Persis Solo

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Association football team in Indonesia

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::summary Association football team in Indonesia ::

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Field	Value
nickname	Laskar Sambernyawa (The Grim Reapers) Alap-Alap Kawah Jawa (Peregrine Falcon)
short name	PSO
ground	Manahan Stadium
capacity	20,000
clubname	Persis Solo
image	Persis Solo logo.svg
upright	0.6
fullname	Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Soerakarta
founded	; (as Vorstenlandsche Voetbal Bond)
(as PERSIS)
owner	PT Persis Solo Saestu
chrtitle	President
chairman	Kaesang Pangarep
manager	Lalu Dion Pratama
coach	Milomir Šešlija
league	Super League
season	2024–25
position	Liga 1, 14th of 18
website
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current	2025–26 Persis Solo season
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Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Surakarta (), commonly known as Persis Solo, is an Indonesian football club based in the Central Java city of Surakarta. Founded on 8 November 1923 as Vorstenlandschen Voetbal Bond (English: Royal Football Union; abbreviated as VVB), it was officially renamed to its current brand in 1935.

Persis returned to top-flight football after a decade in 2022 following its success in winning the 2021 Liga 2 title. The club plays its Super League home games at Manahan Stadium, which has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The 2021 revival of the club was driven by its new, politically connected owners – Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko Widodo who acts as the club's chairman, and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.

History

Persis Solo was established on 8 November 1923, Sastrosaksono from the M.A.R.S club and Raden Ngabehi Reksohadiprojo and Sutarman from the Romeo club initiated the formation of the Vorstenlandsche Voetbal Bond (VVB) as the forerunner of a football club that is the pride of the people of Solo. It is based on the belief of the three figures that the game of football can be played by anyone without any certain limitations.

On 28 October 1928, VVB reacted to the moment of the Youth Pledge of 1928, since 1935 then VVB changed its name to Persatuan Sepakraga Indonesia Soerakarta (Persis). This name change is a form of appreciation for the values of struggle and unity contained in the contents of the youth oath. Informally, the name Persis began to be used by the club.

On 19 April 1930, they participated in the founding of the Indonesian football federation called PSSI (In Indonesian: Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia) with six clubs, Bandoengsche Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (Persib Bandung), Indonesische Voetbal Bond Magelang (PPSM Magelang), Madioensche Voetbal Bond (PSM Madiun), Persatuan Sepakraga Mataram (PSIM Yogyakarta), Soerabajasche Indonesische Voetbal Bond (Persebaya Surabaya), and Voetbalbond Indonesische Jacarta (Persija Jakarta). The establishment of PSSI came from the spirit of the Indonesian people's struggle against Dutch imperialism at that time, and on 12 May 1933, Persis began to be inaugurated by the club through internal deliberation and began to be used officially.

Persis Solo began to be known by the people of Solo. Then, they began to be based at the Manahan Stadium and Sriwedari Stadium which were used as the team's training center, they also won several PSSI Perserikatan competitions seven times, namely in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943. Not only did they excel in the 1990s. Persis Solo started appearing in national football in 2006.

The momentum for Persis Solo's revival was only felt that year. The local government took them seriously and succeeded in being promoted to the highest caste at the time, Liga Indonesia Premier Division. Persis Solo was able to produce talented young players at that time, two of whom were goalkeeper Wahyu Tri Nugroho and defender Wahyu Wijiastanto. Both managed to enter the Indonesia national team.

Persis Solo became its own strength in 2007–08 Liga Djarum. They brought in big-name players, Greg Nwokolo, Harry Saputra, Rudi Widodo, Alvin Kie, and Frank Seator. Unfortunately, being in the highest caste only lasted a short time. In the following season, PSSI compiled the highest level competition under the name Indonesia Super League in 2008. Persis Solo was only able to finish in 10th place in the western group and failed to survive at the main level.

Grounds

Stadium

Persis Solo plays their home matches at Manahan Stadium. Manahan Stadium's design adheres to the international standards for stadium design, which is completed with 20,000 individual seats. The grass used is Grass Dactylon Cynodon, which is of FIFA standard class. The stadium is equipped with: a football pitch, international-standard athletics, a dressing room, a heating room, a health room, a secretariat, a journalist and a press conference room, and some offices. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Manahan_Stadium_August_2019.jpg" caption="Manahan Stadium"] ::

Sponsorship

The complete sponsors are as follow.

;Main sponsors (2023–2024)

Free Fire
Aladin Bank
Gurih
Vidio
ID Express
Smartfren

Supporters and rivalries

Supporters

Persis Solo's supporters are called Pasoepati. Founded in 2000 with red color as their identity. Pasoepati is one of the biggest football club supporters in Central Java.

Surakartans are the most loyal supporters of Persis, since the first time they were formed, they are supporting Persis and only Persis. They're known for their British casual culture.

Ultras 1923 are Persis Solo's supporters who are renowned for their fanatical support, with black color just like the Italian ultras.

Rivalries

Persis Solo and PSIM Yogyakarta has a classic tendencious match called the Mataram Derby.

Another rivalry called Central Java Derby, against PSIS Semarang. It's renowned for being the healthiest rivalry in Indonesian football.

Personnel

Technical staff

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Position	Name
Head coach	BIH Milomir Šešlija
Assistant coach	SRB Milos Durovic
	IDN Tithan Suryata
Goalkeeper coach	IDN Eddy Harto
Assistant goalkeeper coach	IDN Rizki Arya Adinata
Fitness coach	MAS Khairulanwar Md Isa
Analyst	IDN Taufik Novianto
Team Doctor	IDN dr. Iwan Utomo
Physiotherapist	IDN Rudi Suseno
Physiotherapist	IDN Deka Bagus Kurniagung
Masseur	IDN Fernando Nugroho
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Head coach history

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Years	Name	Notes
1994	IDN Hong Widodo
2000–2001	IDN Hartono Ruslan
2003	IDN John Lesnussa
2006	IDN Hanafi	{{cite web
2007–2008	IDN Suharno	{{cite web
2009–2010	IDN Abdul Hafid Djamado
2010	IDN Isman Jasulmei	{{cite web
2011	SRB Branko Babić
2011–2012	IDN Didik Listyantoro
2013–2015	IDN Widyantoro
2015	IDN Aris Budi Sulistyo
2016–2017	IDN Widyantoro
2017	IDN Yudi Suryata
2017	IDN Widyantoro
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Years	Name	Notes
2017–2018	IDN Freddy Muli
2018	IDN Jafri Sastra	{{cite web
2018–2019	IDN Agus Yuwono	{{cite web
2019	IDN Choirul Huda
2019–2020	IDN Salahudin
2021–2022	IDN Eko Purdjianto
2022	BRA Jacksen F. Tiago
2022	IDN Rasiman
2022–2023	MEX Leonardo Medina
2024	BIH Milomir Šešlija
2024–2025	MAS Ong Kim Swee
2025	NED Peter de Roo
2025–	BIH Milomir Šešlija
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Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

12 – The 12th man
17 – Ferry Anto (posthumous)
33 – Diego Mendieta (posthumous)

Season-by-season records

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Season(s)	League/Division	Tms.	Pos.	Piala Indonesia	AFC/AFF competition(s)
1994–95	First Division	16	4	–	–
1995–96	First Division	24	4th, Second round	–	–
1996–97	First Division	19	3rd, Group 2	–	–
1997–98	First Division	season abandoned	–	–	–
1998–99	First Division	14	5th, Group 3	–	–
1999–2000	Second Division			–	–
2001	Second Division			–	–
2002	Second Division		2nd, Third round	–	–
2003	Second Division	28	3rd, Second round	–	–
2004	Second Division	41	4th, Group F	–	–
2005	Second Division	24	3rd, Group 3	–	–
2006	First Division	36	2	–	–
2007–08	Premier Division	36	11th, East division	–	–
2008–09	Premier Division	29	11th, Group 2	–	–
2009–10	Premier Division	33	11th, Group 2	–	–
2010–11	Premier Division	39	13th, Group 2	–	–
2011–12	Premier Division (LI)	22	7th, Group 1	–	–
2013	Premier Division (LI)	39	3rd, Group 5	–	–
2014	Premier Division	60	4th, Third round	–	–
2015	Premier Division	55	did not finish	–	–
2016	Indonesia Soccer Championship B	53	5th, Group 3	–	–
2017	Liga 2	61	4th, Third round	–	–
2018	Liga 2	24	5th, West region	1st round	–
2019	Liga 2	24	5th, East region	–	–
2020	Liga 2	24	did not finish	–	–
2021–22	Liga 2	24	1	–	–
2022–23	Liga 1	18	10	–	–
2023–24	Liga 1	18	7	–	–
2024–25	Liga 1	18	14	–	–
2025–26	Super League	18	TBD	–	–
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Honours

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Domestic	1st tier	Titles	Runners-up	Seasons won
Perserikatan	7	1	1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943	1937
Liga 2	1	0	2021–22
First Division	0	1		2006
Perserikatan Second Division	1	0	1994
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References

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