Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is one of the most popular and successful teams in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team has won 15 championships, the second most overall. Ginebra is known for its passionate fans, colorful team colors, and its exciting brand of basketball.
The team was founded in 1979 as Gilbey’s Gin. It was renamed Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in 1984. The team has been owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.), a San Miguel Corporation (SMC) subsidiary, since its inception.
Ginebra has a long and storied history. The team has won championships in all eras of the PBA. They are the most recent team to win the PBA Governors’ Cup title, defeating the Meralco Bolts in 2022.