PSPS Pekanbaru

PSPS

Full name	Persatuan Sepakbola Pekanbaru dan Sekitarnya
Nicknames	Askar Bertuah (Lucky Warriors) Tapir Sumatera (The Sumatran Tapir) [1]
Short name	PSPS PKU
Founded	1 January 1955;71 years ago (1955-01-01) [2]
Ground	Kaharudin Nasution Stadium
Capacity	30,000
Owner	Pancoran Soccer Field Group
President	Effendi Syahputra [3]
Head coach	Aji Santoso [4]
League	Championship
2024–25	Promotion play-off loser
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Persatuan Sepakbola Pekanbaru dan Sekitarnya (commonly known as PSPS) is an Indonesian professional football club based in Pekanbaru, Riau. They currently play in the Championship. Their home ground is the Riau Main Stadium. ^{[5] [6]}

History

PSPS was formed on 1 January 1955. This team took 43 years to reach the Divisi Utama PSSI in 1999. It was originally formed when PSPS was a small football association consisting of five member clubs, namely PS IPP (Ikatan Pemuda Pekanbaru), PS Pelayaran, PS Caltex, PS PU (Pekerjaan Umum), and PS Elektra (PLN). ^[7]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 January 2026 ^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF   IDN Brandon Scheunemann 4 MF   IDN Misbakus Solikin 5 MF   IDN Reza Kusuma (on loan from Bhayangkara Presisi) 6 DF   IDN Zidan Khairullah(on loan from Persija Jakarta) 7 DF   IDN Ilham Syafri Noer 8 MF   IDN Radittia Agustin 9 MF   IDN Yudhi Adytia Pratama 10 FW   BRA Antônio Gamaroni 11 MF   GHA Francis Yaghr 15 MF   IDN Reyhan Firdaus 16 FW   IDN Hendika Pratama 17 FW   IDN Asir Asiz 18 MF   IDN Nugroho Santoso 19 DF   IDN Dendi Agustan Maulana 20 GK   IDN Davian Rayan

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   IDN Aditya Arya 22 FW   IDN Hari Nur Yulianto 25 DF   IDN Alfin Tuasalamony (captain) 29 MF   IDN Rafly Selang(on loan from Malut United) 30 MF   IDN Rendy Juliansyah 32 FW   IDN Vieri Ariyanto 55 GK   IDN Erlangga Setyo (on loan from Persis Solo) 74 DF   BRA Douglas Cruz (on loan from Persijap Jepara) 75 DF   IDN Achmad Riyadi 78 GK   IDN Muhammad Darmawan 97 MF   IDN Ilham Fathoni 99 FW   IDN Natanael Siringoringo (on loan from Barito Putera)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW   IDN Andy Harjito (at Kendal Tornado)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Technical director	Vacant
Head coach	Aji Santoso
Assistant coach	Ambrizal
Goalkeeper coach	Abdul Rohman
Physical coach	Abda Alief

Honours

• Liga Indonesia First Division
  • Winners (1): 1999

Seasons

Note: Only displaying from 2008–09 season

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Season	Division	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup	AFC competition(s)
2008–09	PD	3rd [a]	33	19	7	7	58	32	64	Second round	–	–
2009–10	SL	7th	34	14	7	13	43	37	49	First round	–	–
2010–11	SL	11th [b]	28	10	3	15	38	47	30	–	–	–
2011–12	SL	13th	34	11	5	18	40	54	38	–	–	–
2013	SL	18th	34	4	5	23	26	107	17	–	–	–
2014	PD	4th [c]	20	8	3	9	29	31	27	–	–	–
2015	PD	season not finished									–	–
2016	ISC-B	QF [d]	18	8	5	5	31	20	29	–	–	–
2017	L2	3rd [e]	21	10	7	4	34	17	37	–	–	–
2018	L2	6th [f]	22	8	7	7	30	38	31	First round	–	–
2019	L2	9th [g]	22	7	5	10	25	33	26	–	–	–
2020	L2	season declared void									–	–
2021–22	L2	3rd [h]	10	4	3	3	8	9	15	–	–	–
2022–23	L2	season not finished									–	–
2023–24	L2	2nd [i]	18	4	9	5	19	22	21	–	–	–
2024–25	L2	4th [j]	22	10	6	6	33	24	36	–	–	–
2025–26	Championship		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–

Notes

1. Overall.
2. Docked 3 points.
3. Group K in Second Round.
4. Overall.
5. Group Y in Third Round.
6. West Region in First Round.
7. West Region in First Round.
8. Group A in First Round.
9. Group B in Relegation Round.
10. Promotion Play-off

Season by season

Note: Since Indonesia Super League (now Liga 1) launch in 2008–09 season, Liga Indonesia Premer Division (now Liga 2) dropped down to second tier. However, there is no data available for this team in its participation in the Indonesian League First Division from the 1995 to 1998 season as well as the 2006 season.

Season Tier Division Place Piala Indonesia 1994–95 3 SD 3rd – 1995–96 2 FD 3rd (West Division) – 1996–97 2 FD 3rd (Second round) – 1997–98 2 FD declared void – 1998–99 2 FD 1st – 1999–2000 1 PD 5th (West Division) – 2001 1 PD 6th (West Division) – 2002 1 PD 5th (West Division) – 2003 1 PD 9th – 2004 1 PD 16th – 2005 1 PD 3rd (Relegation Play-off) Second Round 2006 2 FD 4th (1R: Region I) Second Round 2007 2 FD 4th (1R: Region I) –

Season Tier Division Place Piala Indonesia 2008–09 2 PD 3rd Second Round 2009–10 1 SL 7th First Round 2010–11 1 SL 11th – 2011–12 1 SL 13th – 2013 1 SL 18th – 2014 2 PD 4th (2R: Group K) – 2015 2 PD not finished – 2016 2 ISC-B Quarter Final – 2017 2 L2 3rd (3R: Group Y) – 2018 2 L2 6th (1R: West Region) First round 2019 2 L2 9th (1R: West Region) – 2020 2 L2 declared void – 2021–22 2 L2 3rd (1R: Group A) – 2022–23 2 L2 not finished – 2023–24 2 L2 2nd (Rel-RD: Group B) – 2024–25 2 L2 4th –

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Current league

• 11 seasons in Liga 2
• 4 seasons in Liga 1

Defunct league

• 6 seasons in Premier Division (as first tier)
• 6 seasons in First Division (as second tier)
• 1 seasons in Second Division (as third tier)
• 1 season in ISC-B

Kit manufacturer

• Lotto (2009–2011)
• Pluso (2012)
• Joma (2012–2014)
• Calcetto (2015–2017)
• Classico (2017–2018)
• Kelme (2018–2019) ^[9]
• Curva (2019–2021) ^{[10] [11]}
• 93 Sports (2021–2023) ^[12]
• Curva (2023–) ^[13]

References

1. "PSPS Riau".
2. "PSPS News & Transfers – Goal.com". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
3. "Pemilik Saham PSPS Pekanbaru Ternyata Dibeli Effendi Syahputra dan Gede Widiade". www.suara.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
4. "Aji Santoso kembali jadi pelatih kepala PSPS Pekanbaru". www.antaranews.com. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
5. "Stadion Utama Riau Disewa Jadi Markas PSPS selama 15 Tahun ke Depan". riau.suara.com (in Indonesian). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
6. "Media Officer PSPS Riau, PSPS Riau". goriau.com.
7. Dewi, Alieza Nurulita (22 December 2023). "Lika-liku Perjalanan Sejarah Klub PSPS Riau, Penantian 43 Tahun Bermain di Kancah Divisi Utama" [The Twists and Turns of the History of the Riau PSPS Club, 43 Years of Waiting to Play in the Main Division Stage]. www.merdeka.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
8. Daftar pemain tim PSPS Pekanbaru.ileague.id.
9. "PSPS Riau on Instagram: "PSPS RIAU KITS 2018! Tahun ini PSPS menggandeng apparel asal Spanyol, Kelme sebagai penyedia jersey tanding. Dengan desain yang dikonsep…"". Instagram. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
10. "Jersey Indonesia on Instagram: "@pspsriau resmi bekerja sama dengan apparel lokal Riau, @curvasportapparel. Kerja sama ini harusnya bisa direalisasikan sejak musim lalu,…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
11. "PSPS Riau on Instagram: "OFFICIAL APPAREL 2020 Dengan bangga kami mengumumkan kembali bekerjasama dengan apparel kebanggaan Riau yang akan mensupport PSPS Riau…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
12. "PSPS Riau on Instagram: 93 Sports Apparel!". Instagram. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
13. "PSPS Riau on Instagram: Curva Sport Apparel!". Instagram. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

External links

• PSPS Pekanbaru on Instagram
• (in Indonesian) Facebook fanpage
• (in Indonesian) Facebook