PSM Makassar

PSM Makassar logo
Full name Persatuan Sepak bola Makassar
Nickname(s) Juku Eja (the Red Fish); Pasukan Ramang (Ramang Warrior)
Founded 1915
Ground Mattoangin Stadium
Makassar, Indonesia
(Capacity 30,000)
Chairman Ilham Arif Sirajuddin
League Liga Djarum Indonesia, Copa Indonesia
2006-07 Divisi Utama, 1st place in East division (half seaso

PSM Makassar, founded in 1915, is a football club that plays in the Liga Indonesia. It is one of Indonesia's strongest football clubs, having won a title in 2000 and finishing runner-up three out of the past four seasons after that.

PSM is a one time Liga Indonesia champion. Right now, PSM is facing a serious financial problem. In Makassar, PSM is highly supported and even some of the local band made an album to help their team.

PSM has 24 groups of supporters, some of them are The Macz Man, Mappanyuki, Ikatan Suporter Makasar (ISM), Suporter Hasanuddin, Suporter Dealos, Suporter Reformasi, Komando, Suporter Bias, Suporter Kubis, Karebosi, Gunung Lokong, Suporter PKC (Pannampu, Kalumpang, dan Cumi-cumi).

PSM is one of the best team in Indonesia which has the best stability in performance. They almost always went to semi final of Liga Indonesia. PSM is also the team in first division which spent the most efficient in using money (spent only USD 800,000 and got 1st place of East area [half season]). PSM is also the only one team in Indonesia which has four international players who play in their national team (four of the Togo players play for Togo National Team in World Cup qualification in Africa division).

PSM Makassar now is trying to use a new formation of 4-1-3-2 while attacking and 4-1-4-1 for defense. The coach prefer the effective football like in Premier league than beautiful football from Brazil. He is trying to make a new style of total football in the team which only use one-two touch before passing the ball (kick and rush). He is trying to make the style of Real Madrid now (as 4-1-3-2 is the formation of Real Madrid).