# 2015 Indonesia Super League

The 2015 Indonesia Super League, also known as QNB League for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008.
The season was planned to be started in February 2015. It was first officially announced that the 2015 Indonesia Super League would start on 1 February 2015, with verification process for the participants done in December 2014 but because of the reduction to participants to 18 teams, it was planned to start either on 21 or 22 February. After Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, Imam Nahrawi, postponed the start of the season because of legal verifications reasons, on 23 February 2015, it was agreed that this season would start on 4 April 2015. The revised schedule was planned to end on 23 November 2015.
Persib were the defending champions. Pusamania Borneo joined as the promoted teams from the 2014 Liga Indonesia Premier Division. They replaced Persepam Madura United, Persita, Persijap, Persiba Bantul, and Persik who were relegated to the 2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
The season would have some changes including the implementation of three different kick-off time for weekend matches, which are 15:30, 19:00 and 21:00. There would be also only two weekday matches scheduled.
This season 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.

## Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the 17 teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the Premier Division. The new teams this season were Pusamania Borneo and Persiwa, who replaced Persepam Madura United, Persita, Persijap, and Persiba Bantul.
Persiwa and Persik were excluded before the season for failing to comply with financial and infrastructure requirements.

### Name changes

* Putra Samarinda were renamed Bali United and relocated to Gianyar.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arema Cronus | Malang | Kanjuruhan | 42,449 |
| Bali United | Gianyar | Kapten I Wayan Dipta | 25,000 |
| Barito Putera | Banjarmasin | May 17th | 15,000 |
| Gresik United | Gresik | Petrokimia | 25,000 |
| Mitra Kukar | Tenggarong | Aji Imbut | 35,000 |
| Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | Sidoarjo | Gelora Delta | 35,000 |
| Persela | Lamongan | Surajaya | 14,000 |
| Perseru | Serui | Marora | 10,000 |
| Persib | Bandung | Si Jalak Harupat | 27,000 |
| Persiba | Balikpapan | Persiba | 12,500 |
| Persija | Jakarta | Gelora Bung Karno | 88,083 |
| Persipasi Bandung Raya | Bekasi | Patriot Candrabhaga | 30,000 |
| Persipura | Jayapura | Mandala | 30,000 |
| Persiram | Sleman | Maguwoharjo | 31,700 |
| PSM | Makassar | Andi Mattalata | 15,000 |
| Pusamania Borneo | Samarinda | Segiri | 16,000 |
| Semen Padang | Padang | Haji Agus Salim | 15,000 |
| Sriwijaya | Palembang | Gelora Sriwijaya | 23,000 |
Notes:
* ↑ Persiram would be played their first half of the season home matches at the Maguwoharjo because their new stadium was still under construction.

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front sponsor(s) |
| Arema Cronus | Suharno | Victor Igbonefo | Specs | Anker Sport, Ijen Suites |
| Bali United | Indra Sjafri | Yoo Jae-hoon | Made by club | Indofood, Corsa, Achilles |
| Barito Putera | Salahudin | Muhammad Roby | Vision of Superior | Hasnur Group |
| Gresik United | Liestiadi | Bima Sakti | Made by club | Phonska |
| Mitra Kukar | Vacant | Zulkifli Syukur | Joma | Petrona |
| Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | Ibnu Grahan | Yandri Pitoy | Mitre | Avian Brands |
| Persela | Iwan Setiawan | Choirul Huda | Diadora | |
| Perseru | Agus Setyono | Arthur Bonai | Injers | Bank Papua |
| Persib | Djadjang Nurdjaman | Atep | League | Datsun, Kantor Pos, Indofood |
| Persiba | Edi Simon | Antônio Teles | Eureka | Bankaltim, Philips |
| Persija | Rahmad Darmawan | Bambang Pamungkas | League | NET. |
| Persipasi Bandung Raya | Dejan Antonić | Deniss Romanovs | MBB | |
| Persipura | Osvaldo Lessa | Boaz Solossa | Specs | Freeport Indonesia |
| Persiram | Eduard Tjong | Mbida Messi | Made by club | |
| PSM | Hans-Peter Schaller | Ponaryo Astaman | Nike | Semen Bosowa |
| Pusamania Borneo | Arcan Iurie | Hamka Hamzah | Salvo | Bankaltim, Nahusam Pratama Indonesia |
| Semen Padang | Nil Maizar | Hengky Ardiles | Mizuno | Semen Indonesia |
| Sriwijaya | Benny Dollo | Titus Bonai | Joma | Bank Sumsel Babel, Bukit Asam |

### Coaching changes

* Indicate the positions in the relegation zone.
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Week | Table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| Gresik United | Alfredo Vera | Resigned | September 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Liestiadi | 29 November 2014 |
| Sriwijaya | Subangkit | Sacked | September 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Benny Dollo | 1 October 2014 |
| Persiba | Liestiadi | Resigned | September 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Edi Simon | 4 December 2014 |
| Persija | Benny Dollo | Signed by Sriwijaya | 1 October 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Rahmad Darmawan | 27 November 2014 |
| Persela | Eduard Tjong | Resigned | 2 November 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Iwan Setiawan | 4 February 2015 |
| Mitra Kukar | Stefan Hansson | End of contract | 12 November 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Scott Cooper | 11 December 2014 |
| Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | Rahmad Darmawan | Sacked | 12 November 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Ibnu Grahan | 25 December 2014 |
| Persipura | Jacksen F. Tiago | Signed by Penang | 15 November 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Osvaldo Lessa | 5 January 2015 |
| Pusamania Borneo | Iwan Setiawan | Sacked | 4 December 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Arcan Iurie | 7 December 2014 |
| Bali United | Nil Maizar | Mutual consent | 18 December 2014 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Indra Sjafri | 18 December 2014 |
| PSM | Assegaf Razak | Mutual consent | 8 January 2015 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Alfred Riedl | 8 January 2015 |
| Semen Padang | Jafri Sastra | Sacked | 22 January 2015 | Pre-season | Pre-season | Nil Maizar | 25 January 2015 |
| PSM | Alfred Riedl | Resigned | 10 April 2015 | 3 | 4 | Hans-Peter Schaller | 10 April 2015 |
| Mitra Kukar | Scott Cooper | Resigned | 19 April 2015 | 3 | 16 | | |

## Foreign players

Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to three per team. A team can use all three foreign players at once.
* Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
* Former Player(s) were players that out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| Arema Cronus | Fabiano Beltrame | Sengbah Kennedy | Yao Rudy Abblode |
| Bali United | Cristian Febre | Yoo Jae-hoon | |
| Barito Putera | Andrezinho | Alekos Alekou | Igor Radusinović |
| Gresik United | Herman Dzumafo | Shohei Matsunaga | Saša Zečević |
| Mitra Kukar | Cristian Portilla | Jorge Gotor | Roy O'Donovan |
| Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | Otávio Dutra | Émile Mbamba | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| Persela | David Pagbe | Balša Božović | Pedro Velázquez |
| Perseru | Osas Saha | Ali Khaddafi | Djaledjete Bedalbe |
| Persib | Makan Konaté | Ilija Spasojević | Vladimir Vujović |
| Persiba | Antônio Teles | Ansu Toure | Roman Golian |
| Persija | Alan Aciar | Rohit Chand | Evgeni Kabaev |
| Persipasi Bandung Raya | Gaston Castaño | Deniss Romanovs | Boban Nikolić |
| Persipura | Robertino Pugliara | Lanciné Koné | Lim Joon-sik |
| Persiram | Mbida Messi | Thierry Gathuessi | James Lomell |
| PSM | Boman Aimé | Nemanja Vučićević | |
| Pusamania Borneo | Martin Kovachev | Erick Weeks | Srđan Lopičić |
| Semen Padang | Esteban Vizcarra | Yoo Hyun-goo | Goran Gančev |
| Sriwijaya | Goran Ljubojević | Abdoulaye Maïga | Morimakan Koïta |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Gresik United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 2 | Persipura | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 3 | Persib | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 4 | PSM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| 5 | Arema Cronus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | Perseru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 7 | Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 8 | Barito Putera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sriwijaya | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Persela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| 11 | Persija | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 |
| 12 | Semen Padang | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| 13 | Pusamania Borneo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| 14 | Persiram | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| 15 | Persipasi Bandung Raya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 16 | Mitra Kukar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
| 17 | Bali United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
| 18 | Persiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | BLU | BPT | GRU | MKU | BHA | PSL | PSR | PSB | PBA | PSJ | PBR | PPR | RAM | PSM | PBO | SPD | SRI |
| Arema Cronus | — | | 1–0 | | | | | | | | 4–4 | | | | | | | |
| Bali United | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barito Putera | | | — | 0–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gresik United | | | | — | 3–2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| Mitra Kukar | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | | | | | 1–0 | — | | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Persela | | | 0–2 | | | | — | | | | 1–0 | | | | | | | |
| Perseru | | 2–1 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Persib | | | | | | | | | — | | | 3–0 | | | | | 1–0 | |
| Persiba | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Persija | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | |
| Persipasi Bandung Raya | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | |
| Persipura | | 5–2 | | | | | | | | | | | — | 2–0 | | | | |
| Persiram | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | |
| PSM | | | | | | | | | | 4–0 | | | | | — | | | 3–3 |
| Pusamania Borneo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
| Semen Padang | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | |
| Sriwijaya | | | | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | | | | 2–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Fabiano Beltrame | Arema Cronus | 3 |
| 1 | Lerby Eliandry | Bali United | 3 |
| 1 | Bambang Pamungkas | Persija | 3 |
| 1 | Goran Ljubojević | Sriwijaya | 3 |
| 5 | Yusuf Effendi | Gresik United | 2 |
| 5 | Osas Saha | Perseru | 2 |
| 5 | Yohanes Pahabol | Persipura | 2 |
| 5 | Zulham Zamrun | Persipura | 2 |
| 5 | Syamsul Chaeruddin | PSM | 2 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Bambang Pamungkas | Persija | Arema Cronus | 4–4 (A) | 4 April 2015 |

### Discipline

* Most yellow card(s): 2
** Fabiano Beltrame (Arema Cronus)
** Jajang Mulyana (Mitra Kukar)
** Firly Apriansyah (Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara))
** Boban Nikolić (Persipasi Bandung Raya)
** Sa Anun Al Qadry (Persiram)
** Saepulloh Maulana (Semen Padang)
* Most red card(s): 1
** Johan Alfarizi (Arema Cronus)
** Saša Zečević (Gresik United)
** Jajang Mulyana (Mitra Kukar)
** Valentino Telaubun (Persiba)

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | PSM | 38,322 | 22,573 | 15,749 | 19,161 | +3,627.8%$^†$ |
| 2 | Persib | 34,935 | 26,193 | 8,742 | 17,468 | −9.6%$^†$ |
| 3 | Arema Cronus | 26,770 | 22,619 | 4,151 | 13,385 | −29.1%$^†$ |
| 4 | Gresik United | 23,400 | 13,300 | 10,100 | 11,700 | +89.6%$^†$ |
| 5 | Persipura | 22,271 | 21,136 | 1,135 | 11,136 | +78.8%$^†$ |
| 6 | Barito Putera | 10,513 | 10,513 | 10,513 | 10,513 | +69.1%$^†$ |
| 7 | Sriwijaya | 19,664 | 10,207 | 9,457 | 9,832 | +0.7%$^†$ |
| 8 | Persela | 18,735 | 9,500 | 9,235 | 9,368 | −2.1%$^†$ |
| 9 | Perseru | 11,584 | 6,237 | 5,347 | 5,792 | +303.9%$^†$ |
| 10 | Persebaya ISL (Bhayangkara) | 3,954 | 2,278 | 1,676 | 1,977 | −49.8%$^†$ |
| 11 | Bali United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Mitra Kukar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Persiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Persija | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 15 | Persipasi Bandung Raya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 16 | Persiram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 17 | Pusamania Borneo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 18 | Semen Padang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 210,148 | 26,193 | 1,135 | 11,060 | +41.4%$^†$ |
Source: QNB League Notes: $^†$ Teams played previous season in Premier Division.