The 2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division season was the 20th edition of

Liga Indonesia Premier Division Liga 2 ( English: ''League Two'') is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by PSSI. Before 2017, this competition was named the Liga Indonesia Premier Division (from 1994 to 2007, it was the top-tier divisi ...

and the seventh edition as a second-tier competition. On November 3, 2014, PSSI announced that starting this season, teams are not allowed to use foreign players and only allowed to have a maximum of 30 players. It was planned to start the season in March 2015 but it was revised to start the season on February 19, 2015. The start of the season was again revised to start in mid-April. On April 20, 2015, it was confirmed that the season will start on April 26, 2015. This season was officially discontinued by

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on May 2, 2015 due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against

to run any football competition. Only one match was successfully played before the ban was put on place.

Format

This year the competition will divided into six groups containing tens teams, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the next round, meanwhile the five lowest team from each group will be relegated to Liga Nusantara next season, this is done to reduce participants to 32 clubs in the 2016 season.

Teams

Persiba Bantul,

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Persita Tangerang Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Tangerang ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Tangerang'), commonly known as Persita is an Indonesian professional football club based in Tangerang. They currently compete in the Liga 1. Their nicknames are ''Pe ...

and Persepam Madura Utama will participate this season, having been relegated from

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. Cilegon United and

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are teams promoted from

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. Laga FC,

Persatu Tuban Persatuan Sepakbola Tuban, commonly known as Persatu Tuban, or Persatu, is an Indonesian football club based in Tuban, East Java. They play in the Liga 3. Their nickname is ''Laskar Ronggolawe''. History They became the first champion of th ...

Perssu Sumenep Persatuan Sepakbola Sumenep 1977 or Perssu, commonly known as Perssu 1977 is an Indonesian football (soccer), football club based in Sumenep Regency, East Java. The club plays in the Liga 3 (Indonesia), Liga 3. History Perssu Sumenep was esta ...

PS Badung Persatuan Sepakbola Badung is an Indonesian football club based in Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia that competes in Liga 3. Nicknamed ''Laskar Keris'' (Keris Warriors), the club was founded in 2008. History After Persekaba Badung sold to Yahu ...

, Perserang Serang and Persibas Banyumas are teams promoted from Liga Nusantara. Persiwa Wamena will still play in the

despite gaining promotion in the

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, after they did not pass the verification process for the 2015 Indonesia Super League. Persik Kediri will also compete in the

, because they fail to pass the verification process. On April 20, 2015, Persiwa Wamena and Persik Kediri decided to pull out from the competition, joining

PSBS Biak Persatuan Sepakbola Biak dan Sekitarnya, commonly known as PSBS Biak, is an Indonesian football club based in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua, Indonesia. The club currently plays in Liga 2. History PSBS Biak was established in 1968, PSBS Biak ga ...

and

Persifa Fak-fak Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Fakfak (also known as Persifa Fakfak) is an Indonesian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' norm ...

who failed the verification process.

Stadium and locations

First round

This round will start on 26 April 2015 until 10 September 2015 with 55 teams competing.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

References

{{Liga Indonesia seasons Second tier Indonesian football league seasons Indonesian Premier Division seasons 2

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