The Indonesian football champions are the winners of the highest league of Indonesian men's football, which since
2017
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is the
Liga 1.
Perserikatan
Perserikatan is a term that commonly refers to national amateur association football, football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 and 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia, organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. T ...
, an amateur inter-cities competition, was first established under auspices of the
Football Association of Indonesia
The Football Association of Indonesia ( id, Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia; 'All-Indonesian Football Association'; abbreviated as PSSI) is the governing body of Football soccer, football in Indonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930, fif ...
(PSSI) in 1930. From Indonesia's independence in August 1945 until the establishment of the semi-professional
Galatama Liga Sepak Bola Utama (English: ''Premier Football League''), commonly known by its acronym Galatama, was a semi professional football league in Indonesia, established in 1979 by the Indonesian Football Association, PSSI. Prior to the establishment ...
, Perserikatan was the premier club football competition in the country. Perserikatan and Galatama ran in parallel until 1994, when it was merged to form
Liga Indonesia
The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top-flight footba ...
, the first professional football league in Indonesia. The structure remained until 2008, when the
Indonesia Super League
Liga 1 ( en, League 1), also known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by the PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 i ...
was established.
A PSSI internal dispute led into the creation of
Indonesian Premier League
Indonesian Premier League (IPL; Indonesian: ''Liga Prima Indonesia'') was the highest level competition for football clubs in Indonesia from 2011 to 2013. This competition was managed by ''PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo'', under supervision o ...
in 2011, and it ran in parallel with the Super League for two seasons. The Super League became the top-flight league once again in 2013, but was prematurely ended in May 2015 following Indonesian government's ban on PSSI activities, which subsequently led to the suspension of PSSI from
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
membership. The current top-flight league,
Liga 1, was launched in 2017.
This list does not include the champion of
Liga Primer Indonesia
Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI, sometimes translated to English as ''Indonesian Premier League'') was an Indonesian independent football league held in 2011. It was managed by Konsorsium Liga Premier Indonesia and PT Liga Primer Indonesia and was n ...
, a short-lived, not officially recognized independent football league that existed between September 2010 and April 2011, which was subsequently merged into the Premier League.
List of champions
Inlandsche Stedenwedstrijden (1930–1943)
Source:
Perserikatan (1950–1994)
Source:
Galatama (1979–1994)
Premier Division (1994–2008)
Before 2008 the highest level of professional football competition in Indonesia was the
Premier Division. It used the combination format of double round-robin first round and single eliminations second round.
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
(2008–2015)
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
(2011–2013)
Liga 1 (2017–present)
Other tournaments
Several tournaments were organized in the place of a top-flight football league during Indonesia's suspension from
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
between December 2015 and May 2016. The winners are not officially recognized as Indonesian champion.
Total titles won
See also
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List of football clubs in Indonesia by major honours won
This is a list of the major honours won by football clubs in Indonesia. It lists every Indonesia club to have won any of the domestic trophies recognized as major titles by FIFA.
Honours table
Numbers in bold are Indonesian record tota ...
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Indonesian football league system
The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top-flight footba ...
*
Liga 1
Notes
Content notes
Explanatory notes
References
External links
Official website of Liga Indonesia
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
Association football in Indonesia lists
Perserikatan
Galatama
Indonesian Premier Division
Indonesia Super League