# Persita Tangerang

Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Tangerang (lit. 'Indonesian Football Association of Tangerang'), commonly known as Persita is an Indonesian professional football club based in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The club currently competes in the Liga 1. Their nicknames are Pendekar Cisadane (Cisadane Knight) and Ayam Wareng (The Fierce Rooster). Persita Tangerang finished as a runner-up of the 2019 Liga 2 season.

## History

Persita was first formed in the city of Tangerang on 19 April 1940. It only became an official club after being recognized by the PSSI on 9 September 1953 as their member. In the Liga Indonesia Premier Division era, they were relegated in the 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division season but got promoted in the next season and clinched the 2000 First Division title. They became runners-up in the 2002 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, with Benny Dollo as coach. Despite losing in the 2011–12 Liga Indonesia Premier Division final to Barito Putera, they were promoted to the Indonesia Super League. After a poor performance in the 2014 Indonesia Super League season, they were relegated to the Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

## Stadium

The club used to play their home matches in Benteng Stadium. In 2014, the government of Tangerang Regency started to build the Benteng Taruna Stadium. After the construction was completed in 2018, Persita has been playing their home matches in this stadium.

## Supporters

They have around 10,000 fanatic supporters. Some of the famous supporter groups are LBV (Laskar Benteng Viola), La Viola, and North Legion 1953 (Ultras Persita).

## Players
### Current squad

    As of January 2025
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 | POR | Sandro Sakho |
| 4 | DF | IDN | Ryuji Utomo (on loan from Bali United) |
| 5 | DF | IDN | Charisma Fathoni |
| 7 | MF | IDN | Ambrizal Umanailo |
| 8 | MF | IDN | Fahreza Sudin |
| 9 | FW | IDN | Ahmad Nur Hardianto |
| 10 | FW | GRE | Marios Ogkmpoe |
| 11 | DF | IDN | Muhammad Toha (captain) |
| 13 | MF | IDN | Cois Artomoro |
| 16 | MF | IDN | Ahmad Fahd |
| 18 | DF | ENG | George Brown |
| 19 | DF | UZB | Javlon Guseynov |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Éber Bessa |
| 21 | GK | IDN | Rendy Oscario |
| 22 | FW | SSD | Ayom Majok |
| 25 | MF | IDN | Gian Zola |
| 27 | DF | IDN | Andrean Rindorindo |
| 29 | GK | POR | Igor Rodrigues |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | FW | IDN | Adriano Saputra |
| 31 | DF | IDN | Arif Setiawan |
| 32 | MF | IDN | Rifky Dwi Septiawan |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Bae Sin-yeong |
| 40 | MF | IDN | Ikwan Tanamal |
| 46 | FW | IDN | Yardan Yafi |
| 50 | DF | KGZ | Tamirlan Kozubayev |
| 52 | MF | IDN | Dafiq Firdaus |
| 61 | MF | IDN | Rizky Pellu (on loan from PSM Makassar) |
| 66 | DF | IDN | Mario Jardel |
| 77 | MF | IDN | Badrian Ilham |
| 79 | FW | IDN | Aji Kusuma |
| 87 | GK | IDN | Rizwan Haikal |
| 88 | MF | IDN | Irsyad Maulana |
| 89 | FW | IDN | Mufti Rahim |
| 90 | MF | IDN | Jack Brown |
| 96 | GK | IDN | Kartika Ajie |
| 99 | FW | IDN | Esal Sahrul |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Fábio Lefundes |
| Assistant coach | Jan Saragih |
| Goalkeeper coach | Felipe Americo |
| Physical coach | Joao Pedro Rayol |
| Analyst | Vinicius Alves Xavier |

## Honours
### Domestic competitions

* Liga Indonesia Premier Division
** Runners-up (2): 2002, 2011–12
** Third-place: 2003
* Liga Indonesia First Division / Liga 2
** Winners: 2000
** Runners-up: 2019
* Perserikatan First Division
** Winners: 1988

### AFF (Southeast Asia competitions)

* ASEAN Club Championship
** 2003 – Quarter-finals
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away |
| 2003 | ASEAN Club Championship | Group stage | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2–1 | Group Winners |
| 2003 | ASEAN Club Championship | Group stage | MCTPC | 5–1 | Group Winners |
| 2003 | ASEAN Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Kingfisher East Bengal | 1–2 |

## Season-by-season records
### Past seasons

| Season | League/Division | Tms. | Pos. | Piala Indonesia | AFC/AFF competition(s) | AFC/AFF competition(s) | AFC/AFF competition(s) |
| 1994–95 | Premier Division | 34 | 8 in West Div. | – | – | – |
| 1995–96 | Premier Division | 31 | Second round | – | – | – |
| 1996–97 | Premier Division | 33 | 5 in West Div. | – | – | – |
| 1997–98 | Premier Division | 31 | did not finish | – | – | – |
| 1998–99 | Premier Division | 28 | 5 in West Div. Group 2 | – | – | – |
| 1999–2000 | First Division | 21 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2001 | Premier Division | 28 | Second round | – | – | – |
| 2002 | Premier Division | 24 | 2 | – | AFC Champions League | Qualifying round |
| 2003 | Premier Division | 20 | 3 | – | ASEAN Club Championship | Qualifying round | Quarter-finals |
| 2004 | Premier Division | 18 | 8 | – | – | – |
| 2005 | Premier Division | 28 | 8 in East Div. | Second round | – | – |
| 2006 | Premier Division | 28 | 10 in West Div. | Second round | – | – |
| 2007–08 | Premier Division | 36 | 9 in West Div. | Quarter-finals | – | – |
| 2008–09 | Super League | 18 | 17 | First round | – | – |
| 2009–10 | Premier Division | 33 | 4 in Group 1 | First round | – | – |
| 2010–11 | Premier Division | 39 | 4 in Group 1 | – | – | – |
| 2011–12 | Premier Division | 22 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2013 | Indonesia Super League | 18 | 14 | – | – | – |
| 2014 | Indonesia Super League | 22 | 10 in West Div. | – | – | – |
| 2015 | Premier Division | 55 | did not finish | – | – | – |
| 2016 | ISC B | 53 | Quarter-finals | – | – | – |
| 2017 | Liga 2 | 61 | Round of 16 | – | – | – |
| 2018 | Liga 2 | 24 | 4 | Second round | – | – |
| 2019 | Liga 2 | 24 | 2 | Second round | – | – |
| 2020 | Liga 1 | 18 | did not finish | – | – | – |
| 2021–22 | Liga 1 | 18 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 2022–23 | Liga 1 | 18 | 9 | – | – | – |
| 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 18 | 14 | – | – | – |

#### Key

* Tms. = Number of teams
* Pos. = Position in league

## Performance in AFC competitions

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2002–03 | AFC Champions League | Qualifying round | Osotspa | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |