Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar (lit. 'Football Association of Makassar') commonly referred to as PSM Makassar, or simply PSM, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as Makassarche Voetbalbond, making it the oldest clubs in Indonesian football history still operated. They are also considered one of the most successful clubs in Indonesia, mostly due to their success in the pre-professional era of Indonesian football. In the 2001 season, they became the second Indonesia club side to reach the quarterfinals of an Asia-level tournament in the Asian Club Championship.
History
Foundation and early years (1915–42)
PSM was founded on 2 November 1915 as Makassarche Voetbalbond (MVB). They are considered the oldest competitive football club in Indonesia and one of the oldest in Southeast Asia. MVB changed its name to Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar during the 1942-45 Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies that forced all organizations with Dutch names to be renamed.[3]
Perserikatan era (1942–94)
Some of the early players of PSM were regularly called to the Indonesia national football team, the most famous of them was the club legend Ramang. PSM won their first Perserikatan title in 1957 after defeating PSMS Medan. They also managed to win this national amateur championship in 1959, 1965, 1966 and 1992.[3][4]
Modern era (1994–present)
After the merger of Perserikatan and Galatama in 1994 that led to the professionalization of teams that once mainly depend on the local government budget, PSM won their first and only Indonesia national professional title in 2000. The squad combined national team players from outside Makassar, such as Miro Baldo Bento, Aji Santoso, Bima Sakti, Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Hendro Kartiko, and local talents, such as Ronny Ririn, Syamsudin Batola, Yusrifar Djafar, dan Rachman Usman. They won the 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division by only losing 2 from 31 matches.[5]
PSM in 2011 joined the breakaway league Liga Primer Indonesia.[6] They continued to play in the Indonesian Premier League organized by PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo until 2013, before joining the Indonesia Super League again in the 2014 season.[7][8] In 2021 PSM Makassar sacked Milomir Seslija mainly because of the poor performance PSM Makassar had in the first half of the 2021–22 season.
Home matches were played at the legendary Andi Mattalatta Stadium (also known as Mattoangin), which had a capacity of 15,000 before its demolition on 21 October 2020. The stadium, originally built in 1957 for Pekan Olahraga Nasional IV, was first renovated in 2000 for the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. Now, PSM play their home matches at the Gelora B. J. Habibie Stadium in Parepare due to the aforementioned demolition of the Andi Mattalatta.
PSM's most popular nickname is Juku Eja (Red Fish), in reference to the red shirt that PSM has used since its foundation and Makassar's reputation as a port city. The common home kit includes a red shirt, red or white shorts, and white socks. The crest is also dominantly red with a traditional Pinisi ship. The away kit of the club is associated with a white or black background. Blue was once adopted as the club's primary colour for their away kit in 2015.
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Supporters
Supporter group
The most ardent PSM fan clubs are The Maczman and Laskar Ayam Jantan (LAJ). Other supporter groups include Red Gank, Komunitas VIP Selatan (KVS), Komunitas VIP Utara (KVU), Komunitas Supporter VIP Utama (KSVU). PSM is also supported by people with ethnic or familial links to South Sulawesi province who live across Indonesia due to migration trends, making the club receive support in any Indonesian city with a high concentration of migrants.[citation needed]
Rivalries
The rivalry with Persija Jakarta is very emotional up to now and can be called the "Red Derby Perserikatan" recalling the Perserikatan era, in which they were the oldest teams using red shirts.[18] The rivalry did not reach hostile levels before the establishment of Persija's fan club Jakmania.[19]
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