Persipasi Bandung Raya

Persipasi Bandung Raya (formerly Pelita Bandung Raya) is an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi, West Java, founded on November 11, 1986.

History

In October 2012, 100 percent of Pelita Jaya's was sold by the club owner PT Pelita Jaya Cronus to Ari Dewanto Sutedi, the owner of Second Division's Bandung Raya and President Director of PT Retower Asia. After the purchase, Pelita Bandung Raya will automatically have the right to perform in the 2013 Indonesia Super League.

In October 2014, there were plans to remove the word Pelita from the club's name. This was done to enable the club to be more accepted in Bandung and to have a more commercialized name. On April 12, 2015, Persipasi Bekasi bought club shares from PT Kreasi Performa Pasundan, thus changing the club name to Persipasi Bandung Raya.

Name

Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada

Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada is the basketball section of Indonesia's Pelita Jaya sports franchise. Currently competing in the NBL, Pelita Jaya has also won 3 national championships in the former Kobatama league.

Club history

Pelita Jaya Esia was founded in 1988 by Bakrie & Brothers. The new team immediately found success in the KOBATAMA league, finishing on top of the elimination rounds in 1990 and 1991, eventually winning a three-peat championship from 1990 to 1992. The team has consistently placed itself among the top 5 teams of Indonesian basketball in the 90's; and in 1999 the team merged with Citra Satria to form Citra Satria Pelita (CSP). The new team entered the millennium with a new name, Bali Jeff CSP. It however, failed to break into the top three in the early years of the decade. In 2002, the team was renamed Kalila Jakarta. Two years later, it merged with PB. Mitra to form a new team known as Mitra Kalila. However, in 2005, the team abandoned the Mitra name; and in 2008, it reverted to its old name of Pelita Jaya. With the entry of new sponsor Bakrie Telecom, the team entered 2009 with a new name: Pelita Jaya Esia. The team's shoes are sponsored by AND1.