Global FC

Foundation and early years (2000–2009)

Global FC was founded in March 2000 when a group of football enthusiasts from Tacloban formed a weekly football practice as their leisure activity. The group played their first weekly football games behind the Quezon City Hall, and later moving to the Sunken Garden football field inside the University of the Philippines Diliman. Then they began to participate in minor tournaments around Manila, including the Alaska Cup, the Kia Cup, and Ang Liga, under the name Laos F.C. (Tagalog: [ˈlɐʔos]; "has-beens"). After hiring football players from employees at a railway company Autre Porte Technique Global (APT Global), they decided in 2009 that the club would be renamed to Global Football Club. Dan Palami, the chief executive officer of the railway company, was hired as the owner of Global.

Eventually, they joined the 2009 UFL Cup, with Smartmatic as their corporate sponsor. Global competed in Group B and finished third at the group stages, advancing them to the plate cup single-elimination tournament. Because of this, they would play at Division II in the United Football League. Global is one of the founding club members in the competition.

Global in the United Football League (2010–2016)

In 2010, Global made its debut in the inaugural season of the United Football League (UFL) as a Division II team. They went undefeated throughout the season to secure a promotion to Division I. They were also victorious in the league cup after defeating Philippine Air Force in the finals. Franklin Muescan, the current head coach of that time then led his team to a second-place finish in their first appearance in the top-tier 2011 United Football League. After an opening match against Stallion in the 2011 UFL Cup, the owner of the team, Dan Palami, hired Australian Graeme Mackinnon as head coach. Global would be later eliminated by the Philippine Air Force in the semi-finals. Global also made their first appearance at the 2011 National Men's Club Championship after it was established in the same year. They won over San Beda FC in the finals making the first champion of the tournament.

Global then finished the 2012 league season tied with Kaya but claimed their first Division I title in goal difference. Because of their victory in the league, Global advanced to the 2013 AFC President's Cup and was the first Filipino football club to qualify for the tournament since its inception in 2005, but they were eliminated early in the group stages. Global began to compete at the 2012 UFL Cup in the second group and finished unbeaten. Global survived the knockout stages and Stallion won the trophy over an "upset" against them.

Graeme Mackinnon resigned as the coach for Global at the end of the 2012 UFL season because of family concerns about the destruction of Tropical Storm Washi in Mindanao where his family lived. After a month-long search for a replacement, former Ayr United head coach Brian Reid was signed for the position. He was in charge of the club's campaign in the President's Cup. In the fourth season of the UFL, Global finished second, three points beneath the top, resulting in Stallion winning the championship trophy. The team began to compete at the 2012–13 National Men's Club Championship, where they lost in the quarter-finals to Ceres. Eventually, Global was invited to play in the 2013 Singapore Cup as a guest club, together with fellow UFL side Loyola Meralco Sparks. As a result, they became the second Philippine club to reach the semi-finals of the tournament. However, Global would lose to Tanjong Pagar United.

They won both the 2014 season and the FA Cup on the same year.

Global Cebu in the Philippines Football League (2017–2019)

A slot was allocated for the Philippines in the preliminary stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League. Global as winners of the 2016 UFL season represented the country in the tournament. Global fails to qualify for the group stage after losing to Brisbane Roar by 6–0 in the second round of the qualification phase, and was relegated to the group stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.

Global was confirmed in November 2016 to be one of the teams to participate in the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League. On December 30, 2016, it was reported that Global planned to adopt the name "Global Queen City FC" as a nod to the defunct Cebu-based team that participated in the UFL, the Cebu Queen City United F.C. Global owner, Dan Palami also expressed openness to investments from Cebuanos in the same report. The club changed its name to Global Cebu FC.^[]

On July 5, 2017, Global Cebu played their first home match at their designated home venue, the Cebu City Sports Complex. The club went on to finish second to champions Ceres-Negros in the overall standings of the PFL inaugural season. In December 2017 after the PFL season concluded, the football club reportedly had a new owner. Alvin Carranza, founder and owner of MacGraphics Carranz International Corp and managing director of the Teen Azkals Foundation, and replaced Dan Palami as the club's owner.

Financial crisis and overhaul

The transfer of ownership of Global Cebu caused financial uncertainty of the club with funding coming into halt and the club was rumored to be under the threat of becoming defunct. In the 2018 season, Global was playing its home matches in the Rizal Memorial Stadium. In May 2018, Global was forced to request the league to postponed an away match against Kaya F.C.–Iloilo which led to the cancellation of the match. The club later announced in May 2018 that financial issues was the reason they could not play the match. The club also released an official statement that in January 2018, Global Cebu owner Alvin Carranza requested the PFL for the club not to participate in the league but the whole management of the club decided against withdrawing from the league. This is because the PFL would only be left with five clubs after the departure of Ilocos United and Manila Meralco. If the withdrawal pushed through, the Philippines would lose eligibility to have its clubs participate in the AFC Cup. This development would later be officially announced to the public by the club in May 2018.

Some other away matches of Global Cebu were either cancelled or delayed and key players of the club left. At one point of the league season, Global Cebu suffered at 1–11 loss to JPV Marikina on August 1, 2018, due to being unable to field a natural goalkeeper due to injury of their only keeper in their squad at that time. From being among the top clubs in the previous PFL season, Global Cebu fell to the bottom of the 2018 PFL table.

The club later secured sponsorship from Puma and in August 2018, it was confirmed that by this time Mark Jarvis was now the owner of the club. Jarvis, the father of Global defender Jordan Jarvis, had previous indirect ownership of the club. Under his watch, the club had a major overhaul, signing numerous players to play for Global Cebu in the July 2018 transfer window. The club under Jarvis planned to focus on the club's survival for the rest of 2018.

However, in January 2019, financial issues remain with several players including former goalkeeper Milan Nikolic calling out team owner Jarvis for the non-payment of their wages.

Global Makati in the Philippine Premier League (2019)

Global Cebu are set to join the Philippine Premier League which replaced the PFL despite financial issues experiencing by the club. On February 5, 2019, the club announced that they would be changing their home locality from Cebu to Makati in Metro Manila and that they will be changing their name to "Global Makati F.C." The club then renamed themselves as "United Makati FC" as a result of a Facebook poll organized by the club.

Within the same month, the club management announced a partnership with MMC Sportz and stated that they will have support from the Makati city government. Makati United pledged that it will pay its outstanding dues to unpaid players before the start of the inaugural Philippine Premier League season to avoid risking their eligibility to participate in the league. The club re-signed seven to eight players and head coach Dragutin Stević-Ranković and made new player signings as well. The club said it will focus on the grassroots level and a salary cap was reportedly imposed as a result of such.

In March 2019, United Makati announced its legal disassociation with its past as Global Makati F.C., registering with the Philippine Football Federation as a distinct separate legal entity from its former iteration as Global. However such plan didn't push through and the club reverted to Global Makati. Global Makati along with Stallion Laguna withdrew from the league on April 26, 2019, a day before the first match day of the league citing concerns regarding what the Stallion management see as a lack of professionalism and transparency regarding the league's management. However, PPL dissolved with Global rejoining the PFL.

Global Makati in the revived Philippines Football League (2019)

The Philippines Football League was revived in 2019 after the Philippine Premier League its supposed replacement was dissolved in same year. Global continued its participation in the PFL but continued to struggle, finishing at the bottom of the 2019 season's table behind debutantes Green Archers United and Mendiola. During the 2019 season, the PFL referred to the club as Global Cebu instead of Global Makati in official league channels due to licensing issues.

Mazinyi's involvement and continued wage issues (2020–present)

Their status for the 2020 season was left with uncertainty until Global announced its intent to continue its participation in the league and the reportedly the relinquishing of the club by its owner Jarvis to Hong Kong-based Mazinyi Management Ltd. In February 2020, Global Makati reverted its name back to Global F.C. and modified its crest to reflect the name change.

Reports of unpaid wages by Global to its players remained. English footballer John Cofie who was signed in to play for the club in January 2020, came forward to the public of allegations that Global owed him unpaid wages. He has sought the Games and Amusements Board to help him deal with the situation and the Philippines Football League officials has scheduled to meet with representatives of Global FC regarding the matter. If the allegations were proven, the PFL has said that Global's license may be revoked rendering them ineligible to participate in the 2020 PFL season. A graphic designer commissioned by Global has also said that they have not been paid for services rendered to the club.

The PFF gave Global a ten-day ultimatum from July 23, to settle all its outstanding wages to its players and staff and other contractual obligations. While Global managed to settle its obligations with the graphic designer, it failed to do so for its players and staff and the PFF will now refer Global's case to its Licensing First Instance Body. The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) on their part have started their on investigation announcing on August 8, that they have issued a show cause order to demanding them to air their side in writing within 10 days from receipt of such order regarding the unpaid wage allegations However Mazinyi Management reportedly distanced itself from the wage issues, saying that Mark Jarvis is still the owner, and that they have backed out from taking over as the club's new owner allegedly due to documentary issues. The PFF suspended Global's PFL license for 90 days. The Games and Amusement Board followed suit by blacklisting the club on September 7.