Liga Top Eleven Indonesia league system

The **Liga Top Eleven Indonesia football league system**, also known as the **football pyramid**, is a series of interconnected leagues for Liga Top Eleven Indonesia's club football in Indonesia. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues.

## About the system

The system consists of a hierarchy of leagues, bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. Clubs that are successful in their league can rise higher in the pyramid, whilst those that finish at the bottom can find themselves sinking further down. In theory it is possible for a lowly level club to rise to the pinnacle of the LTEI game and become champions of the Liga 1 Top Eleven Indonesia. While this may be unlikely in practice (at the very least, in the short run), there certainly is significant movement within the pyramid. The number of teams promoted between leagues or divisions varies, and promotion is usually contingent on meeting criteria set by the higher league, especially concerning activity of managers.

## Structure

At the top is the single division of the Liga 1 Top Eleven Indonesia (which is referred to as Level 1 of the league 'pyramid'), containing 14 clubs. Below the Liga 1 is the Liga 2 Top Eleven Indonesia, (Level 2 of the league 'pyramid'), containing 14 clubs. Below the Liga 2 is the Liga 3 Top Eleven Indonesia, (Level 3 of the league 'pyramid'), which is divided into three sectors, and set to be 14 clubs each: Sector A, Sector B, and Sector C.
A "Non Liga" system's been made for managers that wanted to join LTEI but have to wait in the waiting room due to full in the Liga 3, called Liga Nasional Top Eleven Indonesia.

## Promotion and relegation rules for the top few levels

For example, here are the promotion and relegation rules for the levels of the LTEI football league system:

1. Liga 1 Top Eleven Indonesia (level 1, 14 teams): No promotion. Bottom three teams are relegated.
2. Liga 2 Top Eleven Indonesia (level 2, 14 teams): Top three automatically promoted. Bottom three are relegated.
3. Liga 3 Top Eleven Indonesia (level 3, 28 teams): 1st rank of each two sectors are automatically promoted and compete in the final round, with the winner gaining the Liga 3 title. 2nd rank of each two sectors have to compete in the play-off round to gain one promotion ticket to the Liga 2.

## Cup eligibility

Being members of a league at a particular level also affects eligibility for Cup, or single-elimination, competitions.

* Indonesia Nations Cup: from Liga 1 - Liga Nasional
* LTEI League Cup: from Liga 1 - Liga 3
* LTEI Community Shield: winners of Liga 1 & INC

## The system

The table below shows the current structure of the system. For each division, its official name, and number of clubs is given. At levels 1–3, each division promotes to the division(s) that lie directly above it and relegates to the division(s) that lie directly below it. Below that level, individual league articles detail promotion and relegation arrangements.

(Liga 1)
*14 clubs* – 3 relegations
 2
(Liga 2)
*14 clubs* – 3 promotions, 3 relegations
 3
(Liga 3)
*28 clubs* – 3 promotions
 4
(Liga Nasional)
*unlimited clubs* – no promotions
with unlimited max quality