Persitara Jakarta Utara

The history of the founding of Persitara itself cannot be separated from the role of Persija as the parent of Jakarta football. In the 1970s, Persija, which was still part of the West Java PSSI Regional Commission, initiated the formation of its own Regional Commission in Jakarta. The reason is that the Macan Kemayoran, Persija's nickname, are having difficulty accommodating the increasing number of local football clubs. The formation of the Jakarta PSSI Regional Commission coincided with the establishment of "other Persija", namely Persijatimut (North-East) and Persijaselbar (South-West). Persijatimut split and then Persitara officially stood alone with the name of the Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jakarta Utara (Persitara) in 1985. Initially, the club nicknamed Laskar Si Pitung was founded in 1979 (some sources say 1975) using the name Persija Timur Utara (Persijatimut) and only then in 1985 did this club officially use the name Persitara North Jakarta which was considered to truly represent the people of North Jakarta. Persitara was one of the contestants in the 2008–09 Indonesia Super League, the most elite competition in Indonesia at that time. In the Perserikatan era, Persitara's best achievement occurred in the 1985–86 season, when it successfully broke into the Perserikatan Premier Division. As with other football clubs from Jakarta, Persitara is run solely with the support of the Jakarta Regional Budget (APBD). However, since its founding, Persitara has not received…