Bhayangkara F.C.


Bhayangkara Football Club, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Jakarta, Indonesia. They currently compete in the Liga 1.

History

In 2010, the Persikubar West Kutai team, were picked up by Vigit Waluyo and Wishnu Wardhana, and changed the name of Persikubar to Persebaya and they appointed PT MMIB as their manager, because they did not want the name Persebaya lost from the Indonesian League after the original Persebaya crossed into the Indonesia Premier League.
In 2015, they change the name to Bonek FC Surabaya.
In the 2015 General Sudirman Cup tournament, they changed the club's name to Surabaya United because Bonek 1927 denounced Bonek's name as a football club originally a supporter's name.
On April 12, 2016, Surabaya United merged with PS Polri following 2016 Bhayangkara Cup and changed its name to Bhayangkara Surabaya United F.C. until September 2016.
And in September 2016, they moved to Bekasi, and change their name to Bhayangkara F.C. until now.
In 2017, they won the 2017 Liga 1 on head-to-head in a controversial way.

Colours and badges

Honours

Stadium

Bhayangkara FC temporarily plays their home matches in Madya Stadium, in Jakarta while their home ground PTIK Stadium is being renovated.
This is an Indonesian National Police owned stadium. The Stadium is located in the centre of :id:Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kepolisian|POLRI Institute for Higher Learning. Previously, for 2017 Liga 1, they used the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium as their home, along with Persija Jakarta.

Supporters

Bhayangkara's supporters are called Bhara Mania and majority supported by the Indonesian National Police.

Sponsorship

The main sponsor of Bhayangkara is Bank BNI

Players

Current squad

Naturalized player

Out on loan

Staff