The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The franchise is owned by the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) since 1975. It is one of three PBA ball clubs owned by the SMC group of companies along with the Star Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. It is the most successful team in PBA history. Throughout its 41 years in the league, it is the only remaining original franchise in the PBA, leads the league with the most number of PBA titles – 22; most wins registered – more than 1,200 wins up to date; and also won the rare and most coveted Grand Slam in . It is also the only team ever to have won at least one title in each of the five numerical decades of the PBA's existence so far. And just recently, another history for the team as they became the first ever professional basketball team in the world to win a best-of-seven series after being down by 0-3 against the Alaska Aces in the 2015–16 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup.