Persib Bandung
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Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung (lit. 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as simply Persib, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bandung, West Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Founded in 1919 as Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB), it officially changed to its current name in 1934. The team is also known by its nickname Pangeran Biru (Blue Prince), Maung Bandung (Bandung Tigers), and encib. Their home stadium is Gelora Bandung Lautan Api, which has a capacity of 36,000.[2]
Full name | Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung | |||
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Short name | PSB | |||
Founded | 5 January 1919; 105 years ago (1919-01-05), as Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB) 18 March 1934; 90 years ago (1934-03-18), as Persib[1] | |||
Ground | Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium | |||
Capacity | 38,000 | |||
Owner | PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat | |||
President | Glenn Timothy Sugita | |||
Manager | Bojan Hodak | |||
League | Liga 1 | |||
2023–24 | Liga 1, 1st of 18 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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The club has won two Liga 1 titles, its first was in 2014 and the second was in the 2023–24 season. Before the current league format, Persib won the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division title, and five Perserikatan titles, all of which through tournament structures. Persib has also reached the quarter-finals of the Asian Club Championship in 1995.[3]