Semen Padang F.C.

Semen Padang

Full name	Semen Padang Football Club
Nickname(s)	Kabau Sirah (The Red Buffaloes)
Founded	30 November 1980 (1980-11-30)
Ground	Haji Agus Salim Stadium
Ground Capacity	10,000
Owner	PT Kabau Sirah Semen Padang
Head coach	Nil Maizar
League	Indonesia Soccer Championship
2014	Indonesia Super League, 3rd in Second Round
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Semen Padang F.C. is an Indonesian professional football club, based in Indarung, Padang, West Sumatra. They play in the Indonesia Soccer Championship A. The club was established on 30 November 1980.

History

Semen Padang Football Club is a professional football club founded at 30 November 1980 by Mr. Azwar Anas and owned by PT. Semen Padang, which is the oldest cement companies in Indonesia. This football club based in Indarung, Padang, West Sumatra and called Kabau Sirah or Red Bull. Before the creation of Liga Indonesia, as a professional club owned by a company, they competed at Galatama. Their first title was winning the Piala Galatama on 1992, by a vital goal from Delfi Adri into Arema Malang net, thus qualified them for their first appearances at Asia level, the 1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. At that competition, they fought until reach the quarter-final.

Semen Padang FC also known as Indonesia's team which combined local talent from Sumatra, mixed with Papua. One of memorable moment in 2002, when they went into 2002 Liga Indonesia Premier Division before defeated by champion's Petrokimia Putra in penalty shoot-out. At that season, coach Suhatman Imam brought Ellie Aiboy, Paulus Krey, Erol Iba (all of them were former of Papua 2000 Pekan Olahraga Nasional Football team), and blend them with local talent such as Hengky Ardiles, Rommy Diaz Putra, Nico Susanto, Kusdiyanto, Effendi Ibrahim, and flamboyan goalkeeper Zulkarnain Zakaria. In their journey, they beat favorite team such as Persija Jakarta, PSM Makassar, Barito Putra, Arema Malang, Persib Bandung, and their nemesis, PSMS Medan.

PSSI conflict constrain Indonesia's football competition separated into Indonesian Premier League and Indonesia Super League. Semen Padang FC choose Indonesian Premier League as their open-play competition. Within well preparation, smart-management, and internal harmonic relationship, the team went to gain their first league title in 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League. Once again, Papua's collaboration such as Ellie Aiboy, Vendry Mofu, Yosua Pahabol, and Titus Bonai mixed into main instrumental team machine, besides clinical striker Edward Junior Wilson, agile goalkeeper Jandia Eka Putra, vice-skipper Hengky Ardiles, and Argentine winger playmaker Esteban Vizcarra. This title also bring them into 2013 AFC Cup competition, and defeated by East Bengal 2–1 in quarter-final.

Stadium

Haji Agus Salim Stadium

Semen Padang FC currently have a stadium, which has about 12.000 seats. This stadium was named Haji Agus Salim Stadium, an intellectual and a national hero from the local Muslim Minangkabau. The stadium also used for Rugby matches from 2009 until 2012.^[1]

Rivalries

Semen Padang have a very tough competitor in the league, Sriwijaya, since the beginning of the Indonesia Super League. Their meeting usually called derby kalasik (classical derby). This game is also often called the Sumatra Derby. Another fierce competitor are PSMS Medan and PSPS Pekanbaru.

Sponsors

• Semen Indonesia
• Extra Joss
• Citilink
• G Sports Center padang

Kit Suppliers

• SPECS (2008–13)
• Mizuno (2013–present)

Honours

Domestic

• Piala Galatama:
  • Champions (1): 1992
• Indonesia Premier League:
  • Champions (1): 2011–12
• Piala Indonesia:
  • Runners-up (1): 2012
• Indonesian Community Shield:
  • Champions (1): 2013
• General Sudirman Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

Past seasons

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup:

1993–94: Quarter-finalist

• AFC Cup:

2013 : Quarter-finalist

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1993–94	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		bye	-	-
		Second Round		Cảng Sài Gòn	1–0	1–2
		Quarter-final		Nissan	2–1	0–11
2013	AFC Cup	Group		Kitchee	3–1	2–1
		Group		Churchill Brothers	3–1	2–2
		Group		Warriors	3–1	2–0
		Round of 16		SHB Đà Nẵng	2–1	-
		Quarter-final		East Bengal	1–1	0-1

Players

NOTE: Starting 2016 season, the number of foreign players allowed to be used by clubs are four players (one from Asia region).^[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Novan Sasongko 3 DF Satrio Syam 4 DF Handi Ramdhan 5 DF Novrianto 6 MF Lee Kil-hoon 7 MF Rudi 8 FW Marcel Sacramento 9 FW Arifan Fitra Masril 10 MF Vendry Mofu 11 DF Hengky Ardiles (Captain) 12 GK Muhammad Reza Pratama 13 DF Fandry Imbiri 16 DF Agung Prasetyo 17 FW Nur Iskandar

No. Position Player 20 MF Riko Simanjuntak 22 GK Jandia Eka Putra 23 FW Adi Nugroho 26 FW Christovel Sibi 27 MF Muamer Svraka 28 MF Muhammad Alwi Slamat 31 GK Rendy Oscario Stroyer 32 MF Defri Rizky 33 GK Rivky Mokodompit 88 MF Irsyad Maulana 89 DF Cassio Francisco 95 DF Dimas Sumantri 96 FW Reza Fahlevi

Coaching staff

Management

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Semen Padang FC.

• Official Site of Semen Padang FC
• (Indonesian)
• Spartacks Official Site (Supporter of Semen Padang FC)