# 2020 Persib Bandung season

The 2020 season was Persib's 87th season since its foundation, 24th consecutive season in the top-flight of Indonesian football, and 12th season competing in Liga 1.

## Review
### Pre-season

Persib began its transfer dealings with the return of veteran defender Victor Igbonefo after spending one season with PTT Rayong in Thailand.
On 10 January, Persib signed young striker Beni Oktovianto from Persiba Balikpapan. Six days later, the club acquired the services of goalkeeper Teja Paku Alam from Semen Padang.
On 18 January took part in the Asia Challenge Cup pre-season tournament, starting with 3–0 defeat to Selangor. The next day, they were leading 2–0 over Hanoi at half time before the match was abandoned due to heavy rain.
On 21 January, last season's top scorer, Ezechiel N'Douassel left the club to join Bhayangkara for an undisclosed fee, with a clause in his contract prohibiting him to play against Persib.
On 4 February, Persib announced the return of winger Zulham Zamrun having spent three seasons away from the club.
On 10 February, Persib completed the signings of two foreign strikers, Wander Luiz and Geoffrey Castillion.
On 26 February, Umuh Muchtar resigned from his position as Persib team manager but will remain in the ranks of the club's management structure.

### March

Persib started the season with a 3–0 win over Persela, courtesy of two goals from Wander Luiz and one from Geoffrey Castillion, in the opening day of Liga 1. Wander Luiz would score again in the next match against Arema, scoring from the spot as Persib won 2–1. Maung Bandung kept the momentum going with a 2–1 win over PSS. Wander Luiz and Castillion were once again on the scoresheet as Persib were on top of the league before it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Robert Alberts |
| Assistant coach | Budiman Yunus |
| Goalkeeping coach | Luizinho Passos |
| Fitness coach | Yaya Sunarya |
| Doctor | Mohammad Raffi Ghani |
| Physiotherapist | Benidektus Adi Prianto |
| General secretary | Yudiana |
| Masseur 1 | Sutisna |
| Masseur 2 | Iyang Maulana |
| Kitman 1 | Fikri Apriansyah |
| Kitman 2 | Zulkarnaen |
Source:Persib.co.id

## Players
### Team information

| No. | Name | Date of birth | Since | Contract until | Joined from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 14 | Teja Paku Alam | (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30) | 2020 | 2021 | Semen Padang |
| 29 | Dhika Bayangkara | (1992-04-29) 29 April 1992 (age 32) | 2019 | 2020 | PSS Sleman |
| 78 | I Made Wirawan (vice-captain) | (1981-01-12) 12 January 1981 (age 43) | 2013 | 2020 | Persiba Balikpapan |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Nick Kuipers | (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 32) | 2019 | 2020 | ADO Den Haag |
| 3 | Ardi Idrus | (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | 2020 | PSS Sleman |
| 12 | Henhen Herdiana | (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | 2021 | Persib Bandung U-21 |
| 15 | Fabiano Beltrame | (1982-08-29) 29 August 1982 (age 42) | 2019 | 2020 | Madura United |
| 22 | Supardi Nasir (captain) | (1983-04-09) 9 April 1983 (age 41) | 2017 | 2020 | Sriwijaya |
| 27 | Zalnando | (1996-12-25) 25 December 1996 (age 27) | 2019 | 2021 | Sriwijaya |
| 32 | Victor Igbonefo (4th captain) | (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 39) | 2020 | 2022 | PTT Rayong |
| 66 | Mario Jardel | (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23) | 2018 | 2021 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Beckham Putra | (2001-10-29) 29 October 2001 (age 22) | 2018 | 2021 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
| 8 | Abdul Aziz | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | 2020 | PSMS Medan |
| 10 | Esteban Vizcarra | (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | 2020 | Sriwijaya |
| 11 | Dedi Kusnandar (3rd captain) | (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | 2020 | Sabah |
| 13 | Febri Haryadi | (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) | 2015 | 2020 | Persib Bandung U-21 |
| 18 | Gian Zola | (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 26) | 2015 | 2022 | Persib Bandung U-21 |
| 21 | Frets Butuan | (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | 2020 | PSMS Medan |
| 23 | Kim Kurniawan | (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | 2021 | Pelita Bandung Raya |
| 77 | Ghozali Siregar | (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | 2020 | PSM Makassar |
| 91 | Omid Nazari | (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | 2020 | Ceres-Negros |
| 93 | Erwin Ramdani | (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31) | 2019 | 2020 | PSMS Medan |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Wander Luiz | (1992-02-17) 17 February 1992 (age 32) | 2020 | 2020 | Becamex Binh Duong |
| 17 | Zulham Zamrun | (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988 (age 36) | 2020 | 2020 | PSM Makassar |
| 20 | Geoffrey Castillion | (1991-05-25) 25 May 1991 (age 33) | 2020 | 2020 | Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar |
| 82 | Beni Oktovianto | (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 25) | 2020 | 2020 | Persiba Balikpapan |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Date |
| First transfer window |||||||
| 32 | DF | Victor Igbonefo | PTT Rayong | Free | 1 January 2020 |
| 82 | FW | Beni Oktovianto | Persiba Balikpapan | Free | 10 January 2020 |
| 14 | GK | Teja Paku Alam | Semen Padang | Free | 16 January 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Zulham Zamrun | PSM Makassar | Free | 4 February 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Wander Luiz | Becamex Binh Duong | Free | 10 February 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Geoffrey Castillion | Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar | Free | 10 February 2020 |

### Out

| Pos | Name | To | Fee | Date |
| First transfer window ||||||
| FW | Muchlis Hadi | Free Transfer | Released | 1 January 2020 |
| MF | Hariono | Free Transfer | Released | 1 January 2020 |
| FW | Kevin van Kippersluis | Free Transfer | Released | 1 January 2020 |
| FW | Ezechiel N'Douassel | Bhayangkara | Undisclosed | 21 January 2020 |
| MF | Billy Keraf | Kalteng Putra | Free | 12 March 2020 |

### On loan

| No. | Pos | Name | Loan to | Since | Until |
| First transfer window |||||||
| 1 | GK | Muhammad Natshir | Bandung United | 17 January 2020 | End of season |
| 30 | GK | Aqil Savik | Bandung United | 17 January 2020 | End of season |
| 16 | DF | Achmad Jufriyanto | Bhayangkara | 4 February 2020 | 31 December 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Indra Mustafa | Bandung United | 16 February 2020 | End of season |
| 98 | FW | Wildan Ramdhani | Bandung United | 16 February 2020 | End of season |
| | DF | Puja Abdillah | Bandung United | 16 February 2020 | End of season |
| | MF | Agung Mulyadi | Bandung United | 16 February 2020 | End of season |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Lose

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Liga 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Piala Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
Last updated: 6 August 2020. Source: persib.co.id

### Liga 1
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persib | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | |
| 2 | Bali United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Qualification for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Borneo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Persipura | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Qualification for the 2021 AFC Cup play-off round |
| 5 | PSIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
* ↑ Bali United qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage as the 2019 Liga 1 champions.
* ↑ Persipura qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup play-off round as the 2019 Liga 1 third place.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | Nick Kuipers | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ardi Idrus | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Beckham Putra | 0 (1) | 0 | - | - | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Abdul Aziz | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Wander Luiz | 3 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Esteban Vizcarra | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dedi Kusnandar | 0 (3) | 0 | - | - | 0 (3) | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Henhen Herdiana | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Febri Haryadi | 2 (1) | 0 | - | - | 2 (1) | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Teja Paku Alam | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Fabiano Beltrame | 0 (1) | 0 | - | - | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Zulham Zamrun | 0 (1) | 0 | - | - | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Gian Zola | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Geoffrey Castillion | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | Frets Butuan | 1 (2) | 0 | - | - | 1 (2) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Supardi Nasir | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kim Kurniawan | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Zalnando | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Dhika Bhayangkara | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Victor Igbonefo | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Mario Jardel | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Ghozali Siregar | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | I Made Wirawan | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | FW | Beni Oktovianto | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Omid Nazari | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | Erwin Ramdani | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 August 2020. Source: persib.co.id

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Wander Luiz | 4 | - | 4 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | Geoffrey Castillion | 2 | - | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | - | 6 |
Last updated: 6 August 2020. Source: persib.co.id

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | Geoffrey Castillion | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1 | 21 | MF | Frets Butuan | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Wander Luiz | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1 | 22 | DF | Supardi Nasir | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1 | - | 1 |
Last updated: 6 August 2020. Source: persib.co.id

### Goalkeeping statistics

| No. | Name | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | CS | GA | CS | GA | CS | GA |
| 14 | Teja Paku Alam | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Dhika Bhayangkara | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | I Made Wirawan | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 2 |
Last updated: 6 August 2020. Source: persib.co.id
* Notes:
CS – Clean Sheet GA – Goals Against

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Nick Kuipers | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ardi Idrus | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Beckham Putra | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Abdul Aziz | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Wander Luiz | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Esteban Vizcarra | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dedi Kusnandar | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Henhen Herdiana | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Febri Haryadi | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Teja Paku Alam | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Fabiano Beltrame | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Zulham Zamrun | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Gian Zola | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Geoffrey Castillion | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Frets Butuan | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Supardi Nasir | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kim Kurniawan | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Zalnando | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Dhika Bhayangkara | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Victor Igbonefo | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Mario Jardel | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Ghozali Siregar | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | I Made Wirawan | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | FW | Beni Oktovianto | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Omid Nazari | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | Erwin Ramdani | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 August 2020. Source: persib.co.id