Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973, commonly known as Persikabo 1973, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The club is set to compete in the Liga 4, the fourth tier of Indonesian football, after they withdrew from the Liga Nusantara in the 2025/26 season.
History This club started from an initiative to participate in the 2015 Piala Jenderal Sudirman tournament with a team that incorporated players from the professional PSMS Medan club into the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI)'s amateur club, PS TNI. After this tournament, PS TNI parted ways with PSMS Medan but decided to become a professional club that combines soldiers with professional players. In March 2016, PS TNI appointed their first professional coach, Englishman Judan Ali and acquired Persiram Raja Ampat, a cash-strapped first-tier team from the impoverished West Papua province, for a cost of 17 billion rupiah.
For the 2018 Liga 1 season, PS TNI were renamed as PS TIRA to dilute the TNI association and moved to Bantul. The team finished 2018 Liga 1 in 15th position and escaped relegation after securing a vital 3–1 win against Borneo in the last match of the season. PS TIRA later merged with Liga 3 club Persikabo Bogor in early 2019 to form PS TIRA-Persikabo and play at Pakansari Stadium in Bogor Regency.
Ahead of the 2020 Liga 1 season, PS TIRA-Persikabo changed its name to Persikabo 1973. But they used the name TIRA-Persikabo and the same logo for the 2020 Liga 1 season because these changes were not approved by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). During its May 2021 annual congress, PSSI said the club cancelled the plan to propose for a name change. But they used the name Persikabo 1973 as a commercial arrangement for the 2021–22 Liga 1 season.
In the 2023–24 Liga 1 season, Persikabo were relegated to the Liga 2, with 4 matches left to spare, ending their seven-years tenure in the top division.
In the 2024–25 Liga 2 season, Persikabo were relegated to Liga Nusantara after finishing at the bottom of the Relegation Round, lasted only one-year tenure in the second division. This also marks back-to-back relegations for Persikabo, following their relegation from the 2023–24 Liga 1 at the previous season.
Persikabo withdrew before the 2025–26 Liga Nusantara season and were relegated to Liga 4.
Season to season record SeasonLeagueIndonesian CupContinental competitionTeam topscorerWDLGFGAPoint2016ISC A34752237752618thNot heldNot participatingUnknown2017Liga 1341261646584212thNot heldNot participating Élio Martins (11)2018Liga 1341261648574215thRound of 16Not participating Aleksandar Rakić (21)2019Liga 13410121251574215thNot heldNot participating Ciro Alves (14)2020Liga 1Competition suspended due to pandemic COVID-192021–22Liga 13410101449484010thNot heldNot participating Ciro Alves (20)2022–23Liga 13411815434841 14thNot heldNot participating Pedro Henrique (9)2023–24Liga 1344822447020 18thNot heldNot participating Yandi Sofyan (9)Liga 222131823646 4thNot heldNot participating Fareed Sadat (6)2025–26Liga NusantaraWithdrew from the competition
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Stadium
When competing in 2016 Indonesian Soccer Championship as PS TNI, the club played at Siliwangi Stadium in Bandung. For the 2017 Liga 1 season, they moved to Pakansari Stadium, and moved again to Sultan Agung Stadium in Bantul for the 2018 season. As the result of their merger with Persikabo Bogor, the club in 2019 returned to Pakansari to play their home matches.
Supporters Persikabo has a supporter group's in Bogor Regency and spread across the Greater Jakarta area, they have become one of the representatives of a football club in West Java with a Sundanese identity. Kabomania is the name for the club's supporters who are all over the stands. There are other, more exclusive supporter groups, Ultras Persikabo Curva Sud is a group that only fills in the south stand at the Pakansari Stadium.Jalan Penuh Liku Kabomania Jatuh ke Pelukan Tira-Persikabo m.kumparan.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
Rivalries Persija–Persikabo rivalry Rivalry with Persija Jakarta, also known as Jakarta–Bogor rivalry, has been going on from their supporters since 2008 and has become a new rival for clubs with adjacent locations. Pasundan derby The match with Persib Bandung, also known as Pasundan derby or West Java derby, is a match in West Java.
Players
Current squad
Staff PositionNameManagerVacantAssistant ManagerVacantTechnical DirectorVacantHead CoachVacantAssistant Coach Fahmi AmiruddinVacantPhysical CoachVacantGoalkeeper Coach Nanang HidayatAssistant Goalkeeper CoachVacantTeam Doctor Ihsan Muhammad Renol RahmanTeam Physiotherapist Irfan Surya Nugroho Muhammad SidikMasseur Indar Istiqnan Kit & equipment manager Agus SolihinKit & Equipment Assistant Randi OmpongHead of Media Officer Nandang Permana SidikMedia Officer Assistant Nandang Rusmawan
Coaches NameNat.SeasonSuharto A.D.2015Judan Ali2016Eduard Tjong2016Suharto A.D.2016Laurent Hatton2017Ivan Kolev2017Rudy Eka Priyambada2018Nil Maizar2018Rahmad Darmawan2019Igor Kriushenko2019–2021Liestiadi2021–2022Djadjang Nurdjaman2022–2023Aidil Sharin Sahak2023Aji Santoso2023–2024Djadjang Nurdjaman2024–
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