The 2024–25 Liga 4 was the inaugural season of the Liga 4, a football league newly established by the

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as the fourth tier in the current

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, and the only amateur competition within the structure. The competition is organized by the PSSI Provincial Associations during the provincial phase and by the PSSI during the national phase. Tri Brata Rafflesia won their first national trophy in the club history, after defeating Persika Karanganyar in the

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match.

Changes from 2023–24 season

Starting from the 2024–25 season, the

has restructured Liga 3 into two separate tiers, with

Liga Nusantara Liga Nusantara (English language, English: ''Archipelago League''), officially known as PNM Liga Nusantara for sponsorship reasons, is the third-tier of the Indonesian football league system, football competition system in Indonesia, organized by ...

(third tier) and Liga 4 (fourth tier). Liga Nusantara will operate as a semi-professional league consisting of 16 teams, including 10 teams that reached the

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of the 2023–24 Liga 3 national phase but did not secure promotion to Liga 2. Meanwhile, teams eliminated prior to the third round of the 2023–24 Liga 3 national phase will compete in Liga 4, which remains an amateur-level competition.

Rules

Here are the regulations for the 2024–25 season:

Participating clubs

* PSSI member clubs or PSSI member candidate clubs who have completed the registration administration requirements as a member of PSSI and have received approval at the relevant provincial PSSI annual congress. * Registration of participating clubs via the online system SIAP (''Sistem Informasi dan Administrasi PSSI''). * All clubs participating in 2024–25 Liga 4 compete in the provincial phase. * Aspects of football development, enough time lag between one match to another.

Player & official

* The ages of the players are those born 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006, and 7 senior players. * The maximum number of registered players is 21. * The minimum requirement for a head coach is holding a PSSI B License. * Player registration via online system SIAP (''Sistem Informasi dan Administrasi PSSI'').

Teams

The table below shows the number of teams participating in the 38 provincial leagues and the number of slots allocated to each league for the national phase. In this season, a total of 437 teams competed in 35 provincial leagues for 64 slots in the national phase, while 3 provinces did not hold a competition.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Provincial phase

These teams will be the representatives from their provincial league to be competing in national phase. The number of representatives from each provincial league varies based on their league coefficient, with a minimum of one representative club per league.

Notes: * BOLD: Champions of each provincial league. * Grey background denotes provinces that did not sent representative to the national phase.

National phase

The best 64 teams from the provincial phase will compete in this phase to determine the top 8 teams that will be promoted to 2025–26 Liga Nusantara.

First round

The 64 teams will be drawn into 16 groups of four. The first round will be played in a home tournament format of single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the

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Second round

The 32 teams will be divided into 8 groups of four. The second round will be played in a home tournament format of single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the

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Third round

The 16 teams will be drawn into 4 groups of four. The third round will be played in a home tournament format of single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the

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and promoted to 2025–26 Liga Nusantara

Fourth round

The 8 teams will be drawn into two groups of four. The fourth round will be played in a home tournament format of single round-robin matches. The winner of each group will qualify for the

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Final

The final will be played as a single match. If tied after regulation time,

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and, if necessary, a

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will be used to decide the winning team.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Performance by province

The following table represents the performance of each provincial league based on the number of representatives remaining in each round of the national phase.

Notes: * BOLD: Bold indicates the province with the highest number of representatives in each round. * Gold background denotes provinces whose representatives are promoted to the 2025–26 Liga Nusantara.

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2024–25 Liga 4 (Indonesia) Liga 4 2024 in Indonesian sport 2024 in Indonesian football leagues Fourth level football leagues in Asia