PSM Makassar

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PSM Makassar, or PSM, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The club was founded in 1915 (as Makassar Voetbal Bond) and currently competes in the Indonesia Soccer Championship A. PSM plays their home matches in Andi Mattalatta Stadium.
PSM is the oldest team in the history of Indonesian football. They are also considered as one of the most successful ones in eastern Indonesia.

History

Foundation and early years (1915–1942)

PSM was founded on November 2nd 1915 as Makassar Voetbal Bond (MVB). They are considered as the oldest football club in Indonesia and as one of the oldest in South East Asia. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, all type of organization with Dutch spellings are removed and MVB changed to PSM Makassar.^[1]

Perserikatan era (1942–1994)

Some of the early players of PSM Makassar was regularly called to the Indonesia national football team, the most famous was the club legend Ramang. They won their first Perserikatan title in 1957 by beating PSMS Medan.^[2] They managed to also won the championship in 1959, 1965, 1966 and 1992.^[1]

Modern era and recent history (1994–present)

After the merger of Perserikatan and Galatama in 1994, they won their first Indonesia Premier Division title in 2000. The squad consists of the combination of national team players, such as Miro Baldo Bento, Aji Santoso, Bima Sakti, Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Hendro Kartiko, and local talents, such as Ronny Ririn, Syamsudin Batola, Yusrifar Djafar, dan Rachman Usman. They won the 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division by only losing 2 from 31 matches.^[3]
In 2011 they joined the breakaway league Liga Primer Indonesia.^[4] They continued to play in the Indonesian Premier League organized by PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo until 2013, before joining the Indonesia Super League again in the 2014 season.^[5]^[6]

Stadium

PSM plays their home matches at Andi Mattalatta Stadium.

Supporters

Some of their supporter groups are The Macz Man, Laskar Ayam Jantan, Red Gank, Komunitas VIP Selatan, Kopaskar, and PSM Fans 1915 (PSM Makassar Casual).

Players

As of September 18th 2016.^[7]^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Coaches

PSM Makassar

Full name

Persatuan Sepak Bola Makassar

Nickname(s)

Juku Eja
(The Red Fish)
Ayam Jantan dari Timur
(The Eastern Roosters)
Pasukan Ramang
(Ramang's Warriors)

Founded

2 November 1915; 101 years ago (as Makassar Voetbal Bond)

Ground

Andi Mattalatta Stadium

Capacity

15,000

Owner

PT. PSM

Chairman

Munafri Arifuddin

Head coach

Robert Alberts

League

Indonesia Soccer Championship A

2014

Indonesia Super League, 7th in First Round of East Zone

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Deny Marcel
2	DF	Hendra Wijaya
3	FW	Ferdinand Sinaga
4	DF	Wasyiat Hasbullah
6	DF	Daniel Tata
7	FW	Luiz Ricardo
8	MF	Syamsul Chaeruddin
9	MF	Zulvin Zamrun
11	FW	Muhammad Rachmat
13	DF	Achmad Sumardi
14	MF	Hasan Husain
16	MF	Ridwan Tawainella
17	MF	Rasyid Bakri
19	MF	Rizky Pellu (Captain)

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Valentino Telaubun
22	DF	Ardan Aras
23	DF	Jajang Maulana
25	FW	Titus Bonai
27	MF	Maldini Pali
33	GK	David Aryanto
37	FW	Muchlis Hadi
38	FW	Ronald Hikspoors
45	DF	Erik Setiawan
51	GK	Syaiful
71	FW	Andri
80	MF	Wiljan Pluim
87	DF	Kwon Jun