The club was established in 2012 as
Cilegon United. They won
Second Division and
First Division in just two years making it a notable occasion in the club's history. On 31 March 2021, the club were acquired by
RANS Entertainment and Prestige Motorcars. They were renamed to
RANS Cilegon FC. RANS is a company owned by
Raffi Ahmad and
Nagita Slavina, while Prestige is a supercar dealer from
North Jakarta. On 28 September 2021, RANS Cilegon made their
Liga 2 debut in a 3–1 loss to
Dewa United at the
Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. A week later, they had their second match in a 2–1 win against
Persekat Tegal. On 1 December 2021, they closed the match in the group stage of the
2021–22 Liga 2 in a 3–0 win against
PSKC Cimahi and with this result, they qualified for the second round as runners-up of Group B. On 22 December 2021, they qualified for the semi-finals of the 2021–22 Liga 2 as Group X winners after a 0–0 draw over
Sriwijaya. Satisfactory results occurred in the semi-final match five days later, when they qualified for the final and won promotion to
Liga 1 next season after a 3–0 win over
PSIM Yogyakarta. but in the final match on 30 December 2021, they suffered a 2–1 defeat to
Persis Solo and eventually became the league's runners-up. On 30 May 2022, during the 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress, the club changed their name to
RANS Nusantara FC. This was part of club chairman Raffi's desire to have his club be supported by fans from all corners of Indonesia. In their first season in Liga 1, RANS Nusantara finished at bottom 18th, but were spare from relegation due to the
Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster. The next season in the
2023–24 season , despite a promising start until the mid season by constantly stays in the top 4, RANS Nusantara were eventually relegated to the
Liga 2 after finished in 16th place, ending their two-years tenure in the top division. In the
2024–25 Liga 2 season, RANS Nusantara were relegated again, this time to
Liga Nusantara after finishing at the bottom of the Relegation Round, lasted only one-year tenure in the second division. This also marks back-to-back relegations for RANS Nusantara, following their relegation from the Liga 1 at the previous season. In the
2025–26 Liga Nusantara season, RANS Nusantara were promoted to the
Championship after beating
Persiba Bantul 2–1 in the semi-finals, later they became champions after beating
Dejan 4–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in the final. ==Coaching staff==