The Maluku Utara United Chronicle
Market14 Sep 2026
Alwi Slamat puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Maluku Utara United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Frets Butuan
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
Marinus Saddil steps up from the Maluku Utara United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marinus Saddil has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market14 Sep 2026
Maluku Utara United promote Ahmad Firmansyah from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ahmad Firmansyah has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Maluku Utara United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and França was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Bimo Lilipaly chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Yance Sayuri
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match12 Sep 2026
No goals between Maluku Utara United and Persik
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Persik will be the happier side with the point.
Looking ahead14 Sep 2026
Rizky Pellu goes back to face Persita
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Rizky Pellu’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Maluku Utara United needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Loan watch 4 goals on loan for Vico
- Squad Dony Tri Pamungkas walks taller at Maluku Utara United
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Safrudin Tahar