Traces Of Bakrie Group Owning CS Vise And Brisbane Roar Football Clubs

75th anniversary of the Bakrie Group in 2017. (bakrie.ac.id)

JAKARTA - Football sports are often considered a promising business. This condition made Indonesian entrepreneurs want to buy foreign clubs. Bakrie groups, for example. Family conglomerate Bakrie companies began to look at two foreign clubs. CS Vise (Belgium) and Brisbane Roar (Australia).

The two clubs are considered to be able to bring benefits. The bonuses they can bring Indonesian players to compete in foreign leagues. Bakrie considered the study as a stepping stone to introduce Indonesian talents abroad.

Investment in world football clubs is not just a monopoly of western investors. Investors from the Asian continent don't want to lose prestige. Several big names of entrepreneurs have started to enliven the world football sports business.

The Bakrie group doesn't want to be left behind. The Bakrie family company started investing in the world of Indonesian sports through basketball. They bought a local club, Pelita Jaya. The purchase didn't make the Bakrie Group, which has a variety of business lines -- television to education -- quickly complacent. They began knitting their dreams of becoming owners of foreign football clubs.

The Bakrie Group's first release leads to the Belgian caste two club. They are attracted to master the Royal Cercle Sportif Vise (CS Vise) Club. Bakrie considers investing in CS Vise to promise profits. Bakrie sees they are able to bring CS Vise to develop in the next two or three years.

CS Vise is considered to be quite good infrastructure. The club has its own soccer school too. CS Vise Football Academie (VFA), his name. The academy has approximately 400 students, from the age of 6-17. They have 10 pitches to practice.

The agreement was obtained. Bakrie acquired it on April 15, 2011. Bakrie controlled more than 50 percent of the shares. However, Bakrie did not want to specify how much it cost. This condition made Bakrie one of the owners of CS Vise.

The excitement of buying CS Vise football clubs in Indonesia is quite large. However, the Bakrie Group is again reluctant to be complacent. The euphoria of buying CS Vise is actually like fuel for the Bakrie Group to control one more foreign football club.

They began to look at football clubs from Australia's main league, A-League. Brisbane Roar, his name. They immediately tried to acquire 70 percent of the shares. Ulam's beloved trio arrived. Bakrie managed to get Brisbane Roar in October 2011. The purchase made Bakrie Group the first Asian to become the owner of a football club in Australia.

We are delighted and honored to be the new owner of Brisbane Rour. An extraordinary team and a successful club supported by a passionate community. This commitment is long-term, and is an opportunity to support not only football's growth in Brisbane, but also strengthen the relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

We have a strong track record of investing in football and we will support the club in its efforts to develop. Our vision is to make Brisbane Roar the most successful professional football club in Australia, "explained the representative of the Bakrie Group, Adika Nuraga Bakrie (Aga Bakrie) as quoted on the aleagues.com.au page, October 2011.

The world of football is indeed promising in terms of prestige and disbursement of funds. However, the investment made by the Bakrie Group is not only related to the financial gain of Belaka. This investment can increase the pride of the club in navigating the competition.

Bonusnya, kepemilikan klub sebenarnya dapat jadi batu loncatan talent Indonesia berlaga di luar negeri. Bakrie pun mendukung tenar hal itu. Talenta Indonesia nantinya dapat melakukan pembinaan di dua klub bola milik Bakrie, CS Vise atau Brisbane Roar.

Bakrie has even started by bringing three young Indonesian players to play at the Belgian club, CS Vise in 2011. They are Yandi Sofyan, Alfin Tuassalmony, Yericho Christiantoko, and Syamsir Alam.

The club owner also brought Indonesian players to study/trial at Brisbane Roar Junior in 2014. Take for example two young Indonesian players, Vicky Melano and Junda Irawan. Both names are predicted to be the mainstay of the U-21 Indonesian national team.

Bakrie gave them the opportunity to gain knowledge in Australia. The opportunity was given so that the name of Indonesian talent was famous. At least, they can make valuable lessons for playing and playing at CS Vise or Brisbane Rour. They are expected to take advantage of the exercise as a stepping stone to play in the world's big clubs.

"Currently there are no icons of Indonesian players playing in big clubs. I want to give birth to the icon, so many Indonesians want to become football players. Not there (profit management), I like it. So I think more about football and coaching it," promised Aga Bakrie when he just controlled CS Vice and Brisbane Roar as quoted on the Tempo page, December 23, 2011.