
The club's next significant achievement was as runner-up in the 1966 season. In the Perserikatan era, when Indonesian football clubs were amateur outfits funded by local governments, Persib won their second national title in 1961 and competed in that year's Aga Khan Gold Cup. Robby Darwis, one of Persib's legends and former center-back In the 1950s, Persib players Aang Witarsa and Anas appeared for the Indonesia national football team. Perserikatan era (1940–1994) Īfter Indonesia's independence, Persib was reformed in Bandung in 1948, during the Indonesian National Revolution war. Persib won the 1937 Dutch Indies football tournament and reached the finals in the 1933, 19 editions before Indonesia's 1945 independence. These outfits merged on 14 March 1933 to form Persib. It was succeeded by Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung (PSIB) ('Bandung Indonesian Football Association') and teams affiliated to the National Voetball Bond (NVB). The earliest football organization in Bandung was the Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB) (Dutch for 'Bandung Domestic Football Federation') formed in 1923. Persib has also reached the quarter-finals of the Asian Club Championship in 1995. Before the current league format, Persib won the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division title, and five Perserikatan titles, all of which through tournament structures. The club won its first Indonesian Super League (now known as Liga 1) title in 2014. The team's nicknames include Maung Bandung (Bandung Tigers) and Pangeran Biru (The Blue Prince). The team's home base is at the Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium with a capacity of 38,000. Persib is among Indonesia's most successful clubs, having won five Perserikatan titles and two Liga Indonesia titles. Founded in 1923 as Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB), it adopted its current name in 1933. 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as Persib Bandung, or simply Persib, is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, which competes in Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung ( lit.
