Putra Samarinda Football Club was an Indonesian
football club
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located in
Samarinda
Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda ranks first on East Kalimantan Human dev ...
,
East Kalimantan
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. Nicknamed ''Pesut Mahakam'', they won the
Liga Indonesia Premier Division
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title in the
2008–09 season.
History
Early years (1989–2003)
The club was formed in 1989 as Putra Samarinda Football Club, or often called Pusam, by a local businessman, Harbiansyah Hanafiah, to competed in semi-professional competition
Galatama Liga Sepak Bola Utama (English: ''Premier Football League''), commonly known by its acronym Galatama, was a semi professional football league in Indonesia, established in 1979 by the Indonesian Football Association, PSSI. Prior to the establishment ...
. But when the top two competitions in Indonesia,
Perserikatan
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and Galatama, merged to form Liga Indonesia, Pusam suffered a financial crisis throughout the time. In 2000, they were forced to withdraw from the
Premier Division and were sentenced to drop to
First Division. The following season they were also absent so they were again sentenced to go down to
Second Division
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.
Merge with Persisam (2003–2014)
Besides Pusam, there was one more club in
Samarinda
Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda ranks first on East Kalimantan Human dev ...
which was a former Perserikatan team, Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Samarinda, or commonly known as Persisam. Persisam, unlike Pusam, did not experience financial problems because at that time they received financial assistance from the city government of Samarinda. Unfortunately, their achievements were not so good. Even to the point of being relegated into the second division in 2002–03 season. The two teams then decided to merge in 2003 and formed Persisam Putra Samarinda. By obtained funding sources from the Samarinda City Regional Budget (APBD Samarinda) and Pusam's license to competed in Liga Indonesia, they started from the second division.
The club's achievements after the merger was slowly skyrocketed. Entering the second round of the Second Division in the 2005 season, they were automatically promoted to First Division. Two seasons in the third-tier of Indonesian football competition, Persisam Putra rose to the Premier Division in the
2008–09 season and immediately kicked off by becoming champions. They were promoted to the
Indonesia Super League
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.
Entering the
2014
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season, Harbiansyah Hanafiah renamed the club back to Putra Samarinda which aimed to revive the glory of Putra Samarinda which was replaced by Persisam. Unfortunately, the club was like being abandoned by fans because there was an issue stating that Pusam was then used as political land. The discourse was also opposed by internal club members so that there was a split in club management. In addition, the club was shocked because of the corruption cases carried out by a number of their officials.
Relocation and renaming
To improve their marketability and higher chance of success, Putra Samarinda was relocated from Samarinda,
East Kalimantan
East Kalimantan (Indonesian: ) is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the current boundary), 3.42 million at the 2015 census, and 3. ...
to
Gianyar
Gianyar Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province and island of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 368.0 km2 and had a population of 469,777 at the 2010 Census, and 515,344 at the 2020 Census, making it the second most ...
,
Bali
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. Harbiansyah Hanafiah, the main commissioner of Putra Samarinda explained that he was willing to change the name of the club and relocated to Bali because there were no representative of Bali in the highest football tier in Indonesia. Moreover, Pusam's previous financial condition was very apprehensive. So, after cooperating with one of the tire manufacturers,
Corsa, he hoped that the club would not be dissolved.
The club were brought out of administration at the end of the
2014 season, and subsequently renamed "
Bali United
Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...
".
Colours and badge
Putra Samarinda have played in orange shirts, even when the club was named Persisam Putra Samarinda.
Pusam's official emblem has undergone several changes, following the merger. When merging with Persisam, the emblem used has a round shape, adorned with Persisam Putra Samarinda text in two colors (red and black) and two stars that flank an eagle that flaps its wings which bring out the nickname ''Elang Borneo'' (Borneo Eagle).
Then,
irrawaddy dolphin
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logo appears for the first time when Persisam competed in the
2011–12 Indonesia Super League
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. Previously, the irrawaddy dolphin was more familiar as the Putra Samarinda logo when competed in Galatama. A dark-and-bright orange shield with two dolphins flanking a ball. At the bottom, there was the writing of Persisam Putra (Putra Samarinda in 2014) and Dayak typical carvings at the top of the logo, gave them the nickname ''Pesut Mahakam'' (Mahakam Dolphin).
Stadium
From 1989 until the first half of 2014 season, Pusam contested their home matches at Segiri, although in very rare circumstances the club played some home games in Madya Sempaja. They also used Sempaja as their primary training ground.
In March 2014, Pusam officially moved to Palaran, built for the
2008 Indonesia National Games, for the rest of 2014 season in the hope of increasing revenue from ticket sales that are not in line with expectations when competed in the Segiri.
Supporters
Pusam's supporter was called Pusamania, stands for Putra Samarinda Mania, based in Samarinda. But because politics entered the club, fans were disappointed and switched their allegiance to support
Pusamania Borneo.
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
First team squad
:''The squad given here was made up of the players registered to the club for
2014 Indonesia Super League
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. Updated January 2014.''
Head coaches
Honours
Domestic
*
Liga Indonesia Premier Division
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** Winners (1):
2008–09
Friendly
*
Inter Island Cup
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** Runners-up (2):
2011
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,
2012
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Season by season record
Notes:
References
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Association football clubs disestablished in 2014
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