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Association football team in Indonesia
Football club
Bontang FC
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Full name
| Bontang Football Club
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Nickname(s)
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- Laskar Khatulistiwa
(Equator Warriors)
- Laskar Bukit Tursina
(Tursina Hill Warriors)
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Founded
| 18 June 1988
; 35 years ago
(
1988-06-18
)
[1]
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Ground
| Mulawarman Stadium
Bontang
,
Indonesia
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Capacity
| 12,000
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Owner
| PT Pupuk Kaltim
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President
| Nurkhalid
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Manager
| Alvin Rausan Fikry
[2]
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League
| Liga 3
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Bontang Football Club
(formerly known as
PKT Bontang
or
Pupuk Kaltim
) is an Indonesian professional
football
team located in
Bontang
,
East Kalimantan
in the island of
Borneo
. The homebase is
Mulawarman Stadium
.
Bontang FC prides itself as the most successful club to come out of
Kalimantan
. They were semi-finalist of the
1994-95 Liga Indonesia
and finalist in
1999?2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
. Bontang FC also build a football academy namely
Diklat Mandau
or
PKT Junior
.
History
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The club was founded as
PS Pupuk Kaltim Galatama
on 18 June 1988
[1]
and founded by
PT Pupuk Kaltim
. It went through several name changes (
Pupuk Kaltim
and
PKT Bontang
) and changes as
PS Bontang PKT
(abbreviation from
Persatuan Sepakbola Bontang Pupuk Kalimantan Timur
) in 2002.
[1]
Bontang PKT was also one team in Liga Indonesia, who were never relegated from
Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia
. It also made some appearances in
Asian Winners Cup
and it was the first ever and last made by a club from Kalimantan. This club changed name to (Bontang FC) on 12 June 2009.
[3]
Match-fixing scandal
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In 2013 the club was involved in the
match fixing scandal
in the event the
Indonesian Premier League
play-off during a game against
PSLS Lhokseumawe
club who were also involved in the scandal. It was revealed after
FIFA
suspicion over the outcome of the game was not fair, an indication of match fixing is known by FIFA through the
Early warning system
(EWS)
which owned them. Therefore, after doing a thorough investigation over the last two months, the discipline committee of the
Indonesia FA
finally sentenced to ban all club players from playing in
Indonesia
football competition
for two years and their coach
Fode Camara
from
Guinea
was punished by not permitting their involvement in Indonesian football lifetime life,
[4]
as well as an official team also receiving a five-year sentence. While the club was barred from the league for two years and relegated to the lowest caste competition in Indonesia
Third Division
and a fine of
IDR
100 million.
[5]
Crest
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Performance in AFC competitions
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References
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External links
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