PSS Sleman

Full name	Perserikatan Sepakbola Sleman[1]
Nickname(s)	Super Elang Jawa (Super Java Eagles) Laskar Sembada (Sembada Warriors)
Short name	PSS
Founded	20 May 1976 (1976-05-20)
Ground	Maguwoharjo Stadium
Capacity	31,700
Owner	PT Putra Sleman Sembada
CEO	Gusti Randa
Head Coach	Risto Vidaković
League	Liga 1
2022–23	Liga 1, 16th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Perserikatan Sepakbola Sleman (lit. 'Sleman Football Union'), or mostly known through its abbreviation PSS, is a professional football club based in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1 , the top-tier of Indonesian football, after winning promotion from Liga 2 in 2018. The club dons the nickname Super Elang Jawa (English: Super Java Eagles).

History

PSS was established in 1976 as a regional football association for amateur clubs (known as Perserikatan) in Sleman, the third of its kind in Yogyakarta province after PSIM Yogyakarta and Persiba Bantul. PSS needed 24 years to reach the top-tier of the amateur Perserikatan competitions in 2000. After six years in the premier division, PSS was unable to complete the 2006 season after suffering from the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings. However, the Indonesian football association PSSI did not relegate the three teams from Yogyakarta province, including PSS, although they forfeited their remaining games due to the earthquake's impact on their facilities and personal lives.^[2][3]

PSS left the top flight of Indonesian football in 2008 due to administrative matters. The club could not quickly adjust to the shift towards professional football with the launching of the Indonesian Super League (ISL) that year. ISL required Perserikatan clubs to wean off from their dependence on their region's state budget. Teams like PSS that continued to rely on the government had to compete in the second tier, which persistently used the Perserikatan's name for its top division (Divisi Utama). Amid heavy pressure from fans, PSS became a professional team in 2012 after the incorporation of PT Putra Sleman Sembada, the company that now manages the club. That move ensured PSS could return to the top flight if they manage to win promotion. PSS did so after winning the 2018 Liga 2 competition.^[4]

Statistics

Stadium

PSS in 2007 began to use its current home base Maguwoharjo Stadium after construction was disrupted by the earthquake a year before. Maguwoharjo's southern tribune, where the club's ultras occupy, is known as one of the loudest tribunes in Indonesia with non-stop 90-minute chanting.^[5]

Fans

PSS is known for its loyal and creative ultras. Supported by two fan clubs, the north tribune Slemania ^[6] and the south tribune Brigata Curva Sud 1976 (BCS),^[7] PSS' current form cannot be extricated from the dedication of supporters who strive to improve their team's managerial quality. The older one, Slemania, was established in 2000 in line with the promotion to top-flight football while BCS emerged in 2011 in the run-up to the 2012 professionalization of PSS.^[8]

Besides its popularity as the fan club with one of the best choreographies in Asia, BCS is known for its tough scrutiny over PSS management. BCS boycotted games in the 2020 Liga 1 over disappointment with the level of professionalism in PSS and only ended its strike in 2021 after a massive restructuring that has led to improvements in how the club is managed. BCS is particularly aware of concerns among female spectators when they are in a packed stadium, leading to the formation of its own female arm to ensure safety in the tribune.^[9][10][11]

The song "Sampai Kau Bisa" (Until You Can) is the anthem that fans sing after the match. The anthem symbolizes fan loyalty to the team in good and bad times, knowing the club went through trials until it earned its spot in top-flight football. PSS fan clubs have a policy of zero insults for opposing teams during 90 minutes of a football game, making them the friendliest ultras in Indonesia football. Their chants are exclusive to motivating PSS.^[12]

Players

Current squad

As of 25 November 2023^[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  PHI Anthony Pinthus 4 DF  IDN Nur Diansyah 5 DF  BRA Thales Lira 6 MF  LBN Jihad Ayoub 7 FW  BDI Elvis Kamsoba 8 MF  IDN Estebán Vizcarra 9 FW  IDN Saddam Gaffar 10 FW  SSD Ajak Riak 11 FW  IDN Ricky Cawor 12 GK  IDN Muhammad Ridwan 17 FW  IDN Riki Dwi Saputro 19 MF  IDN Achmad Zidan 20 FW  IDN Haris Tuharea 21 GK  IDN Dimas Fani Firmansyah

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  IDN Ibrahim Sanjaya 23 MF  IDN Kim Kurniawan (captain) 27 FW  IDN Irkham Mila 28 MF  IDN Arlan Dinata 30 DF  IDN Kevin Gomes 31 GK  IDN Safa’at Romadhona 32 MF  ARG Jonathan Bustos 33 MF  IDN Wahyudi Hamisi 38 DF  IDN I Nyoman Ansanay 46 MF  IDN Todd Ferre 72 DF  IDN Bayu Setiawan 80 FW  IDN Hokky Caraka 88 DF  IDN Leonard Tupamahu 96 DF  IDN Abduh Lestaluhu

Naturalized players

Country	Player
Germany	Kim Kurniawan
Argentina	Estebán Vizcarra

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  IDN Muhammad Fariz (at Sriwijaya) — DF  IDN Ifan Nanda Pratama (at PSM Makassar) — DF  IDN Dominikus Dion (at Persipa Pati)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IDN Rezin Diop Wamu (at Persewar Waropen) — MF  JPN Kei Sano (at Sada Sumut)

Club officials

Board of commissioners and directors

Position	Name
President Director	Gusti Randa
Director	Yoni Arseto
Director	Hempri Suyatna
Commissioner	Agoes Projosasmito
Commissioner	Wiliam Tjugiarto

Team management

Position	Name
Team Manager	Kevin Walean
Technical Director	vacant
Head Coach	Risto Vidaković
Assistant Coach	Ansyari Lubis Washiyatul Akmal
Goalkeeper Coach	Dragoș Plopeanu Amiruddin
Physical Coach	Kartono Pramdhan
Team Analyst	vacant
Team Doctor	Muhammad Hovi
Physiotherapist	Muhammad Firman
Masseur	Djamad
Kit man	Riyono, Agung

Coaches

Period	Name
1976–1994	unknown
1995–1996	Suwarno
1997–1998	vacant
1999–2000	Drs. Bambang Nurdjoko, Drs. Herwin Sjahruddin
2001–2002	Suharno
2003	Yudi Suryata
2004–2005	Daniel Roekito
2005	Mundari Karya
2005–2006	Herry Kiswanto
2007	Horacio Alberto Montes
2007	Rudy William Keltjes
2008	Iwan Setiawan
2008	Yudi Suryata
2008–2009	Maman Durachman
2009–2010	Yance Efraim Matmey
2010	Singh Bettay
2010	Inyong Lolombulan
2010–2011	M. Basri
2011–2012	Widyantoro
2013	Hanafi
2013	Yusak Sutanto
2013	Lafran Pribadi
2014	Sartono Anwar
2014	Herry Kiswanto
2015	Jaya Hartono
2015 (Piala kemerdekaan)	Didik Listyantara
2016–2017	Freddy Mulli
2017	Seto Nurdiantoro
2017–2018	Herry Kiswanto
2018–2019	Seto Nurdiantoro
2020	Eduardo Perez Moran
2020–2021	Dejan Antonić
2021–2022	Putu Gede
2022–2023	Seto Nurdiantoro
April–October 2023	Marian Mihail
October–November 2023	Bertrand Crasson
November 2023–	Risto Vidaković

Honours

References

External links

• Official site
• Fans site
• Fans site