Bontang F.C.

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Bontang FC
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Full nameBontang Football Club
Nickname(s)
  • Laskar Khatulistiwa
    (Equator Warriors)
  • Laskar Bukit Tursina
    (Tursina Hill Warriors)
Founded18 June 1988;37 years ago (1988-06-18) [1]
Ground Mulawarman Stadium
Bontang, Indonesia
Capacity12,000
Owner PT Pupuk Kaltim
PresidentNurkhalid
ManagerAlvin Rausan Fikry [2]
League Liga 4

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.

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History

The club was founded as PS Pupuk Kaltim Galatama on 18 June 1988 [1] 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. [1] Bontang PKT was also one team in Liga Indonesia, who were never relegated from Liga Indonesia Premier Division. 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 name to (Bontang FC) on 12 June 2009. [3]

Match-fixing scandal

In 2013 the club was involved in the match fixing scandal in the event the Indonesian Premier League play-off during a game against PSLS Lhokseumawe club who were also involved in the scandal. It was revealed after FIFA suspicion over the outcome of the game was 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 from playing in Indonesia football competition for two years and their coach Fodé Camara from Guinea was punished by not permitting their involvement in Indonesian football lifetime life, [4] as well as an official team also receiving a five-year sentence. While the club was 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. [5]

Crest

Season-by-season records

SeasonLeague/DivisionTms.Pos. Piala Indonesia AFC/AFF competition(s)
1994–95 Premier Division 34Semifinals
1995–96 Premier Division 31Second round
1996–97 Premier Division 337th, East division
1997–98 Premier Division 31did not finish
1998–99 Premier Division 28Second round
1999–2000 Premier Division 282
2001 Premier Division 285th, East division Asian Cup Winners' Cup Second round
2002 Premier Division 246th, East division
2003 Premier Division 2010
2004 Premier Division 1811
2005 Premier Division 286th, East divisionSecond round
2006 Premier Division 2810th, East divisionRound of 16
2007–08 Premier Division 3613th, East divisionRound of 16
2008–09 Indonesia Super League 1813First round
2009–10 Indonesia Super League 1811Second round
2010–11 Indonesia Super League 1515
2011–12 Indonesian Premier League 1211Second round
2013 Indonesian Premier League 164th, Play-off round
2014 First Division 73First round
2015
2016
2017 Liga 3 32Eliminated in provincial round
2018 Liga 3 32Eliminated in provincial round

Performance in AFC competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi Port Trust 6–03–09–0
Quarter final Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Sinugba w/o
Semi final Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nissan 0–00–20–2
1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Sing Tao w/o
Second round Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yokohama Marinos 1–11–32–4
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Second round Flag of Thailand.svg BEC Tero Sasana 0–11–41–5

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pt. Pupuk Kaltim [ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Dikabarkan Terpuruk dan 'Hilang', Bontang FC Kembali Menggelora dengan Nahkoda dari Alvin Rausan Fikry". suara.com (in Indonesian). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. "PS BONTANG PKT | Home". Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  4. Gibran, Ridwan. "Komdis PSSI Hukum Camara Fode Tak Boleh Terlibat Sepakbola Seumur Hidup". goal.com. Indonesia FA. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. Gibran, Ridwan. "Bontang FC dan PSLS Lhokseumawe Tak Bisa Ikut Kompetisi Dua Tahun". goal.com. Indonesia FA. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.