Perserikatan

Perserikatan is a term commonly refers to national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 to 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia,^[1] organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indonesia and was divided into several levels.

In English, the term Perserikatan may literally translated to inter-association football championship as this competition involved all regional-level football associations in Indonesia.

Since 1970, in parallel, another national football league namely Galatama (The Premier League), was established for semi professional football clubs. Therefore, prior to 1994, when both Perserikatan and Galatama were merged into a new system called Liga Indonesia, both competitions existed in parallel.

History

The competition was started on April 19, 1930. Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discuss about the future championship on the Netherlands territory. They met at Societeit Hadiprojo, Yogyakarta.

After the meeting, it was agreed that these clubs would found Persatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia, the parent organization for the teams.

Before Perserikatan was held, the official nationwide football tournament was held by the Nederlands Indische Voetbal Bond, a football association consisting only Dutch people only. The tournament was Netherlands East Indies Inter-City Championship, which started on 1914.

In 1994, after held for approximately 60 seasons, it was merged with Galatama to form new league, that fully professional, the Liga Indonesia.

List of Perserikatan Champions

Source:^[2][3]

1931: VIJ Jakarta 1932: PSIM Yogyakarta 1933: VIJ Jakarta 1934: VIJ Jakarta 1935: Persis Solo 1936: Persis Solo 1937: Persib Bandung 1938: VIJ Jakarta 1939: Persis Solo 1940: Persis Solo

1941: Persis Solo 1942: Persis Solo 1943: Persis Solo 1944–50: Not held 1951: Persebaya Surabaya 1952: Persebaya Surabaya 1953: Not held 1954: Persija Jakarta 1955–56: Not held 1956–57: PSM Makassar

1957–59: PSM Makassar 1959–61: Persib Bandung 1962–63: Not held 1964: Persija Jakarta 1964–65: PSM Makassar 1965–66: PSM Makassar 1966–67: PSMS Medan 1968: Not held 1969–71: PSMS Medan 1971–73: Persija Jakarta

1973–75: Persija Jakarta & PSMS Medan (Shared) 1975–78: Persebaya Surabaya 1978–79: Persija Jakarta 1980: Persiraja Banda Aceh 1981–82: Not held 1983: PSMS Medan 1984: Not held 1985: PSMS Medan 1986: Persib Bandung

1986–87: PSIS Semarang 1987–88: Persebaya Surabaya 1988–89: Not held 1989–90: Persib Bandung 1990–91: Not held 1991–92: PSM Makassar 1992–93: Not held 1993–94: Persib Bandung

External links

• (Indonesian) Official website of Liga Indonesia
• (Indonesian) Official website of PSSI
• (Indonesian) List of Indonesian Football Champions

References

1. (Indonesian) Sejarah Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia (PSSI)
2. List of Perserikatan champions in RSSSF
3. "P.S.S.I. (inlandsche) Stedenwedstrijden 1930-1950". Retrieved 11 October 2014.