Bontang Football Club (formerly known as PKT Bontang or Pupuk Kaltim) is an Indonesian professional

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team located in

Bontang Bontang is a city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo in Indonesia, in the province of East Kalimantan. It occupies an area of , and the population was 140,787 at the 2010 census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 178,917 at t ...

East Kalimantan East Kalimantan (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo/Kalimantan. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the cu ...

in the island of

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. The homebase is

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. Bontang FC prides itself as the most successful club to come out of

Kalimantan Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind ...

. They were semi-finalist of the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia and finalist in

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. Bontang FC also build a football academy namely ''Diklat Mandau'' or ''PKT Junior''.

History

The club was founded as ''PS Pupuk Kaltim Galatama'' on 18 June 1988 and founded by PT Pupuk Kaltim. It went through several name changes (''Pupuk Kaltim'' and ''PKT Bontang'') and changes as ''PS Bontang PKT'' (abbreviation from ''Persatuan Sepakbola Bontang Pupuk Kalimantan Timur'') in 2002. Bontang PKT was also one team in Liga Indonesia, who were never relegated from

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. It also made some appearances in Asian Winners Cup and it was the first ever and last made by a club from Kalimantan. This club changed name to (Bontang FC) on 12 June 2009.

Match-fixing scandal

In 2013 the club was involved in the match fixing scandal in the event the

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play-off during a game against PSLS Lhokseumawe club who were also involved in the scandal. It was revealed after

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suspicion over the outcome of the game was not fair, an indication of match fixing is known by FIFA through the

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(EWS) which owned them. Therefore, after doing a thorough investigation over the last two months, the discipline committee of the Indonesia FA finally sentenced to ban all club players from playing in

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football competition for two years and their coach Fodé Camara from

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was punished by not permitting their involvement in Indonesian football lifetime life, as well as an official team also receiving a five-year sentence. While the club was barred from the league for two years and relegated to the lowest caste competition in Indonesia Third Division and a fine of IDR 100 million.

Crest

Image:PSBontangPupukKaltim.png, First crest (1988–2009) Image:BontangFC.png, Second crest (2009–present)

Season-by-season records

Performance in AFC competitions

References

External links

Bontang PKT official site
(archived)
Goal.com Profile
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