Wikipedia - Persela Lamongan

Persatuan Sepakbola Lamongan, or commonly known as Persela, is an Indonesian football club based in Lamongan, East Java. Currently the club plays in Liga 2, the second tier of football competition in the country.

History

Although it has been established since 18 April 1967, Persela just started to show its existence in 2003, nine years after the national football competition entered the professional era in 1994. Before 2003, Persela used to play in the lower divisions (first or second division in Liga Indonesia) but now plays in the Super League.

On 15 October 2017, the main goalkeeper of Persela, Choirul Huda, died from the injuries sustained during a match against Semen Padang F.C. in a Liga 1 match, the highest tier of football league in Indonesia.

In the Winter of 2017, Englishman Judan Ali was signed on a 2 year contract as their first Technical Director

Crest

A Persela Lamongan egy indonéz professzionális labdarúgócsapat, amely a kelet-jávai Lamonganban található. Az együttest 1967-ben alapították.

A Persela Lamongan színei a kék és a sárga. Otthoni mérkőzéseiket a Surajaya Stadionban játsszák, amely 15 000 férőhellyel rendelkezik.

A Persela Lamongan megnyerte az indonéz bajnokságot 1978-ban és 1989-ben. Emellett 1992-ben és 2012-ben indonéz kupagyőztesek voltak.

A csapat edzője Didik Ludianto.

A Persela Lamongan fő riválisa az Arema Cronus.