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Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung (), also known in
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as Persib (), is an Indonesian professional
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club based in
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,
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. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Founded in 1919 as (BIVB), it officially changed to its current name in 1933. The team is also known by its nicknames (Blue Prince) and (Bandung Tigers). Their home stadium is Gelora Bandung Lautan Api, which has a capacity of 38,000. The club has won two Liga 1 titles back to back, in 2023–24, and 2024–25. Before the current league format, Persib won the
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,
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title, and five
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titles. All of Persib's top-flight league titles were achieved from a tournament format, except for the most recent in which they clinched their first full-season league format championship. Persib has also reached the quarter-finals of the
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in
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. The club's main rivalry with
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is referred to as the Indonesian derby, which is one of the most dangerous derbies in Indonesia football history.


History


Founding years (1919–1940)

The roots of Persib Bandung can be traced back to ''Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond'' (BIVB) (Dutch for 'Bandung Domestic Football Federation'), formed on 5 January 1919 in accordance to the findings of a thorough research conducted by historians which were announced in 2023. BIVB was a fusion of local clubs in Bandung such as KBS, BB (Bintang Bandoeng), STER (Steeds trappen en rennen), Diana (Doe is alles niet achteruit), Zwaluw, BIVC, BVC, KVC, VVC, Visser, NVC, Brom and Pasar Ketjil to form BIVB. It was then succeeded by ''Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung'' (PSIB) ('Bandung Indonesian Football Association') and teams affiliated to the ''National Voetball Bond'' (NVB). These outfits merged on 14 March 1933 to form Persib. Persib won the 1937
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football tournament and reached the finals in the 1933, 1934 and 1936 editions before Indonesia's 1945 independence.


Perserikatan era (1940–1994)

After Indonesia's independence, Persib was reformed in
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in 1948, during the
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. In the 1950s, Persib players Aang Witarsa and Anas appeared for the
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. In the
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era, when Indonesian football clubs were amateur outfits funded by local governments, Persib won their second national title in 1961 and competed in that year's
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. The club's next significant achievement was as runner-up in the 1966 season. Persib's success declined in the 1970s culminating with their relegation to the First Division in the 1978–79 season. In response, the club hired Polish coach Marek Janota to lead the youth squad and Risnandar Soendoro to manage the senior team. Under their guidance, Persib earned a promotion to the Premier Division, with players including
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, Adeng Hudaya, Adjat Sudrajat and Suryamin. The team finished as runners-up in the 1982–83 and 1984–85 seasons. The club won the league in 1986 by beating
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by a goal from
Djadjang Nurdjaman Djadjang Nurdjaman (born 30 October 1964), also known as Djanur, is an Indonesian professional football coach and former player who is currently the technical director at Persib Bandung. In his playing days, Djanur spent most of his years playing ...
at the Senayan Stadium. They became champions again in 1990, beating
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2–0. Among the players of this golden era were Samai Setiadi, Ade Mulyono, Asep Sumantri and
Djadjang Nurdjaman Djadjang Nurdjaman (born 30 October 1964), also known as Djanur, is an Indonesian professional football coach and former player who is currently the technical director at Persib Bandung. In his playing days, Djanur spent most of his years playing ...
who would become the only person to win a national title for Persib as a player and coach. Persib became champions in the final season of the
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era before it was merged with the fledgling, semi-professional
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league to become the
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and so earned the right to keep the President Cup in perpetuity.


Modern era and recent history (1994–2014)

Persib Bandung in 1995 became the first champion of the newly formed Liga Indonesia Premier Division by beating Petrokimia Putra 1–0 in the final, which gave the club the right to compete at the Asian level. In 1995, Persib managed to reach the quarter-finals of the
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after beating teams from Thailand and the Philippines. While Persib failed to advance further, coach Indra Tohir was selected as the Best of Coach in Asia by the
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. Persib struggled to emulate the 1995 success in the next two decades. In 2008, Persib hired coach Jaya Hartono, who managed to push unheralded team
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all the way to win the 2003 Liga Indonesia, to bring back its glory. Unfortunately, he only got Persib to third place. They had also hired many foreign coaches such as Marek Andrzej Sledzianowski,
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and
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but the national title was elusive. As a result of 2006-07 national government policies that restricted the use of state budget in professional football clubs after a series of financial scandals involving politicians and clubs in their jurisdictions, 36 stakeholders compelled then-Bandung mayor Dada Rosada to cut ties between the city's government and Persib. Their campaign led to the 20 August 2009 establishment of PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat, the company that currently runs Persib. In 2012, Persib hired former player
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as their new head coach in another attempt to bring back its glory. However, his tenure started bumpy when in 2013 Persib could not use its traditional base
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for official matches, because
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degraded the class level of the old, rundown stadium to be only used as a training field. Persib then used the newly opened
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as a permanent home base although it was located in
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, outside the
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city borders. On 8 September 2014, Persib got the license as a professional club.


Golden era (2014–present)


2014 season

The appointment of Djadjang turned out to be a correct move. In 2014, after almost two decades without any major trophy, Persib managed to win the national title in the
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by beating
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in the final. Striker
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also got the Best Player award for the 2014 season.


2015 season

After the 2014 victory, Persib viewed the 2015 season with ambitious plans. They intended to use the facilities of
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in
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but the plan was cancelled. The national title also gave Persib a chance to compete in the
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alongside Persipura. However, the season had its ups and downs. While Djadjang was retained, he could not sit on the bench as a coach in an AFC catch due to his lack coaching certification and Emral Abus, who had never coached a winning team, was hired for the Asian competition. In its first game, Persib lost to
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outfit Hanoi T&T F.C. In consolation, in a pre-season local tournament, the 2015 Piala Walikota Padang, Persib won after defeating
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2–0 in the final with coach Djadjang able to fully serve his role. While this gave Persib hope, bad signs began to emerge. Their first ISL match on 20 February 2015 against last year's runners-up
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was cancelled after the sports ministry on 18 February postponed the 2015 ISL season due to clubs failing to complete their licensing processes. By May 2015, the licensing dispute between the government and clubs peaked with the
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officially discontinued on 2 May 2015 due to a ban from the sports minister against
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that forbade the federation from running any football competition.


2016 season

At the beginning of 2016 the club announced it had agreed to collaborate with Italian
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club
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including coaching courses for Persib's
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.


2017 season

Persib Bandung started the 2017 season with "unusual way" in the affairs of signings. Label as an established team was shown the management of PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat to bring the two superstars at the same time,
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and
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. The arrival of the two former
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players completed a transfer list of players who had done Persib in late 2016, as Dedi Kusnandar,
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,
Achmad Jufriyanto Achmad Jufriyanto Tohir (born 7 February 1987 in Tangerang, Banten), commonly known as Jupe, is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. Career statistics Club International goals ...
, Wildansyah,
Imam Arief Fadillah Imam Arief Fadillah (born 14 December 1989) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga 2 club Persijap Jepara. Club career Persitara Jakarta Utara Fadillah joined Persitara Jakarta Utara, part of the 2011–12 ...
, and
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ese attacking midfielder Shohei Matsunaga. That list does not include the planned Dutch-Indonesia descent midfielder
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joined at the time of launching the team Persib on 2 April 2017.


2018 season

The team announced Hector Cuper's former assistant coach at Lanus,
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, and
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, Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez as Persib's new coach on a two-year deal. Earlier in 2017, Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez was appointed as
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's head coach by FAM president
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, but he then asked for a higher salary and was therefore rejected as it was expensive. Essien was replaced by Argentine striker Jonathan Bauman due to exceeding foreign players quota.


2019 season

Persib recruited
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as Gomez's replacement as the Argentine coach moved to Borneo F.C. However, pre-season results were not satisfactory and Radovic was replaced by
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before the league started. The team signed
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and
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as it released Jonathan Bauman. Before the first half of the season ended, Serbian defender
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was transferred for free to
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The team then brought Nick Kuipers and Kevin van Kippersluis from Holland, and Swedish-born Iranian-Filipino midfielder
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to the roster, alongside Dhika Bayangkara.
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was also recruited, but he was not registered into the team roster due to exceeding the foreign players quota. His naturalization to Indonesian citizenship process was completed in December. This season was noted as the final one for Hariono who decided to left the club after 11 years of service. The final match of the season saw Persib win 5–2 against PSM and he was given honorary tribute by the club and fans. Persib ended
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in 6th position, with 51 points from 13 wins, 12 draws, and 9 losses. Their
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campaign was stopped by Borneo F.C. in the quarter-finals on away goals.


2020 season

Persib signed
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, Zulham Zamrun, Wander Luiz, Victor Igbonefo, Beni Oktovianto and
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. In return, they released Hariono to Bali United F.C.,
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and Kevin van Kippersluis on free transfer, and Billy Keraf to Semen Padang. Ezechiel N'Douassel was sold to
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for an undisclosed fee, also with Achmad Jufriyanto on a loan deal. They started
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with three victories in the first three matches against Persela (3-0) on 1 March, Arema (1-3) on 8 March, and PSS Sleman (2-1) on 15 March before the league was stopped due to
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in Indonesia. It was initially delayed until 2021, but was eventually cancelled in January 2021 which saw all the results be void.


2021–22 season

It was announced that 2021 Liga 1 was to start in June 2021. Before the league started, a pre-season tournament called "Piala Menpora" was held which Persib were participating in. There were significant changes to Persib squad where Omid Nazari, Beni Oktovianto, Fabiano Beltrame, Zulham Zamrun, and Ghozali Siregar were all released. Kim Jeffrey was also released before joining PSS Sleman as he joined his brother-in-law Irfan Bachdim, who was married to his sister Jennifer Kurniawan. Former player Ferdinand Sinaga rejoined the club, alongside Jufriyanto, having finished his loan at Bhayangkara. Bayu Fiqri, an Indonesia U-19 international player, was also signed. Former PSV academy player
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joined the club after the first match of Piala Menpora. However, he was released along with Sinaga before the league even started. At the end of first half of the season Geoffrey Castilion and Wander Luiz were given free transfer. Mohammed Rashid, Bruno Cantanhede,
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, David da Silva and several academy players were recruited. In the last match of the season against Barito, the team drew 1-1 which resulted in Barito escaping relegation over Persipura due to head-to-head rule. David da Silva's performance was heavily criticized by some people as he missed a number of scoring opportunities. Both teams were sued over allegedly match fixing, but the case was later dismissed as there were no evidence.


2022–23 season

Prior to the
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's start, Persib was overshadowed by GBLA stadium disaster that claimed 2 lives during the match against Persebaya in
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. A pair of Indonesia internationals
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and Rachmat Irianto were signed from Persebaya. In total, 11 players were released, with notable ones including Esteban Vizcarra, Rashid, Cantanhede, Ardi Idrus, and team captain Victor Igbonefo. The team did not begin the season very well with failing to win first 3 matches, which resulted in resigning of Alberts as head coach. His assistant Budiman Yunus was the team's caretaker until Luis Milla Aspas, former
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coach from Spain, was officially appointed Alberts' successor.


2023–24 season

Early into the season saw Luis Milla's resignation over personal issues in July 2023. Fitness coach Yaya Sunarya served as a caretaker coach until
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was appointed on 26 July. The team went on a 14-games unbeaten streak until defeated by
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0–2 at home on 10 December. Persib secured their advancement to the championship series as the regular series runner-up after defeating the regular series premiers,
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2–1 on 25 April. In the semi-finals, Persib faced
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as the third-placed team in the regular series. In the first leg on 14 May at the Bali United Training Center, Persib narrowly avoided defeat and forcing a draw of 1–1. A goal from Bali's striker Jefferson Assis in the 83rd minute was equalized with a back-header by David da Silva nine minutes into the 15-minutes second half injury time. Playing home at
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for the second leg on 18 May, Persib defeated Bali three goals to nothing. Goals by Ciro Alves (31'), Febri Hariyadi (39'), and Edo Febriansah (70') secured a 4–1 win on aggregate, advancing Persib to the
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. Facing
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in the championship tie, Persib played home for the first leg on 26 May. A goal from Ciro (70') and a brace by Da Silva (90'+4 and 90'+12) ensured a 3–0 win. In the closing match at
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on 31 May, Persib shocked the comeback hoping home side by scoring three goals from David da Silva (60'),
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(86'), and
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(90'+2). Madura can only reply with a single penalty goal by Slamet Nurcahyo (90'+7). With the final score of 3–1, Persib won 6–1 on aggregate, securing their third unified top flight league title and eighth in overall club history. Bojan Hodak made club history as the first foreign head coach to clinch a league champions title. This feat gave him the season's Best Coach award. In addition, Da Silva's 30 goals secured his first ever Top Goalscorer award in Indonesian football league. On 20 June 2024, AFC confirmed Persib will participate in the inaugural
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group stage marking their first appearance in the competition since the
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.


2024–25 season

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on top and crowned half-season champion. Persib's win streak ended in Matchday 19 as they were beaten at home 0–2 by Dewa United, stopping the count at 18 matches. Regardless, Persib managed to consistently gaining points, only losing another match in Fixture 25 during their away to Persebaya by 4–1. In 2 May 2025, Persib had their first chance to clinch the championship in Matchday 31 should they won their away game against Malut United. However, they suffered a 1–0 defeat thanks to a goal by
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, delaying their celebration. With Dewa United earlier drawn 1–1 against
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, the only contender left to the league title was Persebaya who would play away to
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in 5 May. Should Persebaya unable to win, Persib would secure the title. A second-half injury time goal by Ramiro Fergonzi of Persik ended the match in a draw of 3–3, eliminating Persebaya from the contention. Thus, Persib secured a fourth unified league title and defending the championship, a feat only done previously in the Liga 1 era by
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when they won the
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and 2021–22 seasons. A back-to-back league title was last achieved by Persib when they won the 1993–94 Perserikatan and the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia under head coach Indra Thohir. Additionally, this is Persib's first league title achieved in a full-season league format. Unfortunately, their performance in the continental competition went short. Participating in the
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, Persib was drawn into Group F along with
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,
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, and
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. Persib finished on the bottom of the table with only five points from one win, two draws, and three losses.


Crest and colors

The club colors are officially blue and white. The club's badge is similar with the seal of
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. The logo was used because during the early years of
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, Persib was seen as the representative of the
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. The overall template of the logo is taken from the logo of the city of Bandung, including the wavy water pattern and the black fortress pattern. The only difference is the addition of the writing "PERSIB" and "1933", with the latter recently being omitted after the decision to change the club's establishment year to 1919. The logo is a heart-shaped shield, and is divided into two parts, outlined with black horizontal girders in four part of the shield. On top of a golden yellow background with a green color painting of a mountain that rests on the girder. At the bottom, with a white background by painting four areas wavy lines in blue. At the bottom of the shield there is a golden yellow color band waved at both ends. On the ribbon was written in black Latin letters that read 'Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti', meaning 'Land of the People Subur Makmur'. The sentence was taken from the Kawi language. The logo's shield symbolizes the struggle to achieve goals that should be protected. In addition, the shield has the meaning that Persib needs to be able to endure all sorts of dangers and difficulties. The colors in the logo represents, yellow: Wealth and nobleness, black: Sturdy, upright and strong, green: Prosperity and cool, white: Purity and faithfulness, and blue: Meaningful. Currently, on top of the logo stands four stars, which represents the four Indonesian league titles that Persib has achieved, each in 1995, 2014, 2024, and 2025. The club colors are officially blue and white according to its statute and is used by the fans, the combination ''Biru-bodas'' (blue and white), in their songs and chants. These were the colors of Siliwangi Kingdom. The club original badge was implemented in 1996 consisting of the team's name, Persib Bandung, above the logo of
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government. In accordance to PSSI statute, the logo of the club is now protected as an effort to preserve its heritage and appreciation for the club as one of the founding members of PSSI in 1930. It is also not allowed to be altered and replaced in any forms. Additionally, this rule includes prohibition of changing the name, home base and history of the club.


Kit manufacturers

The club is presently outfitted by Sportama. Their previous kit manufacturers were
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, Vilour,
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,
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, and League. The following is a list of kit manufacturers by year:


Sponsorship

Persib is sponsored by: *
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* Kopi ABC * Intersport Soccer * Le Minerale * Panther Energy * Greenfields * Teh Pucuk Harum *
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Stadium

Persib plays their home matches at
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, after moving from
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. Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium's design adheres to the international standards for stadium design. It has 38,000 individual seats. The grass used is
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(Linn) Merr which is of FIFA standard class. The stadium is equipped with football pitch,
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,
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, four storey with an area of 72,000 square meters, combined with other supporting facilities with total of 40 hectares. In 2022, Persib secured a deal with Bandung government to lease the stadium for 30 years.


Training ground

For the primary training ground and flat for players, Persib uses Persib Stadium at Ahmad Yani Road, which was formerly known as Sidolig Stadium. The training ground uses synthetic turf. In addition to
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, the Persib party was exploring the possibility of using Arcamanik Stadium or Pusdikpom Field in
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. Djanur also hopes his team were able to practice on natural grass surfaces and not synthetic like Lodaya Field.


Supporters

Persib Bandung has a fan base that has developed traditionally, especially when the team became the top level of football champions in Indonesia in 1937. Its fans have a large base throughout the country and represent the
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, especially in
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,
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, the western part of
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and the
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. Its fans often call themselves as ''Bobotoh'', the name comes from the
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literally means; “people who raise the spirit of people who are about to fight (or animals that are about to fight), supporters”. The nickname itself was then popularized by local to national media through newspapers. Supporter groups that are often seen at home matches are ''Viking Persib Club (VPC), Northern Wall (NW), Frontline Boys, 266cc Boys, Southside Terrace, Bomber Persib''. In 2021, the management announced the formation of the ''Fansib Community'' as the club's official fans. ''
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'' is a national song by
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which describes the spirit of struggle of the people of Bandung city during the
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incident in 1946. In the first seconds of the match, the fans will sing this song as a symbol of struggle and resistance against opposing players. Notable fans include
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(Indonesian politician),
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(Indonesian politician),
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(6th Vice President of the Republic of
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), Kamidia Radisti (
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2007), Arina Ephipania (lead vocalist of
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),
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(former
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member), Bastian Steel (former Coboy Junior member),
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(lead vocalist from
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), Conchita Caroline (Sportcaster), Ananda Omesh (Indonesian presenter), and
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(volleyball player).


Rivalries

The rivalry with
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referred to as ''Indonesian El Clássico'' is one of the most dangerous derbies in Indonesia. This rivalry heated up from the enmity of their supporters in the early 2000s, and is now a great rivalry between clubs. Before the match, players will be secured using
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to enter the stadium. Supporters of them may not be present at away matches, because of restrictions from the Indonesia national security otorition to avoid clashes. Persib Bandung also has a rivalry with
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,
PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar') commonly referred to as PSM Makassar, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , ma ...
, and
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which is the origin of the
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competition.


Finances and ownership

Persib Bandung was the richest club on
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in 2015 with total wealth of IDR 11.2 trillion according to ''Goal.com (Indonesian edition)'' website. Persib's success on becoming one of the most powerful financial club is certainly not without means. Director of Marketing Persib Bandung, M. Farhan said that the club's success was not separated from the marketing team's performance. Persib was previously owned by the city government and its budget was allocated from the city budget. In accordance with the regulations of Permendagri No. 13/2006 which was revised to Permendagri No. 59/2007, professional clubs are no longer allowed to use government budget. This condition forced 36 Football Union, the stakeholder of Persib, to agree giving a mandate to former Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada to save Persib so it can still enter the competition. PT. Persib Bandung Bermartabat (PT. PBB) was then founded on 20 August 2009 as the legal basis of the club.
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, the owner of
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,
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, Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta, and former owner of
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and
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, is one of the commissioners in PT. Persib Bandung Bermartabat.


Media coverage

Persib TV is the official
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channel that is owned by Persib Bandung and contains club activities such as exclusive interviews with players and staff, club information and match highlights.


Affiliated clubs

*
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*
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Persib Academy

Persib Bandung launched Persib Academy, directly affiliated with
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. The inauguration of Persib Academy was held at
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on 13 February 2018. In the launching Persib bring then president and vice-president of Inter Milan,
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and
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. In addition, there were also Director and senior officials of Persib and also Director of Global Youth Business Inter Academy, Barbara Biggi and Inter Academy Head Coach, Andrea Ratti and his staff. For the academy cooperation, Inter Milan specifically brought in Inter Academy coach, Claudio Brambilla. The plan he will be in Bandung for two months ahead. He will provide direct treatment and share his knowledge to learners and coaches Persib Academy. Persib Academy is a form of collaboration with Inter Academy, not only presenting Inter Academy coaches, Persib Academy will use the academy curriculum based in Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti,
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, Italy.


Bandung United

Bandung United competes in Liga 3, the third tier of Indonesian football. The club was founded in 2019 after the takeover of
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by PT. Persib Bandung Bermartabat and its subsequent relocation to
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. It is the feeder club of Persib Bandung and holds its home matches at
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.


Prawira Bandung

Through PT. PBB, Persib is related to
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, having acquired and renamed the club from Garuda Bandung in 2018. The club is said to be "the basketball branch of Persib".


Players

In 2017 the
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countries and a slot for a world class player. Each team could use four foreign players on the field each game.


Naturalized players


Out on loan


Retired numbers

* 24 – Hariono


Club officials


Coaching staff


Head coach history

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position.


Season-by-season records

;Key * Tms. = Number of teams * Pos. = Position in league


Honours

Other Achievements Domestic League Top Tier Division *
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/ Liga 1 ** Champions (9): 1937, 1959–61, 1986, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95,
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** Runners-up (3): 1992,
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**Quarter-finals (1):
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**Round of 16 (1):
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Friendly Tournament * Brunei Pesta Sukan Cup **Winners (1):
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AFC club ranking


Performance in AFC competitions


See also

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List of football clubs in Indonesia This is a list of football clubs in Indonesia. The governing body of football in Indonesia, the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), is in charge of the national teams and the Indonesian leagues, with the highest one being Liga 1. By pro ...


Further reading

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References


External links

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Persib Bandung
on Liga Indonesia
Sepakbola - Persib Nu Aing
on
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