Kendal Tornado F.C.

Kendal Tornado
Full nameKendal Tornado Football Club
Nickname(s)Laskar Badai Pantura (The North Java Coast Storm Warriors)
Short nameKTFC
Founded2018 (2018), as Tornado FC Pekanbaru
2025 (2025), as Kendal Tornado FC
GroundKebondalem Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanFardan Nandana
ManagerHeri Sasongko
CoachStefan Keltjes
LeagueLiga 2
2024–25Liga Nusantara, runner-up

Kendal Tornado Football Club (formerly known as Tornado Football Club Pekanbaru) is an Indonesian football team based in Kendal, Central Java. They set to play in Championship from 2025–26 after promotion from Liga Nusantara in 2024–25[1] and their homebase is Kebondalem Stadium.[2]

History

The club was founded in 2018 as Tornado Football Club Pekanbaru and played its inaugural season that same year. The club was crowned champions of the 2019 Liga 3 Riau and finished as runners-up in both 2021 and 2023.

Tornado joined Liga Nusantara for the 2024–25 season after finishing fourth in Group 2 of the fourth round of the Liga 3 National Phase. On 17 February 2025, the club secured promotion to Liga 2 for the first time in its history, following a 3–0 victory over PSGC in Matchweek 5 of the Championship Round, Group X.[3]

Ahead of the 2025–26 season, the club relocated its home base to Kendal, Central Java, and officially changed its name to Kendal Tornado Football Club.[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2025[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  IDN Damar
4 DF  IDN Fernando Lekatompessy
5 DF  IDN Yoga Pratama
6 DF  IDN Derry Herlangga
7 DF  IDN Difo Prasetya
8 MF  IDN Sandi Septian
10 FW  IDN Rendhi Saputra
11 MF  IDN Ludi Pratama
12 MF  IDN Aprianto
15 FW  IDN La Sami La Ode
16 DF  IDN Dio Samudra
17 FW  IDN Muh Rahmatullah
19 FW  IDN Yanuar Baehaki
20 MF  IDN Saiful Arifin
23 GK  IDN Firdaus Mataram
24 MF  IDN Sri Rangga
25 GK  IDN Ababil Syahbela
26 DF  IDN Rio Valentino
27 FW  IDN Raja Pandiangan
28 FW  IDN Marius Ahoren
29 FW  IDN Fahri Akbar
30 MF  IDN Feri Aman Saragih (captain)
31 FW  IDN Muhammad Ferdiansa
53 DF  IDN Putra Ramadhan
77 MF  IDN Adib Nasution
No. Pos. Nation Player
88 MF  IDN Vikrian Akbar
90 GK  IDN Mohammad Yudha
96 FW  IDN Antok Triyatmono
99 MF  IDN Saeful Abdul
— GK  IDN Pualam Bahari
— GK  IDN Husein Akbar
— DF  IDN Dimas Sukarno
— DF  IDN Risna Prahalabenta
— DF  IDN Agung Prasetyo
— DF  IDN Bayu Fiqri
— DF  COL Juan Pablo Morales
— DF  IDN Ilham Syafri
— DF  IDN Gevin Simopiaref
— MF  IDN Yudha Alkanza
— MF  IDN Ibnu Hajar
— MF  IDN Gufroni Al Maruf
— MF  IDN Akbar Firmansyah
— MF  BRA Felipe Ryan
— MF  IDN Taufiq Febriyanto
— FW  IDN Kushedya Hari Yudo
— FW  IDN Diaz Ardika
— FW  IDN Alfath Diaz
— FW  IDN Ivan Syahdana
— FW  BRA Patrick Cruz

Coaching staff

Position Name
Technical Director Danilo Fernando
Head coach Stefan Keeltjes
Assistant coach Ridwan Oesman
Physical Coach Abil Mahdi Almukhdlor
Goalkeeper coach Ruben Christof

Seasons

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Division Position Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
2023–24 Liga 3 Riau 2nd (Group A) 10 6 2 2 37 14 +23 20 Accepted to Liga Nusantara through National phase Fourth round in Group 2
2024–25 Liga Nusantara 1st (Group 1) 14 9 2 3 27 14 +13 29 Promoted to Liga 2 in Championship round in Group X
2025–26 Championship

Season by season

Season Tier Division Place Piala Indonesia
2018 3 L3 Eliminated in Provincial round –
2019 3 L3 4th in Group A (First round) –
2020 3 L3 declared void –
2021–22 3 L3 4th in Group K (First round) –
2022–23 3 L3 not finished –
2023–24 3 L3 4th in Group 2 (Fourth round) –
2024–25 3 LN Runner-up –
2025–26 2 CH –

Current league

Honours

Name and logo change

  • Tornado FC Pekanbaru (2024–2025)
  • Kendal Tornado FC (2025–present)

References

  1. ^ "Pembagian Grup Liga Nusantara 2024-2025 dan Stadionnya". www.skor.id (in Indonesian).
  2. ^ Auglandy, Niko. "Profil Tornado FC: Kesabaran dan Konsistensi, Klub Liga 3 Riau Ini Akhirnya Buka Peluang Promosi Ke Liga 2". Radar Solo (in Indonesian).
  3. ^ Bram, Damianus (22 February 2025). "Tornado FC Pekanbaru Cetak Sejarah! Resmi Promosi ke Liga 2 Indonesia". Radar Solo (in Indonesian).
  4. ^ priyanto, mamdukh ari (10 April 2025). "Pindah Markas, Tim Liga 2 Berganti Nama Jadi Kendal Tornado FC". Tribun Banyumas (in Indonesian).
  5. ^ Daftar pemain tim Tornado FC. liga-indonesia.id.
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