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 GianyarDenpasar Bali I Wayan DiptaNgurah Rai 25,00025,000 Bandung Bandung West Java Siliwangi 25,000 Batavia Union North JakartaJakartaBekasi DKI JakartaWest Java TuguSumantri BrojonegoroPatriot 20,0005,00010,000 Bintang Medan Medan North Sumatra Teladan 20,000 Bogor Raya Bogor RegencyBogor West Java PersikaboPajajaran 15,000 12,000 Cendrawasih Papua Jayapura Papua Mandala 30,000 Jakarta FC 1928 JakartaBogor Regency DKI JakartaWest Java Lebak BulusPersikabo 12,50015,000 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 SlemanYogyakarta Yogyakarta MaguwoharjoMandala Krida 30,00025,000 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 sponsorAceh United Lionel Charbonnier Pierre NjankaBali Devata Willy Scheepers Pascal HeijeUnoBandung Budiman Nur'alimUnoBatavia Union Roberto Bianchi Javier RochaUnoBintang Medan Michael Feichtenbeiner Steve PantelidisUnoBogor Raya Jhon Arwandi Masferi KasimMitreCendrawasih Papua Uwe Erkenbrecher Yance YoweyUnoJakarta FC 1928 Bambang Nurdiansyah Emanuel de PorrasNikeManado United M. Zein Alhadad Felix YetnaJomaMedan Chiefs Jörg Steinebrunner Aun CarbinyReebokMinangkabau Divaldo Alves Jumaidi RaisSpecsPersebaya 1927 Aji Santoso Erol IbaJomaPersema Malang Timo Scheunemann Bima SaktiReebokPersibo Bojonegoro Sartono Anwar Aries TuansyahLottoPSM Makassar Wim Rijsbergen SupriyonoVilourBosowa SemenReal Mataram José Basualdo SupriyantoUnoSemarang United Edy Paryono Amarildo Luis de SouzaNikeBank JatengSolo Branko Babić Edy SubagioUnoTangerang Wolves Paulo Camargo Luis FeitozaMitre
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentBandung Nandar IskandarSacked5 March 201119thBudimanTBD
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
Results
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals 1 Juan Manuel CortesBatavia Union Fernando Gaston SolerReal Mataram Laakkad AbdelhadiMedan Chiefs 4 Emanuel de PorrasJakarta FC 1928 Samsul ArifPersibo Bojonegoro Irfan BachdimPersema Malang Cosmin VanceaBintang Medan Marwan SayedehPSM 9 Perry N'SomahBandung 10 Wallace Rodrigues Da SilvaTangerang Wolves M. RahmatPSM Andi OddangPSM Andrew BarisicPersebaya 1927 Ilija SpasojevićBali Devata Fred AgiusCendrawasih Papua 16 Jardel SantanaManado United Sansan Fauzi HusaeniJakarta
See also Liga Primer Indonesia Pre-season Tournament Liga Primer Indonesia Central Java Governor Cup Indonesian football league system Indonesia Super League Piala Indonesia
References
External links Official website Unofficial Site