The 2017 season is Persib Bandung's 84th competitive season. Along with Liga 1, the club will compete in cup tournaments which yet to be announced. The season covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.
Month by month review
Before the season begins, persib bandung had followed the preseason tournament, the President Cup. Different from the previous year, now the club dubbed "maung bandung" it failed to achieve the preseason title for the second time. Now, they are only able to sit in third place.
In 2017, during the club's 84th anniversary, Persib Bandung signed several new players. These included Michael Essien, a former Chelsea player, and Carlton Cole, a former West Ham United player. All parties were aiming Persib reaching high rank in league 1.
At the beginning of the season, performan performance is quite good. Persib was always on the path of competition to the championship ladder. Soon, Persib performance slowly decreased so that defeat after defeat always experienced Persib. Djajang Nurdjaman, as a coach persib always urged to resign from his position due to poor performance experienced Persib Bandung. Djanur had time to apply for his retirement to the management Persib, but rejected. After appealing for a second resignation, Djanur officially resigned on July 16, 2017, after a match between Mitra Kukar against Persib with a score of 1-2 ended in defeat for Persib. Now his position is temporarily replaced by Herrie Setiawan who is an assistant from Djanur.
Coaching staff
{|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |First-team Manager|| Emral Abus |- ||Assistant Manager|| Herrie Setyawan
|Goalkeeper Coach|| Anwar Sanusi |- |Fitness Coach|| Yaya Sunarya |- |Under-21 Team Manager|| Budiman Yunus
Squad information
First team squad
No. Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Transfer Fee Notes Goalkeepers 1 M. Natshir Fadhil Mahbuby 2014 2018 Arema Cronus ? 25 Imam Arief Fadillah 2017 Barito Putera ? 78 I Made Wirawan 2013 2018 Persiba Balikpapan ? Defenders 2 Wildansyah 2017 Sriwijaya F.C. ? 3 Vladimir Vujovic 2014 2018 OFK Petrovac ? Foreign player 4 Purwaka Yudhi 2016 2017 Arema FC ? 6 Tony Sucipto 2012 2018 Persija Jakarta ? 2nd Vice Captain 16 Achmad Jufriyanto 2017 Sriwijaya F.C. ? 18 Jajang Sukmara 2011 2018 Persib Bandung U-21 ? 21 Henhen Herdiana 2017 Persib Bandung U-21 ? Under-23 Player 22 Supardi Nasir 2017 Sriwijaya F.C. ? Midfielders 5 Michael Essien 2017 Panathinaikos ? Marquee player 7 Atep 2008 2018 Persija Jakarta ? Captain 8 Gian Zola 2015 2020 Persib Bandung U-21 ? Under-23 Player 10 Raphael Maitimo 2017 Arema FC ? 11 Dedi Kusnandar 2017 Sabah FA ? 13 Febri Haryadi 2015 2020 Persib Bandung U-21 ?Under-23 Player 19 Ahmad Basith 2017 Persib Bandung U-21 ?Under-23 Player 23 Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan 2016 2018 Pelita Bandung Raya ? 24 Hariono 2008 2018 Deltras Sidoarjo ? Vice Captain 20 Fulgensius Billy Paji Keraf 2017 TBA SSB Asiop? Under-23 Player Forwards 9 Sergio van Dijk 2016 2018 Adelaide United ? 70 Ezechiel N'Douassel 2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv ? Foreign Player 15 Angga Febryanto Putra 2017 Persib Bandung U-21 ?Under-23 Player 17 Shohei Matsunaga 2017 Persiba Balikpapan ? Foreign player 82 Tantan 2014 2018 Sriwijaya FC ?
New contracts
PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource
Transfers
In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource11 Dedi Kusnandar Sabah FAFree17 Shohei Matsunaga Persiba BalikpapanFree2 Wildansyah Sriwijaya F.C.Free16 Achmad Jufriyanto Sriwijaya F.C.Free22 Supardi Sriwijaya F.C.Free5 Michael Essien Free agentFree12 Carlton Cole Free agentFree 20 Fulgensius Billy Paji Keraf SSB AsiopFree 2 DF Purwaka Yudhi UnattachedFree 70 FW Ezechiel N'Douassel Hapoel Tel Aviv Free
Out
PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource 13 M. Agung Pribadi Persela LamonganLoan 4 DF Dias Angga Putra Bali UnitedFree 5 DF Diogo Ferreira Penang FAFree 8 MF Muhammad Taufiq Bali UnitedFree 17 MF Rachmad Hidayat Sriwijaya FCFree 10 MF Robertino Pugliara Persipura JayapuraFree 15 FW Yandi Sofyan Bali UnitedFree 9 FW Samsul Arif Persela LamonganFree 11 FW Rudiyana PSS SlemanFree 91 FW David Laly Barito PuteraFree12 Carlton Cole Free agentFree
Pre-season
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Liga 1
| — | In Progress | 15 April 2017 | In Progress |- ! Total
Liga 1
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
First round
Second Round
References