Bontang Football Club (formerly known as PKT Bontang or Pupuk Kaltim) is an Indonesian professional
football
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team located in
Bontang
Bontang is a city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo in Indonesia, in the province of East Kalimantan. It occupies an area of , and the population was 140,787 at the 2010 census, and 178,917 at the 2020 census. It is also the third m ...
,
East Kalimantan
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in the island of
Borneo
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. The homebase is
Mulawarman Stadium
Mulawarman Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bontang, Indonesia
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.
Bontang FC prides itself as the most successful club to come out of
Kalimantan
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In 2019, ...
. They were semi-finalist of the
1994-95 Liga Indonesia and finalist in
1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
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. Bontang FC also build a football academy namely ''Diklat Mandau'' or ''PKT Junior''.
History
The club was founded as ''PS Pupuk Kaltim Galatama'' on 18 June 1988
and founded by
PT Pupuk Kaltim
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. It went through several name changes (''Pupuk Kaltim'' and ''PKT Bontang'') and changes as ''PS Bontang PKT'' (abbreviation from ''Persatuan Sepakbola Bontang Pupuk Kalimantan Timur'') in 2002.
Bontang PKT was also one team in Liga Indonesia, who were never relegated from
Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia. It also made some appearances in
Asian Winners Cup and it was the first ever and last made by a club from Kalimantan. This club changed to currently name (Bontang FC) on 12 June 2009.
Match-fixing scandal
In 2013 the club involved in the
match fixing scandal in the event the
Indonesian Premier League
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play-off during a game against
PSLS Lhokseumawe
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Epithet
* Pasai Warrior
Since th ...
club are also involved in the scandal. It was revealed after
FIFA
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suspicion over the outcome of the game is not fair, an indication of match fixing is known by FIFA through the
Early warning system
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(EWS) which owned them. Therefore, after doing a thorough investigation over the last two months, the discipline committee of the
Indonesia FA finally sentenced to ban all club players playing in
Indonesia
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football competition for two years and their coach
Fodé Camara from
Guinea
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punished not permitted involved in Indonesian football lifetime life, as well as an official team also received a five-year sentence. While the club barred from the league for two years and relegated to the lowest caste competition in Indonesia
Third Division and a fine of
IDR 100 million.
Crest
Image:PSBontangPupukKaltim.png, First crest (1988–2007)
Image:BontangFC.png, Second crest (2007–present)
Performance in AFC competitions
References
External links
Bontang PKT Official Site*{{in lang, en}
Goal.com Profile
Bontang F.C.
Football clubs in Indonesia
Football clubs in East Kalimantan
1988 establishments in Indonesia
Association football clubs established in 1988