# 2015 Persib Bandung season

The 2015 season was Persib Bandung's 56th season in the club football history, the 19th consecutive season in the top-flight Liga Indonesia season and the 7th season competing in the Indonesia Super League.

## Review and events
### Pre–2015

Persib was invited to compete in an international friendly tournament, Marah Halim Cup 2015, from 4–14 January 2015, but declined it on 9 December 2014. They began their first training for the 2015 Indonesia Super League on 23 December 2014. They were planning to have a training center using the facilities of Inter Milan in Italy starting January 6, 2015, but due to tight schedule, the plan was cancelled. Persib stated that they will participate in the 2015 Walikota Padang Cup on 4–8 January 2015. On a 3×40 minutes friendly against local club Tiki Taka FC on 31 December 2014, Persib won 4–0 with each goal from Firman Utina, trial player Hector Eduardo Sosa, new recruit Yandi Sofyan Munawar, and Atep Rizal.
Due to winning the 2014 Indonesia Super League, Persib was given a spot on 2015 AFC Champions League. They, alongside Persipura, also received byes on the 2015 Piala Indonesia and will directly participate in the Round of 16.
Persib retained the majority of the squad. Persib released Djibril Coulibaly due to declining performance. Some players who would still play for this season are Abdul Rahman, Firman Utina, and the three goalkeepers, and some players who got new contracts are Makan Konaté, Muhammad Agung Pribadi, Vladimir Vujović, and Rudiyana. Ferdinand Sinaga left the club to join Sriwijaya F.C. Persib has currently secured three new players, which are Dedi Kusnandar, Dias Angga Putra, and Yandi Sofyan Munawar. Persib actually had gotten the signature of striker Aron da Silva, but he backed out because his old club won't release him. Strikers Michele Di Piedi and Hector Eduardo Sosa came to trial on Persib, but none of them were recruited. Meanwhile, striker Maycon Calijuri who came to trial on 30 December continued the selection.

### January

Emral Abus was signed to replace Djadjang Nurdjaman as the head coach for the AFC Champions League due to restricting requirement of the competition. Joining Maycon, strikers Nicolás Vigneri and Koh Traore came to trial on Persib. Vigneri was released on 26 January, while Maycon and Traore's fate will be determined after the 2014 Indonesian Inter Island Cup finals on 1 February. Striker Sigit Hermawan were loaned to PSGC Ciamis on a 1-season-long loan.
On the 2015 Piala Walikota Padang, Persib won the cup after defeating PSP Padang and Pusamania Borneo F.C. both 3–0 on group stage and Persiba Balikpapan 2–0 in the final. Tantan also became the top-scorer. On an international friendly against Felda United F.C. they won 3–1. They won 2–1 on another friendly against Persibat Batang. They run two friendly matches on their training center in Ciamis against Persires Kuningan and PSGC Ciamis and won both of them 3–0 and 3–1 respectively.
Three Diklat Persib players, Gian Zola, Hanif Sahbandi, and Jujun Saefuloh, were called up to Indonesia national U-16 and U-19 team selection. Persib's third goal-keeper M Natshir were called up to Indonesia national U-22 national team. Manager Umuh Muchtar became one of PT Liga Indonesia's commissioner for 2015 season due to Persib's win in the previous season.

### February

On their first official match of the season, Persib lost 4–0 against Hanoi T&T F.C. on Mỹ Đình National Stadium on the 2nd preliminary round of the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs. Their first ISL match was supposed to be on 20 February 2015 against last year's runners-up Persipura Jayapura, before Kemenpora on 18 February decided to postpone 2015 ISL due to too many clubs that haven't completed their licensing files. On their first 2015 AFC Cup match, Persib won 4–1 in their home against Maldivian team New Radiant S.C. with Jufriyanto, Konaté, Atep, and Yandi scored each a goal.
On the 2014 Indonesian Inter Island Cup finals, Persib lost 1–2 to Arema Cronus F.C. with Vujović scored Persib's only goal. They won 5–1 on a friendly against Cilegon United F.C., with Yandi, Supardi, Tantan, Vujović, and trial player Robson da Silva scoring the goals. They run another friendly against their youth team Diklat Persib and won 3–1 with Atep, Konaté, and Jufriyanto scored the goals. They also won the following friendly against Football Plus FC on 20 February by 7–0, with Konaté scored three goals, Tantan scored two goals, and Atep and Firman scored a goal each.
The two trial strikers, Maycon and Traore, were stripped from the squad, but the statement was changed and Maycon will continue to trial because Persib is still waiting for Maycon's legal status from PT Liga Indonesia. Three more strikers came to trial on Persib on 3 and 4 February, Robson da Silva, Kim Shin-young and Carlos Raul Sciucatti. Maycon, Robson, and Carlos Raul were stripped from the trial on 7 February, while Kim Shin-young stripped later on 13 February along with Nigerian striker Charles Parker who came on the same day. Striker Silvio Escobar came to trial on 16 February, but released on the following day. Local player Nico Malau who were invited to trial on Persib since mid-February were released on 21 February. Malian striker Ousmane Ben Goïta came to trial on 23 February 2015, but probably weren't recruited, stated by head coach Djadjang Nurdjaman. Croatian striker who were stated by the management to join Persib, Ivan Krstanović, declined and joined a European team. Cameroonian striker George Menougong came to trial on 27 February, but released on the following day.
Persib launch their team on 6 February in Siliwangi Stadium, introducing the players and 9 jerseys, three for 2015 Indonesia Super League and 2015 Piala Indonesia, two for Asian competition, two for training, and two for youth team. 2×15 minutes exhibition match also ran here by Persib against Ligina 1994/95 winners, Persib won 4–0 with two goals by Konaté and the other two by Tantan and Rudiyana. On 17 February, Persib announced Mulyana as the vice manager of the team for all competition. Persib's team doctor, Rafi Ghani, take part in ISL Medic Team training in Jakarta on 17–18 February. On 20 February, teams of 2015 ISL gathered in Bandung to state their actions against the delay of 2015 ISL as Declaration of Bandung. Persib's third goalkeeper, M Natshir, were called up to the list of 23 players of Indonesia national U-22 football team players.

### March

On their visit to Bali, they won 1–0 against Bali United Pusam F.C. with Tantan scoring the lone goal.
Finnish striker Niklas Tarvajarvi joined Persib's training while he was in Bali, but not intending to trial. Georgian striker Apollon Lemondzhava trials on Persib.
Persib's assistant coach Asep Soemantri joined the AFC C License Coaching Course on 16–28 February in National Youth Training Center Facility, Depok.

### May

The 2015 Indonesia Super League was officially discontinued by PSSI on May 2, 2015, due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against PSSI to run any football competition.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Friendlies

| Competition | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Competition | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Persib Bandung | Opponent | Source |
| | 31 December 2014 (2014-12-31) | | H | Bandung | Tiki Taka FC | 4–0 | | Utina 22' Sosa 41' Yandi 75' Atep 116' | | |
| Walikota Padang Cup | 4 January 2015 (2015-01-04) | 16:15 | A | Padang | PSP Padang | 3–0 | | Maycon 55' Sucipto 59' Tantan 75' | | |
| Walikota Padang Cup | 6 January 2015 (2015-01-06) | 16:15 | A | Padang | Pusamania Borneo | 3–0 | | Atep 38' Tantan 54', 89' | | |
| Walikota Padang Cup | 8 January 2015 (2015-01-08) | 19:00 | A | Padang | Persiba Balikpapan | 2–0 | | Maycon 30' (pen) Konaté 33' | | |
| | 11 January 2015 (2015-01-11) | 19:30 | H | Soreang | Felda United F.C. | 3–1 | | Konaté 3' Tantan 41' Yandi 61' | Makeche 55' | |
| | 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) | | H | Bandung | Persibat Batang | 2–1 | | Sukmara 67' Taufiq 89' | Hafidin 84' | |
| | 21 January 2015 (2015-01-21) | | A | Ciamis | Persires Kuningan | 3–0 | | Maycon 17' Dias 40' Konaté 68' | | |
| | 24 January 2015 (2015-01-24) | | A | Ciamis | PSGC Ciamis | 3–1 | | Atep 54' Konaté 58' (pen) 61' | | |
| 2014 IIC Final | 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) | 19:00 | A | Palembang | Arema Cronus | 1–2 | | Vujović 75' | Beltrame 47' (pen.) Kennedy 115' | |
| | 5 February 2015 (2015-02-05) | | H | Bandung | Cilegon United | 5–1 | | Yandi 22' Supardi 31' Tantan 36' Vujović 39' da Silva 82' | 62' | |
| | 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) | | H | Bandung | Persib Bandung U-17 | 3–1 | | Atep 17' Konaté 68' Jufriyanto 83' | 85' | |
| | 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) | | A | Parongpong | Football Plus | 7–0 | | Konaté Tantan Atep Utina | | |
| | 3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) | 20:00 | A | Gianyar | Bali United Pusam F.C. | 1–0 | | Tantan 61' | | |
| | 15 March 2015 (2015-03-15) | | A | Cimahi | Setia FC | 8–0 | | Lemondzhava 11', 15', 42', 70' Atep 27' Kusnandar 37' Utina 80' Vujović 83' | | |
| | 22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) | 15:30 | A | Ciamis | Persebaya Surabaya | 0–1 | | | Mbamba 2' | |
| | 24 March 2015 (2015-03-24) | | A | Ciamis | PSGC Ciamis | 4–3 | | Konaté 28' Atep 48' Sulaiman 72' Rudiyana 86' | Rosian 8' Sukmara (o.g) Ganjar 90' | |
| | 30 March 2015 (2015-03-30) | | A | Cimahi | UNI | 11–0 | | Spasojević 8', 46', 48' Konaté 12', 54' Vujović 28', 50' Ridwan 29' Atep 75' Rudiyana 82' Yandi 84' | | |
| | 24 April 2015 (2015-04-24) | | A | Cimahi | Al Jabbar FC | 9–0 | | Atep 14' Yandi 15' Spasojević 49' (pen.) 65', 79' Rudiyana 54', 71', 89' Tantan 86' | | |
| | 9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) | | A | Cimahi | Persigar Garut | 14–0 | | Konaté 6', 12', 31' Atep 10', 41' Tantan 26' Utina 28', 34' Ridwan 36' Rudiyana 54' Spasojević 57' (pen.) 65', 73', 85' | | |
| | 17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) | 15:30 | A | Gianyar | Bali United Pusam F.C. | 2–0 | | Spasojević 21' Taufiq 30' | | |
| | 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22) | 18:30 | H | Soreang | Selangor FA | 4–2 | | Atep 32', 89' Ridwan 55' Konaté 78' | Vermansyah 34' Dos Santos 58' | |

### Indonesia Super League

| MD | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| MD | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Persib Bandung | Opponent | Source |
| 1 | 4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) | 15:30 | H | Soreang | Semen Padang | 1–0 | 26,193 | Ridwan 18' | | |
| 2 | 7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) | 15:15 | H | Soreang | Pelita Bandung Raya | 3–0 | 8,742 | Atep 47' Konaté 72' Taufiq 84' | | |

### AFC Champions League

| RD | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| RD | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Persib Bandung | Opponent | Source |
| PR2 | 10 February 2015 (2015-02-10) | 12:00 | A | Hanoi | Hà Nội T&T | 0–4 | 2,500 | | Marronkle 34' (pen.) 57' Samson 47', 71' | |

### AFC Cup

| RD | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| RD | Date | KO | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Persib Bandung | Opponent | Source |
| MD1 | 25 February 2015 (2015-02-25) | 15:00 | H | Soreang | New Radiant | 4–1 | 15,000 | Jufriyanto 15' Konaté 42' Atep 45+1' Yandi 90+2' | Ali 60' | |
| MD2 | 11 March 2015 (2015-03-11) | 15:30 | A | Yangon | Ayeyawady United F.C. | 1–1 | 500 | Atep 45' | Fonseca 58' | |
| MD3 | 13 March 2015 (2015-03-13) | 15:00 | H | Soreang | Lao Toyota FC | 1–0 | 18,552 | Atep 20' | | |
| MD4 | 15 April 2015 (2015-04-15) | 18:00 | A | Vientiane | Lao Toyota FC | 0–0 | 120 | | | |
| MD5 | 29 April 2015 (2015-04-29) | 16:00 | A | Male | New Radiant | 1–0 | 500 | Ridwan 14' | | |
| MD6 | 13 May 2015 (2015-05-13) | 16:00 | H | Soreang | Ayeyawady United F.C. | 3–3 | 12,250 | Nasir 29' Ridwan 52' Konaté 90' (pen.) | Naumov 44', 76' (pen.) Aung 90+3' | |
| R16 | 27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) | 15:00 | H | Soreang | Kitchee SC | 0–2 | 12,352 | | Belencoso 32' Wai 44' | |
Notes
* 1.^ Persib Bandung's goals first.

## Squad

As of 27 May 2015.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indonesia Super League | Indonesia Super League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup | AFC Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IDN | Muhammad Natshir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Vujović | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IDN | Dias Angga Putra | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IDN | Tony Sucipto | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IDN | Atep | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | IDN | Muhammad Taufiq | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | MLI | Makan Konaté | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | IDN | Dedi Kusnandar | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | IDN | Shahar Ginanjar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | IDN | Muhammad Agung Pribadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IDN | Firman Utina | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IDN | Achmad Jufriyanto | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | IDN | Rudiyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IDN | Jajang Sukmara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IDN | Supardi Nasir | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | IDN | Muhammad Ridwan | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | IDN | Hariono | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IDN | Abdul Rahman Sulaiman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | IDN | I Made Wirawan | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 82 | FW | IDN | Tantan | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | MNE | Ilija Spasojević | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | IDN | Yandi Sofyan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Players who left the club during the 2015 season ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | IDN | Sigit Hermawan (on loan to PSGC Ciamis) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving from |
| 4 | DF | Dias Angga Putra | Pelita Bandung Raya |
| 11 | MF | Dedi Kusnandar | Persebaya United (Bhayangkara) |
| 87 | FW | Ilija Spasojević | Pelita Bandung Raya |
| 99 | FW | Yandi Sofyan | Arema Cronus |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Type |
| FW | Djibril Coulibaly | Semen Padang | Released |
| FW | Ferdinand Sinaga | Sriwijaya | |
| FW | Sigit Hermawan | PSGC Ciamis | Out on loan |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | QNB League | AFC Cup | Walikota Padang Cup | President Cup | Jendral Sudirman Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Makan Konate | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 54 | FW | | Zulham Zamrun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Atep | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 82 | FW | | Tantan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 87 | FW | | Ilija Spasojevic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | M. Ridwan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Vladimir Vujovic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | DF | | Achmad Jufriyanto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Maycon Calijuri | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Taufiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | DF | | Supardi Nasir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 99 | FW | | Yandi Sofyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | | Febri Hariyadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Tony Sucipto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 42 |