NZR Sumbersari F.C.

NZR Sumbersari FC
Full name	NZR Sumbersari Football Club
Nickname(s)	Elang Selatan; (Southern Eagles)
Short name	NZR
Founded	1985; 39 years ago
Ground	Gajayana Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Owner	NZR Group
Chairman	Wibie Dwi Andriyas
Manager	Yanuar Tri Firmanda
Coach	Charis Yulianto
League	Liga 3
2023	4th, (East Java zone)
Home colours	Away colours

NZR Sumbersari Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Malang, East Java that competes in Liga 3 and play their home match at Gajayana Stadium.

History

Starting from a group of village football lovers, currently starting their steps in the Liga 3 East Java zone. they have been around since 1985, Sumbersari FC was born and established as a football academy under the name Sumbersari Putra. The name was taken from the name of the village of Sumbersari which is currently the village of Bandulan. Early they entered Liga 3 because of the lack of internal competition in Malang, so that players get playing minutes, this team was included in Liga 3, so that young players in football academy could feel the competition, Then in 2018, they changed their name to Sumbersari FC which was prepared to play in Liga 3 2018 in the East Java zone.^[3]

In 2019, this is the second year that Sumbersari FC has played in the Liga 3. With young players, the target is not a benchmark, the team must play well and show hard work. The results will follow later. Sumbersari FC will face a team with a big name, Deltras Sidoarjo. The mental and ability of Saiful Imron's team will be really tested.^[3] They became the first "village team" that qualified to Liga 3 Regional Round after finished 3rd place in 2019 Liga 3 East Java Group J.^[4] They are successful to qualify for the regional round in the 2019 season. However, their steps were stopped after they were defeated by Serang Jaya from Banten at that time, Entering early 2021, they changed their name to NZR Sumbersari FC. This is because Sumbersari FC already has a new investor and manager, namely the owner of the NZR Group, Wibie Dwi Andriyas.^[5]

On 9 November 2021, NZR Sumbersari made league match debut in a 5–1 win against Triple's Kediri at the Gajayana Stadium.^[6] On 16 December 2021, 2021 Liga 3 East Java has been held and NZR Sumbersari has become the champion to represent the province at the national level, not only being a regional champion, NZR Sumbersari has been undefeated in the struggle in the league zone since the competition was held on November 3, 2021. In the final match, they win 1–0 against Persedikab Kediri.^[7]

On 30 May 2022, during 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress, the club officially changed their name to NZR Sumbersari F.C., from Sumbersari F.C..^[8]

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IDN	Rizal Zeyrullah
2	DF	IDN	Aprireza Alfansyah
3	DF	IDN	Gilang Ramadhan
4	DF	IDN	Achmad Ramdhani
5	DF	IDN	Iqbal Hadi Perdana
6	MF	IDN	Galeh Istiawan
8	MF	IDN	Rano Jutati
9	FW	IDN	Andrianto
10	MF	IDN	Mayonda Virlo
11	MF	IDN	Muhammad Galih
12	DF	IDN	Mahbubi Dwipa
13	DF	IDN	Ali Akbar Navis
14	FW	IDN	Farrel
15	MF	IDN	Rafly Yahya


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IDN	Dimas Kaswara
18	FW	IDN	Reza Priyo Santoso
19	MF	IDN	Luxy Ariawan
20	GK	IDN	Aminudin Noor
21	DF	IDN	Revi Trisna
22	MF	IDN	Gilang Permadi
23	MF	IDN	Faizal Ramadan
27	MF	IDN	Kharisma Wicaksono
29	MF	IDN	Achmad Arthur Sena
30	GK	IDN	Shulung Sabas
35	DF	IDN	Reza Wili Saputra
81	FW	IDN	Ghifari Vaiz Adhitya
—	DF	IDN	Edy Gunawan
—	FW	IDN	Sunarto