12 Facts About Persiba Balikpapan

Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Balikpapan, commonly known as Persiba Balikpapan, is an professional football club based in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Persiba Balikpapan competed with the host Persisam Samarinda seized the top position.

Persiba Balikpapan ensured the Second Division trophy in 1984 and was entitled to advance to First Division in Yogyakarta.

However, the legend of Persiba Balikpapan, Junaedi, managed to score the only goal in the match.

Persiba Balikpapan began the journey to the First Division, the highest stage of domestic football.

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However, Persiba Balikpapan managed to surprise him by appearing impressive the following season.

Persiba Balikpapan was able to beat the Singo Edan team at that time in two meetings in that season, both at home and away.

At Inter Island Cup, Persiba Balikpapan was the only team from Kalimantan who always participated in the tournament.

Location of the Persiba Balikpapan Stadium entered the development agenda of Pertamina as the land owner.

Persiba Balikpapan did not even win at home and returned to Parikesit after four matches, before settling at the Batakan Stadium.

Persiba Balikpapan said that the rivalry between the two began precisely between players.

At the start of the season until the middle of the 2017 Liga 1, Persiba Balikpapan is forced to use the Gajayana Stadium in Malang as their home ground because their actual ground, Pertamina's owned by state-owned oil company, was going to be demolished to make way for their oil expansion refinery as their newly built replacement, Batakan Stadium, was still under construction and won't be ready until June.