# Liga Primer Indonesia

Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI, sometimes translated to English as Indonesian Premier League) was an Indonesian independent football league held in 2011. It was managed by Konsorsium Liga Premier Indonesia and PT Liga Primer Indonesia and was not recognized (initially) by the PSSI. Nineteen clubs took part in its inaugural and only season which was running from January to May 2011. The first kick-off was held on 8 January 2011 in Manahan Stadium, Solo, Central Java. Despite its original full-season schedule, the league was then stopped during the half-season break when Persebaya 1927 was currently leading the table.

## History

On 17 September 2010, twenty Indonesian football clubs together with the Indonesian National Football Reform Movement (GRSNI) issued a declaration in Jenggala Graha, Jakarta. It was led by Arifin Panigoro, a local businessman. The declaration was related to the concerns of the declining state of the national football.
The clubs then took a joint initiative to establish and declare Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI) in Semarang on 24 October 2010, with 17 clubs (out of 20) expressing their will to participate.
The spirit of each clubs in building Liga Primer Indonesia were designed as a commitment to improve the standard of football, both organizationally and financially. The league views that the system of capital assistance and revenue sharing system in Liga Primer Indonesia could make clubs "financially independent and professional in management."
To achieve independence, Liga Primer Indonesia provided assistance forms of the initial capital for each participating club. With this assistance, the clubs are expected to run without dependent from local government budget (APBD). The initial capital will vary between clubs according to the audit results that have been held. Additionally, the LPI embraces the principle of division of revenues in a transparent and accountable to the club participants. According to agreement with the club, LPI revenue sharing would be based on two schemes, namely schemes to league revenues (e.g.: sponsor the league, broadcasting rights, etc.) and schemes for income matches (e.g.: local sponsorship, broadcasting rights, tickets, etc.).
The inaugural (and only) season started on 8 January 2011. Before, LPI hosted a pre-season competition in Bogor, Solo and Semarang.
On 11 April 2011, the FIFA Normalisation Committee charged with running Indonesian football officially recognized Liga Primer Indonesia, allowing the competition and all players involved to be officially recognized by PSSI as well as FIFA and eligible to play in the national team. The league was officially disbanded in August 2011, with last match being held in May; all clubs in it merged with those already in Indonesian Premier League, which used the same acronym in both Indonesian and English, although most of the clubs created specifically for the league disbanded almost immediately.

## Teams

The only LPI season featured 19 teams, four of the 19 were defected from PSSI sanctioned league of whom three (PSM Makassar, Persema Malang and Persibo Bojonegoro) defected from the top tier Indonesia Super League, and Persebaya from the second tier Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

### Stadium and locations

| Club | City | Province | Stadium | Capacity | 2009–10 season |
| Aceh United | Banda Aceh | Aceh | Harapan Bangsa | 40,000 | |
| Bali Devata | Gianyar Denpasar | Bali | I Wayan Dipta Ngurah Rai | 25,000 25,000 | |
| Bandung | Bandung | West Java | Siliwangi | 25,000 | |
| Batavia Union | North Jakarta Jakarta Bekasi | DKI Jakarta West Java | Tugu Sumantri Brojonegoro Patriot | 20,000 5,000 10,000 | |
| Bintang Medan | Medan | North Sumatra | Teladan | 20,000 | |
| Bogor Raya | Bogor Regency Bogor | West Java | Persikabo Pajajaran | 15,000 12,000 | |
| Cendrawasih Papua | Jayapura | Papua | Mandala | 30,000 | |
| Jakarta FC 1928 | Jakarta Bogor Regency | DKI Jakarta West Java | Lebak Bulus Persikabo | 12,500 15,000 | |
| Manado United | Manado | North Sulawesi | Klabat | 10,000 | |
| Medan Chiefs | Deli Serdang | North Sumatra | Baharuddin Siregar | 15,000 | |
| Minangkabau | Padang | West Sumatra | Haji Agus Salim | 28,000 | |
| Persebaya 1927 | Surabaya | East Java | Gelora 10 November | 30,000 | 17th place in 2009–10 Super League |
| Persema Malang | Malang | East Java | Gajayana | 30,000 | 10th in 2009–10 Super League |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | Bojonegoro | East Java | Letjen Haji Sudirman | 15,000 | 2009–10 Premier Division champions |
| PSM Makassar | Makassar | South Sulawesi | Mattoangin | 30,000 | 13th in 2009–10 Super League |
| Real Mataram | Sleman Yogyakarta | Yogyakarta | Maguwoharjo Mandala Krida | 30,000 25,000 | |
| Semarang United | Semarang | Central Java | Jatidiri | 25,000 | |
| Solo | Solo | Central Java | Manahan | 24,000 | |
| Tangerang Wolves | Tangerang | Banten | Benteng | 25,000 | |

### 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 | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Aceh United | Lionel Charbonnier | Pierre Njanka | | |
| Bali Devata | Willy Scheepers | Pascal Heije | Uno | |
| Bandung | Budiman | Nur'alim | Uno | |
| Batavia Union | Roberto Bianchi | Javier Rocha | Uno | |
| Bintang Medan | Michael Feichtenbeiner | Steve Pantelidis | Uno | |
| Bogor Raya | Jhon Arwandi | Masferi Kasim | Mitre | |
| Cendrawasih Papua | Uwe Erkenbrecher | Yance Yowey | Uno | |
| Jakarta FC 1928 | Bambang Nurdiansyah | Emanuel de Porras | Nike | |
| Manado United | M. Zein Alhadad | Felix Yetna | Joma | |
| Medan Chiefs | Jörg Steinebrunner | Aun Carbiny | Reebok | |
| Minangkabau | Divaldo Alves | Jumaidi Rais | Specs | |
| Persebaya 1927 | Aji Santoso | Erol Iba | Joma | |
| Persema Malang | Timo Scheunemann | Bima Sakti | Reebok | |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | Sartono Anwar | Aries Tuansyah | Lotto | |
| PSM Makassar | Wim Rijsbergen | Supriyono | Vilour | Bosowa Semen |
| Real Mataram | José Basualdo | Supriyanto | Uno | |
| Semarang United | Edy Paryono | Amarildo Luis de Souza | Nike | Bank Jateng |
| Solo | Branko Babić | Edy Subagio | Uno | |
| Tangerang Wolves | Paulo Camargo | Luis Feitoza | Mitre | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Bandung | Nandar Iskandar | Sacked | 5 March 2011 | 19th | Budiman | TBD |

## Foreign players

In this league each club is allowed to sign five foreign players. The five foreign players can come from any confederation. Foreign players who have Indonesian descent or parents were considered as local players.
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Visa 5 | Non-Visa Foreign |
| Aceh United | Pierre Njanka | Alain N'Kong | Park Dae-Sik | Yum Dong-Jin | Alvin Tehau | |
| Bali Devata | Ilija Spasojevic | Pascal Heije | Guillermo Imhoff | Ali Parhizi | Bok Jun-Hee | Raphael Maitimo |
| Bandung | Lee Hendrie | Perry N'Somah | Michael Onwatuegwu | Javad Moradi | Kim Sang-Duk | |
| Batavia Union | Juan Manuel Cortés | Leandro Scornainchi | Javier Rocha | Na Byung-Yul | Kim Jong-Kyung | |
| Bintang Medan | Cosmin Vancea | Guti Ribeiro | Amine Kamoun | Steve Pantelidis | Ahn Hyo-Yeon | Gaston Salasiwa |
| Bogor Raya | Oscar Alegre | Diego Bogado | Luciano Rimoldi | Andrija Jukic | Billy Quinncroft | |
| Cendrawasih Papua | Deniss Romanovs | Patrick Ghigani | Márcio Bambu | Fred Agius | Daniel Wilkinson | |
| Jakarta FC 1928 | Emanuel de Porras | Gustavo Ortiz | Leonardo Moyano | | | |
| Manado United | Amaral | Jardel Santana | Eugene Dadi | Felix Yetna | Ali Hossein Shiri | |
| Medan Chiefs | Kevin Yann | Luis Eduardo Hicks | Laakkad Abdelhadi | Baihakki Khaizan | Shahril Ishak | Fred Pasaribu Bryan Bono Brard Dane Dwight Brard |
| Minangkabau | Juninho | David Kuagica | Norberto Mulenessa Maurito | Mario Karlovic | Milan Susak | |
| Persebaya 1927 | Michael Cvetkovski | Otávio Dutra | John Tarkpor | Andrew Barisic | | |
| Persema | Benoît Lang | Seme Pierre Pattrick | Guy Mamoun | Robert Gaspar | Han Sang-Min | |
| Persibo | Carlos Eduardo Bizarro | Wallacer de Andrade Medeiros | Amir Amadeh | Muhammad Albicho | Kim Kang-Hyun | |
| PSM | Richard Knopper | Srecko Mitrovic | Goran Subara | Marwan Sayedeh | Kwon Jun | |
| Real Mataram | Fernando Gaston Soler | Juan Dario Batalla | Christian Febre | Ryung Tae-Pyo | | |
| Semarang United | Raffaele Simone Quintieri | Amarildo Luís de Souza | Amâncio Fortes | Josh Maguire | | |
| Solo | Sergei Litvinov | Stevan Racic | Zarko Lazetic | Aleks Vrteski | David Micevski | |
| Tangerang Wolves | Wallace Rodrigues da Silva | Luis Feitoza | Victor Hugo | Ku Kyung-Hyun | Park Chan-Yong | Regilio Jacobs Jordy de Kat |

## Sponsors

* Bank Saudara
* Indosiar
* Coca-Cola
* Microsoft

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Persebaya 1927 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 40 |
| 2 | Persema Malang | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 40 |
| 3 | PSM | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 34 |
| 4 | Jakarta FC 1928 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 32 |
| 5 | Medan Chiefs | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 32 |
| 6 | Batavia Union | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 31 |
| 7 | Bali Devata | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 29 |
| 8 | Persibo Bojonegoro | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 29 |
| 9 | Semarang United | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 28 |
| 10 | Minangkabau | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 27 |
| 11 | Aceh United | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 26 |
| 12 | Bintang Medan | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 22 |
| 13 | Bogor Raya | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 21 |
| 14 | Solo | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 16 |
| 15 | Bandung | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 16 |
| 16 | Real Mataram | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 16 |
| 17 | Manado United | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 15 |
| 18 | Tangerang Wolves | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 11 |
| 19 | Cendrawasih Papua | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 7 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACH | BDV | BFC | BTV | BRY | CEN | JFC | MDU | MDB | MDC | MNK | SBY | PSMA | PSBO | PSM | RLM | SMU | SFC | TWV |
| Aceh United | | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | | | | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | |
| Bali Devata | 2–0 | | | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–3 | | | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Bandung | | 0–1 | | | | | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | | 1–2 |
| Batavia Union | 2–0 | | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | | | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | |
| Bogor Raya | | 2–0 | 5–0 | | | | | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | |
| Cendrawasih Papua | | | 1–2 | | 1–2 | | | | 3–2 | 0–0 | | | 1–5 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | | |
| Jakarta FC 1928 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | | | | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | | 0–1 | | |
| Manado United | 2–2 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | | | | 1–2 | | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | 0–2 | | |
| Bintang Medan | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | | | 0–1 | 3–0 | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | | | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Medan Chiefs | | 0–2 | | 2–2 | | | | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | | | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Minangkabau | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | | | 0–5 | | | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Persebaya 1927 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | | | | 4–0 | 4–0 | | | | | |
| Persema Malang | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | | | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | | | | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | | | | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| PSM Makassar | 3–0 | | | | | 5–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | |
| Real Mataram | | 0–1 | | 3–2 | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 2–6 | | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Semarang United | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | | | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Solo | 0–3 | | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 7–3 | | | | 0–2 | 1–5 | | 1–4 | | | | |
| Tangerang Wolves | 2–4 | | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | | | 0–4 | | | 0–2 | | | 0–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juan Manuel Cortes | Batavia Union | 13 |
| 1 | Fernando Gaston Soler | Real Mataram | 13 |
| 1 | Laakkad Abdelhadi | Medan Chiefs | 13 |
| 4 | Emanuel de Porras | Jakarta FC 1928 | 10 |
| 4 | Samsul Arif | Persibo Bojonegoro | 10 |
| 4 | Irfan Bachdim | Persema Malang | 10 |
| 4 | Cosmin Vancea | Bintang Medan | 10 |
| 4 | Marwan Sayedeh | PSM | 10 |
| 9 | Perry N'Somah | Bandung | 9 |
| 10 | Wallace Rodrigues Da Silva | Tangerang Wolves | 8 |
| 10 | M. Rahmat | PSM | 8 |
| 10 | Andi Oddang | PSM | 8 |
| 10 | Andrew Barisić | Persebaya 1927 | 8 |
| 10 | Ilija Spasojević | Bali Devata | 8 |
| 10 | Fred Agius | Cendrawasih Papua | 8 |
| 16 | Jardel Santana | Manado United | 7 |
| 16 | Sansan Fauzi Husaeni | Jakarta | 7 |