Persema Malang
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| Full name | Persatuan Sepakbola Malang | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blue Thunders The Two Lions | ||
| Founded |
20 June 1953 2017 (reformed) | ||
| Dissolved | 2013 | ||
| Ground |
Gajayana Stadium Malang, East Java, Indonesia | ||
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| Coach | Stefan Hansson | ||
| League | Liga 4 | ||
| 2017 | Liga 3, Regional round | ||
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Persema, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Malang is an Indonesian football club based in Malang, East Java. They play in Liga 3. In the Indonesian media, the tautology Persema Malang is often used.
History
The club was officially established in 1953, with primary funding from Malang's municipal budget. It was part of the Indonesian Super League until January 2011 when they hosted LPI's inaugural match and stopped relying on public funds. The other local team, Arema FC, is one of the most successful clubs in ISL. The team's nickname is "Laskar Ken Arok" while its home stadium is Gajayana Stadium.[1]
Persema has never won a trophy during its years in the Indonesian Super League, mostly dwelling in the mid to bottom part of the table. The team was relegated into Indonesia's Division One (third-tier) in 2003. However, after two seasons, Persema bounced back to the second-tier league. Persema eventually gained promotion to the ISL in 2008 and stayed there until its 2011 shift to LPI.
Persema is now popular as the club that first hired European-born naturalized players Irfan Bachdim and Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan whose nominations to the Indonesian under-23 national football team in 2011 were cancelled by the Indonesian Football Association because they chose to play in the breakaway league. Its coach Timo Scheunemann is a German who was born and bred in Indonesia and has become a father figure in Indonesia for Bachdim and Kurniawan. His ability to speak Indonesian and Javanese makes him popular among local journalists.
Current squad
- As of 9 May 2017.
First team
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | |||||||
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| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sukasto Efendi |  |
GK | |||||||
| 21 | Heris Wahyu Jadmiko | |
GK | |||||||
| 46 | Muhammad Tri Febriyanto | |
GK | |||||||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Munhar (captain) (on loan Madura United F.C.) | |
DF | |||||||
| 3 | Tri Setyo | |
DF | |||||||
| 4 | Dian Fakhrudin | |
DF | |||||||
| 29 | Febri Andikawanto | |
DF | |||||||
| 6 | Adik Sumarmo (captain) | |
DF | |||||||
| 11 | Didik Darmadi | |
DF | |||||||
| 91 | Novi Lisyanto | |
DF | |||||||
| 17 | Eko Purnomo | |
DF | |||||||
| 19 | Ariyanto | |
DF | |||||||
| 37 | Adrian Wijaya | |
DF | |||||||
| 42 | Kevin Deeromram |  |
DF | |||||||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 87 | Syafari Umarella | |
MF | |||||||
| 27 | Kasan Soleh | |
MF | |||||||
| 7 | Wahono | |
MF | |||||||
| 33 | Marco Pattiselano | |
MF | |||||||
| 92 | Edi Susanto | |
MF | |||||||
| 15 | Danang Eko Riyono | |
MF | |||||||
| 18 | Adhitya Wahyu Purbahanto | |
MF | |||||||
| 20 | Moussa Sidibe |  |
MF | |||||||
| 26 | Fadly Paputungan | |
MF | |||||||
| 28 | Arin Kusmanto | |
MF | |||||||
| 90 | José Oliveira |  |
MF | |||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 69 | Minoru Iwaki |  |
FW | |||||||
| 39 | Ari Prasetyanto | |
FW | |||||||
| 14 | Jaya Teguh Angga | |
FW | |||||||
| 32 | Sumaryanto | |
FW | |||||||
| 50 | Reza Mustofa | |
FW | |||||||
Notable squad
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