Persipur Purwodadi

Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Purwodadi, commonly known as Persipur Purwodadi, or Persipur, is an Indonesian football club based in Purwodadi, Grobogan Regency, Central Java. They compete in Liga 3. Their home ground is Krida Bakti Stadium.

Persipur Purwodadi
Full namePersatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Purwodadi
Nickname(s)
  • Laskar Petir Merah (The Red Thunder Warriors)
  • Foniks Mrapen (The Mrapen Phoenix)
Short namePUR
PPUR
Founded1969 (1969)
GroundKrida Bakti Stadium[1]
Capacity10,000
OwnerPT. Mrapen Purwodadi Abadi
ChairmanNurwibowo
ManagerDwi Priyanto[2]
CoachSri Raharjo Widadi
LeagueLiga 3
20215th in Group C, (Central Java zone)

History

The first time the club was founded was led by Suhartoyo, a sports teacher who teaches at Christian Middle school of Purwodadi, there were several other names who took part. Among them, Marno, M. Supa'at and Tohari who are members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, football leaders in Purwodadi saw that at that time many football clubs had sprung up but there was no parent organization that accommodated them.

In 1970, Persipur began to participate in the official PSSI competition. Both for junior and senior teams. however, for almost five years of participating in the competition, Persipur has not had any outstanding achievements, the condition of football in Grobogan from 1975 to 1980 seemed a vacuum.

In 1981, football in Grobogan began to thrive again, after the position of General Chairperson of Persipur was taken over by Sutarmanto BA. Under his leadership, Persipur returned to take part in the official PSSI competition more seriously.

Mascot

Persipur Purwodadi has a mascot which is a Javanese Frog which is green and named Si Dodi which means Si Kodok Purwodadi.[3]

Honours

References
  1. Krida Bakti Stadium Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Liga 3 Jateng, Persipur Diperkuat Pemain Porprov Grobogan". rri.co.id. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ""Si Dodi" Maskot Baru Persipur Bagikan Jadwal Pertandingan".


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