In the 2009-10 season, Persebaya Surabaya qualified for the Indonesia Super League as a promoted team after defeating PSMS Medan in the Play-off round. Persebaya Surabaya was officially relegated from Indonesia Super League on August 8, 2010, after deciding not to attend and losing a "walkover" (WO) with a score of 3–0 against Persik Kediri. Disappointed with PSSI and the Indonesia Super League operator, and wanting significant changes in the Indonesian football league, Persebaya Surabaya decided to leave the official competition and play in the breakaway league, the Liga Primer Indonesia, in the next season. On October 14, 2010, a historic moment occurred when the management of PT Persebaya Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) transferring the management of the club to the Indonesian Premier League (LPI) consortium, namely PT Pengelola Persebaya Indonesia (PT PPI), so that the club could operate independently without using local government funds.
Season overview Persebaya was officially relegated on August 8, 2010, after deciding not to attend and losing a "walkover" (WO) with a score of 3–0 against Persik Kediri in a postponed match at the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang. Persebaya's management decided not to attend because they had previously objected to the August 8 schedule. The reason is that the schedule has been postponed three times due to problems with the match organizer. In addition, Persebaya was declared to have won 3-0 because Persik was considered to have failed to hold the match.
Squad information First team squad
Name Nat. Signed in Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 20 Syaifudin 2009 Deltras 30 Endra Prasetya 2008 Persema Malang 24 Deny Marcel 2009 Persiba Balikpapan Defenders 30 Anderson da Silva 2008 PSS Sleman 26 Djayusman Triasdi 2009 PSM Makassar 33 Marcelo Cirelli 2010 Zeyar Shwe Myay F.C. 23 Taufik Angga 2009 The academy 2 Mat Halil 1999 The academy 4 Nugroho Mardiyanto 2005 The academy 15 Anang Ma'ruf 2004 Deltras 5 Takatoshi Uchida 2009 Albirex Niigata Singapore F.C. 25 Sunaji 2009 The academy 16 Satrio Syam 2009 PSMS Medan 21 Supriyono Salimin 2009 Persija Jakarta Midfielders 99 Josh Maguire 2009 Ho Chi Minh City FC 11 Muhammad Taufiq 2008 PSIM Yogyakarta 29 Wijay 2009 Sriwijaya F.C. 77 Wimba Sutan Fanosa 2008 The academy 17 Arif Ariyanto 2005 The academy 9 Lucky Wahyu 2007 The academy 7 John Tarkpor 2009 Persitara Jakarta Utara 22 M. Erfan Hidayatullah 2008 The academy 8 Claude Ngon A Djam 2009 Sriwijaya F.C. 32 Jeon Byung-guk 2010 Super Reds FC Forwards 78 Andi Oddang 2008 Persekabpas Pasuruan 3 Andik Vermansah 2008 The academy 31 Patricio Morales 2010 Persik Kediri 14 Korinus Fingkreuw 2009 Sriwijaya F.C.
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