Persiba Balikpapan

Football club infobox
clubname = Persiba Balikpapan


fullname = Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Balikpapan
nickname =
founded = 1950 [ [http://pfc-persiba.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=31&Itemid=55 ::pfc-persiba online::.. - Seputar Persiba ] ] http://www.bolaindo.com/?page=klub&sub=detail&id=25]
ground = Persiba Stadium
Balikpapan, Indonesia
capacity = 15,000
owner =
chairman = H. Syahril HM. Thaher
manager = H. Dhimyatie Reza
CEO =
coach = flagicon|ENG Peter Butler |
assistant coach = Junaidi
league = Indonesia Super League
season = 2006-07
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Persiba Balikpapan (Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Balikpapan or Balikpapan Football Club) is an Indonesian football club based in Balikpapan, Indonesia. In national mass media, the team is frequently called as "Beruang Madu" or "Malayan Sun Bear". The animal also becomes the mascot of City of Balikpapan. Another nickname of Persiba is "Selicin Minyak" (slippery as oil). It is influenced by the fact that Balikpapan is the center for oil and gas industry of Indonesia. Persiba home stadium is Persiba Stadium with 15,000 capacity.

Persiba is among 18 Indonesian football teams which competes in Liga Super Indonesia (Indonesia Super League). The competition started in July 12, 2008. It is also one of two East Kalimantan teams that participate in Indonesia Super League. In preparation for ISL 2008, Stadion Persiba (Persiba Stadium) has been undergoing improvements in its seating, lighting, scoreboard, pitch, and official rooms. Persiba Balikpapan is currently using Stadion Segiri in Samarinda as its home base while waiting for Stadion Persiba renovation to be completed.

Currently, Ferly La'la (defender) holds captaincy ban for Persiba.

Supporters

Persiba supporters are known as PFC or Persiba Fans Club.. Another group of Persiba fans club claims themselves as Balistik or Balikpapan Supporter Fanatik. PFC and Balistik are members of East Kalimantan Supporter Association (Asosiasi Supporter Kalimantan Timur) which covers all football fans throughout East Kalimantan region.

Notable Former Players

Persiba has a strong youth training program. It has its own amateur football league in Balikpapan which runs annually. The amateur league has been able to yield many Persiba key players in the past. Some notable past Persiba players are Edy Simon, Johny Rining (both were past Indonesia national team defenders in the 80s), Agus Waluyo (past Indonesia goalkeeper), Bima Sakti (past Indonesia national team midfielder and captain in 1990s), and Ponaryo Astaman (current Indonesia national team captain).

Achievements in Indonesian Football Leagues

= Perserikatan (Union League) =

*1984: Division 1 Championship

Liga Indonesia

*1994/1995: Finished 15th in Premiere Division Eastern Conference (Divisi Utama Wilayah Timur)

*1995/1996: Finished 14th in Premiere Division Eastern Conference (Divisi Utama Wilayah Timur)

*1996/1997: Finished 9th in Premiere Division Eastern Conference (Divisi Utama Wilayah Timur)

*1997/1998: League was ceased due to national political issue

*1998/1999: Relegated to Division I (Finished 6th in Group E - Premiere Division)

*1999/2000: Championship playoff Division I (Runner-up Eastern Conference)

*2001: Finished 4th in Eastern Conference Division I

*2002: Finished 5th in Group 4 Division I

*2003: Finished 5th in Group D Division I

*2004: Promoted to Premiere Division (Finished 4th in Division I Eastern Conference)

*2005: Finished 5th in Premiere Division Eastern Conference

*2006: Represented Premiere Division Eastern Conference for championship play-off

*2007: Finished 7th in Premiere Division Eastern Conference

*2008:

Roster

Fs player | no= 14 | nat=Indonesia | pos=DF | name= Ferly La'la ("captain")

External links

*id [http://www.pfc-persiba.com Persiba Balikpapan's website]

Footnotes