Satria Muda Pertamina Bandung (colloquially known as SM) is an Indonesian professional basketball team currently playing in the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). Based in the capital city Jakarta from 1993 till 2025, they are now based in the West Javanian capital of Bandung after merging with Prawira Bandung in 2025. Satria Muda was Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League (ABL). Throughout their history, Satria Muda have been known as one of the most successful team's in the league, winning twelve IBL and Kobatama championships, and one SEABA Champions Cup back in 2008.

History

KOBATAMA era Founded by Doedi Gambiro on October 28, 1993,Satria Muda Pertamina Website initially known as Satria Muda, they began play in the KOBATAMA in 1996 and advanced to the final four, but lost to Aspac Jakarta and only got the fourth place after losing to Bima Sakti Nikko Steel Malang. They got "the best newcomers" tribute award in 1996. In 1997, Satria Muda endorsed by The Coca-Cola Company's AdeS mineral waters, and the team identity was changed to AdeS Satria Muda. The loss of the 1996 final four sparked the "Indonesian basketball el-clasico" between Satria Muda and Aspac Jakarta, especially in the grand finals since 2002.

According to Dwui "Iboy" Eriano, they never won in the 1998 season. But, in 1999, when Erick Thohir's PT Abdi Bangsa Tbk began as the team's major sponsor, and changed the team's identity to Mahaka Satria Muda, they recovered and defeated 2-times (1997–1998) champion Panasia Indosyntec Bandung in the final four and dethroned the Surakarta's Bhinneka Sritex in the grand finals.www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIxPiwG_p9Q

IBL era Satria Muda then made the jump to the Indonesian Basketball League upon its foundation in 2003. A year later, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, through its BritAma savings account, became the team's major sponsor, and the team identity became Satria Muda BritAma. In 2015, Pertamina became the team's major sponsor, and the team name became Satria Muda Pertamina.

It has won ten domestic titles (1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, and 2018) and has also won the SEABA Champions Cup in 2008 by dethroning Philippines' Harbour Centre Batang Pier.

Satria Muda is one of the six founding teams of the first pan-Asean pro basketball league, the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), which began play on 11 October 2009,The Teams at the Asean Basketball League: KL Dragons, Satria Muda BritAma, Brunei Barracudas, Philippines Patriots, Singapore Slingers, Thailand Tigers but remained in the Indonesian Basketball League. In the ABL, it allows them to add two foreign reinforcements and up to three players from Asean countries. They finished third overall in the regular season standings and became the runners-up in the inaugural season of the ABL, losing to the Philippine Patriots 0–3 in the championship.

For the 2010–11 season, Satria Muda fielded two teams, for the ABL and the domestic NBL Indonesia respectively. The team competing in the NBL was composed of the 2009–10 ABL team, while the new ABL team was a mixture of new local players, Filipino imports, and American imports.

Honours TitleWinnersRunners-up3rd Place4th PlaceKobatama1999ABL Regular Season 2009–10ABL Grand Finals 2009–10 (Runners-up)IBL Championship 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2021, 2022 2003, 2005, 2017, 2018–19, 2024NBL Championship 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 2013–14

Achievements (2009–10) Year ABL Regular Season Position ABL Grand Finals Position 2009–103rd PlaceRunners-up

Personnel

Depth chart

Management

PositionNameCommissionerUmara Andra RustomoPower ExecutorAdhitia Putra HermawanClub PresidentBaim WongClub Director Christian Ronaldo SitepuSport DirectorYoubel Sondakh

Players in National Teams PosNameHeightCountrySchools/Province/CountryGWidyanta Putra Teja5–11 IndonesiaSMA IPH SurabayaPFJuan Laurent6–4 IndonesiaPelita Harapan UniversityC/FJulian Chalias6–7 IndonesiaKuta, BaliFDame Diagne6–6 IndonesiaSenegalGAbraham Damar Grahita5–11 IndonesiaEsa Unggul University

Accomplishments and awards

Individual awards IBL Rookie of the Year Juan Laurent – 2017 Arki Dikania Wisnu – 2012 Rivaldo Tandra – 2020

IBL Most Valuable Player Arki Dikania Wisnu – 2017

IBL Sixthman of the Year Rony Gunawan – 2015

IBL Defensive Player of the Year Galank Gunawan – 2013

IBL Finals MVP Arki Dikania Wisnu – 2015 Jamarr Andre Johnson – 2018 Hardianus Lakudu – 2021 Brachon Griffin – 2022

IBL Sportmanship Award Youbel Sondakh – 2011

IBL Most Improved Player Sandy Ibrahim Aziz – 2020

SMP Legends Retired numbersNo.NamePositionTenure6Amran A SintaG1995–200112Syahrizal AffandiPG1999–200318Fictor Gideon RoringC1999–20017Dwui ErianoSF1995–200810Wahyu Widayat JatiPF1995–200934Wellyanson SitumorangPF2000–20119Youbel SondakhSF2006–201332Rony GunawanPF/C2006–2016

Notable players – Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. – Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Hardianus Lakudu Johannis WinarIbl Legends : Johannis Winar Beruntung Dibimbing Para Senior IBL 9 August 2020, accessed 2 February 2022. Syahrizal Affandi Dwui Eriano Rony Gunawan Amin Prihantono Fictor Gideon Roring Amran Andi Sinta Wellyanson Situmorang Denny Sumargo Kevin Sitorus Erick Christopher Sebayang Jamarr Andre Johnson Donny Ristanto Kristian Liem Hans Abraham Bima Riski Ardiansyah Muhammad Rizal Falconi Arki Dikania Wisnu Ali Bagir Avan Seputra

Foreigners Wendell Lewis Le'Bryan Nash Warren Washington Artem Pustovyi Myke Henry Rick Jackson Jarred Shaw Elgin Cook Shannon Evans Amine Noua Jordan Ivy-Curry Chad Brown Giorgi Bezhanishvili Jalen Jones

See also Mahaputri BritAma Jakarta, the women's counterpart References

External links Official website