# 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-18

The 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-18 will be the fifth edition of the Elite Pro Academy since its introduction in 2019. The season started on 28 September 2024 and will end on 22 February 2025. The entire match was played only until the 80th minute.
PSS U18s were the defending champions after defeating Borneo Samarinda U18s 2–1 in the final previous season.
PSM U18s became champions after defeating Persija U18s on penalties 4-2 in the final.

## Teams
### Locations and stadiums

18 teams will compete in the league – split into three groups of six teams.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arema U18s | Malang | ARG Soccer Field | 0 |
| Bali United U18s | Gianyar | Bali United Training Center | TBA |
| Bali United U18s | Gianyar | Ngurah Rai Stadium, at Denpasar | 12,000 |
| Barito Putera U18s | Banjarmasin | Green Yakin Soccer Field, at Banjar | 0 |
| Borneo Samarinda U18s | Samarinda | Borneo FC Training Centre | 0 |
| Dewa United U18s | South Tangerang | Persita Training Ground, at Tangerang | 0 |
| Dewa United U18s | South Tangerang | JSI Resort, at Bogor | 0 |
| Madura United U18s | Pamekasan | Madura United Training Ground | TBA |
| Malut United U18s | Sofifi | Marimoi Stadium, at Tidore | TBA |
| Persebaya U18s | Surabaya | ABC Field of GBT Stadium | 0 |
| Persib U18s | Bandung | Arcamanik Stadium | 15,000 |
| Persib U18s | Bandung | Sidolig Stadium | 5,000 |
| Persib U18s | Bandung | Siliwangi Stadium | 25,000 |
| Persija U18s | Jakarta | Persija Training Ground, at Depok | 0 |
| Persik U18s | Kediri | Kediri Soccer Field | 0 |
| Persis U18s | Surakarta | Surakarta Mini Stadium | TBA |
| Persis U18s | Surakarta | Banyuanyar Field | TBA |
| Persis U18s | Surakarta | Sriwedari Stadium | 12,000 |
| Persita U16s | Tangerang | Persita Training Ground | 0 |
| Persita U16s | Tangerang | Pagedangan Mini Stadium | TBA |
| PSBS U18s | Biak Numfor | Watubelah Stadium, at Cirebon | 16,000 |
| PSIS U18s | Semarang | Wisesa PSIS Training Ground, at Demak | 0 |
| PSM U18s | Makassar | Bosowa Sport Center | 0 |
| PSS U18s | Sleman | PSS Training Ground | 0 |
| Semen Padang U18s | Padang | ASIOP Stadium, at Jakarta | 2,000 |
| Semen Padang U18s | Padang | Cibinong Mini Stadium, at Bogor | 15,000 |

### 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 | Kit manufacturer | Main kit sponsor | Other kit sponsor(s) |
| Arema U18s | Doni Suherman | Etams | None | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Bali United U18s | I Gde Mahatma Dharma | SPECS | Indomie | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Barito Putera U18s | Ilham Romadhona | H | Hasnur Group | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Borneo Samarinda U18s | Moch. Fakhrudin | SPECS | Ansaf | List Front: Pupuk Kaltim Back: PStore Sleeves: Ghani Raya Mandiri Shorts: None |
| Dewa United U18s | Mohammad Firdaus | DRX | None | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Madura United U18s | Rakhmad Basuki | DRX | None | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Malut United U18s | Alfian M. Rivai | SPECS | Mineral Trobos | List Front: PT Gebe Sinar Perkasa Back: PT Gebe Prima Mandiri Sleeves: Lumbung Ikan Maluku Shorts: None |
| Persebaya U18s | Mat Halil | AZA | Kapal Api | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Persib U18s | Asep Rahmat Saputra | Sportama | Indofood | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Persija U18s | Blitz Tarigan | Juaraga | None | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Persik U18s | Astino Derifiansyah | DRX | Athletes For Good | List Front: Le Minerale Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Persis U18s | Imam Rohmawan | Amrta | Free Fire | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Persita U18s | Suwarto | 1953 | Indomilk | List Front: Moya, Matrix Broadband, Aetra Tangerang Back: Indomie Sleeves: Palang Merah Indonesia, KABOOM Creative Shorts: None |
| PSBS U18s | Suprianto | Kasumasa | NusaTuna | List Front: PT Freeport Indonesia, Bank Papua, Ulam Laut Back: Kopi ABC Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| PSIS U18s | Edi Hafid | DRX | None | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| PSM U18s | Muh Irfan Rahman | DRX | Bosowa Corp | List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| PSS U18s | Aanang Hadisaputra | DRX | Amman Mineral | List Front: Indomie, MedcoEnergi, Ithaca Resources, Le Minerale Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
| Semen Padang U18s | Gilang Ramadhan | SPFC Apparel | Semen Padang | List Front: ASIOP Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None |
Notes:
* ^ Apparel made by club.

## First round

For the first round, 18 teams split into three group of six. Each group playing home and away double-game round-robin matches. The winners and runner-ups from each group along with two best third-placed teams advanced to second round

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Semen Padang U18s | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 40 | Advance to Second round |
| 2 | Dewa United U18s | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 38 | Advance to Second round |
| 3 | Persija U18s | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 37 | Advance to Second round |
| 4 | Barito Putera U18s | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 26 | |
| 5 | Persita U18s | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 24 | |
| 6 | PSBS U18s | 20 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 60 | −52 | 2 | |
| Home \ Away | SMP | DWU | PSJ | BAR | PTR | BIK | SMP | DWU | PSJ | BAR | PTR | BIK |
| Semen Padang U18s | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 8–0 |
| Dewa United U18s | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Persija U18s | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Barito Putera U18s | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Persita U18s | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 |
| PSBS U18s | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Persib U18s | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 46 | Advance to Second round |
| 2 | PSS U18s | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 37 | Advance to Second round |
| 3 | Persis U18s | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 34 | |
| 4 | Borneo Samarinda U18s | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 32 | |
| 5 | PSIS U18s | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 15 | |
| 6 | Arema U18s | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 40 | −26 | 7 | |
| Home \ Away | PSB | PSS | PSO | BOR | SMG | AFC | PSB | PSS | PSO | BOR | SMG | AFC |
| Persib U18s | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| PSS U18s | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Persis U18s | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Borneo Samarinda U18s | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| PSIS U18s | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 1–1 |
| Arema U18s | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | PSM U18s | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 38 | Advance to Second round |
| 2 | Persik U18s | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 37 | Advance to Second round |
| 3 | Bali United U18s | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 34 | Advance to Second round |
| 4 | Malut United U18s | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 29 | |
| 5 | Persebaya U18s | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Madura United U18s | 20 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 60 | −51 | 2 | |
| Home \ Away | PSM | KDR | BLI | MLT | PBY | MDR | PSM | KDR | BLI | MLT | PBY | MDR |
| PSM U18s | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Persik U18s | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Bali United U18s | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 |
| Malut United U18s | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Persebaya U18s | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Madura United U18s | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Persija U18s | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 37 | Advance to the second round |
| 2 | C | Bali United U18s | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 34 | Advance to the second round |
| 3 | B | Persis U18s | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 34 | |

## Second round

The top eight teams from the first round will be divided into 2 groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners and runner-ups from each group advance to semi-finals.

### Group X

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSM | SMP | PSS | BLI |
| 1 | PSM U18s | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Advance to the semi-finals | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Semen Padang U18s | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Advance to the semi-finals | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | PSS U18s | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Bali United U18s | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

### Group Y

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSJ | KDR | DWU | PSB |
| 1 | Persija U18s | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to the semi-finals | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Persik U18s | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | Advance to the semi-finals | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| 3 | Dewa United U18s | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Persib U18s | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Persija: 4; Persik:1.

## Knockout round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 19 February 2025 | 19 February 2025 |
| PSM U18s | 3 |
| PSM U18s | 3 | 22 February 2025 | 22 February 2025 |
| Persik U18s | 1 | 22 February 2025 | 22 February 2025 |
| Persik U18s | 1 | PSM U18s (p) | 0 (4) |
| 19 February 2025 | 19 February 2025 | | PSM U18s (p) | 0 (4) |
| 19 February 2025 | 19 February 2025 | Persija U18s | 0 (2) |
| Persija U18s | 1 | Persija U18s | 0 (2) |
| Semen Padang U18s | 0 | | |
| Semen Padang U18s | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 21 February 2025 | 21 February 2025 |
| | | Persik U18s | 0 |
| | | Semen Padang U18s | 1 |

### Final
## Season statistics
### Top Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Dika Adi Nurdiansyah | Borneo Samarinda U18s | 13 |
| 2 | Fathir Fadhillah | Semen Padang U18s | 12 |
| 3 | Jay Amru Ghoni | Persebaya U18s | 10 |
| 3 | Enriyan Dwi Fahri | Semen Padang U18s | 10 |
| 5 | Satria Rizki Putra | Persik Kediri U18s | 8 |

## Awards

Best Player: Muhammad Fahrul (PSM U18s)
Top Goalscorer: Dika Adi Nurdiansyah (13 goals) (Borneo Samarinda U18s)
Best Coach: Blitz Tarigan (Persija U18s)
Fair Play Team: Persik U18s
Third place: Semen padang U18s
Runner-up: Persija U18s
Champions: PSM U18s