Banten is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is in Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Java Sea on the north, the Indian Ocean on the south, and the Sunda Strait on the west and shares a maritime border with Bengkulu and Lampung to the east and Bangka Belitung Islands to the north. The province covers an area of 9,662.82 km2 (3,730.84 sq mi). It had a population of over 11.9 million in the 2020 census, up from about 10.6 million in 2010. The estimated mid-2022 population was 12.25 million. Formerly part of the province of West Java, Banten become a province in 2000. The northern half has recently experienced rapid rises in population and urbanization, and the southern half has a more traditional character but an equally fast-rising population.
The Football Association of Indonesia is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930. PSSI joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1954 and FIFA in 1952.
Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Kota Tangerang, or Persikota Tangerang, is an Indonesian football club based in Tangerang, founded in 1994. The team plays in the third division of Indonesian football, Liga 3. Their home stadium is Benteng Stadium.
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian professional football club based in Jepara, Central Java. After winning 2019 Liga 3, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is Laskar Kalinyamat and Elang Laut Jawa.
Persatuan Sepakbola Deli Serdang, or simply knows as PSDS, is an Indonesian football team based in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. They currently compete in Liga 2 and their homebase is Baharuddin Siregar Stadium.
PSSA stands for Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Asahan. PSSA Asahan is an Indonesian football club based in Kisaran, Asahan Regency, North Sumatra. They played in Liga 3. After the 2018 season finished, they were absent from the Liga 3 competition for three consecutive seasons. however in their youth team, they are currently competing in the Soeratin Cup.
Persista stands for Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Sintang. Persista Sintang is an Indonesian football club based in Sintang, West Kalimantan. Club played in Liga 3.
Persatuan Sepakbola Alor Pantar is an Indonesian football club based in Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. They currently compete in the Liga 3 and their homeground is Batunirwala Stadium.
Jakarta Selatan Football Club or Jaksel FC is an Indonesian football club based in South Jakarta, Jakarta. They currently competes in Liga 3.
Dewa United Football Club is an Indonesian professional football club based in South Tangerang, Banten. They currently compete in the Liga 1, the top-flight of Indonesian football. They were promoted from Liga 2, after gaining a third place title in the 2021 Liga 2 season.
The Badan Liga Sepakbola Amatir Indonesia, commonly known as BLAI, was the governing body that ran the three lowest football divisions in Indonesia, namely First Division, Second Division and Third Division, from 2009. BLAI also managed the youth competition of Indonesian football as Soeratin Cup for under-18 team and Haornas Cup for under-15 team.
Bali United F.C. Youth Sector is youth set-up of Indonesian professional football club Bali United Football Club. The Youth Sector is made up of various squads divided by age groups. All the Youth Sector squads currently train at the Banteng Field, Seminyak and Tri Sakti Field, Legian. All the youth sector are playing in the Elite Pro Academy and Soeratin Cup.
Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah is an Indonesian politician who is a member of the People's Representative Council since 2019, and previously between 2009 and 2018. Natakusumah was also the regent of Pandeglang Regency between 2000 and 2009.
The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. The landslide spawned a massive tsunami wave that struck multiple coastal regions in Banten and Lampung, including the popular tourist destination of Anyer.
The 2019 Soeratin Cup season is the 17th season of Soeratin Cup national round, an official football tournament which is intended for footballers under the age of seventeen and fifteen held by PSSI. The qualifying round already held in 2018.
Abuya Kyai Hajji Ahmad Muhtadi bin Dimyathi al-Bantani or better known as Abuya Muhtadi is an Indonesian Muslim cleric from Banten. He is known as one of the Muslim scholars close to President Joko Widodo. At the Zikir Kebangsaan which was first held by the Indonesian government in the Merdeka Palace in 2017, Muhtadi was one of the religious leaders invited by the president. In the 2019 Indonesian presidential election, he supported a friend who was also a Muslim cleric from Banten, Ma'ruf Amin, who became the running mate of incumbent presidential candidate, Joko Widodo. Even so, in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, he supported Prabowo Subianto as a candidate for Indonesian President and instructed his students to vote for Subianto.
Alesha Football Club is an Indonesian football club from Makassar, South Sulawesi. They currently play in Liga 3. Alesha FC is a club owned by a company PT Alesha Group Perkasa. they have just registered as official members of the Asprov PSSI South Sulawesi in Liga 3 and will debut to compete in 2021 Liga 3 South Sulawesi zone. In addition to having a main squad team, they also have a young squad that competed in the Soeratin Cup, namely Alesha FC U13, Alesha FC U15 and Alesha FC U17.
Serpong City Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in North Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten. They currently competes in Liga 3, started as just a soccer school club in 2012, in 2021, they were inaugurated at the PSSI congress as a professional football club.
Adhyaksa Farmel Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Tangerang Regency, Banten, which competes in Liga 3.
Paduan Sepakbola Limapuluh Kota dan Payakumbuh Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Lima Puluh Kota Regency, West Sumatra. They currently compete in the Liga 3.
