2018 Bali United F.C. season
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The 2018 season was the fourth season of competitive association football and third season in the Liga 1 played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. Their 2nd-place finish in 2017 meant it was their third successive season in Liga 1.
2018 season | ||||
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Chairman | Pieter Tanuri | |||
Head Coach | Widodo Cahyono Putro (until 29 November) Eko Purdjianto (caretaker) (from 29 November) | |||
Stadium | Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium | |||
Liga 1 | 11th | |||
Piala Indonesia | Round of 32[lower-greek 1] | |||
Champions League | Preliminary round 2 | |||
AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Stefano Lilipaly (12) All: Ilija Spasojević (14) | |||
Highest home attendance | 22,210 (vs Persebaya, 18 November) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 2,154 (vs Global Cebu, 25 April) | |||
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The main addition to the first team was striker Ilija Spasojević as they failed to negotiated new contracts for last season top scorer, Sylvano Comvalius. But they were successfully negotiated new contract with Nick van der Velden. Demerson, former Chapecoense player, and Kevin Brands were signed to complete their foreign players as they retained the service of Ahn Byung-keon. Two Indonesia national under-19 football team players, Feby Eka Putra and Hanis Saghara Putra also joined the team to fulfill under-23 quota. Before the league start, Kevin Brands was replaced by Miloš Krkotić; defender Mahamadou N'Diaye, midfielder Brwa Nouri, and striker Melvin Platje later signed in the second half transfer window to replace Demerson, Miloš Krkotić, and Ahn Byung-keon.
Bali United ended the season 11th, failed to continue their great performance from last season. The club were eliminated in preliminary round 2 of AFC Champions League by Chiangrai United, made them competed in AFC Cup where they were eliminated in the group stage after only finished in 4th. But they were advanced to the round of 32 of Piala Indonesia which would be continued in 2019.