Pelita Bandung Raya

Pelita Bandung Raya

Full name	Pelita Bandung Raya
Nickname(s)	The Blue Rhino
Founded	November 11, 1986
Ground	Si Jalak Harupat Stadium (capacity: 40,000)
Owner	Ari D. Sutedi
Chairman	Ali Fachri
Manager	Simon McMenemy
League	Indonesia Super League
2011–12	Indonesia Super League, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Pelita Bandung Raya (formerly Pelita Jaya FC) is an Indonesian football team based in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, founded on November 11, 1986. It was one of the most successful clubs in the Galatama era. The club's finance is mostly supported by The Bakrie Group.
In the mid 90s, Pelita Jaya FC recruited several legendary World Cup footballers such as Mario Kempes, Roger Milla, Jules Onana, and Maboang Kessack. In 2011, the club made a phenomenal transfer when landed Malaysian striker Safee Sali, who crowned as top scorer at 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup.
In October 2012, Pelita Jaya was sold by the club owner PT Pelita Jaya Cronus to Ari D. Sutedi, the owner of Bandung Raya and President Director of PT Retower Asia.^[1] "Since 100 percent of the shares Pelita Jaya, has been purchased by the Bandung Raya, then automatically powers the club next season will be held entirely by the Bandung Raya, the name of the new club of course," said Commissioner of PT Pelita Jaya Cronus, Andika Andrayudha Bakrie.
After Bandung Raya official purchase Pelita Jaya as well as the right to perform in the Indonesian Super League next season. President Retower Asia Ari D. Sutedi, as the owner of the club Bandung Raya forward with the acquisition ambitions to revive the club's golden era can be realized.^[2] "We want to restore the glory of Bandung Raya in the past," said Ari.

Contents 1 Achievements 1.1 Galatama 2 Performance in AFC competitions 3 History 3.1 Name 3.2 Crest 3.3 Stadium 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Coaching Staff 4.3 Management 5 Notable former players 5.1 Foreign Players[4] 5.1.1 Local Players 6 Notable former coaches 7 Sponsors 8 Kit Supplier 9 Rivalries 10 Footnotes 11 External links

Achievements

Galatama

• 1986/87 - Runner-up
• 1987/88 - Runner-up
• 1988/89 - Champions
• 1990 - Champions
• 1993/94 - Champions

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances

1989/90: Group Stage

1990/91: Third Place

1991/92: Qualifying

1994/95: Second round

History

Name

• Pelita Mastrans (1997; lists the major shareholder of the transportation community)
• Pelita Bakrie (1998-1999; includes the name of the owner of a majority stake Pelita)
• Pelita Solo (2000-2002; home base at Manahan Stadium, Solo)
• Pelita Krakatau Steel (2002-2006)
• Pelita Jaya Purwakarta (2006-2007)
• Pelita Jabar (2008-2009); home base in Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
• Pelita Jaya Karawang FC (2010-2012); home base in Singaperbangsa Stadium, Karawang
• Pelita Bandung Raya (since 2012)

Crest

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  First club crest
  
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  Crest 2005–2012
  
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  Crest 2013
  

Stadium

Pelita recently played its home match at Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium, Bandung, West Java

Players

Current squad

As of 12 January 2013.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nat