[2][better source needed] The club last played in the Philippines Football League, the top flight league of football in the Philippines.

Don Bosco Garelli United was established by ex-seminarians and former Don Bosco students as a mean to provide boys education through football.

It was named after Bartholomew Garelli, the first student of Italian priest and Roman Catholic saint John Bosco in 1841.

[3] Don Bosco Garelli has fielded a 7-a-side team in the AIA 7's Football League.

[3] DB Garelli United would enter the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara.