Bali United F.C.

This article is about the association football club from Bali, formed under this name in 2015. For its origins, see Putra Samarinda F.C.
This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Bali United W.F.C.

Bali United
Full nameBali United Football Club
Nickname(s)Serdadu Tridatu (Tridatu Warriors)
Short nameBUFC, BU, Bali
Founded15 February 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-15)
GroundKapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Capacity18,000[1]
Owner
PT Bali Bintang Sejahtera Tbk[2](66.7%)
Other shareholders[3]
(IDX: BOLA)		(33.3%)
ChairmanPieter Tanuri
Head coachStefano Cugurra
LeagueLiga 1
2023–244th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Bali United Football Club (Indonesian: klub sepak bola Bali United; Balinese: ᬓ᭄ᬮᬸᬩ᭄ᬲᬾᬧᬓ᭄ᬩᭀᬮᬩᬮᬶᬉᬦᬶᬢᬾᬤ᭄, æklub’ sépak bola Bali United) is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia Super League club Putra Samarinda (popularly known as Pusam) after its new owner relocated the club to Gianyar from Samarinda, East Kalimantan. The rebranded club retained Putra Samarinda's top-tier rights to compete in the 2015 Indonesia Super League season. It only took four years for the club to win its first top-level football championship title in the 2019.

Bali United was the first professional football club in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, also second in Asia after Guangzhou Evergrande, to be publicly traded after its shares were offered through the Indonesia Stock Exchange on 17 June 2019.[4][5] PT Bali Bintang Sejahtera Tbk released as much as 2 billion shares of the total issued and paid up capital after the initial public offering (IPO). Shares were set to go on sale for between IDR 120 and IDR 180 each,[6] and actually became IDR 175 by the launch of the IPO on 10 June.[7]

  1. ^ "JELANG PIALA AFC, PEMASANGAN SINGLE SEAT STADION DIPTA TERLIHAT, BOLEH ADA PENONTON?". Bali United Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ Purnamasari, Desi. "Para Bos di Belakang Klub-Klub Sepakbola Indonesia di Liga 1 – Tirto.ID". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ "BALI UNITED MENJADI KLUB PERTAMA DI ASIA TENGGARA YANG GO PUBLIC". Bali United Official Website. 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Masuk Bursa, Bali United Susul Jejak Raksasa Cina Guangzhou Evergrande". radarbali.jawapos.com (in Indonesian). 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. ^ "DENGAN KODE SAHAM "BOLA", BALI UNITED RESMI MENJADI KLUB SEPAKBOLA PERTAMA DI ASIA TENGGARA YANG GO PUBLIC". Bali United Official Website. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. ^ "BALI UNITED MENJADI KLUB PERTAMA DI ASIA TENGGARA YANG GO PUBLIC". Bali United Official Website. 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ "PENAWARAN UMUM SAHAM BALI UNITED DIMULAI HARI INI!". Bali United Official Website. 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2019.