# 2018 Persib Bandung season

The 2018 season is Persib Bandung's 85th competitive season. Along with Liga 1, the club will compete in cup tournaments which yet to be announced.

## Month by month review
### December 2017

The team has announced Mario Gómez as a new coach. The Argentine coach was appointed to handle Persib in 2018 League 1 season Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez was signed by Persib for two years. Earlier in 2017 Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez was appointed as Malaysian national football team's head coach by FAM president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, but he then asked for a higher salary and was therefore rejected as it was expensive.

### January 2018

Some players were recruited by the coach, including Eka Ramdani, Oh In-kyun, Bojan Malisic, Airlangga Sutjipto, Victor Igbonefo and the coach recruited players from Persib U-19 which is the second winner of League 1 U-19 namely Muhammad Aqil Savik and Indra Mustafa. In spite of all that, Persib must also be left behind the flagship player who is the top scorer of Persib last season, Raphael Maitimo who decided to strengthen the other contestants of League 1, Madura United. Not only that, Persib also left behind importers from Japan Shohei Matsunaga, Jajang Sukmara which strengthens PSMS Medan, duo young players Angga Febryanto and Ahmad Baasith who strengthen different clubs, namely PS Tira Bantul and Persela Lamongan. Meanwhile, the fate of their strikers Sergio van Dijk and Tantan is still waiting for management's decision regarding their contract.
In their preseason event, Persib decided to follow the annual event of the Presidential Cup which they won in 2015 ago. They are in the "hell" group with other big teams, namely PSM Makassar, Sriwijaya F.C and second winner of League 2 PSMS Medan handled by their former coach, Djajang Nurdjaman. Persib Bandung undergo the first fight against Sriwijaya F.C. as well as the opening match of the 2018 Presidential Cup. Despite their dominant defeat of the visitors, they were able to clinch a 1–0 victory over the visitors.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Umuh Muchtar |
| Head coach | Mario Gómez |
| Assistant coach | Fernando Soler |
| Goalkeeping coach | Anwar Sanusi |
| Fitness coach | Yaya Sunarya |
| Doctor | Mohammad Rafi Ghani |
| Physioterapist | Benidektus Adi Prianto |
| General Secretary | Yudiana |
Source:

## Squad information
### First-team squad

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Muhammad Natshir | (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | 2018 | Arema Cronus | ? | |
| 30 | Aqil Savik | (1999-01-17) 17 January 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | | Persib Bandung U-19 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 78 | I Made Wirawan | (1981-01-12) 12 January 1981 (age 43) | 2013 | 2018 | Persiba Balikpapan | ? | |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Ardi Idrus | (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | 2020 | Semen Padang F.C. | ? | |
| 4 | Bojan Mališić | (1985-01-14) 14 January 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | 2019 | Davao Aguilas F.C. | ? | Vice Captain | Foreign player |
| 6 | Tony Sucipto | (1986-02-12) 12 February 1986 (age 38) | 2012 | 2018 | Persija Jakarta | ? | |
| 12 | Henhen Herdiana | (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 16 | Indra Mustafa | (1999-06-28) 28 June 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | 2019 | Persib Bandung U-19 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 21 | Mario Jardel | (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23) | 2018 | | Persib Bandung U-19 | ? | Persib Bandung U-19 |
| 22 | Supardi Nasir | (1983-04-09) 9 April 1983 (age 41) | 2017 | | Sriwijaya F.C. | ? | Captain |
| 32 | Victor Igbonefo | (1988-11-18) 18 November 1988 (age 35) | 2018 | 2020 | Nakhon Ratchasima | ? | |
| 94 | Mochamad Sabillah | (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | | Persibat Batang | ? | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Atep | (1985-06-05) 5 June 1985 (age 39) | 2008 | 2018 | Persija Jakarta | ? | |
| 11 | Dedi Kusnandar | (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | | Sabah FA | ? | |
| 13 | Febri Haryadi | (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) | 2015 | 2020 | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 14 | Agung Mulyadi | (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | | Diklat Persib | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 23 | Kim Kurniawan | (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | 2021 | Pelita Bandung Raya | ? | |
| 24 | Hariono | (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 39) | 2008 | 2018 | Deltras Sidoarjo | ? | 2nd Vice Captain |
| 27 | Puja Abdillah | (1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 27) | 2017 | | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 33 | Oh In-kyun | (1985-01-29) 29 January 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | | Mitra Kukar F.C. | ? | Foreign Player |
| 77 | Ghozali Siregar | (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | | PSM Makassar | ? | |
| 80 | Eka Ramdani | (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 40) | 2018 | 2019 | Persela Lamongan | ? | |
| 93 | Beckham Putra | (2001-10-29) 29 October 2001 (age 22) | 2018 | | Persib Bandung U-19 | ? | Persib Bandung U-19 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Airlangga Sutjipto | (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 38) | 2018 | | Sriwijaya F.C. | ? | |
| 10 | Ezechiel N'Douassel | (1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 36) | 2017 | 2020 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ? | Foreign Player |
| 19 | Ilham Qolba | (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | | Persib Bandung U-19 | ? | Persib Bandung U-19 |
| 37 | Muchlis Hadi | (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 27) | 2018 | | Free Transfer | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 88 | Patrich Wanggai | (1988-06-27) 27 June 1988 (age 36) | July 2018 | Januari 2019 | Sriwijaya F.C. | ? | |
| 98 | Wildan Ramdani | (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25) | 2018 | 2021 | Persib Bandung U-19 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 99 | Jonathan Bauman | (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | | AOK Kerkyra | ? | Foreign Player |

## Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 041.18 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 26 March 2018 | 8 December 2018 |
| Piala Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | First Round | In Progress | 15 August 2018 | |
| Total | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 044.44 | | | | |
Updated to match played 19 November 2018 Source: Competitions

### Liga 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | PSM | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Bhayangkara | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 53 | |
| 4 | Persib | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 52 | |
| 5 | Persebaya | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 50 | |
| 6 | Arema | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 50 | |
* ↑ Bhayangkara would have qualified for the AFC Cup group stage had Persija qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage. As Persija failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, Bhayangkara's qualification in the AFC Cup was annulled.
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Persebaya 1–0 Arema; Arema 1–0 Persebaya

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 November 2018. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
First round
Second round
Notes:
* ↑ Persija Jakarta hosted Persib Bandung at PTIK Stadium on 30 June. Because it did not get the police permit.
* ↑ Persebaya Surabaya hosted Persib Bandung at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium on 26 July. Because it did not get the police permit.Due to the incompetence of Surabaya situation after the terror bomb.
* ↑ The PSSI Disciplinary Committee decided to give a punishment to Persib Bandung in the form of sanctions for home matches outside Java without spectators until the end of the 2018 season and half of the 2019 season.

### Piala Indonesia
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
First round
Second round
Notes:
* ↑ This match was originally scheduled on 4 July 2018 but the police did not give permission for the match to be held on that day because it coincides with KPU agenda of plenary meeting on vote election result of West Java Election.

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 14 November 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IDN | Muhammad Natshir | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | IDN | Aqil Savik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | IDN | I Made Wirawan | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | IDN | Ardi Idrus | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Bojan Mališić | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IDN | Tony Sucipto | 17 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IDN | Henhen Herdiana | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IDN | Indra Mustafa | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | IDN | Mario Jardel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IDN | Supardi Nasir | 25 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | IDN | Victor Igbonefo | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | IDN | Mochamad Sabillah | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | IDN | Atep | 15 | 2 | 6+8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | IDN | Dedi Kusnandar | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IDN | Febri Haryadi | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IDN | Agung Mulyadi | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IDN | Kim Kurniawan | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IDN | Hariono | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IDN | Puja Abdillah | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Oh In-kyun | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | IDN | Ghozali Siregar | 28 | 4 | 26+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | IDN | Eka Ramdani | 14 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | IDN | Beckham Putra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IDN | Airlangga Sutjipto | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | CHA | Ezechiel N'Douassel | 19 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IDN | Ilham Qolba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | IDN | Muchlis Hadi | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | IDN | Patrich Wanggai | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | IDN | Wildan Ramdani | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Bauman | 22 | 10 | 21+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 20 | MF | IDN | Billy Keraf | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IDN | Wildansyah | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IDN | Gian Zola | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | IDN | Imam Arief Fadillah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 November 2018. Source: Soccerway

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Total |
| 1 | CF | 10 | Ezechiel N'Douassel | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | CF | 99 | Jonathan Bauman | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 77 | Ghozali Siregar | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | AM | 33 | Oh In-kyun | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 88 | Patrich Wanggai | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 22 | Supardi Nasir | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Bojan Mališić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Atep | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 37 | Muchlis Hadi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 13 | Febri Haryadi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Airlangga Sutjipto | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 2 | 45 |
Last updated: 4 November 2018. Source: Soccerway

### Clean Sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Muhammad Natshir | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | GK | 78 | I Made Wirawan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Last updated: 17 September 2018. Source: Soccerway

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Persib Bandung first squad during the season.
| Rnk | No. | Pos. | Name | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | Jonathan Bauman | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 33 | MF | Oh In-kyun | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Ezechiel N'Douassel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 22 | DF | Supardi Nasir | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | Bojan Mališić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | GK | Muhammad Natshir | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | Ardi Idrus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 77 | MF | Ghozali Siregar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | MF | Dedi Kusnandar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | Agung Mulyadi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 94 | DF | Mochamad Sabillah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 80 | MF | Eka Ramdani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | MF | Hariono | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | MF | Febri Haryadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 88 | FW | Patrich Wanggai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 78 | GK | I Made Wirawan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | DF | Tony Sucipto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | DF | Indra Mustafa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | FW | Airlangga Sutjipto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 November 2018
Source: Soccerway Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## New contracts
### Promotion from Persib Bandung U-19

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date |
| 30 | GK | Aqil Savik | Persib Bandung U-19 | 3 January 2018 |
| 16 | DF | Indra Mustafa | Persib Bandung U-19 | 3 January 2018 |
| 98 | FW | Wildan Ramdani | Persib Bandung U-19 | 13 July 2018 |
| 21 | DF | Mario Jardel | Persib Bandung U-19 | 14 August 2018 |
| 93 | MF | Beckham Putra | Persib Bandung U-19 | 14 August 2018 |
| 19 | FW | Ilham Qolba | Persib Bandung U-19 | 14 August 2018 |

### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date |
| 33 | MF | Oh In-kyun | Mitra Kukar | 3 January 2018 |
| 32 | DF | Victor Igbonefo | Nakhon Ratchasima F.C. | 3 January 2018 |
| 4 | DF | Bojan Mališić | Davao Aguilas F.C. | 3 January 2018 |
| 80 | MF | Eka Ramdani | Persela Lamongan | 3 January 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Airlangga Sutjipto | Sriwijaya F.C. | 3 January 2018 |
| 37 | FW | Muchlis Hadi | Free Transfer | 2 February 2018 |
| 77 | MF | Ghozali Siregar | PSM Makassar | 2 February 2018 |
| 99 | FW | Jonathan Bauman | AOK Kerkyra | 17 March 2018 |
| 94 | DF | Mochamad Sabillah | Persibat Batang | 22 March 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Ardi Idrus | Semen Padang F.C. | 29 March 2018 |
| 88 | FW | Patrich Wanggai | Sriwijaya F.C. | 14 July 2018 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Date |
| 3 | DF | Vladimir Vujović | Bhayangkara F.C. | January 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Raphael Maitimo | Madura United F.C. | January 2018 |
| 17 | FW | Shohei Matsunaga | Free Transfer | January 2018 |
| 15 | FW | Angga Febryanto | PS TNI | January 2018 |
| 19 | MF | Ahmad Baasith | Persela Lamongan | January 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Jajang Sukmara | PSMS Medan | January 2018 |
| 16 | DF | Achmad Jufriyanto | Kuala Lumpur F.A. | January 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Sergio van Dijk | VV Pelikaan-S | February 2018 |
| 82 | FW | Tantan | Retired | February 2018 |

### Loan Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Start |
| 31 | MF | Agung Pribadi | Persela | 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Wildansyah | Borneo | July 2018 |
| 20 | MF | Billy Keraf | Borneo | July 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Gian Zola | Persela | July 2018 |
| 89 | GK | Imam Arief Fadillah | PSM Makasar | July 2018 |