# 2019 Persib Bandung season

The 2019 season is Persib Bandung's 86th competitive season. The club will compete in Liga 1 and had qualified for the round of 32 in 2018–19 Piala Indonesia following their wins in the first two rounds in 2018.
A season of mixed form saw Persib finish 6th in Liga 1 while the club's cup run ended in the quarter-finals on away goals to Borneo.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Umuh Muchtar |
| Head coach | Robert Alberts |
| Assistant coach | Budiman Yunus |
| Goalkeeping coach | Gatot Prasetyo |
| Fitness coach | Yaya Sunarya |
| Doctor | Mohammad Raffi Ghani |
| Physioterapist | Benidektus Adi Prianto |
| General secretary | Yudiana |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Name | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Muhammad Natshir | 13 February 1993 (age 26) | 2014 | | Arema Cronus | |
| 30 | Aqil Savik | 17 January 1999 (age 20) | 2018 | | Persib Bandung U-19 | Under-23 player |
| 78 | I Made Wirawan | 12 January 1981 (age 38) | 2013 | | Persiba Balikpapan | |
| 81 | Dhika Bayangkara | 29 April 1992 (age 27) | 2019 | | PSS Sleman | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Nick Kuipers | 8 October 1992 (age 27) | 2019 | 2020 | ADO Den Haag | Foreign player |
| 3 | Ardi Idrus | 22 January 1993 (age 26) | 2018 | 2020 | Semen Padang | |
| 12 | Henhen Herdiana | 10 September 1995 (age 23) | 2017 | | Persib Bandung U-21 | Under-23 player |
| 15 | Fabiano Beltrame | 29 August 1982 (age 37) | 2019 | 2020 | Madura United | |
| 16 | Achmad Jufriyanto | 7 February 1987 (age 32) | 2019 | 2021 | Kuala Lumpur | |
| 17 | Zalnando | 25 December 1996 (age 23) | 2019 | | Sriwijaya | Under-23 player |
| 19 | Indra Mustafa | 28 June 1999 (age 20) | 2018 | 2019 | Persib Bandung | Under-23 player |
| 22 | Supardi Nasir | 9 April 1983 (age 36) | 2017 | | Sriwijaya | Captain |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | Beckham Putra | 29 October 2001 (age 18) | 2018 | | Persib Bandung U-19 | Under-23 player |
| 8 | Abdul Aziz | 14 February 1994 (age 25) | 2019 | | PSMS Medan | |
| 11 | Dedi Kusnandar | 23 July 1991 (age 28) | 2017 | | Sabah | |
| 13 | Febri Haryadi | 19 February 1996 (age 23) | 2015 | 2020 | Persib Bandung U-21 | Under-23 player |
| 18 | Gian Zola | 5 August 1998 (age 21) | 2015 | 2020 | Persib Bandung U-21 | Under-23 player |
| 23 | Kim Kurniawan | 23 March 1990 (age 29) | 2016 | 2021 | Pelita Bandung Raya | |
| 24 | Hariono | 2 October 1985 (age 34) | 2008 | 2018 | Deltras Sidoarjo | Vice-captain |
| 77 | Ghozali Siregar | 7 July 1992 (age 27) | 2018 | | PSM Makassar | |
| 91 | Omid Nazari | 29 April 1991 (age 28) | 2019 | | Ceres-Negros | Foreign player |
| 93 | Erwin Ramdani | 11 March 1993 (age 26) | 2019 | | PSMS Medan | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Esteban Vizcarra | 11 April 1986 (age 33) | 2019 | | Sriwijaya | |
| 10 | Ezechiel N'Douassel | 22 April 1988 (age 31) | 2017 | 2020 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Foreign player |
| 20 | Kevin van Kippersluis | 30 June 1993 (age 26) | 2019 | | SC Cambuur | Foreign player |
| 21 | Frets Butuan | 4 June 1996 (age 23) | 2019 | | PSMS Medan | Under-23 player |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 21 | RW | Frets Butuan | PSMS Medan | Free | 14 January 2019 |
| 93 | AM | Erwin Ramdani | PSMS Medan | Free | |
| 8 | CM | Abdul Aziz | PSMS Medan | Free | |
| 17 | LB | Zalnando | Sriwijaya | Free | |
| 9 | LW | Esteban Vizcarra | Sriwijaya | Free | |
| 15 | CB | Fabiano Beltrame | Madura United | Free | |
| 6 | CB | Saepulloh Maulana | Mitra Kukar | Free | |
| 16 | CB | Achmad Jufriyanto | Kuala Lumpur | Free | 18 April 2019 |
| 71 | FW | Artur Gevorkyan | Qizilqum Zarafshon | Free | 18 April 2019 |
| 82 | MF | Rene Mihelič | Delhi Dynamos | Free | 7 May 2019 |
| 91 | CM | Omid Nazari | Ceres–Negros | Free | 15 August 2019 |
| 20 | AM | Kevin van Kippersluis | SC Cambuur | Free | 15 August 2019 |
| 2 | CB | Nick Kuipers | ADO Den Haag | Free | 15 August 2019 |
| 81 | GK | Dhika Bayangkara | PSS Sleman | Free | 27 August 2019 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 33 | WF | Oh In-kyun | Persipura Jayapura | End of contract | 1 January 2019 |
| 55 | AM | Srđan Lopičić | Free transfer | Released | 23 April 2019 |
| 82 | MF | Rene Mihelič | Free transfer | Released | 15 August 2019 |
| 71 | FW | Artur Gevorkyan | Free transfer | Released | 15 August 2019 |
| 6 | CB | Saepulloh Maulana | Free transfer | Released | 27 August 2019 |
| 4 | CB | Bojan Mališić | Free transfer | Released | 30 August 2019 |
| 7 | LM | Atep Rizal | Free transfer | End of contract | |
| 6 | LB | Tony Sucipto | Persija Jakarta | Free | |
| 99 | FW | Jonathan Bauman | Kedah | Free | |
| 80 | MF | Eka Ramdani | Retired | Retired | |
| 32 | CB | Victor Igbonefo | PTT Rayong | Free | |
| 9 | FW | Airlangga Sucipto | Sriwijaya | Free | |
| 88 | FW | Patrich Wanggai | Kalteng Putra | Free | |

#### Loan out

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| 29 | FW | Billy Keraf | Badak Lampung | 11 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| 94 | CB | Mochamad Sabillah | Badak Lampung | 11 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| 27 | LW | Puja Abdillah | Bandung United | 22 August 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| 37 | FW | Muchlis Hadi | Bandung United | 22 August 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| 14 | RM | Agung Mulyadi | Bandung United | 27 August 2019 | 31 December 2019 |
| 98 | FW | Wildan Ramdani | Bandung United | 27 August 2019 | 31 December 2019 |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Indonesia President's Cup
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Persebaya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | TIRA-Persikabo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Persib (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Perseru | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Persebaya 1, TIRA-Persikabo 1

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Liga 1 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 038.24 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 18 May 2019 | 22 December 2019 |
| Piala Indonesia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 033.33 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 27 January 2019 | 4 May 2019 |
| Total | 40 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 037.50 | | | | |
Updated to match played 22 December 2019 Source: Competitions

### Liga 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Bhayangkara | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 53 |
| 5 | Madura United | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 53 |
| 6 | Persib | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 51 |
| 7 | Borneo | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 51 |
| 8 | PSS | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 48 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Persipura (+2) 9 pts; Bhayangkara (+2) 7 pts; Madura United (–4) 1 pts.
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Persib 2–2 Borneo; Borneo 0–1 Persib.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 December 2019. 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

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