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

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, and they beat Borneo Samarinda 1–0 on aggregate in the

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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.

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was not applied.

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and

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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 (

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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,

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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 (

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

''Arema won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''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

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,

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, 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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