The 2019 Indonesia President's Cup () was the fourth edition of Indonesia President's Cup, held by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) as a pre-season tournament for the 2019 Liga 1. The tournament started on 2 March and finished on 12 April 2019.
Persija were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Kalteng Putra.
Arema won the finals 4–2 on aggregate against Persebaya for their second Indonesia President's Cup title.
Teams The following 20 teams (18 from Liga 1 and two from Liga 2) participated for the tournament. Team Appearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance 2018 seasonleague ranking Arema 4th 2018 Winners (2017) 6th in Liga 1 Bali United 4th 2018 Runners-up (2018) 11th in Liga 1 Barito Putera 3rd 2018 Group stage (2017, 2018) 9th in Liga 1 Bhayangkara 4th 2018 Quarter-finals (2015, 2017) 3rd in Liga 1 Borneo 4th 2018 Runners-up (2017) 7th in Liga 1 Kalteng Putra 2nd 2018 Group stage (2018) 3rd in Liga 2 Madura United 4th 2018 Quarter-finals (2017, 2018) 8th in Liga 1 Mitra Kukar 4th 2018 Fourth place (2015) 16th in Liga 1 Persebaya 2nd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018) 5th in Liga 1 Persela 4th 2018 Group stage (2015, 2017, 2018) 13th in Liga 1 Perseru 3rd 2018 Group stage (2017, 2018) 14th in Liga 1 Persib 4th 2018 Winners (2015) 4th in Liga 1 Persija 4th 2018 Winners (2018) 1st in Liga 1 Persipura 2nd 2017 Group stage (2017) 12th in Liga 1 Persita 2nd 2015 Group stage (2015) 4th in Liga 2 PSIS 2nd 2018 Group stage (2018) 10th in Liga 1 PSM 4th 2018 Quarter-finals (2015) 2nd in Liga 1 PSS 2nd 2017 Group stage (2017) 1st in Liga 2 Semen Padang 2nd 2017 Fourth place (2017) 2nd in Liga 2 TIRA-Persikabo 3rd 2018 Group stage (2017, 2018) 15th in Liga 1 Notes
Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 19 February 2019 at the Sultan Hotel, Senayan in Jakarta. The draw resulted in the following groups:
+ Group A Team A1 Persib A2 TIRA-Persikabo A3 Perseru A4 Persebaya + Group B Team B1 Bhayangkara B2 Semen Padang B3 Bali United B4 Mitra Kukar+ Group C Team C1 PSIS C2 Persipura C3 PSM C4 Kalteng Putra+ Group D Team D1 PSS D2 Madura United D3 Persija D4 Borneo+ Group E Team E1 Arema E2 Barito Putera E3 Persita E4 Persela
Venues Unlike the previous three seasons, all the venues for the group stage were on the Java Island. The five venues that use for the group stage of the tournament were Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi, Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Moch. Soebroto Stadium in Magelang, Maguwoharjo Stadium in Sleman, and Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang.
Bandung Magelang Sleman Malang Bekasi Jalak Harupat Stadium Moch. Soebroto Stadium Maguwoharjo Stadium Kanjuruhan Stadium Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 31,700 Capacity: 42,449 Capacity: 30,000
Format In this tournament, 20 teams were drawn into five groups consisting of four teams each. The teams in each group would play a round robin system. After the group stage, the five group winners and three best runners-up would advance to the knockout stage, starting with the quarter-finals. If the quarter-final matches were held in one venue in the previous season, then the matches would be held in group stage winners' home stadium according to the quarter-finals drawing results this season. Two teams qualified for the finals would be played two-legged fixtures and there was no third-place play-off match.
Group stage The top teams of each group and the three best runner-up teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Ranking of runners-up
Knockout stage Referring to tournament regulations, the teams entitled to host the quarter-finals were the four best group winners. Therefore, Bhayangkara, Persija, Persela, and Persebaya were the hosts. The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2019 at Sultan Hotel, Senayan in Jakarta.
Extra time would not be played in the quarter-finals. If a match ended with a draw, it would go straight to a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. The away goals rule, extra time and a penalty shoot-out would be used in the semi-finals and finals, if necessary.
All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Persebaya won 4–2 on aggregate.
Arema won 6–0 on aggregate.
Finals
Arema won 4–2 on aggregate.
Statistics Goalscorers
Awards Best supporter was awarded to Persija's supporter, The Jak Mania. Best referee was awarded to Nusur Fadillah. Best young player was awarded to Irfan Jaya (Persebaya). Top scorer were awarded to Bruno Matos (Persija), Manuchekhr Dzhalilov (Persebaya), and Ricky Kayame (Arema) with five goals each. Fair play team was awarded to Persija. Best player was awarded to Hamka Hamzah (Arema).
Tournament team rankings As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs were counted as draws.
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