Piala Indonesia ( 'Indonesia Cup') is the professional annual cup competition for

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clubs in

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. Originally, it started from the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga, which ran until 1989 under

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competition. The

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(PSSI) organized the full professional cup competition from 2005 until now. Traditionally, the tournament involves all the clubs from the whole layers in football competitions in Indonesia, which are Liga 1, Liga 2, and Liga 3. The competition was founded in 2005. Piala Indonesia winners qualify for the

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the following season.

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is the most successful club in the competition with three titles. The tournament has not been held on several occasions: 2009, 2011, 2013–2017 (partially due to the

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's ban on handling all of the football competitions by

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in 2015–16), and 2020–2022 (due to the

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History

Originally, the competition started from the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga (English: League Cup), which ran until 1989 under

competition. It started again in 1992 and 1994 as Piala Galatama (English: Galatama Cup). PSSI started the professional cup competition in 2005, initially under the name of ''Copa Dji Sam Soe Indonesia'' until 2009 for sponsorship reasons, after which the name of the tournament was changed to the Piala Indonesia. In 2012, after a one-year hiatus, the Indonesian football "dualism" meant only

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(LPI) clubs competed;

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won that year's Indonesia Cup. The competition returned after six years for the 2018–19 edition, when Kratingdaeng was the title sponsor of Piala Indonesia. The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the

. The tournament will return for the 2022–23 edition after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally, the tournament was cancelled but was kept taking place. A new sponsor has yet to be announced.

List of finals

Piala Liga

Piala Galatama

Copa Indonesia

Piala Indonesia

Performances

Awards

Top goal-scorers

Best players

Title sponsor

Broadcasters

Indonesia

Notes:

Worldwide

References

External links

Piala Indonesia on RSSSFIndonesian Football League Official SitePSSI Official SiteDji Sam Soe 234 Official SitePT Philip Morris International Indonesia Tbk Official Site
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