The 2016 season was the second season of competitive association football played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. This season, they competed in the Indonesia Soccer Championship A, a football tournament that replaced the temporarily suspended Indonesia Super League.

This season was the first time Bali United ended a full-competition season after 2015 Indonesia Super League was disbanded, having finished in 12th.

Pre-season and friendlies Friendlies + Friendlies match details Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers 5 February – 19:30 PS TNI Home 2–0 Sukarja, Loudry 14 February – 21:00 Persib Away 0–3 17 April – 16:00 PSM Away 0–2 18 April – 16:00 Persipura Neutral 1–2 Martinus

Bali Island Cup + Bali Island Cup match details Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers 18 February – 14:30 Match 1 Arema Cronus Home 1–3 Sukadana 21 February – 17:30 Match 2 Persib Home 1–1 Antara 23 February – 14:30 Match 3 PSS Home 1–1 Sukadana

Bhayangkara Cup + Bhayangkara Cup match details Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers 19 March – 21:00 Group stage Arema Cronus Home Fadil 21 March – 15:30 Group stage Persija Home Sukadana 25 March – 15:30 Group stage Persipura Home Yabes 27 March – 18:00 Group stage PS Polri Home Yabes 30 March – 18:00 Semi-finals Persib Away 0–1 3 April – 18:00 Third place Sriwijaya Neutral 0–2

Trofeo Persija + Trofeo Persija match details Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers 9 April – 18:00 Trofeo match 2 PSM Neutral 2–0 Hamdi, Sukarja 9 April – 21:00 Trofeo match 3 Persija Neutral 0–1

Trofeo Bali Celebest + Trofeo Bali Celebest match details Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers 24 September – 19:00 Trofeo match 1 Perseden Home 1–0 Heffernan 24 September – 21:30 Trofeo match 3 Celebest Home 2–0 Sukadana, Heffernan

Match results Soccer Championship A

+ Soccer Championship A match details Date Week Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Referee Position 1 May – 17:00 1 Pusamania Borneo Home 1–1 Vidaković 7,230 Adi Riyanto 6 8 May – 17:00 2 Persipura Away 0–0 12,364 Bahrul Ulum 8 14 May – 19:30 3 Persib Away 0–2 18,572 Iwan Sukoco 14 21 May – 17:00 4 Semen Padang Home 2–1 Ahn Byung-keon, Martinus 10,003 Nusur Fadilah 11 30 May – 20:00 5 Persiba Away 1–3 Vidaković 3,271 Prasetyo Hadi 14 11 June – 22:00 6 Persela Home 3–1 Insa, Fadil, Martinus 15,133 Aprisman Aranda 10 20 June – 22:30 7 Madura United Away 0–0 1,135 Novari Ikhsan 12 27 June – 20:30 8 Perseru Home 3–0 Wirahadi, Insa, Patinho 11,191 Mardi 8 3 July – 22:30 9 Bhayangkara Away 1–3 Parwa 2,143 Thoriq Alkatiri 10 17 July – 16:00 10 Barito Putera Away 1–0 Loudry 3,509 Jerry Elly 8 23 July – 17:00 11 Mitra Kukar Home 1–1 Wirahadi 15,285 Djumadi Effendi 9 27 July – 20:00 12 PS TNI Home 2–2 Wirahadi, Vidaković 14,578 Muslimin 7 1 August – 17:00 13 Persegres Home 1–1 Fajrin 12,725 Maulana Nugraha 8 7 August – 20:00 14 Arema Cronus Away 0–1 10,701 Fariq Hitaba 10 14 August – 17:00 15 PSM Away 0–4 4,765 Hamsir 11 19 August – 17:00 16 Sriwijaya Home 1–0 Fadil 8,574 Bahrul Ulum 10 26 August – 22:00 17 Persija Away 2–1 Vidaković, Yabes 6,333 Yudi Nurcahya 8 3 September – 17:00 18 Persipura Home 0–1 13,127 Yudi Prasojo 9 11 September – 17:00 19 Pusamania Borneo Away 0–4 5,782 Adi Riyanto 12 18 September – 20:00 20 Persib Home 1–0 Hamdi 21,175 Dafid Priatmoko 10 3 October – 17:00 21 Semen Padang Away 0–3 3,272 Iwan Sukoco 11 9 October – 17:00 22 Persiba Home 1–2 Fadil 12,176 Wendy Umar 12 13 October – 22:00 23 Persela Away 0–3 935 Maulana Nugraha 12 18 October – 17:00 24 Madura United Home 0–0 8,725 Adi Riyanto 12 22 October – 17:00 25 Perseru Away 0–2 1,257 Iwan Sukoco 12 29 October – 17:00 26 Bhayangkara Home 2–2 Wirahadi, Fadil 6,479 Moch. Adung 13 7 November – 20:00 27 Barito Putera Home 3–2 Fadil, Syakir, Vidaković 4,366 Yeni Krisdianto 12 14 November – 17:00 28 Mitra Kukar Away 1–3 Vidaković 1,284 Tabrani 12 20 November – 17:00 29 PS TNI Away 4–2 Hamdi (4) 625 Satrio Bambang 12 25 November – 17:15 30 Persegres Away 1–0 Sukadana 5,731 Dwi Susilo 12 3 December – 20:00 31 Arema Cronus Home 2–2 Alsan, Fadil 15,127 Yudi Nurcahya 12 8 December – 15:00 32 PSM Home 0–2 1,566 Asep Yandis 12 11 December – 17:00 33 Sriwijaya Away 1–2 Wiantara 8,725 Kusni 12 18 December – 20:00 34 Persija Home 1–1 Vidaković 3,780 Djumadi Effendi 12

Player details Appearances and goals

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Disciplinary record

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Transfers Transfers in Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref. 1 January 2016 GK I Putu Pager Wirajaya Youth sector Promoted GK Diky Indrayana Free agent Free transfer MF Alsan Sanda GK I Ngurah Komang Arya Persiba MF Miftahul Hamdi FW I Made Wirahadi DF Agus Nova Wiantara Persegres GK Rully Desrian Semen Padang 12 January 2016 MF Irfandy Zein Free agent 17 February 2016 MF I Gede Sukadana Arema Cronus 19 February 2016 MF Yulius Mauloko Free agent 20 February 2016 MF Syakir Sulaiman Sriwijaya 21 March 2016 MF Lucas Patinho Madureira 26 April 2016 DF Hasyim Kipuw Arema Cronus 26 April 2016 DF Mahdi Fahri Albaar Mitra Kukar 28 April 2016 FW Nemanja Vidaković Beograd 3 May 2016 DF Ahn Byung-keon Free agent 28 July 2016 DF I Komang Sujana Youth Sector Youth contract DF I Made Andhika Wijaya MF I Wayan Bayu Ariawan MF Samsul Pellu MF Syeh Fadiel Abdriansyah 9 August 2016 DF Abdul Rahman Sulaiman Karketu Dili Free transfer 21 August 2016 MF Zoran Knežević Jagodina FW Daniel Heffernan Goulburn Valley Suns 23 August 2016 MF Leo Guntara Semen Padang

Transfers out Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref. 1 January 2016 DF Syaeful Anwar Free agent Released MF Bayu Gatra FW Lerby Eliandry DF I Nengah Sulendra MF Iswandi Dai MF Sutanto Tan DF Wahyu Kristanto FW Sukron Makmun 21 April 2016 MF Irfandy Zein PS TNI Free transfer DF Ganjar Mukti 5 August 2016 MF Lucas Patinho Free agent Released

Loans in Start date Pos. Name From End date Ref. 22 January 2016 DF Putu Gede Surabaya United 25 February 2016 MF Ilham Armaiyn MF Zulfiandi 2 March 2016 DF Kiko Insa Arema Cronus End of season

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