PS TNI
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| Full name | Persatuan Sepak Bola Tentara Nasional Indonesia |
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| Nickname(s) | PS TNI |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Ground | Pakansari Stadium |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Owner | PT. Arka Gega Magna |
| Chairman | Judan Ali |
| Head coach | Ivan Kolev |
| League | Liga 1 |
| 2016 | ISC A, 18th |
PS TNI is a professional football club. It was founded in 2015 during the . The manager of the club is Judan Ali. PS TNI was created as a merger of PSMS Medan and the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia, often abbreviated as TNI) to compete in the Jenderal Sudirman Cup, but are now independent as PSMS Medan announced their split on 13 March 2016. After that, on 30 March 2016, PS TNI was officially acquired Persiram Raja Ampat. The acquisition process conducted through PT. Arka Gega Magna and the total costs incurred to take over was 17 billion rupiah.
Now, the club competes in the Liga 1.
As a result of the conflict between the PSSI and the Indonesia Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs, FIFA then froze the membership of the PSSI, resulting in the suspension of the Indonesian Football Association. Tournaments were made to replace the Indonesia Super League. The Jenderal Sudirman Cup (Indonesian: Piala Jenderal Sudirman, also known as Jenderal Sudirman Cup Indonesian Championship Torabika 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was made to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces, and would be held in November 2015 until January 2016 with fifteen clubs participating. PSMS Medan agreed to represent the PS TNI name for the tournament, as well as recruiting players who were also in the army such as Manahati Lestusen and Abduh Lestaluhu. PS TNI was the only non-ISL club to participate in the Jenderal Sudirman Cup.
In the Jenderal Sudirman Cup, PS TNI was seeded in Group C and would play all four matches in Delta Stadium in Sidoarjo. Along with four other clubs are Surabaya United, Pusamania Borneo F.C., Persib Bandung, and Persela Lamongan. The club came out as underdogs in the group stage, winning all four games and grabbing 11 points. They beat Surabaya United 2-1, won 6-5 on penalties against Pusamania Borneo after a 2-2 draw, won 4-2 against Persela Lamongan including a hat-trick from Dimas Drajat, and a 2-0 win against Persib Bandung. PS TNI then qualified for the Quarter-finals, where they were joined by Semen Padang, Mitra Kukar, and Persija Jakarta. They lost all three matches and was out of the competition.
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