PSM Makassar

Foundation and early years (1915–42)

PSM Makassar was founded on 2 November 1915 as Makassarsche Voetbalbond (MVB). They are considered the oldest competitive football club in Indonesia and one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia. MVB changed its name to Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar during the 1942–45 Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies that forced all organizations with Dutch names to be renamed.

Perserikatan era (1942–94)

Some of the early players of PSM Makassar were regularly called to the Indonesia national football team, the most famous of them was the club legend Ramang. PSM won their first Perserikatan title in 1957 after defeating PSMS Medan. They also managed to win this national amateur championship in 1959, 1965, 1966 and 1992.

Modern era (1994–2018)

After the merger of Perserikatan and Galatama in 1994 that led to the professionalization of teams that once mainly depend on the local government budget, PSM won their first and only national title in 2000. The squad combined national team players such as Miro Baldo Bento, Aji Santoso, Bima Sakti, Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Hendro Kartiko, and local talents Ronny Ririn, Syamsudin Batola, Yusrifar Djafar, and Rachman Usman. They won the 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

AFC Champions League debut

PSM Makassar qualified to the 2004 AFC Champions League group stage as 2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division runners-up. On 5 May, they recorded their first ever win…

AFC

AFC Champions League Elite/AFC Champions League/Asian Club Championship/Asian Champion Club Tournament 2000–01 – Quarter-finals Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98– Quarter-finals AFC Champions League Two/AFC Cup 2022 – ASEAN Zonal Final

AFF

ASEAN Club Championship 2024–25 – Semi-final