2017 Bali United F.C. season
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The 2017 season was the third season of competitive association football and second season in the Liga 1 (previously named Indonesia Super League) played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. As the 2015 Indonesia Super League discontinued, it meant it was their second successive season in Liga 1.
2017 season | ||||
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Chairman | Pieter Tanuri | |||
Head Coach | Indra Sjafri (until 1 February) Hans-Peter Schaller (from 1 February until 26 April) Eko Purdjianto (caretaker) (from 26 April until 10 May) Widodo Cahyono Putro (from 10 May) | |||
Stadium | Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium | |||
Liga 1 | 2nd | |||
Top goalscorer | Sylvano Comvalius (37) | |||
Highest home attendance | 23,220 (vs Arema, 8 October) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 6,042 (vs Barito Putera, 14 July) | |||
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In the transfer window, Bali United surprised the public when they successfully signed Irfan Bachdim and Dutch-born naturalized Stefano Lilipaly. They also signed Sylvano Comvalius and Marcos Flores to filled their foreign players quota. Nick van der Velden, the 2008–09 Eredivisie winner with AZ was signed as marquee player. The club kept hold of Ahn Byung-keon as their Asian quota player. Several players were released before the campaign got under way; defender Bobby Satria left to play for Sriwijaya, Rully Desrian joined Bhayangkara while Zoran Knežević, Nemanja Vidaković, and Daniel Heffernan were without a club. Bali United were also left by their first manager, Indra Sjafri who was appointed as Indonesia national under-19 football team head coach.[1] He was replaced by former Persiba head coach, Hans-Peter Schaller.[2]
Bali United began the season in bad form with two defeats in a row which resulted in the dismissal of Hans-Peter Schaller. They slowly bounce back when Widodo Cahyono Putro took charge in May 2017, and even became runner-ups in the first half of the season. They continued their impressive form until the last match and finishing second in the table, same points with eventual winners Bhayangkara but lost in head-to-head results. Thirty one different players represented the club in the league and there were 12 different goalscorers. Bali United's top goalscorer was Sylvano Comvalius, who scored 37 goals in 34 games. Comvalius also broke the record of Peri Sandria who scored 34 goals in single season which lasted for 22 years and became league top scorer.[3]