Bhayangkara F.C.
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| Full name | Bhayangkara Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Guardian The Great Alligator |
| Founded | April 2016, as Bhayangkara Surabaya United September 2016, as Bhayangkara F.C. |
| Ground | Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Owner |
Indonesian National Police (90%) I Gede Widiade (10%) |
| CEO | Irjen Pol Royke Lumowa |
| Head coach | Simon McMenemy |
| League | Liga 1 |
| 2016 | ISC A, 7th |
Bhayangkara Football Club, commonly known as Bhayangkara F.C. or Bhayangkara, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. They currently compete in the Liga 1.
On April 12, 2016, Surabaya United and PS Polri merged and changing the club name to Bhayangkara Surabaya United. On September 1 2016, Bhayangkara Surabaya United changed its name to Bhayangkara Football Club. The main reason is the police do not want to arise primordial view, or fanaticism regionalism, because the police belongs to the people of Indonesia. So officials need to eliminate frills Surabaya.
Bhayangkara plays their home matches in Patriot Stadium, in Bekasi, West Java. Patriot Stadium first built as Bekasi Stadium in 1980 with a capacity of only 5,000-10,000 spectators. Since 2011, the stadium is be upgraded into a international stadium. This international standard construction project costs amounted to 450 billion rupiah. Source of funding construction of the stadium itself comes from the Government of Bekasi gradually. The construction of the first and the second phase has been completed. The west, east, south and the north side tribune will take up to two years so the Patriot Stadium capacity will increased to 30,000 spectators.
Bhayangkara's supporters are called Bhara Mania and majority supported by the Indonesian National Police.
The main sponsor of Bhayangkara is Bank BNI
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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