Liga Primer Indonesia


Liga Primer Indonesia 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 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 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 in Semarang on 24 October 2010, with 17 clubs 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. 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 and schemes for income matches.
The inaugural 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 defected from the top tier Indonesia Super League, and Persebaya from the second tier Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

Stadium and locations

ClubCityProvinceStadiumCapacity2009–10 season
Aceh UnitedBanda AcehAcehHarapan Bangsa40,000
Bali DevataGianyar
Denpasar
BaliI Wayan Dipta
Ngurah Rai
25,000
25,000
BandungBandungWest JavaSiliwangi25,000
Batavia UnionNorth Jakarta
Jakarta
Bekasi
DKI Jakarta
West Java
Tugu
Sumantri Brojonegoro
Patriot
20,000
5,000
10,000
Bintang MedanMedanNorth SumatraTeladan20,000
Bogor RayaBogor Regency
Bogor
West JavaPersikabo
Pajajaran
15,000
12,000
Cendrawasih PapuaJayapuraPapuaMandala30,000
Jakarta FC 1928Jakarta
Bogor Regency
DKI Jakarta
West Java
Lebak Bulus
Persikabo
12,500
15,000
Manado UnitedManadoNorth SulawesiKlabat10,000
Medan ChiefsDeli SerdangNorth SumatraBaharuddin Siregar15,000
MinangkabauPadangWest SumatraHaji Agus Salim28,000
Persebaya 1927SurabayaEast JavaGelora 10 November30,00017th place in 2009–10 Super League
Persema MalangMalangEast JavaGajayana30,00010th in 2009–10 Super League
Persibo BojonegoroBojonegoroEast JavaLetjen Haji Sudirman15,0002009–10 Premier Division champions
PSM MakassarMakassarSouth SulawesiMattoangin30,00013th in 2009–10 Super League
Real MataramSleman
Yogyakarta
YogyakartaMaguwoharjo
Mandala Krida
30,000
25,000
Semarang UnitedSemarangCentral JavaJatidiri25,000
SoloSoloCentral JavaManahan24,000
Tangerang WolvesTangerangBantenBenteng25,000

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.
TeamManagerCaptainKitmakerShirt sponsor
Aceh United

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.
ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4Visa 5Non-Visa Foreign
Aceh United

Sponsors

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
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