:Persema Malang
{{Short description|Indonesian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox football club
| nickname = Bledeg Biru (Blue Lightning)
| ground = Gajayana Stadium
Malang, East Java, Indonesia
| capacity = 25,000
| clubname = Persema Malang
| image = 220px
| fullname = Persatuan Sepakbola Malang
| founded = {{Start date and age|8 October 1934}} as PST Tumapel
{{Start date and age|20 June 1953}} as Persema Malang
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| coach = Ahmad Bustomi{{cite web |title=Persema Malang dan Persikoba Batu, 2 Tim asal Malang Raya Lolos ke Babak 8 Besar Liga 4 Jatim |url=https://suryamalang.tribunnews.com/2025/02/05/persema-malang-dan-persikoba-batu-2-tim-asal-malang-raya-lolos-ke-babak-8-besar-liga-4-jatim |website=Suryamalang.com |language=id-ID}}
| league = Liga 4
| season = 2024–25
| current = 2024–25 Liga 4 East Java
| position = 4th, (East Java zone)
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Persema, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Malang is an Indonesian football club based in Malang, East Java. They currently compete in the Liga 4.{{cite web| url=https://pssijatim.com/klub/persema-malang| title=Profil Klub: Persema Malang| date=11 November 2021| access-date=29 May 2022| website=pssijatim.com| language=id| archive-date=2 July 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702053356/https://pssijatim.com/klub/persema-malang| url-status=live}}
History
The club was officially established in 1953, with primary funding from Malang's municipal budget. It was part of the Indonesian Super League until January 2011 when they hosted LPI's inaugural match and stopped relying on public funds. The other local team, Arema FC, is one of the most successful clubs in ISL. The team's nickname is "Bledeg Biru" while its home stadium is Gajayana Stadium.{{Cite web|url=http://persemania.blogspot.com/2009/10/stadion-gajayana-malang.html|title = Stadion Gajayana Malang|date = 30 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919161345/http://persemania.blogspot.com/2009/10/stadion-gajayana-malang.html|archive-date=19 September 2010|url-status=live}}
Persema has yet to secure a trophy throughout its tenure in the Indonesian Super League, consistently occupying mid to lower positions in the standings. The team faced relegation to Indonesia's Division One (third-tier) in 2003. However, within two seasons, Persema successfully returned to the second-tier league. Subsequently, Persema earned promotion to the ISL in 2009 and remained in the league until shifting to the LPI in 2011.
Persema is now popular as the club that first hired European-born naturalized players Irfan Bachdim and Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan whose nominations to the Indonesia national under-23 football team in 2011 were cancelled by the Football Association of Indonesia because they chose to play in the breakaway league. Its coach Timo Scheunemann is a German who was born and bred in Indonesia and has become a father figure in Indonesia for Bachdim and Kurniawan. His ability to speak Indonesian and Javanese makes him popular among local journalists.
Honours
=Domestic leagues=
- Perserikatan First Division
- Champions (1): 1989–90
- Runners-up (1): 1982–83
- Liga Indonesia Premier Division
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
- Liga Indonesia U-23
- Champions (1): 2007
=Domestic Cups=
- Soeratin Cup
- Champions (2): 1965, 1996–97
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2012
Notable former players
- Bima Sakti
- Siswanto
- Muhammad Kamri
- I Komang Putra
- Sukasto Effendi
- {{flagicon|NED}}{{flagicon|INA}} Irfan Bachdim
- {{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|INA}} Kim Kurniawan
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Caue Benicio
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Jairon Feliciano Damásio
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Mark Gaspar
- {{flagicon|CMR}} Seme Pierre Pattrick
- {{flagicon|SLE}} Brima Pepito Sanusie
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Instagram|official_persemamalang}}
{{Liga 4 (Indonesia)}}
{{Football in Indonesia}}
{{Football clubs in Indonesia}}
Category:Football clubs in East Java
Category:1953 establishments in Indonesia
Category:Association football clubs established in 1953
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