Dewa United Banten F.C.

For the basketball team, see Dewa United Banten BC.

Dewa United Football Club or Dewa United Banten F.C. , formerly known as Martapura Football Club,^[3] is an Indonesian professional football club based in Serang Regency, Banten. They currently compete in the Super League, the top-flight of Indonesian football. They were promoted from Liga 2, after placing third in the 2021 Liga 2 season.

Dewa United Banten

Full name	Dewa United Banten Football Club
Nickname(s)	Banten Warriors[1] Deluxe Unicorn[2]
Short name	DUB
Founded	11 March 2009; 16 years ago (2009-03-11), as Martapura 22 February 2021; 4 years ago (2021-02-22), as Dewa United
Ground	Banten International Stadium
Capacity	30,000
President	Tommy Hermawan Lo
CEO	Ardian Satya Negara
Head coach	Jan Olde Riekerink
League	Super League
2024–25	Liga 1, 2nd of 18
Website	dewaunited.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Martapura (2009–2021)

Martapura was founded in 2009. They became an official member of the PSSI on 11 March of the same year. Their first participation in Indonesian competitions was in the 2009–10 Liga Indonesia Third Division. They were promoted to the Liga Indonesia Second Division in 2011 after finishing in fifth place in the 2010–11 Liga Indonesia Third Division. Because of the dualism at the time, they started next season in 2012. They contested in the 2012 Liga Indonesia Second Division and were promoted to the Liga Indonesia First Division. Martapura, with mostly local players, was promoted in their first season after finishing second in the final round of the 2013 Liga Indonesia First Division.^[4][5]

Since the 2014 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, they used Demang Lehman Stadium to comply with PT Liga regulations.^[4]

Dewa United (2021–present)

On 22 February 2021, Martapura officially changed ownership after being acquired by Garibaldi Thohir, Rendra Soedjono and Kevin Hardiman who subsequently rebranded the club as Martapura Dewa United, moving it to South Tangerang.^[6][7]

On 28 September 2021, Dewa United made their debut league match in a 3–1 win against RANS Cilegon at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium.^[8] a weeks later, they had their second match in a 2–0 win against Perserang Serang.^[9] On 30 November 2021, they closed the match in the group stage of the 2021–22 Liga 2 in a 0–1 loss to Persekat Tegal, and qualified for the second round as Group B winner.^[10] On 23 December 2021, they qualified for the semi-finals of the 2021–22 Liga 2 as Group Y winners after their 0–1 win over PSMS Medan.^[11] Four days later in the semi final they lost 1–2 to Persis Solo.^[12] In the third place match on 30 December 2021, they defeated PSIM Yogyakarta 0–1, with a goal created in the last minute of the second half by Gufroni Al Maruf's goal. They promoted to Liga 1 in 2022 season.^[13]

As result of action at PSSI Congress on 30 May 2022, Martapura Dewa United officially remove Martapura from its name thus known as Dewa United.^[3] Dewa United officially declared itself as the representative of Banten in the highest caste competition of Indonesian football. This was marked by an event titled Banten Warriors Declaration at Banten International Stadium on Sunday, 23 February 2025 afternoon. The event was attended by hundreds of football fans in Serang who welcomed the presence of Dewa United to play at the Banten International Stadium.^[1]

Dewa United finished as runners-up in the 2024–25 Liga 1 season, thus qualifying to the 2025–26 AFC Challenge League.^[14]

Players

Current squad

As of 9 August 2025^[15]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IDN Muhammad Natshir 2 DF  NED Nick Kuipers 3 DF  IDN Wahyu Prasetyo 5 FW  IDN Stefano Lilipaly (on loan from Borneo Samarinda) 6 MF  IDN Theo Numberi 7 MF  IDN Feby Eka Putra 8 MF  BRA Jajá 9 FW  CMR Privat Mbarga 10 FW  IDN Egy Maulana Vikri 11 MF  JPN Taisei Marukawa 13 MF  IDN Dani Saputra 14 DF  IDN Brian Fatari 15 MF  IDN Rangga Muslim (captain) 16 MF  IDN Kafiatur Rizky

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  IDN Ricky Kambuaya (vice-captain) 20 FW  IDN Septian Bagaskara 21 DF  IDN Akbar Arjunsyah 23 DF  IDN Ady Setiawan 26 DF  IDN Husain Anshori 27 FW  IDN Rafael Struick 28 MF  ARG Alexis Messidoro 31 GK  IDN Dafa Setiawarman 37 DF  IDN Altalariq Ballah 39 FW  BRA Alex Martins 41 DF  BRA Cássio Scheid 60 GK  IDN Yofandani Pranata 92 GK  NED Sonny Stevens 97 DF  IDN Edo Febriansah

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IDN Iqbal Al Ghuzat

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IDN Dennish Diaz

Coaching staff

Position	Name
President	Tommy Hermawan Lo
CEO	Ardian Satya Negara
Team manager	Judo Iswantoro
Head coach	Jan Olde Riekerink
Assistant head coach	Roy Hendriksen
Assistant coach	Bayu Eka Sari
Assistant coach	Firman Utina
Goalkeeper coach	Frank Kooiman
Physical coach	Jan Kluitenberg
Assistant physical coach	Hendra Pratama
Head Of Analyst	Luthfy Falsyah

Season by season records

As Martapura FC

Season	League/Division	Tms.	Pos.	Piala Indonesia	ACLE	ACL 2	ACGL	ACC
2009–10	Third Division			–	–	–	–	–
2010–11	Third Division		2 in Group C (Fourth round)	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Second Division	100		–	–	–	–	–
2013	First Division	77	2 in Group XVIII (Third round)	–	–	–	–	–
2014	Premier Division	60	Semi-finalist	–	–	–	–	–
2015	Premier Division	55	did not finish	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Indonesia Soccer Championship B	50	4	–	–	–	–	–
2017	Liga 2	61	4	–	–	–	–	–
2018	Liga 2	24	5 in East region	Second round	–	–	–	–
2019	Liga 2	23	4 in Group Y (Second round)		–	–	–	–
2020	Liga 2	24	did not finish	–	–	–	–	–

As Dewa United FC

Season	League/Division	Tms.	Pos.	Piala Indonesia	ACLE	ACL 2	ACGL	ACC
2021–22	Liga 2	24	3	–	–	–	–	–
2022–23	Liga 1	18	17	–	–	–	–	–
2023–24	Liga 1	18	5	–	–	–	–	–
2024–25	Liga 1	18	2	–	–	–	–	–

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Nat	Club	Home	Away
2025–26	AFC Challenge League	Group stage		TBD	26 Oct '25
				TBD	29 Oct '25
				TBD	1 Nov '25

Honours

Martapura FC/Dewa United

• Liga 1
  • Runners-up (1): 2024–25
• Indonesia Soccer Championship B/Liga 2
  • Third place (1): 2021
  • Fourth place (2): 2016, 2017

Supporters

Anak Dewa are the main supporters of Dewa United FC.

Mascot

Golden Horn Unicorn is the mascot of Dewa United FC. Dewa United FC comes from South Tangerang, Banten Province. Deluxe Unicorn is nickname of Dewa United FC, there is a mythological animal that lives in Banten Province, namely the Unicorn. Marco Polo had stopped in Indonesia, more precisely to the islands of Sumatra and Java, on his return to Europe. He claimed to have seen a unicorn or a mythological creature in the form of a one-horned horse. However, the researchers concluded that the animal Marco Polo saw was actually a one-horned rhino. Banten province is the last remaining natural habitat of the one-horned rhino. Therefore, Dewa United FC made Unicorn a mascot. The philosophy of the unicorn is that the animal represents purity, healing, joy, courage, and unmatched strength. Dewa United's nickname is Deluxe Unicorn (Luxury Unicorn), because the Dewa United club has luxurious facilities that support achievements when competing in Liga 1.

Sponsorship

• BAIC Indonesia
• Cow Play Cow Moo
• Carstensz Residence and Mall BSD
• JHL Solitaire

Kit supplier

• Mills (2021–2023)
• DRX Wear (2023–present)

Coaches

Martapura FC (until 2021)

Name	Period
Frans Sinatra Huwae [id]	(2014–2021)

Dewa United (2021–present)

Name	Period
Kas Hartadi	(2021–2022)
Nil Maizar	(2022)
Jan Olde Riekerink	(2023–present)

See also

• Dewa United Banten, the club's basketball division playing in the IBL.
• Dewa United Esports (id)