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PSIS Semarang
Full name	Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Semarang
Nickname(s)	Mahesa Jenar
Founded	1932
Ground	Jatidiri Stadium Semarang, Indonesia
Capacity	25,000
Manager	Yoyok Sukawi
League	Indonesian League
2005-06	Indonesian Premier Division, 2nd
Home colours 　 Away colours

PSIS (Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Semarang) is an Indonesian soccer team based in Semarang, Central Java. Its homebase is Jatidiri Stadium. It won the 1998/1999 Indonesian League Championship.

Contents 1 History 2 Current years 3 Squad 4 Achievement 5 Fans 6 External links

Founded in 1932, PSIS is one of the oldest soccer teams in Indonesia. Before the first professional league was held in 1994/1995 season, PSIS joined Perserikatan, a football amateur competition organized by PSSI. The best achievement was in the 1986/87 season when PSIS won the title after defeating Persebaya Surabaya in the final 1-0.

In 1994, when Perserikatan and Galatama merged into Liga Indonesia, PSIS were put into the Premier division. In the 1998/1999 season, PSIS got their highest achievement by winning the title. In the final, PSIS defeated Persebaya Surabaya with a score of 1-0. The goal was scored by Tugiyo, who was renowned as "Maradona from Purwodadi", in the injury time of the second half. But after that excellent performance, PSIS did not do very well in the transfer window. Consequently, PSIS were ironically relegated in 1999/2000 season. A year later, PSIS managed to secure a promotion ticket back again to the Premier division.

In the last two years, PSIS Semarang had become one of the favourites to win the title of Liga Indonesia. In 2005, PSIS finished in 3rd place after defeating PSMS Medan with a score of 2-1.

Competing in the Western Zone, PSIS finished in 3rd place in 2006 regular home and away season,. Therefore PSIS went to the next round robin elimination system together with 7 other teams which were split into two groups of 4. In this round, PSIS won the first match against Arema Malang, 1-0, courtesy of a Gustavo Hernan Ortiz's goal. However,they were defeated by Persik kediri with a score of 1-3 on matchday 2 of the round robin elimination system. PSIS needed a win in their last match against Persiba Balikpapan to progress to the semi final, and they successfully booked a place in semi final following a 1-0 victory in a controversial postponed match due to pitch invasion by the fans. In the semifinal match, PSIS won 1-0 against Persekabpas Pasuruan who defeated them twice in a regular home and away season. In the grand final, PSIS met Persik Kediri and unfortunately once again PSIS were defeated with a score of 0-1 in extra time. The goal was scored by Christian Gonzalez in 107th Minute with a header. PSIS ended up as a runner up in 2006 season.

For 2007 season, PSIS has successfully signed Julio Lopez from Chile. Julio Lopez is projected as a replacement for Emanuel De Porras who controversially left the team after a defeat in the 2006 Liga Indonesia Grand Final despite the fact that PSIS were still due to be competing in Copa Dji Sam Soe against Persija Jakarta few days later.

No. Position Player 1 GK Basuki Setyabudi 12 GK I Komang Putra 22 GK Agus Murad Alfarizi 2 DF Yusuf Sutan Mudo 3 DF Idrus Gunawan 4 DF Kahudi Wahyu 5 DF Maman Abdurrahman 6 DF Eko Prasetyo 16 DF Denny Rumba 19 DF Dedean Surdani 25 DF Foffe Kamara 27 DF Zoubairou 8 MF Wahyu Wahab

No. Position Player 11 MF Fachrudin 13 MF Modestus Indra Kurniawan 14 MF Julian Kusuma 15 MF Ebi T Sukore 17 MF Harry Salisbury 23 MF Muhammad Ridwan 9 FW Indriyanto Setyo Nugroho 10 FW Julio Lopez 18 FW Alfredo Figueroa 21 FW Khusnul yakin 29 FW Ari Julianto 33 FW Asep Winarso

Perserikatan Championship

1987 - Winner

Indonesian League Premier Division

1998/99 - Winner

2005 - Third place

2006 - Runner-up

Indonesian League Division One

2001 - Winner

PSIS have two fans clubs: Panser Biru and Snex. But, in the Cyber World, there's PCSC (PSIS Cber Supporters Community) in http://www.psis-fc.com and discusion groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PSIS-Semarang.

• (Indonesian) Official site

Liga Indonesia 2007

Western Region Pelita Jaya Purwakarta | Persela Lamongan | Persema Malang | Persib Bandung | Persija Jakarta | Persik Kediri | Persikabo Bogor | Persikota Tangerang | Persiraja Banda Aceh | Persita Tangerang | Persitara Jakarta Utara | PSDS Deli Serdang | PSIS Semarang | PSMS Medan | PSS Sleman | PSSB Bireun | Semen Padang | Sriwijaya FC Eastern Region Arema Malang | Bali Persegi FC | Deltras Sidoarjo | Persebaya Surabaya | Persekabpas Pasuruan | Perseman Manokwari | Persiba Balikpapan | Persibom Bolaang Mongondow | Persijap Jepara | Persipura Jayapura | Persis Solo | Persiter Ternate | Persiwa Wamena | Persma Manado | Persmin Minahasa | PS Bontang PKT | PSIM Yogyakarta | PSM Makassar