History

The Ateneo Football Center, a project of the Ateneo University Athletics Office, was established in 1982 with the prime objective of providing a systematic football instructional program for boys and girls between ages 4 to 18 years old. The AFC aims to provide the basic foundation for the physical development of the child and to promote football as a wholesome and enriching sport.

It believes that development of the children’s physical capacity should start at a young and tender age when they are also developing intellectually.

The children therefore grow up with in an environment of constant interaction with their peers not only physically, but also mentally, and football, being a naturally aggressive sport, maximizes this interaction.

Since then, the AFC has been a major breeding groundof talented players for the various Varsity Football Teams of the university. To date, the program has allowed the school to win a number of championships in the national, regional as well as in the international levels. For some players, football has also provided them the basic foundation needed to excel in other sports such as basketball, swimming and track and field.