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Indonesian football league system

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 football leagues merger: Perserikatan (amateur) and Galatama (semi professional). Liga Indonesia is managed by PSSI, the Indonesian national football federation, and operated by I-League and its previous iterations (Badan Liga Indonesia (BLI) from 1994 to 2008, PT Liga Indonesia (PT. LI) from 2008 to 2015, Badan Liga Amatir Indonesia (BLAI) from 2009 to 2014 (Lower-Tier Competition Operator), PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (PT. LPIS) from 2011 to 2013 (Dualism Competition Operator), PT Gelora Trisula Semesta (PT. GTS) from 2016 (Unofficial Competition Operator) and PT Liga Indonesia Baru (PT. LIB) from 2017 to 2025).

There are four levels of competition in the hierarchy recently. The top two tiers are professional competitions, the third tier is semi-professional, and the fourth tier is amateur.