Persis Solo

Persis Solo
Full namePersatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Soerakarta
Nickname(s)Laskar Sambernyawa
(The Grim Reapers)
Short namePSO
Founded8 November 1923; 101 years ago (1923-11-08); (as Vorstenlandsche Voetbal Bond)
1935; 89 years ago (1935) (as PERSIS)
GroundManahan Stadium
Capacity20,000
OwnerPT Persis Solo Saestu
PresidentKaesang Pangarep
ManagerLalu Dion Pratama
CoachOng Kim Swee
LeagueLiga 1
2023–24Liga 1, 7th of 18
Websitehttps://www.persissolo.id/
Current season

Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Surakarta (lit.'Indonesian Football Association of Surakarta'), commonly known as Persis Solo, is an Indonesian football club based in the Central Java city of Surakarta. Founded on 8 November 1923 as Vorstenlandschen Voetbal Bond (English: Royal Football Union; abbreviated as VVB), it was officially renamed to its current brand in 1935.[1]

Persis returned to top-flight football after a decade in 2022 following its success in winning the 2021 Liga 2 title. The club plays its Liga 1 home games at Manahan Stadium, which has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The 2021 revival of the club was driven by its new, politically connected owners – Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko Widodo who acts as the club's chairman, and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.[2]

  1. ^ "Dutch East Indies - Football History".
  2. ^ "Direktur BEI Dukung Persis Solo Segera IPO". Bisnis.com (in Indonesian). 29 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.