Adhyaksa F.C. Banten
Adhyaksa Football Club Banten, formerly known as Farmel and Adhyaksa Farmel, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Serang, Banten. It currently competes in the Championship and their homebase is Banten International Stadium.
History
Founded on 20 January 2020, Farmel made its debut into Indonesian football by joining the third-tier league Indonesia Liga 3. As a first step, Farmel's management has appointed Adnan Mahing as head coach. But this season competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. On 2 November 2021, Farmel opened their Liga 3 (Indonesia)|third-tier league] season with a 9–0 win against Bintang Junior. On 18 November, Farmel closed the group stage with a 0–0 draw against Jagat. They qualified for the second round as winners of group C with 13 points. In the semi-final match against Matrix Putra Brother's, they qualified to the final with a 3–1 win.In the buildup towards the 2024–25 Liga 2 season, the club changed their name to Adhyaksa Football Club underneath the stewardship of the Public Prosecution Service of Indonesia. Previously, the service had collaborated with Farmel's owners with the club being known as Adhyaksa Farmel Football Club, winning the 2023–24 Liga 3 title during that period.
Controversies
In the round of 32 in the national round 2021–22 Liga 3 (Indonesia) between Bandung [United F.C.|Bandung United] and Farmel, the referee gave a controversial red cards to Bandung players Saiful, Rizki Arohman, Satrio Azhar and Andri Febriansyah. As a form of disappointment, Bandung United players let the opposing team win by 3–0.Previously, in the match against NZR Sumbersari against Farmel there was even a commotion when Farmel received a penalty at the end of the match and made the score of 1–1.
PSBL Langsa also protested the referee's decision which made them lose 4–1 to Farmel. In this match, the referee's leadership was considered detrimental to the Langsa PSBL team, such as the penalty obtained by Farmel.
In the round of 16 of the Liga 3 season 2021–22, Farmel again benefited from the controversial decision of the referee, with controversial offside and a penalty. In this match Farmel FC managed to beat Prilly Latuconsina's club Persikota Tangerang with a score of 3–0.