Perserikatan Sepakbola Indonesia Mataram, commonly known as PSIM, is a professional

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club based in

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, Indonesia. Their home stadium is the

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. They play in Liga 2.

History

The history of the founding of PSIM began on September 5, 1929 with the birth of a football organization called the Perserikatan Sepak Raga Mataram (PSM). The name Mataram was used because

was the center of the

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. Then on July 27, 1930 the name PSM was changed to the Perserikatan Sepakbola Indonesia Mataram (PSIM) as a demand for the national movement to achieve

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. At that time it was actually an agency for the struggle of the

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n nation and state. On 19 April 1930, PSIM together with VIJ Jakarta (now

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), BIVB Bandung (

Persib Bandung Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as Persib Bandung, or simply Persib, is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, which competes in Liga 1, the top ...

), MIVB (

PPSM Magelang Perserikatan Paguyuban Sepakbola Magelang or PPSM ''( en: Magelang Football Union Association)'' is an Indonesian football club based in Magelang, Central Java. They play in the third tier of Indonesia football competition, Liga 3. They were e ...

), MVB (

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), SIVB (

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), VVB (

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) also attended the establishment

PSSI The Football Association of Indonesia ( id, Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia; 'All-Indonesian Football Association'; abbreviated as PSSI) is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930, fifteen years before ...

in a meeting held at Societeit Hadiprojo Yogyakarta. in the meeting represented by HA Hamid, Daslam, and Amir Noto. After going through various meetings, it was finally agreed to establish a parent organization named PSSI Persatuan Sepak Raga Seluruh Indonesia in 1931 and take place in Yogyakarta. In the 70s, PSIM could not do much at the level of the main competition, but PSIM had achieved an achievement, namely having scored the only goal against a semi-professional club from

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who was on a tour to

, the goal of PSIM was scored by Sucipto, one of the players. PSIM who participated in Diklat Salatiga and along with other players, Suripto, even though at the end of the match PSIM lost 1–5. Another achievement was when they defeated the Indonesia national team which was managed by coach Marota Yanek from

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in a

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at the Kridosono Stadium, the final result of the match 1–0 for PSIM wins. Since the

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started in 1994, PSIM's achievements have experienced ups and downs marked by the ups and downs of PSIM from the main division to division 1 of the Indonesian League. PSIM experienced relegation in the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division and promoted two years later. After competing for three seasons in the premier division, PSIM again had to be relegated to Liga Indonesia First Division in the 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division. Three years later, in Division 1 Liga Indonesia 2003 PSIM began to rise again and has a target for promotion with a well-prepared team. In the preliminary round, PSIM even beat the favorite team

twice in away matches with a landslide score of 3–1, and 3–0, and won Group C. However, PSIM's strength was getting worse and worse so that it failed to continue its dominance in the last 8 round. take place in full competition. PSIM, which had led the standings from the start, had to settle for being in 4th place, and had the opportunity to participate in the playoffs. In the playoffs played in

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, PSIM was unable to compete with

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only because of the difference in the number of goals. in 2005, they qualified for the highest caste 2006 Liga Indonesia Premier Division of the Indonesian league after the Division 1 champions who in the final match beat

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at the

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with a score of 2–1. in 2010 PSIM increasingly existed in the national football scene with increasing achievements and finally starting the 2011–2012 competition, PSIM has become a professional team that no longer relies on funds from the APBD.

Seasons

Players

Current squad

Naturalized players

Coaching Staff

Honours

* Liga Indonesia First Division ** Winners (1): 2005 ** ''Runner-up (1):'' 1997 *

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** Winners (1): 1932 ** ''Runner-up (4):'' 1931, 1939, 1940, 1943