# 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Djarum Indonesia for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as well as its final season as the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams. The season began on 10 February 2007 and the last games played on 10 February 2008. and Sriwijaya F.C. won the championship.

## Teams
### Promoted from First Division

* Persebaya
* Persis
* Persma
* PSSB
* Pelita Jaya
* Persiraja
* Perseman
* Persikabo

### Stadiums and locations
## Foreign players
### West

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
| Pelita Jaya | Vagner Luís | Cristiano Lopes | Ivan Jerković | Boubacar Keita | Lamin Conteh |
| Persela | Maximiliano Vallejo | Márcio Souza | Uilian Souza | | |
| Persema | Cauê Benicio | Cristian Olivares | Alseny Diawara | Alfredo Reyes | Hector Velzoves |
| Persib | Bekamenga | Nyeck Nyobe | Redouane Barkaoui | Lorenzo Cabanas | Leontin Chițescu |
| Persija | João Bosco | Herman Abanda | Olinga Atangana | Javier Roca | Evgheni Hmaruc |
| Persik | Danilo Fernando | Fallah Johnson | Peter Lipede | Cristian Gonzáles | Ronald Fagundez |
| Persikabo | Cristiano Miranda Barbosa | Seme Pattrick | Luis Hicks | Chiemela Worgu | |
| Persikota | Epalla Jordan | Essa Basile | Esteban Guillén | | |
| Persiraja | Fernando Pages | Antônio Teles | Claudionor | Robson | Roberto Kwateh |
| Persita | Andela Atangana | Ernest Siangkam | Esaiah Benson | Stephen Mennoh | |
| Persitara | Ngako Gabriel | Jorge Toledo | | | |
| PSDS | Guy Hervé | Christian Riffo | Denis Antonio | Edgar Anasco | |
| PSIS | Joao Carlos | Julio Lopez | Zoubairou | Fofee Kamara | |
| PSMS | Mbom Julien | Francois Mpessa | James Lomell | Murphy Nagbe | |
| PSS | Gastón Castaño | Anderson Silva | Mamadou Niane | George Oyedepo | |
| PSSB | Charles Mani | N Djento Christian | Noah Romuald | | |
| Semen Padang | Abdoulaye Djibril | Gbeneme Friday | Patricio Acevedo | Alcidio Fleitas | |
| Sriwijaya | Carlos Renato | Christian Lenglolo | Zah Rahan | Anoure Obiora | Keith Gumbs |

### East

| club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
| Arema | Bruno Casimir | Emalue Serge | Patricio Morales | Gerard Guy | |
| Deltras | Claudio Pronetto | Sebastian Velazquez | Christian René | Saša Branežac | |
| Persebaya | Raymond Nsangue | Pablo Rojas | Anthony Ballah | | |
| Persegi Gianyar | Fernando Andrade | Marcus Vinicius | Christian Kono | Didier Belibi | Marc Orland Etogou |
| Persekabpas | Francisco Rotunno | Alexander Robinson | Ekene Ikenwa | Mohamed Coker Jr | |
| Perseman | Reginaldo | Charles Uchenna | Rodrigo Mendoza | | |
| Persiba | Adrian Trinidad | Robert Gaspar | Liu | Ryan Townsend | |
| Persibom | Rodrigo Araya | Antônio Cláudio | Kingsley Chioma | Arnaldo Villalba | Pedro Velázquez |
| Persijap | Amarildo | Evaldo Silva | Leandro Braga | Paitoon Tiepma | |
| Persipura | Beto | David da Rocha | Bio Paulin | Ernest Jeremiah | Victor Igbonefo |
| Persis Solo | Fabrício Bastos | Ferreira da Costa | Wilson | | |
| Persiter | Fabricio Pereira | Julio Ferreira | Wilson Ferreira Carvalho | Joseph Amoah | |
| Persiwa | O.K. John | Boakay Foday | Sunday Seah | | |
| Persma Manado | Jardel Santana | Joel Kamsi | Nyom Aloys | Yetna Felix | |
| Persmin | Fabiano Beltrame | Engelbert Romaric Asse-Etoga | Osvaldo Moreno | | |
| PKT Bontang | Ricardo Silva | Vitor | Fodé Camara | Josiah Seton | |
| PSM | Aldo Barreto | Ali Khaddafi | Nomo Teh Marco | | |

## First stage
### West Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sriwijaya F.C. (C) | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 66 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 2 | Persija | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 61 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 3 | PSMS | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 58 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 4 | Persik | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 56 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 5 | Persib | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 6 | Persela | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 54 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 7 | Persitara | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 8 | Pelita Jaya | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 9 | Persita | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 50 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 10 | PSIS | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 11 | Persikabo | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 48 | |
| 12 | PSS | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 46 | |
| 13 | Persema | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 45 | |
| 14 | PSDS | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 44 | |
| 15 | Persikota | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 30 | |
| 16 | Semen Padang | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 27 | |
| 17 | Persiraja | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 26 | |
| 18 | PSSB | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 24 | |
* ↑ PSIS Semarang were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.

### East Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Persipura | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 64 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 2 | Persiwa | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 59 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 3 | Deltras | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 59 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 4 | Arema | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 57 | Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 5 | PSM | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 57 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 6 | Persiter | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 57 | |
| 7 | Persiba | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 8 | Persmin | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 53 | |
| 9 | Persijap | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 10 | Persibom | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Persis | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 43 | |
| 12 | Persma | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 41 | |
| 13 | Bontang PKT | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 39 | Qualification for Indonesia Super League |
| 14 | Persebaya | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 39 | |
| 15 | PSIM | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 32 | |
| 16 | Persekabapas | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 32 | |
| 17 | Perseman | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 32 | |
| 18 | Bali Persegi FC | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 29 | |
* ↑ Bontang PKT were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.

## Second stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sriwijaya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | PSMS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Arema | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Persiwa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Persipura | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Persija | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Persik | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Deltras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 6 February – Jakarta | 6 February – Jakarta |
| Persija | 0 |
| Persija | 0 | 10 February – Bandung | 10 February – Bandung |
| Sriwijaya | 1 | 10 February – Bandung | 10 February – Bandung |
| Sriwijaya | 1 | Sriwijaya (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| 6 February – Jakarta | 6 February – Jakarta | | Sriwijaya (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| 6 February – Jakarta | 6 February – Jakarta | PSMS | 1 |
| Persipura | 0 (4) | PSMS | 1 |
| PSMS (pen.) | 0 (5) | | |

### Final
## Awards
### Top scorers

This is a list of the top scorers from the 2007–08 season.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Cristian Gonzáles | Persik | 32 |
| 2 | Julio Lopez | PSIS | 20 |
| 3 | Beto Goncalves | Persipura | 19 |
| 3 | James Koko Lomell | PSMS | 19 |
| 5 | Sunday Seah | Persiwa | 18 |
| 6 | Aliyudin | Persija | 17 |
| 6 | Bambang Pamungkas | Persija | 17 |

### Best player

Zah Rahan Krangar (Sriwijaya)