Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kutai Timur Patriot United Football Club, commonly known as Persikutim Patriot United, is an Indonesian football club based in Sangatta, East Kutai, East Kalimantan. They currently compete in Liga Nusantara. Founded in 1999, Persikutim play their home match in Kudungga Stadium.
They compete in Liga Nusantara from 2025–26, the third tier of the Indonesian football after they took the slot of NZR Sumbersari.
History In 2021–22 season, they competed in Liga 3 East Kalimantan zone where they emerged as champions after defeating Persisam United in the final round and automatically advanced to the national phase. In the national phase, the best achievement achieved by Persikutim was the second round by collecting one point from three matches and fourth place in Group Q.
Last season's results saw Persikutim return to compete at the provincial level the following season, but the league that season was halted due to the incident at Kanjuruhan Stadium.
In the 2023–24 season, Persikutim joined the North District where they were ranked sixth with three points from six matches and could not advance to the next round. When Liga 4 was formed in the 2024–25 season, Persikutim could not participate where in that season only two teams participated for the East Kalimantan zone.
However, Persikutim added the word "United" to the official name so that the name changed to Persikutim United and moved up to Liga Nusantara for the 2025–26 season after acquiring NZR Sumbersari's license on 4 June 2025, with the changes ratified at the 2025 PSSI Ordinary Congress in Jakarta.
Rivalries Persikutim East Kutai main rivals are Persikukar and Persikubar who called Kutai derby.
Players Current squad
Performance by season Records SeasonLeagueTierPiala IndonesiaAs Persikutim East Kutai2009–10Second Division481unknown–2010–11Second Division465Third round–2011–12First Division (LPIS)3663rd, –2013First Division3773rd, –2014First Division3733rd, –2015Liga Nusantara East Kalimantan3season abandoned–2016ISC Liga Nusantara East Kalimantan3Champion–ISC Liga Nusantara National round332Round of 162017Liga 3 East Kalimantan315Eliminated–2018Liga 3 East Kalimantan3195th, –2019Liga 3 East Kalimantan313Semi-final–2020Liga 3 East Kalimantan3season abandoned–2021–22Liga 3 East Kalimantan317Champion–Liga 3 National phase644th, 2022–23Liga 3 East Kalimantan3season abandoned–2023–24Liga 3 East Kalimantan3156th, –2024–25Liga 4 East Kalimantan4did not participate–Rebranding to Persikutim United after takeover of NZR Sumbersari2025–26Liga Nusantara324Relegation play-off winner–2026–27Liga Nusantara324TBD–
Season by season
As Persikutim East Kutai SeasonTierDivisionPlacePiala Indonesia2009–104SDunknown–2010–114SDThird round–2011–123FD LPIS3rd, –20133FD3rd, –20143FD3rd, –20153LN–20163ISC LN–20173L3–20183L35th, –20193L3–20203L3–2021–223L34th, –2022–233L3–2023–243L36th, –2024–254L4–
As Persikutim United SeasonTierDivisionPlacePiala Indonesia3LN–
Current league 1 season in Liga Nusantara Defunct league 1 season in ISC Liga Nusantara 8 seasons in Liga 3 (as amateur league} 3 seasons in Second Division (as third-tier) 2 seasons in Second Division (as fourth-tier)
Honours Liga Indonesia Second Division East Kalimantan Champion (1): 2004 Liga 3 East Kalimantan Champion (1): 2021
References
External links Liga-Indonesia.co.id PERSIKUTIM on Facebook