Pupuk Kaltim

Bontang Football Club (formerly known as PKT Bontang or Pupuk Kaltim) is an Indonesian professional football team located in Bontang, East Kalimantan in the island of Borneo. The homebase is Mulawarman Stadium.
Bontang FC prides itself as the most successful club to come out of Kalimantan. They were semi-finalist of the 1994-95 Liga Indonesia and finalist in 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division. Bontang FC also build a football academy namely ''Diklat Mandau'' or ''PKT Junior''.

History

The club was founded as ''PS Pupuk Kaltim Galatama'' on 18 June 1988 and founded by PT Pupuk Kaltim. It went through several name changes (''Pupuk Kaltim'' and ''PKT Bontang'') and changes as ''PS Bontang PKT'' (abbreviation from ''Persatuan Sepakbola Bontang Pupuk Kalimantan Timur'') in 2002. Bontang PKT was also one team in Liga Indonesia, who were never relegated from Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia. It also made some appearances in Asian Winners Cup and it was the first ever and last made by a club from Kalimantan. This club changed to currently name (Bontang FC) on 12 June 2009.

Match-fixing scandal

In 2013 the club involved in the match fixing scandal in the event the Indonesian Premier League play-off during a game against PSLS Lhokseumawe club are also involved in the scandal. It was revealed after FIFA suspicion over the outcome of the game is not fair, an indication of match fixing is known by FIFA through the Early warning system (EWS) which owned them. Therefore, after doing a thorough investigation over the last two months, the discipline committee of the Indonesia FA finally sentenced to ban all club players playing in Indonesia football competition for two years and their coach Fodé Camara from Guinea punished not permitted involved in Indonesian football lifetime life, as well as an official team also received a five-year sentence. While the club barred from the league for two years and relegated to the lowest caste competition in Indonesia Third Division and a fine of IDR 100 million.

Crest

Image:PSBontangPupukKaltim.png, First crest (1988–2007)
Image:BontangFC.png, Second crest (2007–present)

Performance in AFC competitions

References

External links

Bontang PKT Official Site
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Goal.com Profile

Bontang F.C.
Football clubs in Indonesia
Football clubs in East Kalimantan
1988 establishments in Indonesia
Association football clubs established in 1988