Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian

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club based in

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. After winning

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, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is ''Laskar Kalinyamat'' (Kalinyamat Warriors) and ''Elang Laut Jawa'' (

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s).

History

Foundation and early years (1954–1994)

Persijap was founded on 11 April 1954. Syahlan Ridwan, Jepara's Regent founded the club. They have contributed players to the

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since 1979 when Haryanto was the first choice goalkeeper of the national team. Other national team players such as Siswandi Gancis, Solekan and Warsidi was from Persijap. They managed to win the

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in 1982.

Modern era and recent history (1994–present)

Their recent achievements in Indonesian football was only their promotion to the

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in 2000 and 2004 with coach Rudi William Keltjes. In the youth teams, they managed to add

titles in 1998 and 2002. In 2007 they were also promoted to the newly formed

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. They were included in the

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, before returning to the

in September 2012. In August 2014, they were relegated in the

Crest

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Kit suppliers

* Villour (2006–2009) *

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(2009–2010) *

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(2010–2011) *

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(2011–2012) * Red Warriors (2013) *

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(2014) *

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(2015) * Calsei (2016) * MBB (2017) * Al-Ikhsan (2018) *

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(2019) *

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(2020) *

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(2021–)

Sponsorship

* 2008-2015 = Bank Jateng * 2016 = Inservica System * 2017 = Inservica System & GO-JEK * 2018 = Inservica System & BPR BKK Jepara * 2019- = Oasis Mineral Waters

Stadium

Before 2008, Persijap plays the home matches in

Kamal Djunaedi Stadium Kamal Djunaedi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Jepara, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was previously the home stadium of Persijap Jepara Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an In ...

. Persijap now plays their home matches in

Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium (Stadion Gelora Bumi Kartini) is a multi-use stadium in Jepara, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It co ...

Asian clubs ranking

Supporters

Persijap Jepara's supporter groups are Jetmania (Jepara Tifosi Mania) and BANASPATI (Barisan Supporter Persijap Sejati).CURVANORDSYNDICATE (ultras persijap )

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Honours

* Liga 3 **Champions (1):

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** Champions (3): 1982, 1998, 2002 * Megawati Cup ** Champions (1): 2004

References

External links

Persijap Jepara
at

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Persijap official site
* Football clubs in Indonesia Football clubs in Central Java Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Indonesia {{Indonesia-footyclub-stub