Manila Digger Football Club is a Filipino professional football club based in Taguig, Manila which currently plays in the Philippines Football League. The club was founded in 2018.
Manila Digger's foundation can be traced back in 2018 by a community of Chinese migrants in Manila who were working and studying in the country.
Manila Digger began their journey in professional football in the 2023 edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara. They then entered the 2024 season of the Philippines Football League.
During the 2024âÂÂ25 season, Manila Digger fell one point away to eventual league champions KayaâÂÂIloilo, but nonetheless qualified for the 2025âÂÂ26 AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-off against Indonesian champions Persib Bandung. The club also participated in the Finals Series, beating One Taguig in the semi-final following a late goal from Ousman Gai in the 83rd minute winning 2âÂÂ1. The club would eventually lose to Cebu 0âÂÂ1 missing out on the ASEAN Club Championship.
On 13 August 2025, Manila Digger made their continental debut against Persib Bandung in the AFC Champions League Two qualification play-off round where they would eventually lose 2âÂÂ1, but Modou Joof made history becoming the first Digger player to score in a continental competition. Following AFC's continental competition format, Manila Digger qualified in the AFC Challenge League as the losers of the qualification play-off in AFC Champions League Two where they were drawn into Group D alongside Laotian club Ezra, Mongolian club SP Falcons and Cambodian club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng.
On 26 October 2025, the club made history by winning their first AFC Challenge League match against Ezra 3âÂÂ1, becoming the first Filipino side to win a match in the AFC competition since Ceres in 2014. Ousman Gai and Dilane Wamba scored in the first half and Baboucarr Touray would follow up a third goal for Manila Digger in the second half. Manila Digger would win their second match against Mongolian side SP Falcons 2âÂÂ0 with a goal from Saikou Ceesay in the first half and then followed by a final goal by fellow Gambian compatriot Gai in the second half to finish off the game. Manila Digger successfully qualified to the knockout stage and becoming the first Filipino side to qualify in a continental knockout round since Ceres back in 2019. Manila Digger finished runners up in Group D after drawing their match 2âÂÂ2 against Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng. Ousman Gai would score a brace in the match, but it was not enough to break through, as 2 goals would come from Svay Rieng in the second half.
The club faced against Indonesian club Dewa United Banten in the knockout stage of the tournament and hosted the first leg as runners-up of Group D where Manila Digger went on to win 1âÂÂ0. Manila Digger would secure a 2âÂÂ2 draw in Indonesia winning on a 3âÂÂ2 aggregate score to advance in the semi-finals of the tournament. They would face Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng in the semi-finals and will be travelling away in the first leg.
The club traditionally plays in yellow and red kits tracing from the club's Chinese roots. The club's crest features a shield shape with yellow and red base colors and a monicker of the club's name is placed in the center.