The 2022 Indonesia President's Cup () was the fifth edition of
Indonesia President's Cup
The Piala Presiden () is an annual pre-season association football tournament held in Indonesia and organized by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). Liga 1 clubs are entitled to participate. The inaugural tournament was held in 2015 to ...
, held by the
Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) as a pre-season tournament for the
2022–23 Liga 1. The tournament started on 11 June and finished on 17 July 2022.
Arema were the defending champions after winning the title in
2019
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, and they beat
Borneo Samarinda 1–0 on aggregate in the
finals
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for their third title in the tournament.
Teams
The following 18 teams (18 from
Liga 1) participated for the tournament.
;Notes
Venues
Manahan, Segiri, Gelora Bandung Lautan Api, Jalak Harupat, and Kanjuruhan were used for group stage match. Jalak Harupat was appointed due to
an incident at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api. Jalak Harupat, Maguwoharjo, Segiri, Jatidiri, and Kanjuruhan were used for knockout stage as the team reached the stage.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 29 May 2022. The draw resulted in the following groups:
Format
In this tournament, 18 teams were drawn into four groups each consisting of five teams from groups A and B, four teams from groups C and D. Quarter-final matches were held once at each group winner's home stadium. Semi-final and final rounds were held home and away.
Away goals rule
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was not applied.
Extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
and
penalty shootout
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were used to break the tie.
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times were local,
WIB (
UTC+7
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).
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
In the quarter-finals,
extra time
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would not be played, and a match would go straight to a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
to determine the winner. In the semi-finals and finals, the
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
would not be applied, and a match would go to extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
All times were local,
WIB (
UTC+7
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).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
''Arema won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Borneo Samarinda won 6–0 on aggregate.''
Finals
''Arema won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards
* Fair play team was awarded to
Borneo Samarinda.
* Top scorer was awarded to
Matheus Pato (Borneo Samarinda) with six goals.
* Best young player was awarded to
Fajar Fathur (Borneo Samarinda).
* Best player was awarded to
Adilson Maringá (
Arema).
Tournament team rankings
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in
extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by
penalty shoot-outs were counted as draws.
Controversies
Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium crowd incident
On the group C match between
Persib Bandung
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung (), also known in acronym as Persib (), is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bandung, West Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Founded in 1919 as ...
(host) and
Persebaya Surabaya
Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya (), is an Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Surabaya, East Java. The club currentl ...
, which took place on 17 June 2022 at
Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium,
Bandung
Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...
, an uncontrolled mass that was forced to enter the stage caused at least two people to be killed.
The stadium arena was reported to be in poor condition with eight entrances vandalized, trash strewn and items abandoned.
In response to the event, the
Football Association of Indonesia
The Football Association of 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. The PSSI joined FIFA in 1952 and the Asian F ...
(PSS!) via their website, released that they would investigate the incident. Disciplinary committee of PSSI imposed Persib a fine of IDR 50 Million and a ban on playing at the Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium for the remainder of the tournament.
Agung Prasetyo "kungfu kick"
Yudi Nurcahya was a FIFA licensed referee and led the
second leg of the finals between
Borneo Samarinda and
Arema at
Segiri Stadium,
Samarinda
Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda was one of Indonesia's top ten City qu ...
. At the 33rd minute of the match, Arema player
Gian Zola's head was struck by Borneo Samarinda player
Agung Prasetyo's "kungfu kick" when Zola was about to head the ball in the air, potentially injuring Zola. Nurcahya gave no card to Prasetyo (despite such actions being punishable according to the FIFA
Laws of the Game), instead giving it to Zola. Arema player
Adam Alis was also given a yellow card by the referee relating to the call.
References
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