Perseman Manokwari is an Indonesian

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club based in

Manokwari Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital of the Indonesian province of West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status. It is also the administrative seat of Manokwari Regency. However, under pro ...

. They play in the Liga 3. Their home stadium is

Sanggeng Stadium Sanggeng Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Manokwari, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home venue for Perseman Manokwari Perseman Manokwari is an Indonesian football club based in Manokwari. The ...

History

Perseman Manokwari was established in 1950, is the oldest club from Papua, even standing earlier than

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which was founded in 1963, starting their work in the competition in the

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era in 1985, they made it into the top six the first time they participated in the competition. Under coach Paul Cumming, in 1986, they made it into the final round of the Perserikatan era, however, on October 6, 1986, the final match against

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which was held at the

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, Perseman lost to Persib with a score of 6-0 . Despite failing to win the title, Perseman Manokwari remained one of the most frightening clubs until the 1987 season. In the 1988 season, Perseman Manokwari was relegated to

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. In the era of the 1980s, Perseman Manokwari gave rise to several reliable

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who almost became champions in the United era, such as Adolf Kabo, Wellem Mara, Yunias Muray, Piet Hein Suabey, Yohanes Kambuaya, Mundus Waney, Aris Kapissa and the Woof brothers, Yulius, Markus, and Mathias. They are comeback appeared in the highest caste of

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in the 2007 season. In the previous season they competed in

and were successfully promoted to Divisi Utama. In their inaugural season in Divisi Utama, Perseman was only able to end the season in 17th place in the eastern group, this made them fail to play in the

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, after a change in the competition format in the 2008–09 season, Perseman continued to compete in Divisi Utama, but at that time Divisi Utama became the second caste in Indonesian football pyramid, from the 2008 season to the 2013 season, Perseman Manokwari was only able to finish in the middle of the standings and always failed to reach the next round. In the 2014 season, they were at the bottom of Group 5 of Divisi Utama making them relegated to Liga 3, Until 2021, Perseman Manokwari is still competing in Liga 3.

Honours

** Runner-up (1): 1986 *Liga 3 West Papua **Champions (1):

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*Liga 3 National **Round of 64 (1) 2021 Group A

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(2009-2012) *

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(2012-2014)

References

Football clubs in Indonesia Football clubs in West Papua (province) Manokwari Regency Association football clubs established in 1950 1950 establishments in Indonesia {{Indonesia-footyclub-stub