| Clubname: | Persikabo 1973 |
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| Fullname: | Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973 |
| Short Name: | PBO BGR |
| Nickname: | Laskar Padjajaran (Pajajaran's Army) |
| Founded: | , as PS TNI , as PS TIRA , as PS TIRA–Persikabo (merged with Persikabo Bogor) , as Persikabo 1973 |
| Ground: | Pakansari Stadium[1] |
| Capacity: | 30,000 |
| Owner: | PT Cilangkap TNI Jaya[2] |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Bimo Wirjasoekarta |
| Manager: | Gilang Ginarsa |
| Coach: | Djadjang Nurdjaman |
| League: | Liga 2 |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | Liga 1, 18th of 18 (relegated) |
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| Current: | 2023–24 Liga 1 (Indonesia) |
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973, commonly known as Persikabo 1973, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bogor Regency, West Java that competes in Liga 1.[3] The club will play in Liga 2 next season, as they are relegated.
This club started from an initiative to participate in the 2015 Piala Jenderal Sudirman tournament with a team that incorporated players from the professional PSMS Medan club into the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI)'s amateur club, PS TNI. After this tournament, PS TNI parted ways with PSMS Medan but decided to become a professional club that combines soldiers with professional players. In March 2016, PS TNI appointed their first professional coach, Englishman Judan Ali and acquired Persiram Raja Ampat, a cash-strapped first-tier team from the impoverished West Papua province, for a cost of 17 billion rupiah.[4] [5] [6]
For the 2018 Liga 1 season, PS TNI were renamed as PS TIRA to dilute the TNI association and moved to Bantul. The team finished 2018 Liga 1 in 15th position and escaped relegation after securing a vital 3–1 win against Borneo F.C. in the last match of the season. PS TIRA later merged with Liga 3 club Persikabo Bogor in early 2019 to form TIRA-Persikabo and play at Pakansari Stadium in Bogor Regency.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Ahead of the 2020 Liga 1 season, TIRA-Persikabo changed its name to Persikabo 1973.[11] But they used the name TIRA-Persikabo and the same logo for the 2020 Liga 1 season because these changes were not approved by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). During its May 2021 annual congress, PSSI said the club cancelled the plan to propose for a name change.[12] [13] But they used the name Persikabo 1973 as a commercial arrangement for the 2021–22 Liga 1 season.[14]
In the 2023–24 Liga 1 season, Persikabo were relegated to the Liga 2, with 4 matches left to spare, ending their seven-years tenure in the top division.[15]
| Season | League | Indonesian Cup | Continental competition | Team topscorer | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | GF | GA | Point | |||||||
| 2016 | ISC A | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 75 | 26 | 18 | Not held | Not participating | Unknown |
| 2017 | Liga 1 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 58 | 42 | 12 | Not held | Not participating | Élio Martins (11) |
| 2018 | Liga 1 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 57 | 42 | 15 | Round of 16 | Not participating |  Aleksandar Rakić (21) |
| 2019 | Liga 1 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 57 | 42 | 15 | Not held | Not participating |  Ciro Alves (14) |
| 2020 | Liga 1 | Competition suspended due to pandemic COVID-19 | ||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Liga 1 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 49 | 48 | 40 | 10 | Not held | Not participating | Ciro Alves (20) |
| 2022–23 | Liga 1 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 48 | 41 | 14 | Not held | Not participating |  Pedro Henrique (9) |
| 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 44 | 70 | 20 | 18 | Not held | Not participating |  Yandi Sofyan (9) |
| 2024–25 | Liga 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD | Not held | Not participating | TBD |
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When competing in 2016 Indonesian Soccer Championship as PS TNI, the club played at Siliwangi Stadium in Bandung.[16] For the 2017 Liga 1 season, they moved to Pakansari Stadium, and moved again to Sultan Agung Stadium in Bantul for the 2018 season. As the result of their merger with Persikabo Bogor, the club in 2019 returned to Pakansari to play their home matches.[17]
Persikabo has a supporter group's in Bogor Regency and spread across the Greater Jakarta area, they have become one of the representatives of a football club in West Java with a Sundanese identity. Kabomania is the name for the club's supporters who are all over the stands. There are other, more exclusive supporter groups, UPCS is a group that only fills in the south stand at the Pakansari Stadium.[18]
Rivalry with Persija Jakarta, also known as Jakarta–Bogor rivalry, has been going on from their supporters since 2008 and has become a new rival for clubs with adjacent locations.[19]
The match with Persib Bandung, also known as West Java derbies, is a big match with the fight for the best in West Java.[20]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Gilang Ginarsa | |
| Assistant Manager | Zainul Arifin | |
| Technical Director | Salvador Rodriguez | |
| Head Coach | Djadjang Nurdjaman | |
| Assistant Coach | Oleg Kuzmianok | |
| Ricky Riskiandi | ||
| Physical Coach | Asep Ardiansyah | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Hermansyah | |
| Assistant Goalkeeper Coach | Budi Setiawan | |
| Team Doctor | Ihsan Muhammad | |
| Renol Rahman | ||
| Team Physiotherapist | Irfan Surya Nugroho | |
| Muhammad Sidik | ||
| Masseur | Indar Istiqnan | |
| Kit & equipment manager | Agus Solihin | |
| Kit & Equipment Assistant | Randi Ompong | |
| Head of Media Officer | Nandang Permana Sidik | |
| Media Officer Assistant | Nandang Rusmawan |
| Name | Nat. | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suharto A.D. | | 2015 | |
| Judan Ali[22] | 2016 | ||
| Eduard Tjong[23] | | 2016 | |
| Suharto A.D.[24] | | 2016 | |
| Laurent Hatton |  | 2017 | |
| Ivan Kolev |  | 2017 | |
| Rudy Eka Priyambada | | 2018 | |
| Nil Maizar | | 2018 | |
| Rahmad Darmawan | | 2019 | |
| Igor Kriushenko |  | 2019–2021 | |
| Liestiadi[25] | | 2021–2022 | |
| Djadjang Nurdjaman[26] | | 2022–2023 | |
| Aidil Sharin Sahak |  | 2023 | |
| Aji Santoso | | 2023–2024 | |
| Djadjang Nurdjaman | | 2024– |