Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League.
This football competition was considered as unofficial, but the official I-League website has added this edition as the predecessor of current Indonesia top flight league Super League.
Persipura won the title on the final matchday.
Teams Eighteen teams competed in this tournament – all teams from the abandoned 2015 Indonesia Super League.
Name changes Persipasi Bandung Raya were relocated to Pamekasan and renamed Madura United. Persiram were bought by the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and relocated to Bandung as PS TNI. Persebaya ISL were (after temporary name changes to Persebaya United, Bonek, and Surabaya United, following an injunction to use the name Persebaya) renamed to Bhayangkara Surabaya United (as a merger with Indonesian National Police club PS Polri). On 10 September 2016, Bhayangkara Surabaya United changed name to Bhayangkara and were relocated to Sidoarjo.
Stadium and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Arema Cronus Malang Kanjuruhan 42,449 Bali United Gianyar Kapten I Wayan Dipta 25,000 Barito Putera Banjarmasin May 17th 15,000 Bhayangkara Sidoarjo Gelora Delta 35,000 Madura United Bangkalan Gelora Bangkalan 15,000 Mitra Kukar Tenggarong Aji Imbut 35,000 Persegres Gresik Petrokimia 25,000 Persela Lamongan Surajaya 14,000 Perseru Serui Marora 10,000 Persib Bandung Si Jalak Harupat 27,000 Persiba Balikpapan Persiba 12,500 Persija Surakarta Manahan 25,000 Persipura Jayapura Mandala 30,000 PS TNI Cibinong Pakansari 30,000 PSM Makassar Andi Mattalata 15,000 Pusamania Borneo Samarinda Segiri 16,000 Semen Padang Padang Haji Agus Salim 10,000 Sriwijaya Palembang Gelora Sriwijaya 36,000 Notes:
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 Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Front sponsor(s) Arema Cronus Milomir Seslija Hamka Hamzah Specs Corsa, Ijen Suites Bali United Indra Sjafri Fadil Sausu Made by Club Achilles, Corsa, Datsun, Indofood Barito Putera Yunan Helmi Aditya Harlan Vision of Superior Hasnur Group Bhayangkara Ibnu Grahan Indra Kahfi Made by Club Bank BRI Madura United Gomes de Olivera Fabiano Beltrame MBB JD.id, Smartfren Mitra Kukar Jafri Sastra Bayu Pradana Joma PT. Petrona Persegres Eduard Tjong Agus Indra Creative Color HMSS, HSS, PGN Persela Aji Santoso Choirul Huda DJ Sport So Nice, Visit Lamongan Perseru Hanafi Arhur Bonai Junior Bank Papua Persib Djadjang Nurdjaman Atep Rizal Sportama Soccer Datsun, Indofood Persiba Jaino Matos Bima Sakti Eureka Persija Zein Alhadad Bambang Pamungkas League Corsa Persipura Alfredo Vera Boaz Solossa Specs Bank Papua PS TNI Suharto AD Legimin Raharjo Made by Club Mogu Mogu PSM Robert Alberts Rizky Pellu Nike Semen Bosowa Pusamania Borneo Dragan Đukanović Ponaryo Astaman Salvo Nahusam, Cahaya Tiara Plantation Semen Padang Nil Maizar Hengky Ardiles Mizuno Semen Padang, Semen Indonesia Sriwijaya Widodo C. Putro Supardi Nasir Joma Bank Sumsel Babel, Bukit Asam, PT. TEL Additionally, referee kits are made by Joma and Nike supplied the match ball.
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment PSM Luciano Leandro Sacked 19 May 2016 13th Tony Ho 19 May 2016 Persela Stefan Hansson Resigned 24 May 2016 18th Didik Ludianto 28 May 2016 PSM Tony Ho End of caretaker spell 1 June 2016 10th Robert Alberts 1 June 2016 Persela Didik Ludianto End of caretaker spell 5 June 2016 18th Sutan Harhara 5 June 2016 Persib Dejan Antonić Resigned 11 June 2016 13th Herrie Setyawan 13 June 2016 PS TNI Eduard Tjong Resigned 23 June 2016 17th Suharto AD 23 June 2016 Persib Herrie Setyawan End of caretaker spell 28 June 2016 12th Djadjang Nurdjaman 28 June 2016 Mitra Kukar Subangkit Resigned 1 August 2016 9th Jafri Sastra 2 August 2016 Persipura Jafri Sastra Mutual Termination 1 August 2016 7th Alfredo Vera 2 August 2016 Persija Paulo Camargo Resigned 1 August 2016 16th Jan Saragih 1 August 2016 Persija Jan Saragih End of caretaker spell 31 August 2016 17th Zein Alhadad 31 August 2016 Persegres Liestiadi Resigned 30 August 2016 16th Sasi Kirono 30 August 2016 Persela Sutan Harhara Resigned 2 September 2016 18th Aji Santoso 7 September 2016 Barito Putera Mundari Karya Sacked 10 October 2016 18th Yunan Helmi 10 October 2016
Foreign players Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. Teams can use all the foreign players at once. Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window. Players in italics were out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance. Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Player(s) Arema Cronus Esteban Vizcarra Goran Gančev Márcio Teruel Nick Kalmar Srđan Lopičić Gustavo Marulanda Bali United Nemanja Vidaković Zoran Knežević Daniel Heffernan Ahn Byung-keon Lucas Patinho Kiko Insa Barito Putera Luiz Júnior Thiago Amaral Thierry Gathuessi Lim Joon-sik Mohammadou Al Hadji Ibrahim Conteh Bhayangkara Otávio Dutra Thiago Furtuoso Khairullah Abdelkabir Lee Yoo-joon Paulo Helber Madura United Fabiano Beltrame Erick Weeks Pablo Rodriguez Dane Milovanović Mitra Kukar Arthur Cunha Marlon da Silva Victor Herrero Alan Leandro Rodrigo Ost Fellipe Bertoldo Persegres Patrick da Silva Saša Zečević Gustavo Marulanda Oh In-kyun Eduardo Maciel Persela Hédipo Gustavo Ivan Carlos Paulo Eduardo Choi Hyun-yeon Shane Malcolm Kristian Adelmund José Galán Herman Dzumafo Romeo Filipović Perseru Amadou Gakou Osas Saha Boman Aimé Henry Njobi Siaka Dembélé Persib Robertino Pugliara Vladimir Vujović Marcos Flores Diogo Ferreira Juan Belencoso Persiba Antônio Teles Dirkir Glay Maycon Calijuri Shohei Matsunaga Vinicius Reis Persija Willian Pacheco Rodrigo Tosi Emmanuel Kenmogne Hong Soon-hak Jose Guerra Djibril Coulibaly Persipura Ricardinho Edward Wilson Yoo Jae-hoon James Lomell Boakay Foday Thiago Fernandes PS TNI PSM Luiz Ricardo Wiljan Pluim Ronald Hikspoors Kwon Jun Boman Aimé Lamine Diarrassouba Alex da Silva Paulo MartinsPusamania Borneo Edilson Tavares Pedro Velázquez Flávio Júnior Jad Noureddine Tárik Boschetti Semen Padang Cássio Marcel Sacramento Muamer Svraka Lee Kil-hoon Mekan Nasyrow Diego Santos Sriwijaya Alberto Gonçalves Hilton Moreira Mauricio Leal Yoo Hyun-goo
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alberto GonçalvesSriwijaya252 Marcel SacramentoSemen Padang213 Luiz JúniorBarito Putera174 Marlon da SilvaMitra Kukar165 Cristian GonzálesArema Cronus15 Thiago FurtuosoBhayangkara7 Pablo RodríguezMadura United14 Pedro VelázquezPusamania Borneo9 Shohei MatsunagaPersiba1310 Sergio van DijkPersib12
Attendances
See also 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship B 2016 ISC Liga Nusantara 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship U-21 2016 Soeratin Cup
References
External links Liga Indonesia official site Data Lengkap Liga ISC A