The Dewa United Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
A 2-goal lead gone for Dewa United
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Persebaya kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Dewa United will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Muhammad Natsir is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Persijap waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Dewa United is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Alexis Messidoro scores twice — 8.24
Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dewa United turn down Persib for Rafael Struick
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Dewa United
Noah Sadaoui and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Persik tell Dewa United: Irkham Mila is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dewa United promote Bagus Sucipto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bagus Sucipto 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Syahrian Hidayat joins the Dewa United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Syahrian Hidayat is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alex wants to finish where he started
Every long career reaches the week the player starts thinking about the last one. He would like it to be at the club that first put him on a pitch, and Dewa United now know that too.
In brief
- Match Dewa United and Persebaya take a point apiece
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Edo Febriansyah dropped after a run of poor form