Arema FC Putri (

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: ''Arema FC Women's''), is an Indonesia professional Women's football club based in Malang,

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, Indonesia. Founded in 2019, the club is affiliated with men's professional association football club

Arema FC Arema Football Club is an Indonesian professional football club based in Malang, East Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top flight of Indonesian Football. They are considered one of the best and most successful football clubs in th ...

. It currently plays in the Liga 1 Putri, the top women's league in Indonesia.

History

In July 2019,

announced their commitment to take part in the inaugural season of Liga 1 Putri, a women's football competition in Indonesia and formed a women's football team. Arema Football Club Putri were officially introduced on 2 October 2019 at the

Kanjuruhan Stadium Kanjuruhan Stadium ( Indonesian: ''Stadion Kanjuruhan'') was a multi-purpose stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 42,449. It was the home ground of Arema, a football team in ...

during the Arema match against

PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar'; abbreviated as PSM) is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , making it the oldest ...

in the competition Liga 1. Alief Syahrizal was appointed as the club's first head coach, with their inaugural 24-player squad announced on the same day. The nickname for Arema FC Putri is ''Ongis Kodew'' (Lionesses). ''Ongis'' is a language from Malang which means ''singo'' (lion in Javanese). Since a long time ago the lion was an icon of the city of Malang. While ''Kodew'' is the

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of ''wedok'' (women in Javanese). There have been several color changes from Arema FC Putri, but the official colors of the Arema Putri club are blues and red. The team's first game back was on 6 October 2019, where they lost 0–1 against

Galanita Persipura Gabungan Sepakbola Wanita Persipura, or Galanita Persipura, is an Indonesia professional Women's football club based in Tolikara, Papua Province, Indonesia. Founded in 2019, the club is affiliated with men's professional association footbal ...

in the Liga 1 Putri.

Honours

League

* Liga 1 : Semi-finalist:

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Cup

* Women Sriwijaya FC Championship : Winner: 2021 *

Pertiwi Cup Pertiwi Cup is the main national women's football cup competition in Indonesia, thus the female counterpart to the Piala Indonesia. This competition is managed by women's football board, under supervision of the Football Association of Indonesia ...

: : 3rd place:

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* East Java

: : Winner:

* DKI Jakarta Governor Cup : Winner: 2022 * Regent of Malang Cup : Winner: 2022

Players

Current squad

Head coaches

''Head Coach by years (2019–present)''

References

External links

* {{Arema FC Putri Association football clubs established in 2019 Women's football clubs in Indonesia 2019 establishments in Indonesia