Persikabo 1973

This article is about the club founded as PS TNI in 2015. For the dissolved club, see Persikabo Bogor.

Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973, commonly known as Persikabo 1973, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bogor Regency, West Java that competes in Liga 1.^[3] The club will play in Liga 2 next season, as they are relegated.

Persikabo 1973

Full name	Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973
Nickname(s)	Laskar Padjajaran (Pajajaran's Army)
Short name	PBO
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015), as PS TNI 2018; 6 years ago (2018), as PS TIRA 2019; 5 years ago (2019), as PS TIRA–Persikabo (merged with Persikabo Bogor) 2020; 4 years ago (2020), as Persikabo 1973
Ground	Pakansari Stadium[1]
Capacity	30,000
Owner	PT Cilangkap TNI Jaya[2]
President	Bimo Wirjasoekarta
Manager	Gilang Ginarsa
Coach	Djadjang Nurdjaman
League	Liga 2
2023–24	Liga 1, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

This club started from an initiative to participate in the 2015 Piala Jenderal Sudirman tournament with a team that incorporated players from the professional PSMS Medan club into the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI)'s amateur club, PS TNI. After this tournament, PS TNI parted ways with PSMS Medan but decided to become a professional club that combines soldiers with professional players. In March 2016, PS TNI appointed their first professional coach, Englishman Judan Ali and acquired Persiram Raja Ampat, a cash-strapped first-tier team from the impoverished West Papua province, for a cost of 17 billion rupiah.^[4][5][6]

For the 2018 Liga 1 season, PS TNI were renamed as PS TIRA to dilute the TNI association and moved to Bantul. The team finished 2018 Liga 1 in 15th position and escaped relegation after securing a vital 3–1 win against Borneo F.C. in the last match of the season. PS TIRA later merged with Liga 3 club Persikabo Bogor in early 2019 to form TIRA-Persikabo and play at Pakansari Stadium in Bogor Regency.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Ahead of the 2020 Liga 1 season, TIRA-Persikabo changed its name to Persikabo 1973.^[11] But they used the name TIRA-Persikabo and the same logo for the 2020 Liga 1 season because these changes were not approved by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). During its May 2021 annual congress, PSSI said the club cancelled the plan to propose for a name change.^[12][13] But they used the name Persikabo 1973 as a commercial arrangement for the 2021–22 Liga 1 season.^[14]

In the 2023–24 Liga 1 season, Persikabo were relegated to the Liga 2, with 4 matches left to spare, ending their seven-years tenure in the top division.^[15]

Season to season record

Season	League									Indonesian Cup	Continental competition	Team topscorer
	Comp.	App.	W	D	L	GF	GA	Point	Pos.
2016	ISC A	34	7	5	22	37	75	26	18	Not held	Not participating	Unknown
2017	Liga 1	34	12	6	16	46	58	42	12	Not held	Not participating	Élio Martins (11)
2018	Liga 1	34	12	6	16	48	57	42	15	Round of 16	Not participating	Aleksandar Rakić (21)
2019	Liga 1	34	10	12	12	51	57	42	15	Not held	Not participating	Ciro Alves (14)
2020	Liga 1	Competition suspended due to pandemic COVID-19
2021–2022	Liga 1	34	10	10	14	49	48	40	10	Not held	Not participating	Ciro Alves (20)
2022–23	Liga 1	34	11	8	15	43	48	41	14	Not held	Not participating	Pedro Henrique (9)
2023–24	Liga 1	34	4	8	22	44	70	20	18	Not held	Not participating	Yandi Sofyan (9)
2024–25	Liga 2	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	TBD	Not held	Not participating	TBD

Champion

Runner-up

Promotion

Relegation

Colours and badges

• 
  Crest of TIRA-Persikabo, used during 2019 and 2020 seasons

Stadium

When competing in 2016 Indonesian Soccer Championship as PS TNI, the club played at Siliwangi Stadium in Bandung.^[16] For the 2017 Liga 1 season, they moved to Pakansari Stadium, and moved again to Sultan Agung Stadium in Bantul for the 2018 season. As the result of their merger with Persikabo Bogor, the club in 2019 returned to Pakansari to play their home matches.^[17]

Supporters

Persikabo has a supporter group's in Bogor Regency and spread across the Greater Jakarta area, they have become one of the representatives of a football club in West Java with a Sundanese identity. Kabomania is the name for the club's supporters who are all over the stands. There are other, more exclusive supporter groups, UPCS is a group that only fills in the south stand at the Pakansari Stadium.^[18]

Rivalries

• Persija–Persikabo rivalry

Rivalry with Persija Jakarta, also known as Jakarta–Bogor rivalry, has been going on from their supporters since 2008 and has become a new rival for clubs with adjacent locations.^[19]

• Pasundan derby

The match with Persib Bandung, also known as West Java derbies, is a big match with the fight for the best in West Java.^[20]

Players

Current squad

As of 7 September 2024^[21]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  IDN Dharma Saputra 3 DF  BRA Léo Lelis 4 DF  IDN Ahmad Wahyudi 5 DF  IDN Jovan Fajar 6 DF  IDN Syukran Arabia 7 MF  IDN Alif Jaelani 8 MF  IDN Jovanni Renaldi 9 FW  IDN Muhammad Irman 10 MF  MLI Makan Konate 11 FW  AFG Fareed Sadat 12 FW  IDN Abdullatif Adi 13 DF  IDN Aqsha Saniskara 14 FW  IDN Fillah Rohmatuloh 16 MF  IDN Munadi 17 DF  IDN Abdul Rahman (captain) 18 FW  IDN Henry Rivaldi 19 MF  IDN Ramdani Tawainella

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  IDN Farel Putra 21 MF  IDN Agung Saputra 22 GK  IDN Zahid Amel 23 DF  IDN Putu Dipa Yogi 24 MF  IDN Dalmiansyah Matutu 25 DF  IDN Ardian Daud 26 MF  IDN Syamsul Rifai 27 FW  IDN Rivaldo 28 DF  IDN Aruna Siwi 29 MF  IDN Dhaffa Putra 30 MF  IDN Isfandyar Abdillah 32 FW  IDN Vieri Donny 38 GK  IDN Zul Azhar 47 DF  IDN Muhammad Fikram 81 MF  IDN Dwiki Arya 88 FW  IDN Angga Wahid

Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Gilang Ginarsa
Assistant Manager	Zainul Arifin
Technical Director	Salvador Rodriguez
Head Coach	Djadjang Nurdjaman
Assistant Coach	Oleg Kuzmianok
	Ricky Riskiandi
Physical Coach	Asep Ardiansyah
Goalkeeper Coach	Hermansyah
Assistant Goalkeeper Coach	Budi Setiawan
Team Doctor	Ihsan Muhammad
	Renol Rahman
Team Physiotherapist	Irfan Surya Nugroho
	Muhammad Sidik
Masseur	Indar Istiqnan
Kit & equipment manager	Agus Solihin
Kit & Equipment Assistant	Randi Ompong
Head of Media Officer	Nandang Permana Sidik
Media Officer Assistant	Nandang Rusmawan

Coaches

Name	Nat.	Season
Suharto A.D.		2015
Judan Ali[22]		2016
Eduard Tjong[23]		2016
Suharto A.D.[24]		2016
Laurent Hatton		2017
Ivan Kolev		2017
Rudy Eka Priyambada		2018
Nil Maizar		2018
Rahmad Darmawan		2019
Igor Kriushenko		2019–2021
Liestiadi[25]		2021–2022
Djadjang Nurdjaman[26]		2022–2023
Aidil Sharin Sahak		2023
Aji Santoso		2023–2024
Djadjang Nurdjaman		2024–

References

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External links

• Persikabo 1973 on Instagram