Coach in the NCAA and also became the Philippine National Head Coach)
• Martin Urra Sr.
• Guillermo Manotoc
• Tommy Manotoc
• Jose Mari Valles
• Carlos Valles
• Carlos "Bobong" Velez
• Joaquin "Joaqui" Trillo
• Jose Miguel "Mike" Bilbao - Captain of the 1971 NCAA Champion Green Archers
• Fritz Sola
• Lim Eng Beng - Member of the 1971 and 1974 NCAA Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Armando "Doy" Escober
• Julian "Julie" Lim
• Pitloy Mirasol
• Dindo Guevarra
• Alex Malixi
• Virgil Villavicencio - Member of the 1974 NCAA Seniors Champion Green Archers and also became the Green Archers' Head Coach in the NCAA)
• Rey Pages
• Amadeo "Titong" Sagarbarria
• Henry Brodett
• Billy Johnston
• Edward Dizon
• Gregorio Rastrullo
• Dennis Mendoza
• Gabby Liwag
• Gregory Bichara
• Franz Pumaren - Member of the last 1980 NCAA La Salle team and the first 1986 UAAP La Salle team / currently the Green Archers' Head Coach in the UAAP since 1998)
• Tonichi Yturri
• Dindo Pumaren
• Joel Uichico
• Joseph "Jong" Uichico (also became the Green Archers' Head Coach in the UAAP, Philippine National Head Coach and is the current head coach of Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA)
• Joseller "Yeng ' Guiao - Red Bull coach and Coach Jong Uichico's DLSC Greenies batchmate
• Zandro "Jun" Limpot - Member of the 1989 and 1990 UAAP Champion Green Archers
• Teddy Monasterio
• Boy Manguera
• Alex Marquez
• Raffa Dinglasan
• Joey Santamaria - Captain of the 1989 UAAP Seniors Champion Team and now Asst. Coach of the Green Archers
• Richard Del Rosario
• Alfie Almario
• Joey Guanio
• Richard "Dickie" Bachmann - Member of the 1990 UAAP Champion Green Archers
• Adriano "Addy" Papa, Jr. II
• Eddie Viaplana
• Jonas Mariano
• Arnel Guste
• Noli Locsin
• Johnedel Cardel
• Tony Boy Espinosa
• Mark Clemence Telan (former back-to-back UAAP MVP)
• Luigi Trillo
• Jason Webb
• Dwight Lago
• Elmer Lago
• Tyrone Bautista
• Maui Roca
• Chris Tan
• Dino Aldeguer - Member of the 1998 and 1999 UAAP Champion Green Archers
• Dominic Uy
• Cali John Orfrecio
• Francis Zamora
• Don Carlos Allado (former UAAP MVP)
• Mon Jose
• Alvin Castro
• Willy Wilson
• Mac Cuan
• Allen Glenn Patrimonio
• Ren-Ren Ritualo - Member of the 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2001 UAAP Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Mike Cortez
• BJ Manalo - Member of the 1999, 2000 & 2001 UAAP Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Mark Cardona - Member of the 2001 UAAP Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Joseph "The Ninja" Yeo - Member of the 2001 UAAP Seniors Champion Green Archers
• Jerwin Gaco
• Santiago "Junjun" Cabatu
• Ryan Araña
• Richard Del Rosario
• Aldo Perez
• Adonis Sta. Maria
• Manny Ramos
• Carlo Sharma
• JR Aquino (now playing for the Ginebra Gin Kings)
• JV Casio
• TY Tang
• Pocholo Villanueva
• Rico Maierhofer

• 4 Ren Ren Ritualo (played in 5-UAAP seasons for the Green Archers:1997,1998,1999,2000&2001)
• 14 Lim Eng Beng (played in 4-NCAA seasons for the Green Archers:1971,1972,1973&1974)
• 33 Kurt Bachman (played in 4-NCAA seasons for the Green Archers:1956,1957,1958&1959)

The Women's Volleyball team has been successful over the past few seasons. They have won the UAAP title for the last few years and they are also the reigning three-time champions in the school-based commercial league Shakey's V-League.

• Maureen Penetrante - RP Team Member and has won a lot of MVP, Best Attacker and Best Scorer awards in both UAAP and Shakey's V - League
• Manilla Santos
• Desiree Hernandez - RP Team Member
• Relea Ferina "Chie" Saet - Has won a lot of Best Setter awards in UAAP and Shakey's V-League
• Sharmaine Miles Peñano - Has won a lot of Best Digger and Best Libero awards in UAAP and Shakey's V-League
• Michelle Datuin
• Jacqueline Alarca
• Concepcion Legaspi
• Ivy Remulla
• Carla Llaguno - Current Team Captain or Captain Ball of the DLSU Lady Archers

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The DLSU men's football team captured its first ever solo UAAP championship via a rare sweep in 1994-95. The team was bannered by national team mainstay and league MVP Tuteng Marasigan, Jay Pascual, Teo Ocampo, rookie standouts Christian Lozano and Albe Aparilla, and coached by Hans Smit.

In 1991-92, it was declared joint UAAP champions with UST.

The team however failed to defend its championship losing to arch-rival Ateneo de Manila University in a heartbreaking loss in the finals. Ateneo entered the finals with a twice to beat advantage by topping the eliminations round. La Salle took game 1 of the finals series 2-1 to arrange the final showdown, but lost 2-1 to the Vince Santos powered Ateneo team.

The following year, Coach Hans revamped the DLSU lineup and enhanced the team with several rookies and sophomores. The team included rookies William Paradies, Torto Canga, Jon Chua, Joey Mapa, Dave Javellana, Jun Sola, Peter Amores and Dodee Molina to complement holdovers Alvin Ocampo, Christian Lozano, Norman Azarcon, JM Pons, Owens Sun, Albe Aparilla, Byron Rempillo, Theo Zaragoza and LJ Villanueva. The team topped the eliminations round and this time had the twice to beat advantage in the re-match with Ateneo in the Finals. DLSU however did not allow the finals to reach a 2nd game and re-captured the 1996-97 crown via a 2-1 victory, courtesy of goals by midfielders Norman Azarcon and Albe Aparilla.

With a near intact line-up and key additions like the comebacking Francis Feliciano and Dennis Villanueva to anchor the defense and rookie goal keeper Ted Guinto DLSU successfully defending its crown in 1997-98 and captured back-to-back championships. This year DLSU again took the twice to beat advantage leading into the finals series, however Ateneo took game 1 via a 2-1 victory. DLSU however regrouped in time for the deciding match. Ateneo took the lead early via a header from Ramon Espejo in the first half and kept the 1-0 lead at halftime. The second half was a completely different story, with DLSU unleashing its true scoring form, taking 5 straight goals in the second half to take the title once again via a 5-1 hammering of its archrival. Alvin Ocampo and Christian Lozano took co-MVP honors.

• Virgilio Lobregat
• Sebastian Ugarte
• Emilio Ugarte Sr.
• Pedro Morro
• Francisco Ortigas Jr.
• Joaquin Jose Ortigas
• Rafael Ygoa
• Adrian Manzano
• Felipe Monserrat Sr.
• Bruno Vicente
• Ignacio Vicente Sr.
• Benito Razon
• Alberto Jose Villareal
• Angelo Dauden
• Federico Veloso
• Danny Weineke
• Jose Mari Duarte
• Florentino Broce
• Eduardo Llamas Jr.
• Emilio Ugarte Jr.
• Rafael Esteva
• Albert Garcia
• Julian La'O
• Roderico Reyes
• Luis Tabuena Jr.
• Ben Veloso
• Roberto "Robs" Vicente
• Gus de Uriarte
• Binggot Yoldi
• Henri Kahn
• David Chua
• Monchu Caballero
• Inaki Vicente Jr.
• Inaki Alvarez
• Mike Moran
• Danny Moran
• Dickie Moran
• Robs Delfino
• Mike Barredo
• Rey Feraren
• Ike Monserrat
• Paul Zuluaga
• Rufino Gutierrez Jr.
• Alvin Ocampo
• Christian Lozano
• Jay Pascual
• Tuteng Marasigan
• Teo Ocampo
• Albe Aparilla
• Byron Rempillo
• Norman Azarcon
• Jon Chua
• Joey Mapa
• Dodee Molina
• Dave Javellana
• Peter Amores
• Peter Avinante
• Owens Sun
• Jose Pons
• William Paradies
• Francis Feliciano
• Ted Guinto
• Harvey Campos
• Tonet Zorrilla
• Kim David
• Kim Smit
• Marco Mansilla
• Diego Jose

The Women's football team is the current five-time reigning UAAP champions but its streak ended in the 2006 campaign due to the UAAP suspension. Hans Smit is the team's head coach.

Being the three most popular sports in UAAP, this is the school's ranking in each sport since 1987, the year, the UAAP became an 8-team league:

A.Y.	MEN'S BASKETBALL	WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL	MEN'S FOOTBALL
1987-1988	6th	7th	6th
1988-1989	2nd	7th	6th
1989-1990	1st	5th	6th
1990-1991	1st	6th	5th
1991-1992	2nd	6th	4th
1992-1993	3rd	7th	2nd
1993-1994	3rd	7th	2nd
1994-1995	2nd	7th	1st
1995-1996	2nd	5th	2nd
1996-1997	2nd	5th	1st
1997-1998	2nd	5th	1st
1998-1999	1st	4th	5th
1999-2000	1st	1st	1st
2000-2001	1st	4th	4th
2001-2002	1st	4th	6th
2002-2003	2nd	3rd	6th
2003-2004	4th*	1st	6th
2004-2005	1st*	1st	5th
2005-2006	2nd*	1st	2nd
2006-2007	Suspended	Suspended	Suspended
2007-2008	1st	(upcoming)	(upcoming)

Notes:

• Due to the player illegibility scandal, DLSU's 4th, 1st and 2nd finish respectively from 2003-2005, were all forfeited.

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