Persiba Balikpapan
Overview
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n football club based in Balikpapan
Balikpapan
Balikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau , and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main...
, Indonesia. In media, the tautology
Tautology (rhetoric)
Tautology is an unnecessary or unessential repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing...
Persiba Balikpapan is often used and to distinguish the club with another club with the same acronym, Persiba Bantul
Persiba Bantul
Persiba Bantul is an Indonesian football club based in Bantul, Yogyakarta. Persiba Bantul plays its home games at the Sultan Agung Stadium, and its official colors are red and white...
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Beruang Madu (Fertile Bear) is the club's nickname, taken from the city mascot of Balikpapan
Balikpapan
Balikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau , and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main...
. Another nickname given is Selicin Minyak (slippery as oil) because Balikpapan is the center for oil and gas industry of Indonesia.
Persiba home stadium is Persiba Stadium
Persiba Stadium
Persiba Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Balikpapan, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium for Persiba Balikpapan. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people....
with 15,000 capacity and terrible condition.
