Persib
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| Full name | Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung |
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| Founded | 14 March 1933 (as Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond) |
| Ground | Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium |
| Capacity | 38,000 |
| Owner | PT. Persib Bandung Bermartabat |
| President | Glen Sugita |
| Head coach | Djajang Nurdjaman |
| League | Liga 1 |
| 2014 | Indonesia Super League, 1st (Champions) |
| Website | Club home page |
Persib Bandung or commonly known as Persib [per sib], is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, which currently competes in the highest tier of Indonesian football, the Liga 1. The club was founded in June 1933 from a merger of three clubs. Since the beginning of Liga Indonesia era, the club has never been relegated from the top-flight league. Their current home stadium is the new Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium which has a capacity of 38,000 spectators. The club is widely known by their nickname, which is Maung Bandung (The Bandung Tigers) and Pangeran Biru (The Blue Prince). They recently won their first Indonesia Super League (Now known as Liga 1) title in 2014, their first title of the newly formed Liga Indonesia in 1995, and 5 Perserikatan titles. The club also managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Asian Club Championship (Now AFC Champions League) in 1995 and in recent years is rising rapidly in overall performance.
Before Persib was formed, football in Bandung started with the formation of Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB) in 1923. It was at that time a nationalist-minded association with Syamsudin as the owner which was then forwarded to the son of the Indonesian heroines Dewi Sartika, R. Atot. BIVB then disappeared and two other associations surfaced, which are Bandung Indonesian Football Association Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung (PSIB) and National Voetball Bond (NVB). On 14 March 1933, the two associations and several other teams, such as SIAP, Soenda, Singgalang, Diana, Sun, Ovu, RAN, HBOM, JOP, MALTA, and Merapi, agreed to merge and a new association was born named Persib with Anwar St. Pamoentjak as chairman. During the early years, they became runner-up in the 1933, 1934 and 1936 Perserikatan seasons. Ultimately became champion for the first time in the 1939 season.
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