RANS Nusantara

Cilegon United (2012–2020)

The club was founded in 2012 as Cilegon United Football Club in Cilegon, Banten. It won the 2013 Second Division and the 2014 First Division in consecutive seasons, and the resulting promotions took it to the second tier. Cilegon United remained at that level until its acquisition in 2021, although its 2015 and 2020 seasons were not completed. Kas Hartadi was head coach from 2014 to 2017.

RANS takeover and promotion (2021–22)

On 31 March 2021, Cilegon United was acquired by RANS Entertainment, a company owned by Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina, and Prestige Motorcars, a supercar dealership in North Jakarta, and renamed RANS Cilegon Football Club. RANS Cilegon began the 2021–22 Liga 2, then the second tier, on 28 September 2021 with a 3–1 defeat to Dewa United at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. They finished second in their first-round group, Group B, after a 3–0 win over PSKC Cimahi on 1 December, and topped Group X in the second round after a 0–0 draw with Sriwijaya on 22 December. Five days later, a 3–0 semi-final win over PSIM Yogyakarta secured promotion to Liga 1, then the top tier, but RANS Cilegon lost the final 2–1 to Persis Solo on 30 December and finished as runners-up. On 30 May 2022, at the 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress in Bandung, the club was renamed RANS Nusantara Football Club.

Liga 1 (2022–24)

In the 2022–23 Liga 1, RANS Nusantara finished bottom of the 18-team table with 19 points from 34 matches, having won three, drawn ten and lost 21. They avoided relegation because the Liga 2 season was halted after the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster: no club was promoted, and the league operator did not apply relegation that season.

In the 2023–24 season, RANS Nusantara finished 16th, with eight wins, 11 draws and 15 defeats, and were relegated to the Liga 2 after two seasons in the top tier. They did not win any of their last 18 matches.

Relegation and return to the Championship (2024–present)

In the 2024–25 Liga 2, RANS Nusantara finished bottom of the relegation round and were relegated to the third tier, Liga Nusantara, after one season in the second tier. The club moved its home base to Batu, East Java, ahead of the 2025–26 season.

In the 2025–26 Liga Nusantara, Kas Hartadi, on loan from PSMS Medan, where he was technical director, took over as head coach before the knockout stage. RANS Nusantara beat Persiba Bantul 2–1 in the semi-finals to secure promotion to the Championship. They won the title on 8 February 2026, beating Dejan 4–3 on penalties after the final at Sriwedari Stadium in Surakarta ended 2–2 after extra time. RANS Nusantara entered the 2026–27 Championship with Hartadi, who had also coached the club when it was Cilegon United, as head coach and Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency as its home ground.