RANS Nusantara Football Club (formerly known as Cilegon United and RANS Cilegon) is an Indonesian football club based in Batu, East Java. RANS Nusantara's nickname is The Magenta Force and The Prestige Phoenix. The club will be playing in the Championship, the second tier division of Indonesia football, following a promotion from the 2025–26 Liga Nusantara as the champion.
History The club was established in 2012 as Cilegon United Football Club. They won Second Division and First Division in just two years making it a notable occasion in the club's history.
On 31 March 2021, the club were acquired by RANS Entertainment and Prestige Motorcars. They were renamed to RANS Cilegon Football Club. RANS is a company owned by Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina, while Prestige is a supercar dealer from North Jakarta. On 28 September 2021, RANS Cilegon made their Liga 2 debut in a 3–1 loss to Dewa United at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. A week later, they had their second match in a 2–1 win against Persekat Tegal. On 1 December 2021, they closed the match in the group stage of the 2021–22 Liga 2 in a 3–0 win against PSKC Cimahi and with this result, they qualified for the second round as runners-up of Group B. On 22 December 2021, they qualified for the semi-finals of the 2021–22 Liga 2 as Group X winners after a 0–0 draw over Sriwijaya. Satisfactory results occurred in the semi-final match five days later, when they qualified for the final and won promotion to Liga 1 next season after a 3–0 win over PSIM Yogyakarta. but in the final match on 30 December 2021, they suffered a 2–1 defeat to Persis Solo and eventually became the league's runners-up.
On 30 May 2022, during the 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress, the club changed their name to RANS Nusantara Football Club. This was part of club chairman Raffi's desire to have his club be supported by fans from all corners of Indonesia.
In their first season in Liga 1, RANS Nusantara finished at bottom 18th, but were spare from relegation due to the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster. The next season in the 2023–24 season, despite a promising start until the mid season by constantly stays in the top 4, RANS Nusantara were eventually relegated to the Liga 2 after finished in 16th place, ending their two-years tenure in the top division.
In the 2024–25 Liga 2 season, RANS Nusantara were relegated again, this time to Liga Nusantara after finishing at the bottom of the relegation round, lasted only one-year tenure in the second division. This also marks back-to-back relegations for RANS Nusantara, following their relegation from the Liga 1 at the previous season.
In the 2025–26 Liga Nusantara season, RANS Nusantara were promoted to the Championship after beating Persiba Bantul 2–1 in the semi-finals, later they became champions after beating Dejan 4–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in the final.
Coaching staff PositionNameTeam manager Hifrery Laksana UgamaAssistant team manager Mohammad SuhaimiHead coach Kas HartadiAssistant coach SunardiAssistant coach Juan ReviGoalkeeper coach HendryFitness coach Indra Ramdhani
Players
Current squad
Coaches PeriodName2013 Elie Suheili2013–2014 Bambang Nurdiansyah2014–2017 Kas Hartadi2017 Arcan Iurie2017–2018 Imam Riyadi2018 Sasi Kirono2019 Bambang Nurdiansyah2019 Imam Riyadi2020 Herry Kiswanto2021 Bambang Nurdiansyah2021 Rahmad Darmawan2022–2023 Rahmad Darmawan2023 Rodrigo Santana2023–2024 Eduardo Almeida2024 Ángel Alfredo Vera2024–2025 Edi Sudiarto2025–2026 Joko Susilo2026– Kas Hartadi
Season-by-season records As Cilegon United SeasonLeague/DivisionTeamsPos.Piala IndonesiaAFC competition(s)2012Second Division (LPIS)100Withdrew––2013Second Division731––2014First Division731––2015Premier Division55did not finish––2016Indonesia Soccer Championship B533rd, First round––2017Liga 2614th, Second round––2018Liga 2248th, West divisionRound of 32–2019Liga 2237th, West division–2020Liga 224did not finish––
As RANS Cilegon SeasonLeague/DivisionTeamsPos.Piala IndonesiaAFC competition(s)2021–22Liga 2242––
As RANS Nusantara SeasonLeague/DivisionTeamsPos.Piala IndonesiaLeague CupAFC competition(s)2022–23Liga 11818–––2023–24Liga 11816–––2024–25Liga 2265th, Relegation round–––2025–26Liga Nusantara241–––2026–27Championship20TBD–TBD–
Honours as Cilegon United Liga Indonesia First Division Champions: 2014 Liga Indonesia Second Division Champions: 2013
as RANS Cilegon/RANS Nusantara Liga 2 Runner-up: 2021
Liga Nusantara Champions: 2025–26
Supporters Supporters of RANS Nusantara FC are call BOYS OF RANS.
Mascot RANS Nusantara mascot is magenta colored phoenix, wearing a white RANS Nusantara jersey. The color of the phoenix bird is magenta, because the color magenta means emotional balance, harmony, spirituality, intuitiveness, transformation or change, uplifting, affection, joy, satisfaction, happiness, appreciation, responsibility, and inspiration. RANS Nusantara mascot wears a white Jersey, because white means sportsmanship, fair, clean, holy, calm, and bright.
Detailed design of RANS Nusantara mascot is phoenix head, phoenix body, base of phoenix wings, and base of phoenix tail are magenta. But the tip of the crest of the phoenix's head and The tip of the phoenix's tail and the tip of the Phoenix's wings are a gradation of blue. Phoenix legs are orange color.
See also RANS Entertainment RANS Simba Bogor
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