Celebest Football Club is a

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

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that competes in Liga 4. Nicknamed ''Tanduk Anoa'', the club was founded as Villa 2000 Football Club based in Pamulang,

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, changed its name to Celebest in 2016 and moved to its current stadium,

Gawalise Stadium Gawalise Stadium is a stadium in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The stadium the home of Persipal Palu and Celebest F.C., Celebest FC. It has a seating capacity of 20,000, the stadium category is C+. It is located in the southern part of the c ...

, in the same year.

History

Abdee Negara Nurdin, the frontman of Slank is an important person behind the formation of Celebest FC. Because of his love for his hometown, Abdee with PT. CELEBEST INDONESIA ANDAL as a legal entity of Celebest FC, was determined to bring back the glory of the

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

football, particularly in

. February 11, 2016 was approved as the official foundation for Celebest FC, after the acquisition of ownership of the club Villa 2000 FC. Name Celebest FC have been selected for developing football in

, particularly in

and raise

in National and International Football. 2016 became the starting point Celebest FC competed in the competition of football Indonesia,

Indonesia Soccer Championship B The 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship B is the inaugural season of the Indonesia Soccer Championship B, a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Liga Indonesia Premier Division. This competition started in 30 April 2016. PSC ...

. The squad of players that exist in Celebest FC is a young talent that has been selected at

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, Majene, and some young players from Villa 2000.

Stadium

Celebest plays their home matches at

after moving their homebase from Pamulang to

Sponsorship

Indofood Indofood is an Indonesian producer of various pharmaceuticals and drinks, headquartered in Jakarta. The company was established on 14 August 1990 as PT Panganjaya Intikusuma, then later on 5 February 1994 its name was changed to Indofood Sukses M ...

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Players

Current squad

Personnel

Coaching staff

* Manager Coach : I Wayan Arsana * Coach : Firdaus Kindo * Coach : Rauf Haci * Coach : Akbar N.

Official staff

* Takbir Larakeng * Ahmadi * Indrawan Kusuma Putra * Thamrin Tahir * Hikmatyar * Imam Rizaldy * Isrin Hasjim * dr. Ricky Yulian

Season-by-season records

Honours

* Liga 4 Central Sulawesi ** Champions (1) : 2024–25

References

External links

Official website
(archived 2 September 2016) * * category:Palu Football clubs in Indonesia Football clubs in Central Sulawesi Association football clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Indonesia {{Indonesia-footyclub-stub