Gresik United F.C.

{{Short description|Indonesian football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Gresik United | image = Gresik United logo.png | image_size = 160px | fullname = Gresik United Football Club | short name = GRE | nickname = ''Laskar Joko Samudro'' {{br}} (Joko Samudro Warriors) {{br}} ''Kebo Giras'' {{br}} (The Mad Buffalo) | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2005|12|2}} | ground = {{ubl|Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium}} | capacity = 25,000 | owner = PT Gresik Usaha Sejahtera | chrtitle = CEO | chairman = Nila Yani Hardiyanti | manager = Toriqi Fajerin | coach = Andik Ardiansyah | league = Liga Nusantara | season = 2024–25 | position = Liga 2, Relegation Round (Group J), 4th (Relegated) | website = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _bluecollar | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FF3 | body1 = FF3 | rightarm1 = FF3 | shorts1 = 0000CD | socks1 = FF3 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = _whitecollar | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 0000CD | body2 = 0000CD | rightarm2 = 0000CD | shorts2 = 000080 | socks2 = 0000CD | current = 2025–26 Liga Nusantara }}

'''Gresik United Football Club''', commonly known as '''GUFC''', is an Indonesian professional football club based in Gresik, East Java. They currently compete in the Liga Nusantara.

==History== {{Main article|Petrokimia Putra}} The club was founded as Petrokimia Putra Gresik, which was established on 20 May 1988. The club was funded by the fertilizer company, PT Petrokimia Gresik, which has been active in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division for more than 15 years. Petrokimia Putra competed in Galatama, which at the time was a professional football league in Indonesia. Many big clubs from Galatama that were once in the same class with Petrokimia Putra are now already defunct, such as Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian, Bandung Raya, Warna Agung, Pardedetex Medan, Assyabaab Surabaya, Perkesa 1978, BPD Jateng, Yanita Utama, Makassar Utama, and Indonesia Muda. The clubs which are still surviving until now are Arema, Barito Putera, and Semen Padang and some of them now have their names changed, Niac Mitra now is known as Mitra Kukar, Pelita Jaya changed their name so many times until their recent current name, Madura United. PKT Bontang became Bontang FC and Petrokimia Putra merged with Persegres United and became Gresik United.<ref name=gresik1>{{cite web|title=Sejarah Gresik United|url=https://ultrasgresik.blogspot.com/p/sejarah-gresik-united.html?m=1|access-date=29 November 2014|language=id}}</ref>

When they first entered Galatama, Gresik already had Persegres Gresik playing in the same division. In fact, some of the first batch of Petrokimia Putra players were Persegres alumni. At that time, the enthusiasm of the people of Gresik was more inclined to Persegres than to Petrokimia Putra. Some of Petrokimia Putra's first batch of players who graduated from Persegres, including Sasono Handito, Ferril Hattu, Rubianto, Reno Latupeirissa, Karyanto, Abdul Muis, Masrukan, Lutfi, Hasan Maghrobi, Derry Krisyanto, and many others.<ref name=gresik1 />

When the first edition of Liga Indonesia Premier Division was held in 1994–95, Petrokimia Putra was given with title "Champion without trophy". Because, in the final at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, they lost to Persib Bandung with a score of 0–1. In fact, in that match, Petrokimia scored the first goal through Jacksen F. Tiago. However, the referee annulled for no apparent reason.<ref name=gresik1 />

Petrokimia Putra became the champion of 2002 Liga Indonesia Premier Division after beating Persita Tangerang at the final by a score 2–1. This achievement broke the hegemony of big city clubs in the main row of national football. Usually the league champions are won by teams from big cities. Unfortunately, in the next season, Petrokimia was relegated to Liga Indonesia First Division.<ref name=gresik1 /> They qualified for the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, which is the first edition of the Southeast Asia competition. This season they qualified to semi-final after defeating S.League club Singapore Armed Forces with a score of 3–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pernah Jadi Peserta, Intip Kiprah Petrokimia dan Persita di ASEAN Club Championship|url=https://www.indosport.com/sepakbola/20191228/pernah-jadi-peserta-intip-kiprah-persita-di-asean-club-championship|access-date=28 December 2019|website=indosport.com|language=id}}</ref>

On 2 December 2005 as a merger between two clubs from Gresik, which were Petrokimia Putra and Persegres Gresik. So Gresik United was established to replace Petrokimia Putra and Persegres, who once made City of Gresik the champion of Ligina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petrokimia-Persegres Merger|url=http://ligaindonesia.com/detail/1666/petrokimia-persegres-merger.html|access-date=29 November 2014|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204190651/http://ligaindonesia.com/detail/1666/petrokimia-persegres-merger.html|archive-date=4 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

With their fanatical supporters, Ultras Gresik is famous for its noise when the club competes and creativity in its actions. Their identity was removed (2012 - 2019) with the addition of the identity '''Persegres''' in their first name '''(Persegres Gresik United)''' by the management who was said to be an investor at the time. in 2017, they played in 2017 Liga 1 and only managed to finish in the last position of the Liga 1 standings by only collecting 10 points from 34 games (2 wins and 4 draws). With that result, Gresik United were relegated to Liga 2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Setelah Terdegradasi dari Liga 1 pada 2017, Persegres Gresik United Terjun Bebas|url=https://www.bolasport.com/read/311324096/setelah-terdegradasi-dari-liga-1-pada-2017-persegres-gresik-united-terjun-bebas|access-date=26 December 2018|website=bolasport.com|language=id}}</ref>

In 2018 Liga 2, they again experienced the same thing, where they only finished in 10th place out of 12 teams in the East Region of Liga 2, so they were relegated two consecutive seasons to Liga 3.<ref>{{cite web|title=Persegres Gresik Terdegradasi dari Liga 2|url=https://bola.kompas.com/read/2018/10/15/20004648/persegres-gresik-terdegradasi-dari-liga-2|access-date=15 October 2018|website=bola.kompas.com|language=id}}</ref> Until the 2021 season, Gresik United are still in the lowest tier of Liga 3. and in the 2021 Liga 3 East Java zone, they finished in 3rd position out of 69 clubs and they qualified for the National Round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gresik United sudah Memastikan Diri Lolos ke Liga 3 Nasional|url=https://www.jawapos.com/sepak-bola/sepak-bola-indonesia/28/12/2021/gresik-united-sudah-memastikan-diri-lolos-ke-liga-3-nasional/|access-date=28 December 2021|website=www.jawapos.com|language=id}}</ref>

==Players== {{Updated|December 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ileague.id/clubs/single/LIGA_NUSANTARA_2025-26/Gresik_United_FC|title=Daftar pemain tim Gresik United FC|website=ileague.id |language=id }}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1 |nat=IDN|pos=GK|name=Aldino Fafani}} {{Fs player|no=2 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Guntur Ariyadi|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=5 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Bhirawa Anoraga|other=}} {{Fs player|no=6 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Divie Alviandi|other=}} {{Fs player|no=8 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Muhammad Ghozy|other=}} {{Fs player|no=9 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Alexandro Viko|other=}} {{Fs player|no=10 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Rafi Herlian|other=}} {{Fs player|no=11 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Fabio Papia|other=}} {{Fs player|no=13 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Faizal Agung|other=}} {{Fs player|no=14 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Arya Pratama|other=}} {{Fs player|no=16 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Eduardus Aditya|other=}} {{Fs player|no=17 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Rexa Abdi}} {{Fs player|no=18 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Rafli Bahasuan|other=}} {{Fs player|no=20 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Roy Ivansyah|other=}} {{Fs player|no=21 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Iswahyudi Ardinata|other=}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=22 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Alif Jaelani}} {{Fs player|no=24 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Muhammad Fauzi|other=}} {{Fs player|no=25 |nat=IDN|pos=GK|name=Muhammad Zubairivo|other=}} {{Fs player|no=27 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Romeo Nizam|other=}} {{Fs player|no=29 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Gardhika Arya Putra|other=}} {{Fs player|no=33 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Ricky Novaldo|other=}} {{Fs player|no=34 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Roberto Rigyaldo|other=}} {{Fs player|no=35 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Syahrur Ramadhani|other=}} {{Fs player|no=41 |nat=IDN|pos=MF|name=Adil Nur Bangsawan|other=}} {{Fs player|no=46 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Wahyu Agong|other=}} {{Fs player|no=56 |nat=IDN|pos=DF|name=Ilham Akbar|other=}} {{Fs player|no=72 |nat=IDN|pos=GK|name=Risky Sudirman|other=}} {{Fs player|no=77 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Sayfullah Kader|other=}} {{Fs player|no=85 |nat=IDN|pos=FW|name=Dian Ardiansyah|other=}} {{Fs player|no=99 |nat=IDN|pos=GK|name=Dedi Tri Saputra|other=}} {{Fs end}}

==Coaching staff== {|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Team Manager||{{flagicon|INA}} Toriqi Fajerin |- |Head coach||{{flagicon|INA}} Andik Ardiansyah |- |Physical Coach||{{flagicon|INA}} Devid Prisma Nugraha |- |Goalkeeper coach||{{flagicon|INA}} Dedy Sutanto |}

== Season by season records == {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |-style="background:#efefef;" !Season !League/Division !Tms. !Pos. !Piala Indonesia !AFC competition(s) |- |2006 |First Division |36 |'''7th, Group 3''' |'''First round''' |– |- |2007 |First Division |40 |'''3rd, Group 3''' |'''Round of 16''' |– |- |2008–09 |Premier Division |29 |'''9th, Group 2''' |'''First round''' |– |- |2009–10 |Premier Division |33 |'''5th, Group 2''' |– |– |- |2010–11 |Premier Division |39 |bgcolor="palegreen"|'''3rd, Second round''' |– |– |- |2011–12 |Indonesia Super League |18 |'''15''' |– |– |- |2013 |Indonesia Super League |18 |'''9''' |– |– |- |2014 |Indonesia Super League |22 |'''9th, West division''' |– |– |- |2015 |Indonesia Super League |18 |''did not finish'' |– |– |- |2016 |Indonesia Soccer Championship A |18 |'''17''' |– |– |- |2017 |Liga 1 |18 |style="background: #FFBBBB;"|'''18''' |– |– |- |2018 |Liga 2 |24 |style="background: #FFBBBB;"|'''10th, East division''' |rowspan="2"|'''Second round''' |– |- |2019 |Liga 3 |32 |'''Eliminated in Pre-national route''' |– |- |2020 |Liga 3 |colspan="2"|''season abandoned'' |– |– |- |2021–22 |Liga 3 |64 |bgcolor="palegreen"|'''2nd, Third round''' |– |– |- |2022–23 |Liga 2 |28 |''did not finish'' |– |– |- |2023–24 |Liga 2 |28 |'''2nd, Championship round''' |– |– |- |2024–25 |Liga 2 |26 |style="background: #FFBBBB;"|'''4th, Relegation round''' |– |– |- |2025–26 |Liga Nusantara |24 |'''4th, Group D''' |– |– |}

==Continental record== ===AFC Competitions=== ;As Petrokimia Putra {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Nat ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan="2"|1995 |rowspan="2"|Asian Cup Winners' Cup |Second round |{{flagicon|Thailand}} |align="left"|Rajapracha UCOM FC | style="background:#dfd;"|3–2 | style="background:#fdd;"|4–5 | 7–7 (a) |- |Quarter finals |{{flagicon|Japan}} |align="left"|Bellmare Hiratsuka | style="background:#ffd;"|1–1 | style="background:#fdd;"|0–6 | 1–7 |- |2002–03 |AFC Champions League |Qualifying round |{{flagicon|China}} |align="left"|Shanghai Shenhua | style="background:#dfd;"|3–1 | style="background:#fdd;"|1–5 | 4–6 |}

===AFF Competitions=== ;As Petrokimia Putra {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Nat ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan="4"|2003 |rowspan="4"|ASEAN Club Championship |Group A |{{flagicon|CAM}} |align="left"|Samart United | colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"|2–0 | 1st |- |Quarter Final |{{flagicon|SIN}} |align="left"|Singapore Armed Forces | colspan=3; style="text-align:center;"|3–2 ''(a.e.t)'' |- |Semi Final |{{flagicon|India}} |align="left"|Kingfisher East Bengal | colspan=3; style="text-align:center;"|1–1 ''(p) 6–7'' |- |3rd Place Playoff |{{flagicon|MAS}} |align="left"|Perak FA | colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"|3–0 | 3rd place |}

==Honours== * '''Liga Indonesia Premier Division''' ** Champions (1): 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=Kilas Balik Petrokimia Putra Juara Liga Indonesia 2002 |url=https://bola.com/indonesia/read/4256183/kilas-balik-petrokimia-putra-juara-liga-indonesia-2002 |website=Bola.com |access-date=5 August 2021 |language=id-ID}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * [http://ligaindonesia.co.id/index.php/klub/GRESIK-UNITED-69 Gresik United] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109024548/http://ligaindonesia.co.id/index.php/klub/GRESIK-UNITED-69 |date=9 November 2017 }} on Liga Indonesia

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