{{short description|Association football team in Indonesia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{redirect|Pupuk Kaltim|the company|Pupuk Kalimantan Timur}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Bontang FC | image = BontangFC.png | fullname = Bontang Football Club | nickname = {{plainlist|*''Laskar Khatulistiwa''{{br}}(Equator Warriors) {{br}} *''Laskar Bukit Tursina''{{br}}(Tursina Hill Warriors)}} | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988|6|18}}<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.pupukkaltim.com/index.php?co=f404 Pt. Pupuk Kaltim<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=January 2025|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> | ground = [[Mulawarman Stadium]]<br>[[Bontang]], [[Indonesia]] | capacity = 12,000 | owner = [[Pupuk Kalimantan Timur|PT Pupuk Kaltim]] | chairman = Nurkhalid | chrtitle = President | manager = Alvin Rausan Fikry<ref>{{cite web |title=Dikabarkan Terpuruk dan 'Hilang', Bontang FC Kembali Menggelora dengan Nahkoda dari Alvin Rausan Fikry |url=https://kaltim.suara.com/read/2022/09/22/163000/dikabarkan-terpuruk-dan-hilang-bontang-fc-kembali-menggelora-dengan-nahkoda-dari-alvin-rausan-fikry |website=suara.com |access-date=25 September 2022 |language=id |date=22 September 2022}}</ref> | CEO = | coach = | league = [[Liga 4 (Indonesia)|Liga 4]] | season = [[2011–12 Indonesian Premier League|2011–12]] | pattern_la1 = _bluelines | pattern_b1 = _2blueshoulderstripes | pattern_ra1 = _bluelines | pattern_sh1 = _blue_stripes_adidas | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = _blackline | pattern_b2 = _3_stripes_neck_black | pattern_ra2 = _blackline | pattern_sh2 = _black_stripes_adidas | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | pattern_la3 = _blackline | pattern_b3 = _3_stripes_neck_black | pattern_ra3 = _blackline | pattern_sh3 = _black_stripes_adidas | leftarm3 = F9D71C | body3 = F9D71C | rightarm3 = F9D71C | shorts3 = F9D71C | socks3 = 000000 }}
'''Bontang Football Club''' (formerly known as '''PKT Bontang''' or '''Pupuk Kaltim''') is an Indonesian professional [[football (soccer)|football]] team located in [[Bontang]], [[East Kalimantan]] in the island of [[Borneo]]. The homebase is [[Mulawarman Stadium]]. Bontang FC prides itself as the most successful club to come out of [[Kalimantan]]. They were semi-finalist of the [[1994–95 Liga Indonesia]] and finalist in [[1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division]]. Bontang FC also build a football academy namely ''Diklat Mandau'' or ''PKT Junior''.
== History == The club was founded as ''PS Pupuk Kaltim Galatama'' on 18 June 1988<ref name=autogenerated1 /> and founded by [[Pupuk Kalimantan Timur|PT Pupuk Kaltim]]. It went through several name changes (''Pupuk Kaltim'' and ''PKT Bontang'') and changes as ''PS Bontang PKT'' (abbreviation from ''Persatuan Sepakbola Bontang Pupuk Kalimantan Timur'') in 2002.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Bontang PKT was also one team in Liga Indonesia, who were never relegated from [[Liga Indonesia Premier Division]]. It also made some appearances in [[Asian Cup Winners Cup|Asian Winners Cup]] and it was the first ever and last made by a club from Kalimantan. This is quite a striking achievement compared to its city rival, [[Persibon Bontang]], which only plays in the lower tiers ([[Liga Indonesia Second Division|Second Division]] and [[Liga Indonesia Third Division|Third Division]]) and even without good results. This club changed name to '''Bontang Football Club''' on 12 June 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pspkt.pupukkaltim.com/berita/berita.html?newsID%3D1002 |title=PS BONTANG PKT | Home |access-date=2009-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001214535/http://pspkt.pupukkaltim.com/berita/berita.html?newsID=1002 |archive-date=2009-10-01 }}</ref>
=== Match-fixing scandal === In 2013 the club was involved in the [[Match fixing in association football|match fixing scandal]] in the event the [[Indonesian Premier League]] play-off during a game against [[PSLS Lhokseumawe]] club who were also involved in the scandal. It was revealed after [[FIFA]] suspicion over the outcome of the game was not fair, an indication of match fixing is known by FIFA through the [[Early Warning System]] (EWS) which owned them. Therefore, after doing a thorough investigation over the last two months, the discipline committee of the [[Football Association of Indonesia|Indonesia FA]] finally sentenced to ban all club players from playing in [[Indonesia]] [[Football in Indonesia|football competition]] for two years and their coach [[Fodé Camara (footballer, born 1973)|Fodé Camara]] from [[Guinea]] was punished by not permitting their involvement in Indonesian football lifetime life,<ref>{{cite web|last=Gibran|first=Ridwan|title=Komdis PSSI Hukum Camara Fode Tak Boleh Terlibat Sepakbola Seumur Hidup|url=http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2013/12/21/4493166/komdis-pssi-hukum-camara-fode-tak-boleh-terlibat-sepakbola?ICID=AR_RA_1|work=goal.com|publisher=[[Football Association of Indonesia|Indonesia FA]]|access-date=21 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225234519/http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2013/12/21/4493166/komdis-pssi-hukum-camara-fode-tak-boleh-terlibat-sepakbola?ICID=AR_RA_1|archive-date=25 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as an official team also receiving a five-year sentence. While the club was barred from the league for two years and relegated to the lowest caste competition in Indonesia [[Liga Indonesia Third Division|Third Division]] and a fine of [[Indonesian rupiah|IDR]] 100 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gibran|first=Ridwan|title=Bontang FC dan PSLS Lhokseumawe Tak Bisa Ikut Kompetisi Dua Tahun|url=http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2013/12/21/4493237/bontang-fc-dan-psls-lhokseumawe-tak-bisa-ikut-kompetisi-dua?ICID=SP|work=goal.com|publisher=Indonesia FA|access-date=21 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225105343/http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2013/12/21/4493237/bontang-fc-dan-psls-lhokseumawe-tak-bisa-ikut-kompetisi-dua?ICID=SP|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Crest == <gallery> Image:PSBontangPupukKaltim.png|First crest (1988–2009) Image:BontangFC.png|Second crest (2009–present) </gallery>
== Season-by-season records == {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |-style="background:#efefef;" ! Season ! League/Division ! Tms. ! Pos. ![[Piala Indonesia]] !colspan=3|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]/[[ASEAN Football Federation|AFF]] competition(s) |- |1994–95 |[[1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |34 |'''Semifinals''' |– |– |– |- |1995–96 |[[1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |31 |'''Second round''' |– |– |– |- |1996–97 |[[1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |33 |'''7th, East division''' |– |– |– |- |1997–98 |[[1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |31 |''did not finish'' |– |– |– |- |1998–99 |[[1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |28 |'''Second round''' |– |– |– |- |1999–2000 |[[1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |28 |style="background: silver;"|'''2''' |– |– |– |- |2001 |[[2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |28 |'''5th, East division''' |– |[[Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] |[[2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Second round]] |- |2002 |[[2002 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |24 |'''6th, East division''' |– |– |– |- |2003 |[[2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |20 |'''10''' |– |– |– |- |2004 |[[2004 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |18 |'''11''' |– |– |– |- |2005 |[[2005 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |28 |'''6th, East division''' |'''Second round''' |– |– |- |2006 |[[2006 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |28 |'''10th, East division''' |'''Round of 16''' |– |– |- |2007–08 |[[2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|Premier Division]] |36 |'''13th, East division''' |'''Round of 16''' |– |– |- |2008–09 |[[2008–09 Indonesia Super League|Indonesia Super League]] |18 |'''13''' |'''First round''' |– |– |- |2009–10 |[[2009–10 Indonesia Super League|Indonesia Super League]] |18 |'''11''' |'''Second round''' |– |– |- |2010–11 |[[2010–11 Indonesia Super League|Indonesia Super League]] |15 |style="background: #FFBBBB;"|'''15''' |– |– |– |- |2011–12 |[[2011–12 Indonesian Premier League|Indonesian Premier League]] |12 |'''11''' |'''Second round''' |– |– |- |2013 |[[2013 Indonesian Premier League|Indonesian Premier League]] |16 |style="background: #FFBBBB;"|'''4th, Play-off round''' |– |– |– |- |2014 |[[2014 Liga Indonesia First Division|First Division]] |73 |style="background: #FFBBBB;"|'''First round''' |– |– |– |- |2015 |colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="background: black;"| |- |2016 |- |2017 |[[2017 Liga 3 (Indonesia)|Liga 3]] |32 |'''Eliminated in provincial round''' |– |– |– |- |2018 |[[2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia)|Liga 3]] |32 |'''Eliminated in provincial round''' |– |– |– |}
== Performance in AFC competitions == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan=3|[[1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|1991–92]] |rowspan=3|[[Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] |First round |{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[KPT F.C.|Karachi Port Trust]] | style="background:#dfd;"|6–0 | style="background:#dfd;"|3–0 | style="background:#dfd;"|9–0 |- |Quarter final |{{flagicon|Philippines|1986}} [[Sinugba]] | colspan=3; style="text-align:center;| w/o |- |Semi final |{{flagicon|Japan|1870}} [[Yokohama F. Marinos|Nissan]] | style="background:#ffd;"|0–0 | style="background:#fdd;"|0–2 | style="background:#fdd;"|0–2 |- |rowspan=2|[[1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|1992–93]] |rowspan=2|[[Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] |First round |{{flagicon|Hong Kong|1959}} [[Sing Tao SC|Sing Tao]] | colspan=3; style="text-align:center;| w/o |- |Second round |{{flagicon|Japan|1870}} [[Yokohama Marinos]] | style="background:#ffd;"|1–1 | style="background:#fdd;"|1–3 | style="background:#fdd;"|2–4 |- |[[2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|2000–01]] |[[Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] |Second round |{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[BEC Tero Sasana]] | style="background:#fdd;"|0–1 | style="background:#fdd;"|1–4 | style="background:#fdd;"|1–5 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{in lang|id}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130919220110/http://bontangfc.org/ Bontang PKT official site] (archived) *{{in lang|en}} [http://www.goal.com/en-sg/teams/indonesia/1255/bontang-fc Goal.com Profile]
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