The Liga 1 Putri (

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: ''Women's League One''), is the top-flight women's football league in

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. Supervised by the

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, the league is participated by ten clubs, with each side fielding a team in the Liga 1 men's league. The league's inaugural season began on 5 October 2019.

History

On 25 July 2019, during a general assembly meeting with all Liga 1 club representative in Jakarta, Acting Chairperson of

Iwan Budianto announced the formation of the new Liga 1 Putri. From 2006, the

Pertiwi Cup Pertiwi Cup is the main national women's football cup competition in Indonesia, thus the female counterpart to the Piala Indonesia. This competition is managed by women's football board, under supervision of the Football Association of Indonesia ...

was Indonesia's top women's association football competition. However compared to the Liga 1 Putri, the Pertiwi Cup was contested by Indonesian provincial selection teams and not by clubs. The league was formed as a means to aid the selection of players for the Indonesian women's national team and so that the competition between boys and girls is balanced. Ten teams out of 18 in

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teams announced their participation in the inaugural season of Liga 1 Putri: Persija, PSM,

Persib Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as Persib Bandung, or simply Persib, is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, which competes in Liga 1, the to ...

TIRA-Persikabo Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973, commonly known as Persikabo 1973, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bogor Regency, West Java, that competes in Liga 1. History This club started from an initiative to part ...

Bali United Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...

, Arema, PSIS,

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, PSS,

Persebaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a provinc ...

Format

There are 10 teams in the league, divided into two groups for the first round. In the first round, all groups play four-series home tournament with five matches for each series. The best two teams advance to semi-finals. Semi-finals and finals play home and away format.

Past winners

Performances

Awards

Top scorer

Best players

Best young players

Broadcasters

In Indonesia, the league is currently broadcast by free-to-air public television network

TVRI TVRI (, Television of the Republic of Indonesia), legally ( Public Broadcasting Institution Television of the Republic of Indonesia) is a public television network and the oldest television network in Indonesia. Its national headquarters is i ...

and Djarum Media's premium multi platform network Mola through 2022. For the first edition, Mola is broadcasting selected matches from opening series and TVRI from third series, the rights also includes four semi finals and both finals. Live matches on Nasional are also available for viewers outside Indonesia through TVRI website and TVRI Klik app.

References

External links

* {{Top level women's association football leagues around the world 1 1

Sports leagues established in 2019 2019 establishments in Indonesia Professional sports leagues in Indonesia