# List of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1

This is a list of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1. Since the project started on 5 August 2017 already 13 referees (12 FIFA referees) and 28 assistant referees (22 FIFA assistant referees) who have led the Liga 1 games, each coming from Australia (2 referees and 6 assistant referees), Kyrgyzstan (5 referees and 9 assistant referees), Iran (5 referees and 11 assistant referees) and Japan (1 referee and 2 assistant referees). Until the end of season on 12 November 2017, 50 matches had been led by foreign referees.

## Overview

In December 2016, PSSI and the league operator planned to use foreign referees for the 2017 competition. The use of foreign referee was intended to improve the quality of the competition. However, two weeks before the league starts, this plan was cancelled.
After a wide criticism, protest and dissatisfaction towards the local referees during the first round of the season, PSSI revisited the idea. On 18 July 2017, PSSI and the league operator officially announced the use of foreign referees and assistant referees in select matches for the second round. There will be two sets of officials (consisted of 1 referee and 2 assistant referees), each coming from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran and Japan.

## List of referees

    As of matches played on 12 November 2017.
Note: Referees in bold was FIFA International referees.
| Association | Referee | Assistant referee | Matches |
| Australia | Shaun Evans | George Lakrindis Wilson Brown | Persib 3-1 PS TNI (5 August 2017) Sriwijaya 0-0 Semen Padang (11 August 2017) Bali United 5-2 Madura United (13 August 2017) |
| Australia | Shaun Evans | Ryan Gallagher Owen Goldrick | Persija 1-0 Persib (3 November 2017) |
| Australia | Kris Griffiths-Jones | Lance Greenshields Scott Edeling | Bali United 2-1 PS TNI (20 October 2017) Arema 2-0 Gresik United (25 October 2017) Bhayangkara 3-1 Persela (27 October 2017) Barito Putera 2-2 PSM (29 October 2017) |
| Iran | Mooud Bonyadifar | Saeid Alinezhadian Ali Mirzabeigi | Arema 0-0 Persib (12 August 2017) Persija 2-2 PSM (15 August 2017) Bhayangkara 2-1 Sriwijaya (20 August 2017) |
| Iran | Payam Heidari | Saeid Ghasemi Mohammadreza Abolfazli | Madura United 2-0 Arema (10 September 2017) |
| Iran | Alireza Faghani | Reza Sokhandan Mohammadreza Mansouri | Persib 1-1 Bhayangkara (24 September 2017) Persija 4-1 PS TNI (30 September 2017) |
| Iran | Alireza Faghani | Mohammadreza Mansouri Ali Mirzabeigi | Persib 0-0 Madura United (19 October 2017) Persija 2-0 Semen Padang (22 October 2017) Barito Putera 1-1 Bali United (25 October 2017) Persipura 3-1 Arema (29 October 2017) |
| Iran | Hasan Akrami | Hassan Zeheiri Alireza Ildorom | Bali United 6-1 Arema (8 October 2017) Madura United 1-1 Borneo (13 October 2017) PSM 2-1 Persib (15 October 2017) |
| Iran | Hasan Akrami | Mohammadreza Abolfazli Arman Assadi | PS TNI 2-1 Persipura (4 November 2017) Borneo 2-1 Persib (8 November 2017) Semen Padang 2-0 PS TNI (12 November 2017) |
| Iran | Sayed Vahid Kazemi | Baba Davari Sajjad Sharif | Madura United 1-3 Bhayangkara (8 November 2017) Persib 0-2 Perseru (12 November 2017) |
| Japan | Yudai Yamamoto | Akane Yagi Ryo Hirama | Madura United 3-1 Barito Putera (5 November 2017) PSM 6-1 Madura United (12 November 2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Rysbek Shekerbekov | Eldiiar Salybaev Artem Skopintsev | PSM 1-0 Mitra Kukar (7 August 2017) Persija 2-0 Persiba (12 August 2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Rysbek Shekerbekov | Eldos Murzabekov Nuraaly Abdunabiev | Borneo 0-0 Bali United (11 September 2017) Semen Padang 1-2 Bhayangkara (15 September 2017) PS TNI 2-3 Madura United (18 September 2017) Persib 0-0 Bali United (21 September 2017) Bhayangkara 3-2 Bali United (29 September 2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Spartak Danilenko | Sergei Grishchenko Ismailzhan Talipzhanov | Arema 3-0 Persiba (18 August 2017) Madura United 1-1 Persija (21 August 2017) Semen Padang 1-3 Bali United (24 August 2017) Persipura 0-0 Persib (28 August 2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Nurgazy Cholponbaev | Zamirbek Chynybekov Eldiiar Salybaev | Persib 0-0 Barito Putera (9 October 2017) Mitra Kukar 0-5 Persipura (13 October 2017) Persiba 3-2 Bali United (16 October 2017) Bhayangkara 0-2 PSM (19 October 2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Timur Faizullin | Artem Skopintsev Kanat Myrsabekov | Persipura 3-0 Persija (18 October 2017) Persela 1-0 Persib (22 October 2017) PSM 3-1 Persiba (24 October 2017) Borneo 1-2 Persija (28 October 2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kiemiddin Piriev | Dzahalaldinov Khusan Eldos Murzabekov | Mitra Kukar 1-1 Bhayangkara (3 November 2017) PSM 0-1 Bali United (6 November 2017) Persipura 2-2 Sriwijaya (12 November 2017) |