# 2017 Persib Bandung season

The 2017 season is Persib Bandung's 84th competitive season. Along with Liga 1, the club will compete in cup tournaments which yet to be announced. The season covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

## Month by month review

Before the season begins, persib bandung had followed the preseason tournament, the President Cup. Different from the previous year, now the club dubbed "maung bandung" it failed to achieve the preseason title for the second time. Now, they are only able to sit in third place.
Before the league started, precisely at the time Persib celebrate his birthday at the age of 84 years, Persib managed to bring in a line of former world-class players, one of which is Michael Essien who could strengthen Chelsea. Essien own presence somewhat special because Essien arrived at the time Persib celebrate birthday. Not long after, Persib Bandung also introduced Carlton Cole, former West Ham United player as his new player. All parties are hoping Persib can look extraordinary in league 1.
At the beginning of the season, performan performance is quite good. Persib was always on the path of competition to the championship ladder. Soon, Persib performance slowly decreased so that defeat after defeat always experienced Persib. Djajang Nurdjaman, as a coach persib always urged to resign from his position due to poor performance experienced Persib Bandung. Djanur had time to apply for his retirement to the management Persib, but rejected. After appealing for a second resignation, Djanur officially resigned on July 16, 2017, after a match between Mitra Kukar against Persib with a score of 1-2 ended in defeat for Persib. Now his position is temporarily replaced by Herrie Setiawan who is an assistant from Djanur.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| First-team Manager | Herrie Setiawan (Caretaker) |
| Assistant Manager | Asep Sumantri |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Anwar Sanusi |
| Fitness Coach | Yaya Sunarya |
| Under-21 Team Manager | Budiman Yunus |
Source: Persib Bandung

## Squad information
### First team squad

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | M. Natshir Fadhil Mahbuby | (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | 2018 | Arema Cronus | ? | |
| 25 | Imam Arief Fadillah | (1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 34) | 2017 | | Barito Putera | ? | |
| 78 | I Made Wirawan | (1981-01-12) 12 January 1981 (age 43) | 2013 | 2018 | Persiba Balikpapan | ? | |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Wildansyah | (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 37) | 2017 | | Sriwijaya F.C. | ? | |
| 3 | Vladimir Vujovic | (1982-07-23) 23 July 1982 (age 42) | 2014 | 2018 | OFK Petrovac | ? | Foreign player |
| 4 | Purwaka Yudhi | (1984-04-11) 11 April 1984 (age 40) | 2016 | 2017 | Arema FC | ? | |
| 6 | Tony Sucipto | (1986-02-12) 12 February 1986 (age 38) | 2012 | 2018 | Persija Jakarta | ? | 2nd Vice Captain |
| 16 | Achmad Jufriyanto | (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 37) | 2017 | | Sriwijaya F.C. | ? | |
| 18 | Jajang Sukmara | (1988-11-18) 18 November 1988 (age 35) | 2011 | 2018 | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | |
| 21 | Henhen Herdiana | (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 22 | Supardi Nasir | (1983-04-09) 9 April 1983 (age 41) | 2017 | | Sriwijaya F.C. | ? | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Michael Essien | (1982-12-03) 3 December 1982 (age 41) | 2017 | | Panathinaikos | ? | Marquee player |
| 7 | Atep | (1985-06-05) 5 June 1985 (age 39) | 2008 | 2018 | Persija Jakarta | ? | Captain |
| 8 | Gian Zola | (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 26) | 2015 | 2020 | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 10 | Raphael Maitimo | (1984-03-17) 17 March 1984 (age 40) | 2017 | | Arema FC | ? | |
| 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 |
| 19 | Ahmad Basith | (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28) | 2017 | | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 23 | Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan | (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | 2018 | Pelita Bandung Raya | ? | |
| 24 | Hariono | (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 39) | 2008 | 2018 | Deltras Sidoarjo | ? | Vice Captain |
| 20 | Fulgensius Billy Paji Keraf | (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | TBA | SSB Asiop | ? | Under-23 Player |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Sergio van Dijk | (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 42) | 2016 | 2018 | Adelaide United | ? | |
| 70 | Ezechiel N'Douassel | (1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 36) | 2017 | | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ? | Foreign Player |
| 15 | Angga Febryanto Putra | (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | | Persib Bandung U-21 | ? | Under-23 Player |
| 17 | Shohei Matsunaga | (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | | Persiba Balikpapan | ? | Foreign player |
| 82 | Tantan | (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 42) | 2014 | 2018 | Sriwijaya FC | ? | |

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 11 | CM | Dedi Kusnandar | Sabah FA | Free | 25 December 2016 |
| 17 | AM | Shohei Matsunaga | Persiba Balikpapan | Free | 25 December 2016 |
| 2 | CB | Wildansyah | Sriwijaya F.C. | Free | 25 December 2016 |
| 16 | CB | Achmad Jufriyanto | Sriwijaya F.C. | Free | 26 January 2017 |
| 22 | RB | Supardi | Sriwijaya F.C. | Free | 26 January 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Michael Essien | Free agent | Free | 14 March 2017 |
| 12 | ST | Carlton Cole | Free agent | Free | 30 March 2017 |
| 20 | LW-RW | Fulgensius Billy Paji Keraf | SSB Asiop | Free | 13 April 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Purwaka Yudhi | Unattached | Free | 1 August 2017 |
| 70 | FW | Ezechiel N'Douassel | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Free | 8 August 2017 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 13 | DF | M. Agung Pribadi | Persela Lamongan | Loan | 28 December 2016 |
| 4 | DF | Dias Angga Putra | Bali United | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 5 | DF | Diogo Ferreira | Penang FA | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 8 | MF | Muhammad Taufiq | Bali United | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 17 | MF | Rachmad Hidayat | Sriwijaya FC | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 10 | MF | Robertino Pugliara | Persipura Jayapura | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 15 | FW | Yandi Sofyan | Bali United | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Samsul Arif | Persela Lamongan | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Rudiyana | PSS Sleman | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 91 | FW | David Laly | Barito Putera | Free | 28 December 2016 |
| 12 | ST | Carlton Cole | Free agent | Free | 4 August 2017 |

## 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 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 035.00 | — | In Progress | 15 April 2017 | In Progress |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 035.00 |
Updated to match played 29 July 2017 Source: Competitions

### Liga 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Sriwijaya | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 42 |
| 12 | PS TNI | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 42 |
| 13 | Persib | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 41 |
| 14 | Persela | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 40 |
| 15 | Perseru | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 37 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Sriwijaya 2–1 PS TNI; PS TNI 2–1 Sriwijaya.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2017. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
First round
Second Round