Persebaya Putri (
English: ''Persebaya Women's''), is an Indonesia professional
Women's football club based in
Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...
,
East Java, Indonesia. It currently plays in the
Liga 1 Putri
The Liga 1 Putri (English: ''Women's League One''), is the top-flight women's football league in Indonesia. Supervised by the PSSI, the league is participated by ten clubs, with each side fielding a team in the Liga 1 men's league. The league's ...
, the top women's league in Indonesia.
History
In July 2019,
Persebaya
Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...
announced their commitment to take part in the inaugural season of
Liga 1 Putri
The Liga 1 Putri (English: ''Women's League One''), is the top-flight women's football league in Indonesia. Supervised by the PSSI, the league is participated by ten clubs, with each side fielding a team in the Liga 1 men's league. The league's ...
, a women's football competition in Indonesia and formed a women's football team.
On Friday, 27 September 2019,
Persebaya
Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...
decided to resign after sending a letter to PSSI to postpone participation in the
2019 Liga 1 Putri
The 2019 Liga 1 Putri season was the inaugural season of Liga 1 Putri, the top-flight Indonesian league for women's association football. The season started on 5 October 2019 and finished with two-legged finals on 22 and 28 December 2019.
Persib ...
. The plan was that the Women in Green would enter the competition next year.
But
Persebaya
Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...
finally decided to take part in the
2019 Liga 1 Putri
The 2019 Liga 1 Putri season was the inaugural season of Liga 1 Putri, the top-flight Indonesian league for women's association football. The season started on 5 October 2019 and finished with two-legged finals on 22 and 28 December 2019.
Persib ...
. The obligation of every
Liga 1 team to take part in the women's competition next season was taken into consideration.
Players
Current squad
References
External links
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{{Persebaya Surabaya
Persebaya Surabaya
Association football clubs established in 2019
Women's football clubs in Indonesia