Bali United
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| Full name | Bali United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Serdadu Tridatu (Tridatu Warriors) |
| Short name | BUFC |
| Founded | 1989, as Putra Samarinda 15 February 2015, as Bali United |
| Ground | Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Owner | PT. Bali Bintang Sejahtera |
| CEO | Yabes Tanuri |
| Head Coach | Widodo Cahyono Putro |
| League | Liga 1 |
| 2014 |
Indonesia Super League, First Round (6th in East Group) |
| Website | Club home page |
Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia that competes in Liga 1, an official competition that replaced Indonesia Super League. Nicknamed Serdadu Tridatu (Tridatu Warriors), the club was founded as Putra Samarinda in 1989, changed its name to Bali United in 2015 and moved to its current stadium, Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, in the same year.
The club was formed in 1989 as Putra Samarinda Football Club. Putra Samarinda competed in Galatama and later in Liga Indonesia since that competition formed in 1994/1995.
Putra Samarinda experiencing financial difficulties since Galatama and Perserikatan merge into one competition. In 2003, Putra Samarinda and Persisam, Perserikatan club that funded by APBD Samarinda merged to form Persisam Putra Samarinda and used Putra Samarinda license to compete in Liga Indonesia. In 2008/2009, Persisam Putra Samarinda win the Premier Division and promoted to Indonesia Super League
To improve their marketability and higher chance of success, Persisam Putra Samarinda declared a name change to Bali United F.C. The team was relocated from Samarinda, East Kalimantan to Gianyar, Bali. Harbiansyah Hanafiah, the main commissioner of Bali United explained that he did the name change and moved the homebase to Bali because there were no representative from Bali in the highest football tier in Indonesia. Another reason was due to local fans in Samarinda prefer to support Pusamania Borneo F.C. more than Persisam.
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