Gresik United F.C.

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Gresik United
Full nameGresik United Football Club
Nickname(s)Laskar Joko Samudro
(Joko Samudro Warriors)
Kebo Giras
(The Mad Buffalo)
Short nameGRE
GRES
Founded2 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-02)
Ground
Capacity40,000
OwnerPT Gresik Usaha Sejahtera
CEOMuhammad Allan
ManagerToriqi Fajerin
CoachAgus Indra Kurniawan
LeagueLiga 2
2023–24Liga 2/Championship Round (Group Z), 2nd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Gresik United Football Club, commonly known as GUFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Gresik, East Java. They currently compete in Liga 2, after promotion from Liga 3.

History[edit]

Main article: Petrokimia Putra

The club was founded as Petrokimia Putra Gresik, which was established on May 20, 1988. The club was funded by the fertilizer company, PT Petrokimia Gresik, which has been active in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division for more than 15 years. Petrokimia Putra competed in Galatama, which at the time was a professional football league in Indonesia. Many big clubs from Galatama that were once in the same class with Petrokimia Putra are now already defunct, such as Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian, Bandung Raya, Warna Agung, Pardedetex Medan, Assyabaab Surabaya, Perkesa 1978, BPD Jateng, Yanita Utama, Makassar Utama, and Indonesia Muda. The clubs which are still surviving until now are Arema, Barito Putera, and Semen Padang and some of them now have their names changed, Niac Mitra now is known as Mitra Kukar, Pelita Jaya changed their name so many times until their recent current name, Madura United. PKT Bontang became Bontang FC and Petrokimia Putra merged with Persegres United and became Gresik United.[1]

When they first entered Galatama, Gresik already had Persegres Gresik playing in the same division. In fact, some of the first batch of Petrokimia Putra players were Persegres alumni. At that time, the enthusiasm of the people of Gresik was more inclined to Persegres than to Petrokimia Putra. Some of Petrokimia Putra's first batch of players who graduated from Persegres, including Sasono Handito, Ferril Raymond Hattu, Rubianto, Reno Latupeirissa, Karyanto, Abdul Muis, Masrukan, Lutfi, Hasan Maghrobi, Derry Krisyanto, and many others.[1]

When the first edition of Liga Indonesia Premier Division was held in 1994–95, Petrokimia Putra was given with title "Champion without trophy". Because, in the final at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, they lost to Persib Bandung with a score of 0–1. In fact, in that match, Petrokimia scored the first goal through Jacksen F. Tiago. However, the referee annulled for no apparent reason.[1]

Petrokimia Putra became the champion of 2002 Liga Indonesia Premier Division after beating Persita Tangerang at the final by a score 2–1. This achievement broke the hegemony of big city clubs in the main row of national football. Usually the league champions are won by teams from big cities. Unfortunately, in the next season, Petrokimia was relegated to Liga Indonesia First Division.[1] They qualified for the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, which is the first edition of the Southeast Asia competition. This season they qualified to semi-final after defeating S.League club Singapore Armed Forces with a score of 3–2.[2]

On 2 December 2005 as a merger between two clubs from Gresik, which were Petrokimia Putra and Persegres Gresik. So Gresik United was established to replace Petrokimia Putra and Persegres, who once made City of Gresik the champion of Ligina.[3]

With their fanatical supporters, Ultras Gresik is famous for its noise when the club competes and creativity in its actions. Their identity was removed (2012 - 2019) with the addition of the identity Persegres in their first name (Persegres Gresik United) by the management who was said to be an investor at the time. in 2017, they played in 2017 Liga 1 and only managed to finish in the last position of the Liga 1 standings by only collecting 10 points from 34 games (2 wins and 4 draws). With that result, Gresik United were relegated to Liga 2.[4]

In 2018 Liga 2, they again experienced the same thing, where they only finished in 10th place out of 12 teams in the East Region of Liga 2, so they were relegated two seasons in a row to Liga 3.[5] Until the 2021 season, Gresik United are still in the lowest tier of Liga 3. and in the 2021 Liga 3 East Java zone, they finished in 3rd position out of 69 clubs and they qualified for the National Round.[6]

Players[edit]

As of 12 November 2023[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 MF Indonesia IDN Ilham Ilyanto
4 DF Indonesia IDN Salman Alfarid (on loan from Persebaya Surabaya)
5 DF Indonesia IDN Akbar Haris
6 DF Indonesia IDN Irvan Febrianto
7 FW Spain ESP Víctor Bertomeu
8 MF Indonesia IDN Muhammad Ghozy
9 FW Indonesia IDN Samsul Arif
10 FW Indonesia IDN Faisol Yunus
11 DF Indonesia IDN Birrul Walidain
15 DF Indonesia IDN Heri Setiawan
16 MF Japan JPN Renshi Yamaguchi
17 FW Indonesia IDN Muhamad Ridwan
18 MF Indonesia IDN Jefri Kurniawan (captain)
19 MF Indonesia IDN Malik Prayitno
20 GK Indonesia IDN Fajar Ali Syahbana
22 MF Indonesia IDN Ibnu Hajar Alhaitami
25 DF Indonesia IDN Frank Sokoy
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK Indonesia IDN Ulul Arham
27 DF Indonesia IDN Dimas Sukarno Putra
28 DF Indonesia IDN Rendy Jaya Firnanda
29 DF Indonesia IDN Gardhika Arya
31 MF Indonesia IDN Iftiqar Rizal
35 MF Indonesia IDN Syahrur Ramadhani
44 MF Indonesia IDN I Gede Sukadana
45 DF Indonesia IDN Satriyo Ujjialimaki
48 MF Indonesia IDN Rafli Bahasuan
51 DF Indonesia IDN Airlangga Mutamasiqdina
57 FW Indonesia IDN Akbar Firmansyah
66 MF Indonesia IDN Dicky Kurniawan
71 GK Indonesia IDN Visal Akbar
79 DF Indonesia IDN Made Meiyana (on loan from Bali United)
85 FW Indonesia IDN Dian Ardiansyah
93 FW Indonesia IDN Rafli Saysar
— DF Indonesia IDN Divie Alviandi

Coaching staff[edit]

Position Staff
Team Manager Indonesia Toriqi Fajerin
Head coach Indonesia Rudy Eka Priyambada
Assistant coach Indonesia Andik Ardiansyah
Assistant coach Indonesia Agus Indra Kurniawan
Physical Coach Indonesia Dimas Agung
Goalkeeper coach Indonesia Dedy Sutanto

Honours[edit]

Continental record[edit]

AFC Competitions[edit]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Second round Thailand Rajapracha UCOM FC 3–2 4–5 7–7 (a)
Quarter finals Japan Bellmare Hiratsuka 1–1 0–6 1–7
2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualifying round China Shanghai Shenhua 3–1 1–5 4–6

AFF Competitions[edit]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2003 ASEAN Club Championship Group A Cambodia Samart United 2–0 1st
Quarter Final Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 3–2 (a.e.t)
Semi Final India Kingfisher East Bengal 1–1 (p) 6–7
3rd Place Playoff Malaysia Perak FA 3–0 3rd place

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sejarah Gresik United" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Pernah Jadi Peserta, Intip Kiprah Petrokimia dan Persita di ASEAN Club Championship". indosport.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Petrokimia-Persegres Merger" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Setelah Terdegradasi dari Liga 1 pada 2017, Persegres Gresik United Terjun Bebas". bolasport.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Persegres Gresik Terdegradasi dari Liga 2". bola.kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Gresik United sudah Memastikan Diri Lolos ke Liga 3 Nasional". www.jawapos.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Daftar pemain tim Gresik United FC". ligaindonesiabaru.com (in Indonesian).
  8. ^ "Kilas Balik Petrokimia Putra Juara Liga Indonesia 2002". Bola.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 August 2021.

External links[edit]

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