The 2014 Liga Nusantara season is the first edition of Liga Nusantara after the Second Division and Third Division merged on 2014 season. After the removal of Badan Liga Sepakbola Amatir Indonesia (BLAI) Liga Nusantara as amateur competition this season is managed by competition committee of Province Association for qualification round and managed by PSSI in national round.
The competition started on 4 May 2014 and finished with the national final match on 14 December 2014. Persatu Tuban became champions after beating Laga FC 2-1 in the final.
Format Preliminary round held by the respective provincial associations. All clubs must play with a home away system, with a standard number of games that run every club must be at least 15 games per season.
Regional round is divided into 6 regional: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali-Nusa, Sulawesi-Maluku, Papua. System home tournament with a round robin format. 2 clubs from each region will qualify for the national round.
National round total of 16 clubs who competed consists of 12 clubs qualify from the regional round as well as four clubs rank 3, 4, 5 and 6 in 2014 First Division. Systems home tournament with a round robin format. The top 6 club gets ticket promotion to the Premier Division next season.
Each team can register one foreign player in this competition.
Teams The league is scheduled to follow various amateur clubs in all provinces in Indonesia. Recruitment club in this league handed to each Provincial Association (Asprov).
If there are 10 amateur clubs included in one province, then only one club that represents the province to the national round. Likewise onwards, with multiples of 10 to 1. If the province has 20 amateur clubs, it would have taken two teams to qualify for the national round. If there are provinces that have less than 10 amateur clubs, the representative from the province will follow the playoffs with representatives from other provinces.
Preliminary round Divided into 33 to 34 provincial league play since May 2014.
Sumatra Region Divided into 10 provincial league:
#ProvinceTeams1AcehPersip PaseePersitas Takengon2North SumatraPatriot MedanPSDS Deli Serdang3West SumatraPS GAS Sawahlunto4RiauNabilPersikalis Bengkalis5Riau IslandsPS Batam6BengkuluPS Benteng7JambiBungo Putra8Bangka BelitungPersipas Pangkalpinang9South SumatraPersimuba Musi Banyuasin10LampungPersilab West Lampung
Java Region Divided into 6 provincial league:
#ProvinceTeams1BantenPersitangsel South Tangerang2West JavaPersitas TasikmalayaBandung Barat UnitedPersigar Garut3JakartaPersija MudaUrakan4Central JavaPersekap Pekalongan5YogyakartaSleman United6East JavaPerssu SumenepLagaBlitar United
Kalimantan Region Divided into 5 provincial league:
#ProvinceTeams1West Kalimantan—2Central KalimantanPS PU Putra Palangkaraya3South Kalimantan—4East KalimantanPS Penajam Utama5North Kalimantan—
Sulawesi and Maluku Islands Region Divided into 8 provincial league:
#ProvinceTeams1South Sulawesi—2Southeast Sulawesi—3Central SulawesiPersipal Palu4West SulawesiASA5GorontaloPersidago Gorontalo6North SulawesiPersma 19607MalukuArrow8North Maluku—
Nusa Tenggara Islands Region Divided into 3 provincial league:
#ProvinceTeams1BaliPro Kundalini2West Nusa TenggaraPS Mataram3East Nusa Tenggara—
Papua Region Divided into 2 provincial league:
#ProvinceTeams1West PapuaKaimana2PapuaPersintan Intan JayaPersimi Sarmi
Regional round Followed by the best teams from every province in Indonesia. This round divided into 6 regional tournament. Two best teams in each region qualify for national round.
RankProvinceTeams1West Java3East Java3Aceh2North SumateraWest SumateraRiauJakartaPapuaRiau IslandsJambiSouth SumateraBangka Belitung
RankProvinceTeams9Bengkulu1LampungBantenCentral JavaYogyakartaBaliWest Nusa TenggaraCentral KalimantanEast KalimantanNorth SulawesiGorontalo
RankProvinceTeamsCentral SulawesiWest SulawesiMalukuWest Papua28West Kalimantan0North KalimantanSouth KalimantanEast Nusa TenggaraSouth SulawesiSoutheast SulawesiNorth Maluku
Play-off Play on 27 October 2014 1st Leg and 31 October 2014 2nd Leg
Group stage 24 teams from the regional round will compete. Matches for the Group stage will be played from 9–13 November 2014.
Group 1 Matches were played in Citra Mas Stadium, Batam.
Group 2 Matches were played in Depati Amir Stadium, Pangkal Pinang.
Group 3 Matches were played in Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung Regency.
Group 4 Matches were played in Brantas Stadium, Batu, Malang.
Group 5 Matches were played in A. Yani Stadium, Sumenep.
Group 6 Matches were played in Mandala Stadium, Jayapura.
National round Sixteen teams will play in this round including four teams from the fourth round of First Division. Top six teams will be promoted to the 2015 Premier Division.
First round This stage will use home tournament format and will be played from 23–27 November 2014.
Group 7 Matches were played in Maulana Yusuf Stadium, Serang.
Group 8 Matches were played in Satria Stadium, Purwokerto.
Group 9 Matches were played in Surajaya Stadium, Lamongan.
Group 10 Matches were played in Brantas Stadium, Batu, Malang.
Second round This round will be played in Yogyakarta. Matches will be played from 4–10 December 2014.
Group 11
Group 12
Knockout stage Semifinal matches will be played on December 12, 2014 and the final match will be played on December 14, 2014, also in Yogyakarta.
Semifinals
Third-placed
Final
Champions
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