The Persebaya Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
11 saves: Ernando Ari was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jefferson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jefferson and Persebaya agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Persebaya
Francisco Rivera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Persebaya training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jefferson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Santos tell Persebaya: Miguel Terceros 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Mihailo Perović in the eights
A performance of 8.13 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Persebaya and Risto Mitrevski
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Persebaya, another week without a signature from Risto Mitrevski.
Match1 Aug 2026
Mihailo Perović rescues a point for Persebaya
It needed Mihailo Perović to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Dewa United, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Dedi Pato on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Dedi Pato after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
In brief
- Market No place for Randy May in the plan
- Looking ahead A reunion for Francisco Rivera
- The dugout Rachmat Irianto knocks on the manager's door