Persijap Jepara
association football team in Indonesia
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Jepara, Central Java. They are currently competing in the Super League from the 2025–26 season, the top tier of Indonesian football, after gaining promotion from Championship (formerly Liga 2) at the end of the 2024–25 campaign. Their nickname is Laskar Kalinyamat (Kalinyamat Warriors) and Elang Laut Jawa (Java Sea Eagles).
History
Foundation and early years (1954–1994)
Persijap was founded on 11 April 1954. Syahlan Ridwan, Jepara's Regent, founded the club. They have contributed players to the Indonesia national football team since 1979 when Haryanto was the first choice goalkeeper of the national team. Other national team players such as Siswandi Gancis, Solekan and Warsidi was from Persijap. They managed to win the Soeratin Cup in 1982.
Modern era and recent history (1994–present)
Their recent achievements in Indonesian football was only their promotion to the Liga Indonesia Premier Division in 2000 and 2004 with coach Rudi William Keltjes. In the youth teams, they managed to add Soeratin Cup titles in 1998 and 2002.
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