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Nusantara United Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in the planned new capital of the country, Capital City of Nusantara, located between Kutai Kartanegara and North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. They currently compete in Liga 2.[1]

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Nusantara United

Full name	Nusantara United Football Club
Nickname(s)	Macan Dahan (Borneo clouded leopard)
Short name	NUS
Founded	30 May 2022; 4 months ago (30 May 2022)
Ground	Moch. Soebroto Stadium Magelang, Central Java
Capacity	20,000
Owner	Gamma Abdurrahman Thohir
Coach	Slamet Riadi
League	Liga 2
2021–22	Liga 3, Semi-finals (promoted, as Mataram Utama)
Home colours Away colours

History

Nusantara United was established following the conclusion of the 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress on May 30th, 2022. They were formed after the Mataram Utama management handed over control of their senior team to a group of investors, who subsequently rebranded the club as Nusantara United.[2] Mataram Utama themselves still exist as a club, however they seem to refrain from fielding another senior team for the 2022-23 campaign, deciding to focus on youth development and their football academy.[3]

On July 5, in an Instagram post unveiling their new logo, Nusantara United announced that they will represent Nusantara, the future new capital of Indonesia, within the country's footballing pyramid.[4]

While the new Capital City of Nusantara is still in the development stage, Nusantara United has determined to choose Salatiga as a temporary homebase and training camp to prepare the team ahead of the 2022–23 season.[5] However, as the Kridanggo Stadium in Salatiga does not fulfil the necessary requirements to hold Liga 2 matches, Nusantara United will play their league games at the Moch. Soebroto Stadium in nearby Magelang whilst still holding their training sessions and operating their day-to-day activities in Salatiga.[6]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2022[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  IDN Andre Oriza 4 DF  IDN Abrori Alfian Zain 7 DF  IDN Roni Fatahillah 8 MF  IDN Tegar Pangestu (captain) 9 FW  IDN Dominggus Kereway 10 FW  IDN Sunawan Rusni (on loan from Persis Solo) 11 FW  IDN Arianto 12 MF  IDN Firmansyah (on loan from Persis Solo) 14 FW  IDN Daud Kararbo 15 MF  IDN Ari Maring 18 MF  IDN Fernando Pamungkas (on loan from Persebaya Surabaya) 20 MF  IDN Yussa Nugraha (on loan from Persis Solo) 21 MF  IDN Agi Pratama

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  IDN Fikri Adriansyah (on loan from Persis Solo) 24 MF  IDN Kevin Scheunemann 25 GK  IDN Fery Bagus 26 GK  IDN Sheva Firmansyah 28 DF  IDN Boas Isir 34 DF  IDN Robert Rigyaldo 39 MF  IDN Dedi Irwandi 45 FW  IDN Usman Diarra 71 GK  IDN Muhammad Fahri 77 MF  IDN Adam Anis 97 MF  IDN Ilham Fathoni (on loan from Persis Solo) 98 DF  IDN Nico Fadila — MF  IDN Alexandre Etienne

Naturalized players

Country	Player
Germany	Kevin Scheunemann

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Technical Director	Timo Scheunemann
Head Coach	Slamet Riadi
Assistant Coach	Jordi Kartiko
Physical Coach	Heri
Goalkeeping Coach	Abdul Rohman
Head Physio	Joseph Ronald

References

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