The Maluku Utara United Chronicle
Market7 Sep 2026
So close: Nílson Júnior’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. PSM moved on, Nílson Júnior reports back to Maluku Utara United, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Maluku Utara United close the window on a squad of their own making
17 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Match5 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Maluku Utara United
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Maluku Utara United are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Fariz Alfitrah arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Fariz Alfitrah has, at Maluku Utara United, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Frets Butuan was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Maluku Utara United
Rasyid Bakri was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match5 Sep 2026
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 86 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Maluku Utara United had all but put away. Persita will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Dimas Drajad
A mark of 7.66, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Taufik Rustam
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Taufik Rustam has come out of that comparison in the side, and Maluku Utara United have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
In brief
- Match Dimas Drajad rescues a point for Maluku Utara United
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Wahyu Suboseto
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Hanif Lilipaly on the draw