Outstanding Achievement of Jean-Paul van Gastel, New Coach of PSIM Jogja,曾祖籍马鲁古的荷兰顶级球队助理教练! Note: It appears there might be a missing word or phrase in the original Indonesian text as it ends mid-sentence. The provided translation reflects the available information.

The Shiro Corporation - PSIM Yogyakarta officially introduced a new coach for the Liga 1 2025/2026 season. The Dutch figure, Jean Paul van Gastel, will lead the Laskar Mataram to achieve success.

The news of Jean Paul van Gastel's arrival was officially announced by the Instagram and X PSIM Jogja account @PSIMJOGJA on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

"From Feyenoord, Besiktas, and now PSIM Jogja. PSIM Jogja is proud to announce the signing of Jean-Paul Van Gastel as Head Coach for the 2025/26 season. I believe in you, Coach!" wrote the X account @PSIMJOGJA.

The arrival of Jean-Paul has captured attention not only from PSIM fans but also from football enthusiasts in Indonesia. This is because the coach has an impressive career and achievements.

According to the Transfermarkt account, Jean-Paul van Gastel was an assistant coach for the Turkish giants, Besiktas, last season. He supported Dutch coach of Moluccan descent, Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Together with Gio, he successfully led Besiktas to win the Turkish Super Cup 2024/2025.

In the two previous seasons, Jean-Paul, as head coach, was able to lead NAC Breda to promotion to the Eredivisie (Dutch top league) in the 2023/2024 season.

His experience in the Dutch League doesn't need to be doubted. Jean-Paul also once became an assistant coach for the Netherlands National Team legend, Ronald Koeman, at Feyenoord. When Koeman left, he continued to work with other Feyenoord coaches such as Jaap Stam, Fred Rutters, and also Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Feyenoord successfully led them to become Eredivisie champions (2016/2017), twice Dutch Cup champions, and twice Dutch Super Cup champions.

Now, with PSIM Jogja, a heavy task awaits him. Laskar Mataram is the champion of Liga 2 and will be promoted to Liga 1 next season.

PSIM must embark on an adventure in the top tier of Indonesian football in the 2025/2026 season since their last stint in 2007. However, the pride of Brajamusti seems to face a challenge as they will become travelers next season due to not being able to use the Stadion Mandala Krida, which does not meet the verification requirements.

Nevertheless, PSIM is reportedly going to use a stadium not far from Yogyakarta city, namely Maguwoharjo Stadium in Sleman, which is the home ground of PSS Sleman team.