Indonesian football league system

Indonesian football league system
Country	Indonesia
Confederation	AFC
Founded	1994
Divisions	Indonesia Super League Liga Indonesia Premier Division Liga Nusantara
Level on pyramid	1–3
Domestic cup(s)	Piala Indonesia
Current champions	Persib Bandung (2014)
Most championships	Persipura Jayapura (4 titles)
TV partners	RCTI Global TV MNCTV Kompas TV K-vision BeritaSatu Sports RTM (Malaysia)
Website	www.ligaindonesia.co.id

The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top-flight football leagues merger: Perserikatan (amateur) and Galatama (semi professional). Liga Indonesia is managed by PSSI, the Indonesian national football federation.

There are 5 levels of competition in the hierarchy. The top three in the hierarchy are professional and semi-professional competitions, whereas the rest are amateur.^[1]

History

From 1914 to 1930, Indonesia featured an amateur national football league organized by the Nederlandsch Indische Voetbal Bond (NIVB), called the Dutch East Indies City Championship (DEI Championship).

Beginning in 1931, the Perserikatan was founded as a separate amateur national football league system consisting of several levels of competition. It was the first Indonesian football league competition organized by PSSI. From 1932 to 1950, the DEI Championship competition ran in conjunction with the Perserikatan as a competition for the Dutch and other European players, while the Tiong Hoa Championship was held for players of Chinese descent.

Level	League/Division
1	Perserikatan

In 1979/80, a semi-professional league was founded, namely Galatama (English: The Premier League), which consisted of only one level of competition (except 1983 and 1990 in which it involved 2 divisions). Therefore, since 1979, both Galatama and Perserikatan were existed and had their own league systems.

Level	League/Division
1	Perserikatan	Galatama
2	Perserikatan First Division (since 1978)	Galatama First Division (just played in 1980, 1983 & 1990)
3	Perserikatan Second Division (since 1987)

In 1994, PSSI merged both competitions into a new competition system, namely the Liga Indonesia. All clubs from both top level leagues were merged into the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the new system's top-flight league. Furthermore, since Galatama did not have lower-level leagues, Liga Indonesia's lower leagues took all clubs from the same level in Perserikatan.

Level	League/Division
1	Liga Indonesia Premier Division
2	Liga Indonesia First Division
3	Liga Indonesia Second Division
4	Liga Indonesia Third Division (since 2005)

In 2008, PSSI created a new level, the Indonesia Super League (ISL), as the system's new top-flight league. Hence, the Premier Division was then relegated to the second and so on. This new league was created to introduce full professionalism in Indonesian football.

In parallel with this league, U-21 teams from each participating ISL clubs compete in the ISL U-21.

Level	League/Division
1	Indonesia Super League
2	Liga Indonesia Premier Division
3	Liga Indonesia First Division
4	Liga Indonesia Second Division
5	Liga Indonesia Third Division

In 2011, PSSI replaced the ISL with the Indonesian Premier League (IPL).

Level	League/Division
1	Indonesian Premier League
2	Liga Indonesia Premier Division
3	Liga Indonesia First Division
4	Liga Indonesia Second Division
5	Liga Indonesia Third Division

After the extraordinary congress on 17 March 2013, Premier League and Super League are in PSSI supervision prior to incorporation in 2014 under the name of Indonesia Super League. Before that the two leagues still running, respectively.

Level	League/Division
1	Indonesia Super League	Indonesian Premier League
2	Liga Indonesia Premier Division (LPIS)	Liga Indonesia Premier Division (LI)
3	Liga Indonesia First Division
4	Liga Indonesia Second Division
5	Liga Indonesia Third Division

In 2014, PSSI divided into four level leagues competition include Super League, Premier Division, First Division and Amateur League/Province League called Liga Nusantara.

Level	League/Division
1	Indonesia Super League
2	Liga Indonesia Premier Division
3	Liga Indonesia First Division
4	Liga Nusantara

Started in 2015 league planned just divided into three level leagues competition include Super League, Premier Division and Liga Nusantara, after first division mergered with liga nusantara.

Level	League/Division
1	Indonesia Super League
2	Liga Indonesia Premier Division
3	Liga Nusantara

Competition format

From the 1994-1995 to 2004-2005 season, Liga Indonesia's structure changed almost every year. For some seasons, there were two divisions within the top flight; for others, there were three. The number of clubs in the top flight wavered from 18-28, and seasons would last from 34-38 games. The top four clubs in each division qualified for a group stage "Final Eight Championship Playoff." Winners of the group faced off for the championship.

During the 2004-2005 season, 18 clubs comprised the Indonesian top flight. A season lasted 34 games, in which each club played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The three teams at the bottom of the table are relegated into Division Satu, the second level of the Indonesian league system, while the three teams of Division Satu that won promotion replace them. The top two finishers in the league qualify for the AFC Champions League.

Starting with the 2003-2004 season, the championship was decided a double round-robin league system involving the top clubs of each division. Beginning with the 2005-2006 season, 28 clubs will comprise Liga Indonesia. Clubs compete in two divisions of 14 clubs each. Each club plays against each other on a home-and-away basis.

The league's popularity has grown so much that the 2006-2007 season will see another big expansion of the league from 28 to 36 clubs with both divisions comprising 18 clubs each.

In 2008, 18 top ranked clubs in the previous Premier Division were 'promoted' to a new highest level of competition, the Indonesia Super League, and the rest stayed in the same division. The PSSI examined those 18 clubs for their readiness to join the ISL, considering many aspects, like the stadium, financial condition and other requirements for full professional football clubs.^[2]

Promotion and relegation rules for the top few levels

Super League (level 1, 2 groups, 22 teams): The Bottom two teams in each group are relegated.
Premier Division (level 2, 66 teams): The champions and runner-up are promoted.
First Division (level 3): The Champions and other best eight team are promoted, then worse twelve team are relegated.
Second Division (level 4): The Champions and other best twelve team are promoted, then worse sixteen team are relegated.
Third Division (level 5): The Champions and other best sixteen team are promoted.

Cup eligibility

Being members of a league at a particular level also affects eligibility for Cup, or single-elimination, competitions.

Piala Indonesia: Levels 1 and 2; with details 22 clubs Level 1, 66 clubs Level 2.

2013 system

Level	League/Division
1	Super League 18 clubs					Premier League 16 clubs
2	Premier Division (LI) Group 1 6 clubs	Premier Division (LI) Group 2 9 clubs	Premier Division (LI) Group 3 8 clubs	Premier Division (LI) Group 4 8 clubs	Premier Division (LI) Group 5 7 clubs	Premier Division (LPIS) Group I 11 clubs	Premier Division (LPIS) Group II 11 clubs
3	First Division First Round: 12 Groups - 77 teams Second Round: 4 Groups - 24 teams Third Round: 2 Groups - 8 teams Knockout Round 2 teams
4	Second Division First Round: 12 Groups - 73 teams Second Round 6 groups - 24 teams Third Round 2 groups - 12 teams Knockout Round 4 teams
5	Third Division First Round: 33 Groups, teams divided into each province Second Round: up to 18 groups Third Round: 8 groups Fourth Round: 4 groups

Planned system

This is the concept of competition that was decided in the PSSI Ordinary Congress on 17 June 2013. This concept will be at the start in the 2014 season. Two amateur competitions are second division and third division will be merged become new amateur league Liga Nusantara and the league is divided into 33 provinces. Champions and some best clubs from each province to qualify for the national championship as well as the play-offs for promotion to the premier division. Since 2015 first division will be merged with Liga Nusantara.

For 2014 season

Level	League/Division
1	Super League 22 clubs
2	Premier Division 63 clubs
3	First Division
3	Liga Nusantara (merger between Second and Third Division)

For the 2015 season onwards

Level	League/Division
1	Super League 18 clubs
2	Premier Division 54 clubs
3	Liga Nusantara (divided to 33 province league) (one to three of the best teams in each province advanced to the qualifying round) (32 best clubs qualify for Piala Nusantara)

Cup competitions

Top-tier league champions

Main article: List of Indonesian football champions

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Persipura Jayapura	4	3	2005, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2013
Persebaya Surabaya	2	1	1996-97, 2004
Persib Bandung	2	0	1994-95, 2014
Persik Kediri	2	0	2003, 2006
Sriwijaya FC	2	0	2007, 2011-12
PSM Makassar	1	4	1999-00
Arema Indonesia	1	2	2009-10
Bandung Raya	1	1	1995-96
Persija Jakarta	1	1	2001
Petrokimia Putra	1	1	2002
PSIS Semarang	1	1	1998-99
Semen Padang	1	0	2011-12

Footnotes

↑ (Indonesian) Sejarah Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia (PSSI)
↑ (Indonesian) New Super League key to success in Indonesia

External links

(Indonesian) Official website of PSSI
(Indonesian) Liga Indonesia News

Indonesian club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1914–present

DEI Championship 1914–1915 Koloniale-Tentoonstellings-Beker since 1914 Monod-Beker since 1916 De Vries-Beker since 1918 Gouden Kampioens-Medaille since 1921 N.I.V.U.-Schild since 1936 Fa. A. Gaos-Beker since 1948	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ ~~1943~~ ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ ~~1946~~ 1947 1948 1949 1950

V.B.O. Championship 1934	1934

C.K.T.H Championship 1917–1950 H.N.V.B. Championship since 1930	1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ ~~1943~~ ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ ~~1946~~ ~~1947~~ 1948 1949 1950

Perserikatan 1930–1994 Java Championship until 1930 PSSI National Championship since 1978 PSSI Premier Division since 1980	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ ~~1946~~ ~~1947~~ ~~1948~~ ~~1949~~ 1950 1951 1952 ~~1953~~ 1954 ~~1955-56~~ 1957-59 1959-61 ~~1962-63~~ 1964 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 ~~1968~~ 1969-71 1971-73 1973-75 1975-78 1978-79 1980 ~~1981-82~~ 1983 ~~1984~~ 1985 1986 1986-87 1987-88 ~~1988-89~~ 1989-90 ~~1990-91~~ 1991-92 ~~1992-93~~ 1993-94

Galatama 1979–1994	1979-80 1980-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984 1985 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1990 1990-92 1992-93 1993-94

Premier Division 1994–2008	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007-08

Premier League 2011–2013	2011-12 2013

Super League 2008–present	2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2013 2014 2015 2016

List of champions Liga Primer Indonesia

Second-tier club football seasons, 1979–present

Perserikatan Division 1 1979–1993	1978-79 1980 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989-90 1991-92 1993

Galatama Division 1 1980, 1983 & 1990	1980 1983 1990

First Division 1995–2008	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Premier Division 2008–present	2008–09 2009–10 2010-11 2011-12 LPIS LI 2013 LPIS LI 2014

Third-tier club football seasons, 1987–present

Perserikatan Division 2 1987–1994	1987 1989-90 1991-92 1994

Second Division 1995–2008	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

First Division 2008–2014	2008 2009–10 2010-11 2011-12 2012 2013 2014

Liga Nusantara since 2015	2015

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2005–2014

Third Division 2005–2008	2005 2006 2007

Second Division 2008–2013	2008 2009–10 2010-11 2012 LPIS BLAI 2013

Liga Nusantara 2014	2014

No national fourth tier starting 2015

Fifth-tier club football seasons, 2008–2013

Third Division 2008–2013	2008 2009–10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013

No national fifth tier starting 2014

Super Cup seasons, 1972–present

Piala Soeharto 1972-1976	1972 1974 1976

Premier's Cup 1985–1992 National Invitation until 1985	1985 1989-90 1992

Community Shield 2009–present	2009 2010 2013

Inter Island Cup

Piala Indonesia seasons, 2005–present

Piala Indonesia 2005–present Copa Indonesia until 2009	2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2012 2014

League Cup seasons, 1985–1994

Piala Liga 1985–1989	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Piala Galatama 1992–1994	1992 1994

Football clubs in Indonesia, 2013

Indonesia Super League

Indonesian Premier League

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

PT. LI	Deltras Sidoarjo Madiun Putra Mojokerto Putra Persbul Buol Perseba Super Persebaya Surabaya Persebo Bondowoso Perseka Kaimana Persekam Metro Perseru Serui Perseta Tulungagung Persewangi Banyuwangi Persid Jember Persigo Gorontalo Persih Tembilahan Persik Kediri Persikabo Bogor Persikad Depok Persiku Kudus Persip Pekalongan Persipas Paser Persipur Purwodadi Persis Solo Persisko Bangko Persitara North Jakarta Persitema Temanggung Perssin Sinjai PPSM Sakti Magelang PSAP Sigli PS Bangka PS Bengkulu PSBK Blitar PSBS Biak Numfor PSCS Cilacap PSIS Semarang PSIM Yogyakarta PSMS Medan Sumbawa Barat Yahukimo FC

PT. LPIS	Lampung FC Medan Jaya Persekap Pasuruan Persemalra Langgur Persenga Nganjuk Persewon Wondama Persibangga Purbalingga Persifa Fak-fak Persika Karawang Persikab Bandung Persipasi Bekasi Persipon Pontianak Persires Bali Devata Persis Solo Persitara North Jakarta PPSM Kartika Nusantara PSBI Blitar PSBL Langsa PSIS Semarang PSMS Medan PSS Sleman PSSB Bireuen

Liga Indonesia First Division

Former clubs

Arseto Solo
Assyabaab SGS
Bali Persegi FC
Bandung Raya
BBSA Tama
BPD Jateng
Buana Putra
Cahaya Kita
Gelora Dewata
- to be Deltras F.C.
Harimau Tapanuli
Indocement
Indonesia Muda
Jaka Utama
Jayakarta
Niac Mitra
- to be Mitra Kukar
Perkesa '78
Persibom Bolaang Mongondow
Persikubar West Kutai
Persiter Ternate
Persma Manado
Persmin Minahasa
Petrokimia Putra
- mergered with Persegres Gresik, to be Gresik United
PSAB Aceh Besar
PSGL Gayo Luwes
Sari Bumi Raya
Tidar Sakti
Tunas Inti
Warna Agung

Football in Indonesia

National teams

Club competitions

Leagues	Super League Premier Division Nusantara League

Cups	Indonesian Cup Community Shield

Tournaments	Inter Island Cup

Defunct	Leagues First Division Second Division Third Division Premier League Galatama Perserikatan DEI Championship Liga Indonesia U-23 Cups Galatama Cup Indonesia League Cup Tournament LPI Pre-season

Int'l tournaments

Youth competitions

Women's competitions

Pertiwi Cup

Futsal competitions

Indonesian Futsal League
- Super League
- Premier Division

Indonesian clubs in Asian football

Indonesia Super League

2015 clubs	Arema Cronus Bali United Barito Putera Gresik United Mitra Kukar PBR Persib Persija Persebaya Persela Perseru Persiba Persipura Persiram Pusamania Borneo PSM Semen Padang Sriwijaya

Former Clubs	Persiraja PSAP PSMS PSPS Persita Persitara PSIS Persijap Persiba Persik Persema Persibo Persepam Deltras Bontang Persidafon Persiwa

Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013 2014 2015

Indonesian Premier League

Clubs

2013	Arema Indonesia Persebaya 1927 Persema Malang Persiba Bantul Persibo Bojonegoro Persija Jakarta Persijap Jepara Persiraja Banda Aceh Persepar Palangkaraya Perseman Manokwari Pro Titan FC PSLS Lhokseumawe PSIR Rembang PSM Makassar Semen Padang FC

Former	PSMS Medan

Seasons

2011–12
2013

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

2013 clubs

Group 1	Medina Medan Jaya FC PS Siak Persitara North Jakarta PSBL Bandar Lampung PSBL Langsa PSSA Asahan PSP Padang PSSB Bireuen PSMS Medan

Group 2	Persikab Bandung Persipasi Bekasi Persis Solo PPSM Magelang Persibangga Purbalingga Persika Karawang Persikubar Kutai Barat PSIS Semarang PSS Sleman

Group 3	Persipon Pontianak Persenga Nganjuk Persekap Pasuruan PSBI Blitar Persipro Probolinggo Bali Devata FC Persemalra Langgur Persewon Wondama Persifa Fak-fak

Former clubs

Seasons

Finals

1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2005
2006
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
- LI
- LPIS
2013
- LI
- LPIS

Indonesian football league seasons

Super League	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013 2014 2015

Premier Division	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010-11 2011-12 LPIS LI 2013 LPIS LI 2014 2015

Nusantara League	2014 2015

Defunct leagues

Premier League	2011–12 2013

First Division	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009–10 2010-11 2012 2012 2013 2014

Second Division	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009–10 2010-11 2012 LPIS BLAI 2013

Third Division	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009–10 2010–11 2011-12 2011–13 2013

Defunct breakaway league: Liga Primer Indonesia

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