When UI Alumni Participate In The Green Square, Football Unites

UI Alumni take part in football matches. (IST)s

JAKARTA - UI football activists are excited to gather at the Depok University of Indonesia (UI) Stadium, where the ILUNI UI Cup V/2024 Pre Event II will be held, even though it was raining. Football unites the nation," said Prof. Drs. Effendi Gazali, M.Si., MPS., Ph.D representing the UI alumni who attended.

"This indicates that there is freedom, free there is no group here, requires unity," added Sarman El Hakim alumni 1989.

"The important thing is that UI maintains soundness and justice with good physicality," continued Effendi, who is an alumni of the 1984 FISIP UI Communications Sciences.

The sporting event was held by ILUNI UI as a routine activity. We have done this activity several times, and we from the health team stated that this sport is a sport that can be done by anyone, and this is a strange generation, seniors," explained ILUNI UI Advisory Council Member Dr.Jusuf Kristianto.

"They are very optimal, so football is an option to maintain health and also combine so that we can reunite together from all alumni, wherever we can be together," he added.

There were three matches played, first the friendly match between ILUNI UI Old Stars against Persija Old Stars. Several Persija Stars who were also national legends during their time attended the UI Stadium, such as Aji Ridwan Mas, Azhari Rangkuti, Patar Tambunan, Tonny Tamal, Herry Kiswanto, Kamarudin Bettay, Nurwisman Koto, Syarifudin, Vernard Hutabarat, Nurwisman Koto, Patra Kadri and others.

ILUNI UI Old Stars must recognize the advantage of the team strengthened by the Persija legend with a score of 1-5.

Then there was also the Alumni Challenge match which brought together the Alumni Biennial Intervarsity Games (BIG), which in those days were BIG UI Football Teams, against the 2023 UI Student Intra Sports (Olim) champion, namely the UI Faculty of Engineering. The match ended with a score of 0-1 for FTUI.

The last is an additional match between the UI alumni Team against Persija Old Stars. The closing match ended in a 0-0 draw.

Today's activity is a series of ILUNI UI Cup V/2024. Previously, Pre Event I which was held on December 19, 2023, started the ILUNI UI Cup V/2024 series when the PSUI team which promoted to the main division of the student league conducted a trial against Persija Muda. The score ended 2-0 for Persija Muda when the last batch was blown. There was also a training session held on several weekends in the first quarter of 2024.

The main competition is planned for mid-2024. With an estimated animo to reach 725 players, 125 officials and 52 matches from UI Alumni football activists representing the ILUNI faculty / study program. At UI there are several communities / football clubs in the middle of the UI alumni' extended family.

The chief executive of Ochen FHUI 1990 explained that there will be three match numbers in the competition titled, Synergy for Almamater, namely U40, Over 40, and Trofeo class 50, where players in three teams of Veritas, Probitas, Iustitia, based on the draw. Each class has a different physical character. In addition, there are Fan Fest audiences/supporters who will also be competed.

This sporting activity aims to make alumni able to unite, synergize with people. UI alumni is also part of the assets of the Indonesian nation that must contribute to developing the country. Therefore, health and fitness which are supporting factors to improve the quality of Human Resources (HR) are important to pay attention to. Several sports programs are made for alumni based on a healthy lifestyle.