Nusantara United Football Club (previously known as Mataram Utama) is an Indonesian football team which will be based in the Capital City of Nusantara, Indonesia. However, for the moment, this team plays their home matches in Salatiga,

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. This team has competed in Liga 2.

History

The club was established as Mataram Utama Football Club following the conclusion of the 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress on 30 May 2022. They were formed after the Mataram Utama management handed over control of their senior team to a group of investors, who subsequently rebranded the club as Nusantara United. Mataram Utama themselves still exist as a club, however they seem to refrain from fielding another senior team for the

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

season, deciding to focus on youth development and their football academy. On 5 July 2022, in an Instagram post unveiling their new logo, Nusantara United announced that they will represent

Nusantara Nusantara most commonly refers to: *Nusantara (archipelago), an Old Javanese term which initially referred to the conquered territories of the Majapahit empire, corresponding to present-day Indonesia *Nusantara (planned city), the future capital ci ...

, the future new capital of Indonesia, within the country's footballing pyramid. While the new Capital City of Nusantara is still in the development stage, Nusantara United has determined to choose Salatiga as a temporary homebase and training camp to prepare the team ahead of the

season. However, as the Kridanggo Stadium in Salatiga does not fulfil the necessary requirements to hold Liga 2 matches, Nusantara United plays their league games at the

Moch. Soebroto Stadium dr. H. Moch. Soebroto Stadium (previously Madya Stadium) is a football stadium in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia with a 22,000 seating capacity. The stadium which built in 2008 is a type A stadium with international grass standards. dr. H. Moc ...

in nearby

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for the 2022–23 season and at the Kebogiro Stadium in nearby Boyolali for the 2023–24 season whilst still holding their training sessions and operating their day-to-day activities in Salatiga.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Affiliated clubs

* Lion City Sailors *

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* Davao Aguilas * Master 7

References

External links

* Football clubs in Indonesia Football clubs in Central Java Association football clubs established in 2022 2022 establishments in Indonesia {{Indonesia-footyclub-stub