Persatuan Sepakbola Tarakan Kota or PSTK Tarakan (formerly known as Persita Tarakan) is an Indonesian football club based in Tarakan, North Kalimantan. Club played in Liga 3.

PSTK Tarakan
Full namePersatuan Sepakbola Tarakan Kota
Nickname(s)Laskar Paguntaka
(Paguntaka Warriors)
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
GroundDatuk Adil Stadium,
Tarakan, North Kalimantan
Capacity15,000
OwnerAskot PSSI Tarakan
ManagerYusuf Ramlan
CoachSlamet Riyadi
LeagueLiga 3
2019Liga 3, National round, 4th in Group G

History edit

Founded in the 1980s, they had experienced a golden age in the 1980s and were even respected in the North Kalimantan region. And now PSTK is at the bottom of the last league's tier, Division III. Starting its journey from the lowest caste of the national football competition (Division 3), PSTK managed to move up to the National First Division.[1]

In 2019 season, they won the Liga 3 North Kalimantan zone, and represented the province of North Kalimantan to the national round of Liga 3, they were joined in Group G along with Semeru, Persedikab Kediri Regency, and Persiter Ternate.[2]

Honours edit

  • Liga 3 North Kalimantan
    • Champion (1): 2019

References edit

  1. ^ "JAYA DI ERA 80 AN, PSTK KINI BAGAIKAN MATI SURI" (in Indonesian). Paguntakacity. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Jadwal Lengkap Pertandingan Kedua Babak 32 Besar Liga 3 2019 Hari Ini" (in Indonesian). www.indosport.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.