Persatuan Sepakbola Brebes, commonly known as Persab, is an Indonesian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Brebes Regency
Brebes (, , ) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency () in the northwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,769.62 km2, and it had a population of 1,733,869 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, ...
,
Central Java
Central Java (, ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogya ...
. They currently compete in the
Liga 4.
History
Persab Brebes was established in 1964, In fact, since officially registered as a legal entity,
Football Association of Indonesia
The Football Association of Indonesia (; 'All-Indonesian Football Association'; abbreviated as PSSI) is the governing body of Football soccer, football in Indonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930. The PSSI joined FIFA in 1952 and the Asian F ...
or PSSI has moved to form football organization administrators in areas starting from the provincial level, until then the euphoria of football development finally reached
Brebes
Brebes (, , ) is a regency () in the northwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,769.62 km2, and it had a population of 1,733,869 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,978,759 at ...
in 1960.
In the 1960s, several football associations emerged in Brebes where one of the most popular teams at that time was PS AL-Fajar Brebes, AL-Fajar Brebes managed to capture the attention of the Brebes public after several times winning the Regional Tournament, until finally, the management of AL-Fajar at that time took the initiative to register as a member of PSSI, starting from here Then the AL-Fajar Management formed the Brebes Regency Football Association, which was abbreviated as PERSAB BREBES.
Precisely in 1964, at that time it was still the
Perserikatan
Perserikatan was the national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 and 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia, organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indone ...
era so that most regions used the name of their regional Football Association. In 1964 it was also the first time that Brebes registered in the
Central Java
Central Java (, ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogya ...
Regional Executive level competition, Rubaedi was one of the most popular players from the 1970s-1980s, as he grew older, Ruba dimmed as a player. After that, a star player from the Brebes gridiron in the 1980s-1990s, Iryando 'Yando', even appeared around the world until the
Galatama
Liga Sepak Bola Utama ( English: ''Premier Football League''), commonly known by its acronym Galatama, was a semi professional football league in Indonesia, established in 1979 by the Indonesian Football Association, PSSI. Prior to the establishme ...
era rolled around.
Ground
Persab Brebes held training and held matches using the same stadium, namely the
Karang Birahi Stadium or SKB Brebes.
Players
Current squad
Supporter
Sabermania
Sabermania is a supporter of Persab Brebes with light blue & black colors, Sabermania is a forum for friendship with Persab Brebes supporters which was established in 2009 and has the tagline ''#OraOlihOra'' as a special greeting from supporter located in the South Tribune of Karangbirahi Stadium, Brebes.
Notable players
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Egy Maulana Vikri
Egy Maulana Vikri (born 7 July 2000) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Dewa United and the Indonesia national team. In 2017, he was named as one of the 60 most talented a ...
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Witan Sulaeman
Witan Sulaeman (born 8 October 2001) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national team.
A youth product of Ragunan Sports School, Witan started his professional ca ...
References
External links
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Football clubs in Indonesia
Football clubs in Central Java
Association football clubs established in 1964
1964 establishments in Indonesia
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