Persijap Jepara

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. In 2007, they were also promoted to the newly formed Indonesia Super League. They were included in the Indonesia Premier League, before returning to the Super League in September 2012. In August 2014, they were relegated to the Liga Indonesia Premier Division. On 25 February 2025, Persijap secured promotion to Liga 1 by winning against PSPS Pekanbaru in promotion play-off with a narrow 1–0 win, with a goal from Léo Lelis in 84th minute and return to top tier after 11 years absence.

Liga 2 Promotion play-off winner: 2024–25 Liga 3 Champions (1): 2019 Soeratin Cup Champions (3): 1982, 1998, 2002 Megawati Cup Champions (1): 2004