# 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A

Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League.
This football competition was considered as unofficial, but the official PT Liga Indonesia Baru website has added this edition as the predecessor of current Indonesia top flight league Liga 1.
Persipura won the title on the final matchday.

## Teams

Eighteen teams competed in this tournament – all teams from the abandoned 2015 Indonesia Super League.

### Name changes

* Persipasi Bandung Raya were relocated to Pamekasan and renamed Madura United.
* Persiram were bought by the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and relocated to Bandung as PS TNI.
* Persebaya ISL were (after temporary name changes to Persebaya United, Bonek, and Surabaya United, following an injunction to use the name Persebaya) renamed to Bhayangkara Surabaya United (as a merger with Indonesian National Police club PS Polri). On 10 September 2016, Bhayangkara Surabaya United changed name to Bhayangkara and were relocated to Sidoarjo.

### Stadium 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 |
| Bhayangkara | Sidoarjo | Gelora Delta | 35,000 |
| Madura United | Bangkalan | Gelora Bangkalan | 15,000 |
| Mitra Kukar | Tenggarong | Aji Imbut | 35,000 |
| Persegres | Gresik | Petrokimia | 25,000 |
| Persela | Lamongan | Surajaya | 14,000 |
| Perseru | Serui | Marora | 10,000 |
| Persib | Bandung | Si Jalak Harupat | 27,000 |
| Persiba | Balikpapan | Persiba | 12,500 |
| Persija | Surakarta | Manahan | 25,000 |
| Persipura | Jayapura | Mandala | 30,000 |
| PS TNI | Cibinong | Pakansari | 30,000 |
| PSM | Makassar | Andi Mattalata | 15,000 |
| Pusamania Borneo | Samarinda | Segiri | 16,000 |
| Semen Padang | Padang | Haji Agus Salim | 10,000 |
| Sriwijaya | Palembang | Gelora Sriwijaya | 36,000 |
Notes:
* ↑ Arema Cronus held several of their home matches at Gajayana.
* ↑ Madura United held several of their home matches at Gelora Ratu Pamelingan.
* ↑ Persib held their home matches at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api starting from week 7 because Si Jalak Harupat was renovated for 2016 Indonesian National Games (PON XIX). But they back again to Si Jalak Harupat since week 28 as 2016 Indonesian National Games (PON XIX) have ended.
* ↑ Persija used Manahan as their home ground since week 12 because Gelora Bung Karno was renovated for 2018 Asian Games.
* ↑ PS TNI held their first two home matches at Siliwangi before they moved to Pakansari.

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front sponsor(s) |
| Arema Cronus | Milomir Seslija | Hamka Hamzah | Specs | Corsa, Ijen Suites |
| Bali United | Indra Sjafri | Fadil Sausu | Made by Club | Achilles, Corsa, Datsun, Indofood |
| Barito Putera | Yunan Helmi | Aditya Harlan | Vision of Superior | Hasnur Group |
| Bhayangkara | Ibnu Grahan | Indra Kahfi | Made by Club | Bank BRI |
| Madura United | Gomes de Olivera | Fabiano Beltrame | MBB | JD.id, Smartfren |
| Mitra Kukar | Jafri Sastra | Bayu Pradana | Joma | PT. Petrona |
| Persegres | Eduard Tjong | Agus Indra | Creative Color | HMSS, HSS, PGN |
| Persela | Aji Santoso | Choirul Huda | DJ Sport | So Nice, Visit Lamongan |
| Perseru | Hanafi | Arhur Bonai | Junior | Bank Papua |
| Persib | Djadjang Nurdjaman | Atep Rizal | Sportama Soccer | Datsun, Indofood |
| Persiba | Jaino Matos | Bima Sakti | Eureka | |
| Persija | Zein Alhadad | Bambang Pamungkas | League | Corsa |
| Persipura | Alfredo Vera | Boaz Solossa | Specs | Bank Papua |
| PS TNI | Suharto AD | Legimin Raharjo | Made by Club | Mogu Mogu |
| PSM | Robert Alberts | Rizky Pellu | Nike | Semen Bosowa |
| Pusamania Borneo | Dragan Đukanović | Ponaryo Astaman | Salvo | Nahusam, Cahaya Tiara Plantation |
| Semen Padang | Nil Maizar | Hengky Ardiles | Mizuno | Semen Padang, Semen Indonesia |
| Sriwijaya | Widodo C. Putro | Supardi Nasir | Joma | Bank Sumsel Babel, Bukit Asam, PT. TEL |
Additionally, referee kits are made by Joma and Nike supplied the match ball.

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| PSM | Luciano Leandro | Sacked | 19 May 2016 | 13th | Tony Ho | 19 May 2016 |
| Persela | Stefan Hansson | Resigned | 24 May 2016 | 18th | Didik Ludianto | 28 May 2016 |
| PSM | Tony Ho | End of caretaker spell | 1 June 2016 | 10th | Robert Alberts | 1 June 2016 |
| Persela | Didik Ludianto | End of caretaker spell | 5 June 2016 | 18th | Sutan Harhara | 5 June 2016 |
| Persib | Dejan Antonić | Resigned | 11 June 2016 | 13th | Herrie Setyawan | 13 June 2016 |
| PS TNI | Eduard Tjong | Resigned | 23 June 2016 | 17th | Suharto AD | 23 June 2016 |
| Persib | Herrie Setyawan | End of caretaker spell | 28 June 2016 | 12th | Djadjang Nurdjaman | 28 June 2016 |
| Mitra Kukar | Subangkit | Resigned | 1 August 2016 | 9th | Jafri Sastra | 2 August 2016 |
| Persipura | Jafri Sastra | Mutual Termination | 1 August 2016 | 7th | Alfredo Vera | 2 August 2016 |
| Persija | Paulo Camargo | Resigned | 1 August 2016 | 16th | Jan Saragih | 1 August 2016 |
| Persija | Jan Saragih | End of caretaker spell | 31 August 2016 | 17th | Zein Alhadad | 31 August 2016 |
| Persegres | Liestiadi | Resigned | 30 August 2016 | 16th | Sasi Kirono | 30 August 2016 |
| Persela | Sutan Harhara | Resigned | 2 September 2016 | 18th | Aji Santoso | 7 September 2016 |
| Barito Putera | Mundari Karya | Sacked | 10 October 2016 | 18th | Yunan Helmi | 10 October 2016 |

## Foreign players

Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. Teams can use all the foreign players at once.
* Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
* Players in italics were 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 | Asian Player | Former Player(s) |
| Arema Cronus | Esteban Vizcarra | Goran Gančev | Márcio Teruel | Nick Kalmar | Srđan Lopičić Gustavo Marulanda |
| Bali United | Nemanja Vidaković | Zoran Knežević | Daniel Heffernan | Ahn Byung-keon | Lucas Patinho Kiko Insa |
| Barito Putera | Luiz Júnior | Thiago Amaral | Thierry Gathuessi | Lim Joon-sik | Mohammadou Al Hadji Ibrahim Conteh |
| Bhayangkara | Otávio Dutra | Thiago Furtuoso | Khairullah Abdelkabir | Lee Yoo-joon | Paulo Helber |
| Madura United | Fabiano Beltrame | Erick Weeks | Pablo Rodriguez | Dane Milovanović | |
| Mitra Kukar | Arthur Cunha | Marlon da Silva | Victor Herrero | | Alan Leandro Rodrigo Ost Fellipe Bertoldo |
| Persegres | Patrick da Silva | Saša Zečević | Gustavo Marulanda | Oh In-kyun | Eduardo Maciel |
| Persela | Hédipo Gustavo | Ivan Carlos | Paulo Eduardo | Choi Hyun-yeon | Shane Malcolm Kristian Adelmund José Galán Herman Dzumafo Romeo Filipović |
| Perseru | Amadou Gakou | Osas Saha | Boman Aimé | | Henry Njobi Siaka Dembélé |
| Persib | Robertino Pugliara | Vladimir Vujović | Marcos Flores | Diogo Ferreira | Juan Belencoso |
| Persiba | Antônio Teles | Dirkir Glay | Maycon Calijuri | Shohei Matsunaga | Vinicius Reis |
| Persija | Willian Pacheco | Rodrigo Tosi | Emmanuel Kenmogne | Hong Soon-hak | Jose Guerra Djibril Coulibaly |
| Persipura | Ricardinho | Edward Wilson | | Yoo Jae-hoon | James Lomell Boakay Foday Thiago Fernandes |
| PS TNI | | | | | |
| PSM | Luiz Ricardo | Wiljan Pluim | Ronald Hikspoors | Kwon Jun | Boman Aimé Lamine Diarrassouba Alex da Silva Paulo Martins |
| Pusamania Borneo | Edilson Tavares | Pedro Velázquez | Flávio Júnior | Jad Noureddine | Tárik Boschetti |
| Semen Padang | Cássio | Marcel Sacramento | Muamer Svraka | Lee Kil-hoon | Mekan Nasyrow Diego Santos |
| Sriwijaya | Alberto Gonçalves | Hilton Moreira | Mauricio Leal | Yoo Hyun-goo | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Persipura (C) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 68 |
| 2 | Arema Cronus | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 64 |
| 3 | Madura United | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 61 |
| 4 | Sriwijaya | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 56 |
| 5 | Persib | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 55 |
| 6 | PSM | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 54 |
| 7 | Bhayangkara | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 54 |
| 8 | Semen Padang | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 52 |
| 9 | Pusamania Borneo | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 50 |
| 10 | Mitra Kukar | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 49 |
| 11 | Perseru | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 46 |
| 12 | Bali United | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 40 |
| 13 | Persiba | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 35 |
| 14 | Persija | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 35 |
| 15 | Persela | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 35 |
| 16 | Barito Putera | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 33 |
| 17 | Persegres | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 29 |
| 18 | PS TNI | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 75 | −38 | 26 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | BLU | BPT | BHA | MDU | MKU | PGU | PSL | PSR | PSB | PBA | PSJ | PPR | TNI | PSM | PBO | SPD | SRI |
| Arema Cronus | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Bali United | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Barito Putera | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bhayangkara | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Madura United | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 |
| Mitra Kukar | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Persegres | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Persela | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| Perseru | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Persib | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Persiba | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Persija | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Persipura | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| PS TNI | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 |
| PSM | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Pusamania Borneo | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Semen Padang | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Sriwijaya | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ This match was held at Gelora Delta and without spectators as a part of PSSI Disciplinary Committee punishment because Madura United's supporters lit flares in their match against Persiba.
* ↑ This match was held at Gelora Delta, which was the home ground of Bhayangkara due to the election of village heads in Bangkalan.
* ↑ This match was held at Gelora Delta due to the renovation of Surajaya.
* ↑ This match was held at Gelora Delta due to the renovation of Surajaya.
* ↑ This match was held at Gajayana due to the renovation of Surajaya.
* ↑ Perseru awarded a 3–0 walkover win against Pusamania Borneo because the away team didn't attend to match.
* ↑ This match was held at Pakansari.
* ↑ This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
* ↑ This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
* ↑ This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
* ↑ This match was held at Gajayana, which was the alternative home ground of Arema Cronus.
* ↑ This match was held at Kapten I Wayan Dipta, which was the home ground of Bali United.
* ↑ This match was held at Gelora Bangkalan, which was the home ground of Madura United.
* ↑ Sriwijaya awarded a 3–0 win over Persija due to the riots of supporters.
* ↑ This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
* ↑ This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
* ↑ This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alberto Gonçalves | Sriwijaya | 25 |
| 2 | Marcel Sacramento | Semen Padang | 21 |
| 3 | Luiz Júnior | Barito Putera | 17 |
| 4 | Marlon da Silva | Mitra Kukar | 16 |
| 5 | Cristian Gonzáles | Arema Cronus | 15 |
| 5 | Thiago Furtuoso | Bhayangkara | 15 |
| 7 | Pablo Rodríguez | Madura United | 14 |
| 7 | Pedro Velázquez | Pusamania Borneo | 14 |
| 9 | Shohei Matsunaga | Persiba | 13 |
| 10 | Sergio van Dijk | Persib | 12 |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Persib | 297,122 | 35,125 | 5,949 | 17,478 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Persija | 212,004 | 50,177 | 0 | 12,471 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Arema Cronus | 202,309 | 44,807 | 0 | 11,901 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Persipura | 201,234 | 21,000 | 2,500 | 11,837 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Sriwijaya | 194,539 | 22,500 | 4,270 | 11,443 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Bali United | 181,240 | 21,175 | 1,566 | 10,661 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | PSM | 135,589 | 14,208 | 4,325 | 7,976 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Persegres | 131,335 | 18,417 | 3,143 | 7,726 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Persela | 122,565 | 13,150 | 935 | 7,210 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Madura United | 111,999 | 15,169 | 1,135 | 6,588 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | PS TNI | 94,812 | 26,213 | 425 | 5,577 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Semen Padang | 89,332 | 11,900 | 1,542 | 5,255 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Pusamania Borneo | 83,029 | 16,722 | 1,823 | 4,884 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Bhayangkara | 76,826 | 11,015 | 2,143 | 4,519 | n/a$^†$ |
| 15 | Barito Putera | 59,823 | 8,178 | 1,377 | 3,519 | n/a$^†$ |
| 16 | Mitra Kukar | 59,231 | 12,371 | 1,036 | 3,484 | n/a$^†$ |
| 17 | Persiba | 46,744 | 6,867 | 629 | 2,750 | n/a$^†$ |
| 18 | Perseru | 35,000 | 8,407 | 0 | 2,059 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 2,334,733 | 50,177 | 0 | 7,630 | n/a$^†$ |
Source: Torabika Soccer Championship Notes: There was no comparison as this competition was not counted as an official league season.