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Modern era and recent history (1994–present)

In the 1994–95 season, Persib Bandung became the inaugural winners of the newly formed Liga Indonesia Premier Division by beating Petrokimia Putra 1–0 in the final. As champions of the Premier Division, Persib gained entry to the 1995 Asian Club Championship. They managed to reach the quarterfinals after beating Bangkok Bank and Pasay City. Their campaign ended when they failed to qualify out of their quarterfinal group, finishing last behind Ilhwa Chunwa, Thai Farmers Bank, and Júbilo Iwata. Along the way, Thohir received the AFC Coach of the Month award for September 1995. At the end of Persib's Asian campaign, Thohir resigned as head coach. The following two seasons saw Persib getting knocked out of the second stage of the Premier Division under the guidance of Risnandar Soendoro and Nandar Iskandar, while the 1997–98 was abandoned due to political unrest within the country. Throughout the subsequent seasons of the Premier Division, Persib saw mediocre performances with the club's best finish being a second round appearance in the 2001 season. The club narrowly escaped relegation when it won the relegation play-offs after finishing 16th in the 2003 season.

The club cycled through a number of coaches entering the Indonesia Super League era. Persib finished third under the guidance of Jaya Hartono in the 2008–09. However, he would resign towards the end of the following season due to fan pressure as Persib finished fourth.

In 2012, Persib hired former player Djadjang Nurdjaman as their new head coach. In his first season as Persib head coach, the club finished fourth.

In 2014, after 19 years without any major trophy, Persib managed to win the 2014 Indonesia Super League by beating Persipura Jayapura in the final on penalties. Ferdinand Sinaga also got the Best Player award for 2014.

Due to winning the 2014 Indonesia Super League, Persib was given a spot on 2015 AFC Champions League.

In their second preliminary round match, Persib lost against Hanoi T&T on Mỹ Đình National Stadium, sending them into the 2015 AFC Cup. In the competition, the club progressed through to the Round of 16 before getting knocked out by Kitchee SC.

On May 2015, the 2015 Indonesia Super League was officially discontinued by PSSI on 2 May 2015 due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against PSSI to run any football competition.

At the beginning of 2016 the club announced it had agreed to collaborate with Italian Serie A club Inter Milan including coaching courses for Persib's Djadjang Nurdjaman.

Persib Bandung started the 2017 season with "unusual way" in the affairs of signings. Label as an established team was shown the management of PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat to bring the two superstars at the same time, Michael Essien and Carlton Cole. The arrival of the two former Chelsea FC player completes a transfer list of players who have done Persib in late 2016, as Dedi Kusnandar, Supardi Nasir, Achmad Jufriyanto, Wildansyah, Imam Arief Fadillah, and Japanese attacking midfielder Shohei Matsunaga. That list does not include the planned Dutch-Indonesia descent midfielder Raphael Maitimo joined at the time of launching the team Persib on 2 April 2017. The club however went through a turbulent season which saw Nurdjaman resign from his role as head coach and the club finish the season 13th.

Ahead of the 2018 season, Persib announced that Hector Cuper's former assistant coach at Lanus, Valencia, and Inter Milan, Roberto Carlos Mario Gomez as Persib's new coach on a two-year deal. Meanwhile, Essien was replaced by Argentine striker Jonathan Bauman, due to exceeding foreign players quota. The club were on top of the league ahead of the Old Indonesia Derby with Persija Jakarta.

Persib recruited Miljan Radović as Gomez's replacement as the Argentine coach moved to Borneo F.C. However, pre-season results were not satisfactory and Radovic was replaced by Robert Alberts before the league started. This season was noted as the final one for Hariono who decided to left the club after 11 years with the club The final match of the season saw Persib won 5–2 against PSM and he was given honorary tribute by the club and fans. Persib ended 2019 Liga 1 in 6th position with 51 points.