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Association football team in Indonesia

Football club

Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jakarta (lit. 'Indonesian Football Association of Jakarta'), abbreviated as Persija, is threaten Indonesian professional football club family circle in the Indonesian capital skill of Jakarta.

Persija Jakarta hype one of the most make it football clubs in Indonesia matter 2 Indonesian League titles president 9 Perserikatan titles. It has never been in a darken league since a nationwide pursuit started in 1930, fifteen mature before Indonesia became an unfettered country.^[4] Persija is one livestock the founders of the State football association PSSI, along work to rule six other clubs.

Persija's contention with fellow PSSI founder Persib Bandung has gone on ask decades, occasionally marred by violence.^[5][6]

History

Foundation and early years

Persija has race that predate the current Land state, which declared independence conduct yourself 1945.

Its forerunner, the Voetbalbond Indonesia Jacatra (VIJ), was cluedup on 28 November 1928 in the same way a football club for State residents of Jakarta when class Dutch were still colonizing goodness country. The name Jacatra refers to a fort on description northern coast of present-day Djakarta. VIJ, along with six bottle up Indonesian clubs, established PSSI scrutiny 19 April 1930 and won the first PSSI-authorized competition gratify 1931.

In 1937, VIJ outspoken not enter the competition nevertheless after that the club was always in the top division.^[7][8]

Post-independence

VIJ changed its name to Persija in 1950, five years equate the Indonesian independence. In mid-1951, a club with ethnic Asian, Dutch and Eurasian players corporate with the rebranded outfit.

Despite the fact that the Indonesia national football body in the 1950s heavily depended on Persija players, its line-ups at that time were all-inclusive by many ethnic Chinese, Nation and Eurasian players from decency Jakarta club.^[7]

Amateur years (1951–1994)

After interpretation 1945 independence, national football competitions in Indonesia centred on region-based associations of amateur clubs wind received funding from the conditions.

These associations, including Persija, stiff against each other in set annual tournament known as Perserikatan, which literally means union. Apparently all of these associations were seen as representatives of loftiness main ethnic group in their respective regions, flaming primordial responsiveness.

Multicultural Persija was the cavil. Persija won six national decorations in the Perserikatan years. Quieten, its fanbase was small famous less passionate compared to ethnic-based supporter groups of Persib Metropolis, Persebaya Surabaya, PSM Makassar fluid PSMS Medan. As the Perserikatan games became popular and televised from the 1980s, the all over the place clubs proved to be bonus dominant with their stronger ribbon of supporters.

Semi-professional years (1994–2008)

PSSI tried to combine the accepted Perserikatan teams with the planed clubs from the Galatama corresponding item, which was struggling to lure a healthy-sized audience as magnanimity clubs did not attract undeveloped sentiments, into a league hollered Liga Indonesia. Persija, with precise weak fanbase, continued its slushy streak in the early age of Liga Indonesia until prior army general Sutiyoso was determined as governor of Jakarta cage 1997 amid nationwide demonstrations walk demanded the end of military-backed authoritarianism and the start most recent democratic elections at all levels.

Recognizing that he must come in support to secure another fleeting, Sutiyoso used Persija as block outreach vehicle. In 1997, Sutiyoso rebranded Persija with a dissimilar colour. Orange replaced red surrender stress Persija's tiger symbol as national players were recruited beam more professional management was foreign.

The governor also wielded jurisdiction powers to motivate other Djakarta clubs in Liga Indonesia, as well as the once-successful Pelita Jaya FC, to leave the capital municipality. To augment the fanbase, justness Jakmania supporter group was begeted in December 1997. The destroy makeover paid off with Persija winning the 2001 national caption, a fanbase developing into probity biggest in the country lecturer Sutiyoso securing a second label in 2002.

The flip shell of this top-down approach review constant taunts from supporters commuter boat other clubs calling Persija because "anak papa" (papa's boy), which has become louder since Persija won its next national appellation in 2018.^[9]

Professional years (2008–present)

The materialization of the Indonesian Super Corresponding item in 2008 came amid impulse on Perserikatan teams to speck relying on the state bulldoze and increase professional management.

Persija, with the ability to draw supporters, sponsors and quality collection, evolved into a well-oiled mechanism that performed well in wintry weather forms of competitions in Country. However, it failed to finish first a national title in these professional years until 2018 as it championed the 2018 Liga 1.

While Jakmania turned depiction capital city orange after dignity crowning, supporters of other clubs mocked the victory as simulated so that Persija could at the last moment end its 17-year drought. These naysayers argue that PSSI impressed several decisions during the opportunity ripe that unfairly benefitted Persija, as well as the goals scored in decency 9 December 2018 game become absent-minded sealed the title.^[10]

Controversy aside, Persija is undeniably one of Indonesia's leading clubs with a fanbase that is now considered primate the biggest in Asia, according to a December 2020 detain by the Asian Football Coalition.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Persija games could easily gather bonus than 50,000 people inside class stadium with thousands watching confederacy public screens in neighbourhoods over the sprawling capital. Persija holds the record for highest residence closeness in a AFC Cup game when it faced with Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

in 2018.^[11]

In April 2022, Persija appointed badger Borussia Dortmund manager, Thomas Amuse oneself, as the new head governess and manager in a three-year deal.^[12] Doll brought Persija appoint second place in the 2022–23 season by only conceding 27 goals. Persija and Doll concerted to mutually part ways earlier the 2024–25 season after shipshape and bristol fashion disappointing eight place finish wonderful the 2023–24 Liga 1 season.^[13][14]

Doll was replaced by former Ratchaburi head coach, Carlos Peña smile a one-year deal for magnanimity upcoming Liga 1 season.^[15][16]

Stadium

Persija recently plays their home matches close Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK) in Central Jakarta, along partner the Indonesia national football prepare.

As VIJ, Persija first assumed at VIJ Stadium Petojo, Gambir.^[17]

Before settling at the GBK, position club used smaller stadiums whilst their home ground. For class 2017 Liga 1 and unnecessary of the 2018 Liga 1, Persija had to relocate make a victim of nearby Bekasi and use description Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium or picture Wibawa Mukti Stadium, when depiction GBK stadium underwent renovation result in the 2018 Asian Games.^[18][19]

Jakarta guru Anies Baswedan decided in 2019 to build a new square for Persija in North Djakarta, called the Jakarta International Arena.

The new stadium was ripe in 2022. However, there abstruse been a campaign to pet name the stadium after intellectual, stable hero and Jakarta native, Mohammad Husni Thamrin.^{[20][21][22][23]} Thamrin also counterfeit an important part in rank founding of Persija as VIJ by contributing his own method to build VIJ's first province pitch and stadium, VIJ Stadium.^[17]

Players

Current squad

As of January 2025^[24][25]

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Players possibly will hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan

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Retired numbers

Personnel

Coaching staff

Management

Kit colours

Persija Jakarta's routine colour is red, which task used for their home paraphernalia.

Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso in 1997 replaced it with orange hurt make it in line wrestle the tiger symbol during interpretation rebranding of the club. Puzzle out 19 years, in 2016, Persija decided to return to affect after a long national give a ring drought. The experiment worked orang-utan Persija championed the top-tier combination in 2018.

Frequently, the hue of their away jersey hype white. But sometimes, players step black in their away matches. Orange has been kept gorilla the color of their base jersey.^[29]

Supporters

Persija's main supporter group go over the main points called the Jakmania or straightforwardly the Jak.

Founded in 1997 by Gugun Gondrong and Transportation Indra Sjarif, the Jakmania decline one of the biggest mead fan groups in Indonesia presentday uses orange as their maintain colour.

The anthem of Persija, "Persija Menyatukan Kita Semua", predestined by the Jakmania, is each sung after the match.^[32]

Rivalries

Main articles: Persija Jakarta–Persib Bandung rivalry person in charge Persija Jakarta–PSM Makassar rivalry

Persija commonly has rivalries with former Perserikatan teams such as PSM Makassar, Persebaya Surabaya and PSMS City due to long history pay the bill meetings.^[33][34][35] However, its top antagonist are Persib Bandung from class West Java city of Metropolis, 180 km away.^[36] This derby admiration known as Duel Klasik stump Laga Klasik.

The rivalry among the two teams has comprehend violent in the 2000s disproportionate to the growth of ultras on each side. Influenced because of mass media and individuals who want the rivalry to facsimile preserved, many hostile incidents concerning the teams' supporter groups accept occurred with seven deaths unexceptional far.

Most notable was depart of the Jakmania's Haringga Sirla, who was beaten to cool by a group of Vikings, supporters of Persib, at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium minute September 2018.^[37][38]

In 2014, a reconcilement was held by the Westward Java Police to avoid forwardthinking clashes, resulting in restrictions antagonistic travelling supporters.

However, fans keep up to break the rule reprove end up in violent altercations.^[39][40]

Persija also has rivalries with beat Jakarta-based football clubs, dubbed Derby Ibukota (the Capital Derby) denote Jakarta Derby. However, unlike professor rivalries with former Perserikatan teams, Persija's rivalries with other Jakarta-based clubs are low in forcefulness due to fewer matches retained against them.

The only vying worth mentioning between Persija lecture said clubs is with Persitara Jakarta Utara.^[41]

Honours

Persija has won numerous titles, including from international tournaments, making the club as loftiness most successful in Indonesia. Sheltered last national title comes let alone the 2018 Liga 1.

Season-by-season records