Putra Samarinda Football Club was an Indonesian football club located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Nicknamed Pesut Mahakam, they won the Liga Indonesia Premier Division title in the 2008–09 season.
History Early years (1989–2003) The club was formed in 1989 as Putra Samarinda Football Club, or often called Pusam, by a local businessman, Harbiansyah Hanafiah, to compete in semi-professional competition Galatama. But when the top two competitions in Indonesia, Perserikatan and Galatama, merged to form Liga Indonesia, Pusam suffered a financial crisis throughout the time. In 2000, they were forced to withdraw from the Premier Division and were sentenced to drop to First Division. The following season they were also absent so they were again sentenced to go down to Second Division.
Merge with Persisam (2003–2014) Besides Pusam, there was one more club in Samarinda which was a former Perserikatan team, Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Samarinda, or commonly known as Persisam. Persisam, unlike Pusam, did not experience financial problems because at that time they received financial assistance from the city government of Samarinda. Unfortunately, their achievements were not so good. Even to the point of being relegated into the second division in 2002–03 season. The two teams then decided to merge in 2003 and formed Persisam Putra Samarinda. By obtained funding sources from the Samarinda City Regional Budget (APBD Samarinda) and Pusam's license to compete in Liga Indonesia, they started from the second division.
The club's achievements after the merger was slowly skyrocketed. Entering the second round of the Second Division in the 2005 season, they were automatically promoted to First Division. Two seasons in the third-tier of Indonesian football competition, Persisam Putra rose to the Premier Division in the 2008–09 season and immediately kicked off by becoming champions. They were promoted to the Indonesia Super League.
Entering the 2014 season, Harbiansyah Hanafiah renamed the club back to Putra Samarinda which aimed to revive the glory of Putra Samarinda which was replaced by Persisam. Unfortunately, the club was like being abandoned by fans because there was an issue stating that Pusam was then used as political land. The discourse was also opposed by internal club members so that there was a split in club management. In addition, the club was shocked because of the corruption cases carried out by a number of their officials.
Relocation and renaming
To improve their marketability and higher chance of success, Putra Samarinda was relocated from Samarinda, East Kalimantan to Gianyar, Bali. Harbiansyah Hanafiah, the main commissioner of Putra Samarinda explained that he was willing to change the name of the club and relocated to Bali because there were no representative of Bali in the highest football tier in Indonesia. Moreover, Pusam's previous financial condition was very apprehensive. So, after cooperating with one of the tire manufacturers, Corsa, he hoped that the club would not be dissolved.
The club were brought out of administration at the end of the 2014 season, and subsequently renamed "Bali United".
Colours and badge Putra Samarinda have played in orange shirts, even when the club was named Persisam Putra Samarinda.
Pusam's official emblem has undergone several changes, following the merger. When merging with Persisam, the emblem used has a round shape, adorned with Persisam Putra Samarinda text in two colors (red and black) and two stars that flank an eagle that flaps its wings which bring out the nickname Elang Borneo (Borneo Eagle). Then, irrawaddy dolphin logo appears for the first time when Persisam competed in the 2011–12 Indonesia Super League. Previously, the irrawaddy dolphin was more familiar as the Putra Samarinda logo when competed in Galatama. A dark-and-bright orange shield with two dolphins flanking a ball. At the bottom, there was the writing of Persisam Putra (Putra Samarinda in 2014) and Dayak typical carvings at the top of the logo, gave them the nickname Pesut Mahakam (Mahakam Dolphin).
Stadium
From 1989 until the first half of 2014 season, Pusam contested their home matches at Segiri Stadium, although in very rare circumstances the club played some home games in Sempaja Stadium. They also used Sempaja as their primary training ground.
In March 2014, Pusam officially moved to Palaran, built for the 2008 Indonesia National Games, for the rest of 2014 season in the hope of increasing revenue from ticket sales that are not in line with expectations when competed in the Segiri.
Supporters Pusam's supporter was called Pusamania, stands for Putra Samarinda Mania, based in Samarinda. But because politics entered the club, fans were disappointed and switched their allegiance to support Pusamania Borneo.
Kit manufacturers and sponsors Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) 1989–2009 Unknown Unknown 2009–2010 Lotto None 2010–2011 Bank Kaltim 2011–2012 Bank Kaltim, Elty 2013Bold Bank Kaltim, Extra Joss 2014 Joma Bank Kaltim, Extra Joss, Bosowa Asuransi
First team squad The squad given here was made up of the players registered to the club for 2014 Indonesia Super League. Updated January 2014.
Head coaches Years Name Notes 1989–2008 Unknown 2008–2009 Eddy Simon Badawi 2009–2010 Aji Santoso 2010–2011 Hendri Susilo 2011–2012 Daniel Roekito 2012 Hendri Susilo Caretaker 2012 Misha Radovic 2013–2014 Mundari Karya 2014 Nil Maizar
Honours Domestic Liga Indonesia Premier Division Winners (1): 2008–09
Invitational Inter Island Cup Runners-up (2): 2011, 2012
Season by season record
Season League Piala Indonesia Top goalscorer(s) Division Name Goals 1994–95 Premier Division 32 11 8 13 32 41 41 11th East Div 1995–96 Premier Division 33 14 7 12 46 46 49 4th Group A 1996–97 Premier Division 20 10 2 8 28 28 32 5th East Div 1997–98 Premier Division 15 6 4 5 11 15 22 4th East Div 1998–99 Premier Division 10 4 0 6 14 15 12 4th East Div 1999–2000 Premier Division 26 8 4 14 28 42 28 11th East Div 2001 Premier Division 13 4 2 7 13 21 14 14th East Div Yance Katehokang 7 2002 First Division 6 1 2 3 8 14 5 4th Group B 2003 First Division 12 1 2 9 4 15 5 6th Group D 2004 Second Division 4 2 1 1 3 2 7 3rd Group G Emil 2 2005 Second Division 9 4 2 3 16 11 14 N/K Group 1 Did not participate Yance Katehokang 5 2006 First Division 16 4 3 9 19 33 15 8th Region IV First round Henry Gobah 6 2007 First Division 16 9 0 7 33 20 27 3rd Region IV Withdrew 2008–09 Premier Division 33 21 8 4 66 27 71 Winners Did not participate Aldo Barreto 14 2009–10 Super League 34 12 8 14 38 41 44 12th Round of 16 Pipat Thonkanya 19 2010–11 Super League 28 13 3 12 39 45 42 6th Not held Julio Lopez 13 2011–12 Super League 34 12 7 15 44 42 43 11th Cristian Gonzáles 18 2013 Super League 34 14 8 12 59 51 50 7th Lanciné Koné 19 2014 Super League 20 6 7 7 29 22 25 6th East Region Ilija Spasojević 10 Notes:
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