Full name | Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung | |||
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Short name | PSB | |||
Founded | 5 January 1919Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB) 18 March 1934 , as Persib[1] | , as |||
Ground | Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium | |||
Capacity | 38,000 | |||
Owner | PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat | |||
President | Glenn Timothy Sugita | |||
Head coach | Bojan Hodak | |||
League | Liga 1 | |||
2023–24 | Liga 1, 1st of 18 (champions) | |||
Website | https://www.persib.co.id | |||
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Football |
Football (Women's) |
Football U-20 (Men's) |
Football U-18 (Men's) |
Football U-16 (Men's) |
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung (lit. 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as simply Persib, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bandung, West Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Founded in 1919 as Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB), it officially changed to its current name in 1934. The team is also known by its nicknames Pangeran Biru (Blue Prince) and Maung Bandung (Bandung Tigers). Their home stadium is Gelora Bandung Lautan Api, which has a capacity of 38,000.[2]
The club has won two Liga 1 titles, in 2014 and 2023–24. Before the current league format, Persib won the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division title, and five Perserikatan titles, all of which through tournament structure. Persib has also reached the quarter-finals of the Asian Club Championship in 1995.[3]
The club main rivalry with Persija Jakarta is referred to as the Indonesian El Clàsico, which is one of the most dangerous derbies in Indonesia football history.