Petrokimia Putra was an Indonesian

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club based in

Gresik Gresik Regency ( older spelling: Grissee, ) is a regency within East Java Province of Indonesia. As well as a large part of the Surabaya northern and western suburbs, it includes the offshore Bawean Island, some 125 km to the north of Java an ...

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. They last played in the

Liga Indonesia First Division Liga Indonesia First Division (Indonesian: ''Divisi Satu Liga Indonesia'') was the third level football competition in Indonesian football league system (often called as ''Liga Indonesia''). This competition is managed by the Football Association o ...

. They merged with Persegres Gresik and became

Gresik United Gresik United Football Club, commonly known as GUFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Gresik, East Java. They currently compete in Liga 2, after promotion from Liga 3. They are considered to be one of the relatively good foo ...

in 2005.

History

Petrokimia Putra Gresik was established on May 20, 1988. Since its establishment, the club is funded by the fertilizer factory, PT Petrokimia Gresik, has been active in the

Liga Indonesia Premier Division Liga 2 (English: ''League Two'') is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by PSSI. Before 2017, this competition was named the Liga Indonesia Premier Division (from 1994 to 2007, it was the top-tier divisio ...

for more than 15 years. Petrokimia Putra isat the

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club, which is professional football clubs in Indonesia. Many big clubs from Galatama that were once in the same class with Petrokimia Putra are now already defunct, such as

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, Bandung Raya,

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, Pardedetex Medan,

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, Perkesa 1978, BPD Jateng,

Yanita Utama Yanita Utama football club was an Indonesian semi professional association football club from Bogor, West Java. The club was founded in 1979 under the name Jaka Utama, headquartered in Lampung. It was involved in a bribery case in Lampung, then ...

, Makassar Utama, and

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. Perhaps, the clubs who are still surviving until now are Arema, Barito Putera, and

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and some of them now changing their name,

Niac Mitra Persatuan Sepakbola Mitra Kutai Kartanegara is an Indonesian association football club based in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. They currently compete in the Liga 3. History This club was founded in 1979 as NIAC Mitra. NIAC sto ...

now known as Mitra Kukar,

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changing their name so many times until they using the current name,

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now become

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and Petrokimia Putra merged with Persegres United and became

. When they first entered to

, actually in Gresik there was a local club that was playing in

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First Division, namely Persegres Gresik. In fact, some of the first batch of Petrokimia Putra players are Persegres alumni. At that time, the enthusiasm of the people of Gresik was more inclined to Persegres than to Petrokimia Putra. Some of Petrokimia Putra's first batch of players who graduated from Persegres, including Sasono Handito, Ferril Raymond Hattu, Rubianto, Reno Latupeirissa, Karyanto, Abdul Muis, Masrukan, Lutfi, Hasan Maghrobi, Derry Krisyanto, and many others. When the first edition of

was held in 1994–95, Petrokimia Putra was given with title "Champion without trophy". Because, in the final at the

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium ( id, Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno; literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Gel ...

, they lost to

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 ...

with a score of 0–1. In fact, in that match, Petrokimia scored the first goal through Jacksen F. Tiago. However, the referee annulled for no apparent reason. Petrokimia Putra become the champion of

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after beating

Persita Tangerang Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Tangerang ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Tangerang'), commonly known as Persita is an Indonesian professional football club based in Tangerang. They currently compete in the Liga 1. Their nicknames are ''Pen ...

at the final with score 2–1. This achievement broke the hegemony of big city clubs in the main row of national football. Usually the league champions are won by teams from big cities. Unfortunately in the next season, Petrokimia relegated to

Honours

Domestic

** Champions (1):

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Invitational

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** Third place (1):

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Continental record

AFC Competitions

AFF Competitions

References

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