Benny Dolo's Achievement List At The Indonesian Club And National Team Level

The late Benny Dolo. (Photo via Antara)

YOGYAKARTA Former coach of the Indonesian National Team Benny Dollo passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. During his lifetime, Benny was known as a reliable tactician with a myriad of achievements. So, what are Benny Dolo's achievements?

For your information, Benny Dolo started his coaching career with UMS 80 in 1983. His research in formulating strategies made top Indonesian league clubs interested in recruiting him.

At least, there are 10 clubs that have been trained by Bendol, Benny Dolo's nickname. The clubs are:

In addition to training the 10 clubs above, Benny Dollo also 'back and forth' led the Indonesian national team starting from the 2000s era.

During his time as a tactician for top clubs, Bendol has repeatedly recorded brilliant achievements, as compiled by VOI from various sources, Saturday, February 3, 2023:

One of Bendol's achievements that was quite flashy was presenting one title for the Garuda Squad. The title is the 2008 Independence Cup.

In the tournament which was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, the Indonesian national team competed against Libya U-23 in the top party. As a result, the Garuda Squad successfully confirmed the title after winning with a landslide score of 3-1.

When training the Indonesian national team, Benny Dollo managed to raise the FIFA ranking for the Indonesian national team.

This moment occurred at the FIFA rankings in September 2008. Thanks to Bendol's cold hands, the Indonesian national team rose to position 128 out of 143.

The FIFA rankings for the Indonesian national team managed to skyrocket because Benny Dolo's team managed to win two test matches. First, the Indonesian national team won 7-0 over Cambodia, the second to kill Myanmar 4-0.

At the beginning of his career as a coach, Benny Dollo managed to catch the public's attention after he led Pelita Jaya to win the Galatama Cup for three terms.

Galatama itself is an acronym for the Main Football League, a competition initiated by PSSI in the era of Ali Sadikin's leadership.

Together with Pelita Jaya, Bendol won three Galatama titles, namely in 1988-1989, 1990, and 1993-1994.

Next, Benny also successfully led Arema FC to win the Indonesian Cup title in two consecutive editions. The two editions were in 2005 and 2006.

In the 2005 Indonesian Cup final, Benny Dollo's Arema squad appeared violent and defeated Persija Jakarta with a score of 4-3. Meanwhile, in the 2006 Indonesian Cup final, Arema FC rolled Persipura Jayapura with a score of 2-0.

Before escorting Arema to win the Indonesian Cup, Benny first brought Persita Tangerang as runner-up in the 2002 Indonesian Cup. At that time, Bendol succeeded in making Persita Tangerang one of the teams to watch out for.

Bendol successfully brought Persita through a series of matches to the final of the 2002 Indonesian Cup. Unfortunately, Persita failed to win the title after being arrested by Petrokimia Putra with a score of 1-2.

This is information about the achievements of Benny Dollo who passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Goodbye coach Benny!