Coach Bernardo Tavares - UEFA PRO License

22/12/2025

01/10/2025

Thank You Indonesia. Thank You Sulawesi, Makassar. Thank You PSM Makassar.

With great sadness, I announce my departure from PSM Makassar, the oldest club in Indonesia, with almost 110 years of history. The reason is the lack of salary payments, a situation I have faced throughout the 3 and a half years I was coach, but which has now become unsustainable.

Last season, I met with the management (Mr. Fajrin and Mr. Aksa), who assured me of financial stability and a strong project for 2025/26. I turned down other offers to continue, but the difficulties remained. It was very difficult to sign players due to the FIFA ban and the club’s bad reputation regarding payments, but even so, we managed to build a competitive team, today highly valued on Transfermarkt.

During this period, despite the limitations, we created a very strong bond between staff, players, and fans, which allowed us to overcome all obstacles. I leave now, during this FIFA break, so that the club has time to find a new coach before the match on October 19.

I thank Mr. Appi Munafri for signing me in 2022, the staff, the players who always showed loyalty and hard work, and above all the fans, the true heart of PSM Makassar.

Even with serious financial problems, losing key players every season, playing two years outside Sulawesi without a stadium in Makassar, together we achieved historic feats:

Indonesian League Champions 2022/23 (after 23 years)

ASEAN AFC Cup Finalists 2022/23

President’s Cup Quarter-Finals 2022

AFC Cup 2023/24 – 10 points in the group stage

ASEAN Club Championship Semi-Finals 2024/25

Over these 3 years, PSM Makassar was the Indonesian club with the best international performance, always playing outside Sulawesi. In addition, we managed to have the youngest squad in the league, promoting many players to Indonesia’s youth and senior national teams.

I leave with pain, but also with pride. PSM Makassar will always remain in my heart.



TERIMA KASIH

21/10/2024

Thanks to all the supporters who make the sacrifice of coming to the stadium to support our team. You're fantastic and can give our players extra energy on the pitch. We look forward to seeing you at the next game at Batakan Stadium on November 4th. Stay humble! We win together, we lose together!

11/09/2024

03/09/2024

We win together, we lose together! Nermin (Best 11 of the week and best Striker), Rizky (best assist of the week).
Congratulations PSM, players, coaches, staff and fans who supported us at the Batakan stadium.
Stay humble!
On September 11, we need the support of our fans at the stadium for the match against Persib (reigning champions).

27/08/2024

Congratulations to PSM, the players, the staff and especially the fans who supported our team at the stadium. Stay humble! I ask our fans to support us at the stadium on September 11 against Persib (current national champions). Your support is essential!

22/08/2024

1st match in the ASEAN CUP. Thanks to all the fans who supported our team at the stadium. We drew against a strong team with a much bigger budget than ours and players with a lot of international experience. We have a very young team and the support of our fans at the Batakan stadium is crucial. Come and support PSM on August 26th.

17/08/2024

Congratulations to all the PSM players and staff. We win together, we lose together! Stay humble! On August 21 we will play for the ASEAN CUP against BG Pathum United (the team that beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0 a month ago). We need the support of our fans at Batakan Stadium.

11/08/2024

Congratulations to all the players and all the staff of PSM. Thank you for the fantastic support of our supporters in the stadium. Stay humble!

18/06/2024

Football is much more than just a sport when you always try to do your best.
Yance Sayuri, a former player of ours, left for another club that offers him much better financial conditions and sent me this message:

"Coach, I want personal permission from the coach. If I plan to have my first child, I want to name him Tavares Sayuri
because I respect the coach.
because my coach can develop well, so I want to respect the coach by giving my child a name, coach has a name🙏

It's an honor for me too because I can give my first child the name of a coach who can make my name rise in the professional league❤️

Coach has been my parent at PSM for the past 2 years
Hopefully in the future we can work together again coach🙇🏻‍♂️

Surely my son will be proud of his name because he is the name of one of the coaches who can under PSM to win the Indonesian League"

Yance Sayuri i wish you all the best for you and your family

17/04/2024

We'd like to thank all the fans who have supported us at the stadium. We know the sacrifice you make to come to the stadium to support us. Yesterday we got a fantastic comeback and 3 points thanks to your support! Stay humble!