2018 Persib Bandung season
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| 2018 season | ||||
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| President | Glenn Sugita[1] | |||
| Head coach | Mario Gómez[2] | |||
| Stadium | ||||
| Liga 1 | 4th | |||
| Piala Indonesia | Ongoing | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ezechiel N'Douassel (17) All: Ezechiel N'Douassel (17) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 36,500 vs. Persija Jakarta (23 September 2018) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 0 vs. Madura United (9 October 2018) | |||
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The 2018 season is Persib Bandung's 85th competitive season. Along with Liga 1, the club will compete in cup tournaments which yet to be announced.
December 2017
The team has announced Mario Gómez as a new coach. The Argentine coach was appointed to handle Persib in 2018 League 1 season Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez was signed by Persib for two years.[3] Earlier in 2017 Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez was appointed as Malaysian national football team's head coach by FAM president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, but he then asked for a higher salary and was therefore rejected as it was expensive.[4]
January 2018
Some players were recruited by the coach, including Eka Ramdani, Oh In-kyun, Bojan Malisic, Airlangga Sutjipto, Victor Igbonefo and the coach recruited players from Persib U-19 which is the second winner of League 1 U-19 namely Muhammad Aqil Savik and Indra Mustafa. In spite of all that, Persib must also be left behind the flagship player who is the top scorer of Persib last season, Raphael Maitimo who decided to strengthen the other contestants of League 1, Madura United. Not only that, Persib also left behind importers from Japan Shohei Matsunaga, Jajang Sukmara which strengthens PSMS Medan, duo young players Angga Febryanto and Ahmad Baasith who strengthen different clubs, namely PS Tira Bantul and Persela Lamongan. Meanwhile, the fate of their strikers Sergio van Dijk and Tantan is still waiting for management's decision regarding their contract.
In their preseason event, Persib decided to follow the annual event of the Presidential Cup which they won in 2015 ago. They are in the "hell" group with other big teams, namely PSM Makassar, Sriwijaya F.C and second winner of League 2 PSMS Medan handled by their former coach, Djajang Nurdjaman. Persib Bandung undergo the first fight against Sriwijaya F.C. as well as the opening match of the 2018 Presidential Cup. Despite their dominant defeat of the visitors, they were able to clinch a 1–0 victory over the visitors.
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Umuh Muchtar |
| Head coach |  Mario Gómez[2] |
| Assistant coach | Fernando Soler |
| Goalkeeping coach | Anwar Sanusi |
| Fitness coach | Yaya Sunarya |
| Doctor | Mohammad Rafi Ghani |
| Physioterapist | Benidektus Adi Prianto |
| General Secretary | Yudiana |
Squad information
First-team squad
| No. | Name | Nat. | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Notes | |
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| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | Muhammad Natshir | |
13 February 1993 | 2014 | 2018 | Arema Cronus |
? | ||
| 30 | Aqil Savik | |
17 January 1999 | 2018 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
? | Under-23 Player | ||
| 78 | I Made Wirawan | |
12 January 1981 | 2013 | 2018 | Persiba Balikpapan |
? | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 3 | Ardi Idrus | |
22 January 1993 | 2018 | 2020 | Semen Padang F.C. |
? | ||
| 4 | Bojan Mališić |  |
14 January 1985 | 2018 | 2019 |  Davao Aguilas F.C. |
? | Vice Captain | Foreign player | |
| 6 | Tony Sucipto | |
12 February 1986 | 2012 | 2018 | Persija Jakarta |
? | ||
| 12 | Henhen Herdiana | |
10 September 1995 | 2017 | Persib Bandung U-21 |
? | Under-23 Player | ||
| 16 | Indra Mustafa | |
28 June 1999 | 2018 | 2019 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
? | Under-23 Player | |
| 21 | Mario Jardel | |
7 November 2000 | 2018 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
? | Persib Bandung U-19 | ||
| 22 | Supardi Nasir | |
9 April 1983 | 2017 | Sriwijaya F.C. |
? | Captain | ||
| 32 | Victor Igbonefo | |
18 November 1988 | 2018 | 2020 |  Nakhon Ratchasima |
? | ||
| 94 | Mochamad Sabillah | |
10 May 1994 | 2018 | Persibat Batang |
? | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 7 | Atep | |
5 June 1985 | 2008 | 2018 | Persija Jakarta |
? | ||
| 11 | Dedi Kusnandar | |
23 July 1991 | 2017 |  Sabah FA |
? | |||
| 13 | Febri Haryadi | |
19 February 1996 | 2015 | 2020 | Persib Bandung U-21 |
? | Under-23 Player | |
| 14 | Agung Mulyadi | |
23 March 1997 | 2017 | Diklat Persib |
? | Under-23 Player | ||
| 23 | Kim Kurniawan | |
23 March 1990 | 2016 | 2021 | Pelita Bandung Raya |
? | ||
| 24 | Hariono | |
2 October 1985 | 2008 | 2018 | Deltras Sidoarjo |
? | 2nd Vice Captain | |
| 27 | Puja Abdillah | |
27 November 1996 | 2017 | Persib Bandung U-21 |
? | Under-23 Player | ||
| 33 | Oh In-kyun |  |
29 January 1985 | 2018 | Mitra Kukar F.C. |
? | Foreign Player | ||
| 77 | Ghozali Siregar | |
7 July 1992 | 2018 | PSM Makassar |
? | |||
| 80 | Eka Ramdani | |
18 June 1984 | 2018 | 2019 | Persela Lamongan |
? | ||
| 93 | Beckham Putra | |
29 October 2001 | 2018 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
? | Persib Bandung U-19 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 9 | Airlangga Sutjipto | |
22 November 1985 | 2018 | Sriwijaya F.C. |
? | |||
| 10 | Ezechiel N'Douassel |  |
22 April 1988 | 2017 | 2020 |  Hapoel Tel Aviv |
? | Foreign Player | |
| 19 | Ilham Qolba | |
27 May 1999 | 2018 | Persib Bandung U-19 |
? | Persib Bandung U-19 | ||
| 37 | Muchlis Hadi | |
26 October 1996 | 2018 | Free Transfer | ? | Under-23 Player | ||
| 88 | Patrich Wanggai | |
27 June 1988 | July 2018 | Januari 2019[7] | Sriwijaya F.C. |
? | ||
| 98 | Wildan Ramdani | |
24 December 1998 | 2018 | 2021[8] | Persib Bandung U-19 |
? | Under-23 Player | |
| 99 | Jonatan Bauman | |
30 March 1991 | 2018 |  AOK Kerkyra |
? | Foreign Player | ||
Pre-season
Win Draw Loss
| January 2018 1 | Persib | 4–0 | Sleman United | Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta |
| 15:00 (UTC+7) | Stadium: UNY Field Attendance: TBA Referee: TBA |
| January 2018 2 | PS Batam | 1–2 | Persib | Batam, Riau Islands |
| 15:00 (UTC+7) |
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Stadium: Temenggung Abdul Razak Stadium |
| 16 January 2018 President's Cup | Persib | 1–0 | Sriwijaya | Bandung, West Java |
| 15:30 (UTC+7) | Report | Stadium: Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium Attendance: 25,747 Referee: Djumadi Effendi |
| 21 January 2018 President's Cup | Persib | 0–2 | PSMS | Bandung, West Java |
| 19:30 (UTC+7) | Report | Stadium: Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium Attendance: 29,676 Referee: Mustofa Umarella |
| 26 January 2018 President's Cup | Persib | 0–1 | PSM | Bandung, West Java |
| 19:30 (UTC+7) | Report | Stadium: Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium Attendance: 23,837 Referee: Handri Kristanto |
| 9 February 2018 3 | Persijap | 0–2 | Persib | Jepara, Central Java |
| 15:00 (UTC+7) |
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Stadium: Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium Attendance: TBA Referee: TBA |
