# 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League

The 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indonesian Premier League (IPL), a fully professional football competition that shared with the Indonesia Super League (ISL) as the top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia.
After the signing of the MoU between Djohar Arifin Husein (PSSI) and La Nyalla Matalitti (KPSI-PSSI) that was initiated by FIFA and the AFC through the AFC Task Force, the Indonesia Super League and Indonesian Premier League were under the control of the joint committee until the establishment of a new professional competition by the committee.

## Teams
### Stadium and locations

| Club | City | Province | Region | Stadium | Capacity | 2010–11 season |
| Arema Malang | Malang | East Java | Java | Gajayana | 30,000 | Indonesia Super League Runners-up |
| Bontang FC | Bontang | East Kalimantan | Kalimantan | Mulawarman | 20,000 | 15th Indonesia Super League |
| Persebaya 1927 | Surabaya | East Java | Java | Gelora Bung Tomo | 50,000 | 1st Liga Primer Indonesia |
| Persema Malang | Malang | East Java | Java | Gajayana | 30,000 | 2011 Liga Primer Indonesia Runners-up |
| Persiba Bantul | Bantul | Yogyakarta | Java | Sultan Agung | 35,000 | Liga Indonesia Premier Division Champions |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | Bojonegoro | East Java | Java | Letjen Haji Sudirman | 15,000 | 8th Liga Primer Indonesia |
| Jakarta FC | Madiun | Jakarta | Java | Wilis | 25,000 | 4th Liga Primer Indonesia |
| Persijap Jepara | Jepara | Central Java | Java | Gelora Bumi Kartini | 25,000 | 14th in Indonesia Super League |
| Persiraja Banda Aceh | Banda Aceh | Aceh | Sumatra | Harapan Bangsa H. Dimurthala | 40,000 15,000 | Liga Indonesia Premier Division Runners-up |
| PSM Makassar | Makassar | South Sulawesi | Sulawesi | Mattoangin | 30,000 | 3rd Liga Primer Indonesia |
| PSMS Medan | Medan | North Sumatra | Sumatra | Teladan | 22,234 | 3rd Group 1 Liga Indonesia Premier Division |
| Semen Padang FC | Padang | West Sumatra | Sumatra | Haji Agus Salim | 28,000 | 4th in Indonesia Super League |

### 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$^1$ | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Arema Indonesia | Dejan Antonić | Legimin Raharjo | Umbro | |
| Bontang FC | Eddy Simon | Ridwansyah | SPECS | |
| Persebaya 1927 | Divaldo Alves | Erol Iba | Mitre | |
| Persema Malang | Slave Radovský | Bima Sakti | Reebok | |
| Persiba Bantul | M. Basri | Wahyu Wijiastanto | | |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | Paulo Camargo | Samsul Arif | Mitre | |
| Jakarta FC | Toyo Hartoyo | Danilo Fernando | Mitre | |
| Persijap Jepara | Agus Yuwono | Anam Syahrul | Mitre | Bank Jateng |
| Persiraja Banda Aceh | Herry Kiswanto | Abdoulaye Djibril | Mitre | |
| PSM Makassar | Petar Segrt | Andi Oddang | Vilour | Bosowa |
| PSMS Medan | Fabio Lopez | Fadly Hariri | | |
| Semen Padang FC | Nil Maizar | Elie Aiboy | SPECS | Semen Padang |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Former Player(s) |
| Arema | Deniss Romanovs | Marko Krasić | Roman Chmelo | Andrew Barisić | Noh Alam Shah |
| Bontang FC | Fassawa Camara | Serge Emaleu | Kande Lansana | Masahiro Fukasawa | |
| Persebaya 1927 | Otavio Dutra | Fernando Soler | Walter Bruzuela | Mario Karlovic | Andrew Barisic |
| Persema Malang | Deniss Kačanovs | Émile Mbamba | Ngon Mamoun | Naum Sekulovski | Mardi Mirza Abdullah |
| Persiba Bantul | Carlos Eduardo | Ezequiel González | Ernest Jeremiah | Kim Yong-Han | Emmanuel Cristori |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | Gustavo Hernan Ortiz | Jairon Feliciano | Lexe Anderson | Mekan Nasyrov | Joseph Amoah |
| Jakarta FC | Danilo Fernando | Emanuel De Porras | David da Rocha | Aleks Vrteski | Jaime Bragança |
| Persijap Jepara | Julio Lopez | J.Sebastian | Banaken Bassoken | Kim Sang-Duk | Xavi Pérez |
| Persiraja | Patrick Ghigani | Diallo Abdoulaye Djibril | Stephen Mennoh | Murilo de Almeida | |
| PSM | Ilija Spasojević | Cristian Febre | Claudiu Răducanu | Kwon Jun | Srećko Mitrović |
| PSMS | Julio Alcorsé | Goran Gančev | Vagner Luis | Ahn Hyo-Yeon | Baihakki Khaizan |
| Semen Padang | Esteban Vizcarra | David Pagbe | Edward Junior Wilson | Yoo Hyun-Koo | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Arema FC | Milomir Seslija | Sacked | January 2012 | 5th | Abdul Rahman Gurning (caretaker) | January 2012 |
| Arema FC | Abdul Rahman Gurning | Caretaker | 24 January 2012 | 6th | Dejan Antonić | 24 January 2012 |
| Jakarta FC | Jaya Hartono | Resigned | March 2012 | 10th | Toyo Hartoyo (caretaker) | March 2012 |
| Semen Padang | Nil Maizar | Signed by Indonesia | March 2012 | 1st | Suhatman Imam (caretaker) | April 2012 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Semen Padang (C) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 46 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 2 | Persebaya 1927 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 38 | |
| 3 | Arema Indonesia | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 37 | |
| 4 | Persibo Bojonegoro | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 36 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 5 | Persiba Bantul | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 | |
| 6 | PSM | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 34 | |
| 7 | Persiraja | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Persema Malang | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 31 | |
| 9 | Persija IPL (Jakarta FC) | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Persijap Jepara | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 14 | |
| 11 | Bontang FC (O) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 13 | Qualification for 2012–13 Indonesian Premier League Playoffs |
| 12 | PSMS (R) | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 10 | Relegation to 2013 Indonesian Premier Division |
* ↑ Persibo Bojonegoro were chosen by PSSI to join the Group stage of the 2013 AFC Cup as the winner of 2012 Piala Indonesia.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Persema Malang, Jakarta FC, Persijap Jepara, Bontang FC, and PSMS Medan were deducted 3 points due to the punishment from PSSI's Discipline Committee

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | BON | PSBY | PSMA | PSBN | PSBO | JFC | PSJP | RAJ | PSM | MED | SPD |
| Arema | | 7–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Bontang FC | 1–0 | | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Persebaya Surabaya | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Persema Malang | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Persiba Bantul | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Persibo Bojonegoro | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Jakarta FC | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Persijap Jepara | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Persiraja | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| PSM Makassar | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| PSMS | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Semen Padang | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |

## Goal scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ferdinand Sinaga | Semen Padang F.C. | 15 |
| 2 | Edward Wilson Junior | Semen Padang F.C. | 13 |
| 3 | Muhammad Nur Iskandar | Persibo Bojonegoro | 11 |
| 3 | Emanuel De Porras | Jakarta FC | 11 |
| 5 | Émile Mbamba | Persema Malang | 10 |
| 5 | Ilija Spasojevic | PSM Makassar | 10 |
| 5 | Muhammad Rachmat | PSM Makassar | 10 |
| 8 | Fernando Gaston Soler | Persebaya Surabaya | 3 |
| 9 | T.A. Musafri | Arema Indonesia | 7 |
| 10 | Fassawa Camara | Bontang FC | 6 |
| 10 | Samsul Arif | Persibo Bojonegoro | 6 |
| 10 | Julio Lopez | Persijap Jepara | 6 |
| 13 | Andrew Barisic | Arema Indonesia | 5 |
| 13 | Roman Chmelo | Arema Indonesia | 5 |
| 13 | Guy Bertrand Ngon Mamoun | Persema Malang | 5 |
| 13 | Hendra Bayauw | Jakarta FC | 5 |
| 13 | I Made Wirahadi | Persijap Jepara | 5 |
| 13 | Vendry Mofu | Semen Padang F.C. | 5 |
| 19 | Ahmad Amirudin | Arema Indonesia | 4 |
| 19 | Feri Ariawan | Persebaya Surabaya | 4 |
| 19 | Ugik Sugiyanto | Persiba Bantul | 4 |
| 19 | Danilo Fernando | Jakarta FC | 4 |
| 19 | Sansan Fauzi Husaeni | Jakarta FC | 4 |
| 19 | Fahrizal Dillah | Persiraja Banda Aceh | 4 |
| 19 | Jecky Pasarela | PSMS Medan | 4 |
| 19 | Julio Alcorsé | PSMS Medan | 4 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Edward Wilson Junior | Semen Padang | Persema Malang | 6–2 | 1 December 2011 |
| Amad Iskandar | Persibo Bojonegoro | Persijap Jepara | 5–0 | 8 January 2012 |
| Émile Mbamba | Persema Malang | PSMS Medan | 4–1 | 23 January 2012 |
| Ilija Spasojevic | PSM Makassar | Persijap Jepara | 3–0 | 24 March 2012 |

## Play-offs

The play-offs started on 26 November 2012.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Bontang FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | |
| 2 | PSLS Lhokseumawe (P) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Promotion to 2013 Indonesian Premier League |
| 3 | PSIR (P) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | Promotion to 2013 Indonesian Premier League |
| 4 | Persbul Buol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified |
* ↑ Persbul moved to 2013 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.