| Competition: | Liga Nusantara |
| Season: | 2014 |
| Winners: | Persatu Tuban |
| Promoted: | Persatu Tuban Laga FC Perssu Sumenep PS Badung Perserang Serang Persibas Banyumas |
| League Topscorer: | Imam Bagus Kurnia (4 goals) |
| Best Player: | Edi Winarno |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2014 Liga Nusantara season is the first edition of Liga Nusantara after the Second Division and Third Division merged on 2014 season.[1] [2] After the removal of Badan Liga Sepakbola Amatir Indonesia (BLAI) Liga Nusantara as amateur competition this season is managed by competition committee of Province Association for qualification round and managed by PSSI in national round.[2]
The competition started on 4 May 2014 and finished with the national final match on 14 December 2014.[2] Persatu Tuban became champions after beating Laga FC 2-1 in the final.[3]
Preliminary round held by the respective provincial associations. All clubs must play with a home away system, with a standard number of games that run every club must be at least 15 games per season.[2] [4]
Regional round is divided into 6 regional: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali-Nusa, Sulawesi-Maluku, Papua. System home tournament with a round robin format. 2 clubs from each region will qualify for the national round.[4]
National round total of 16 clubs who competed consists of 12 clubs qualify from the regional round as well as four clubs rank 3, 4, 5 and 6 in 2014 First Division. Systems home tournament with a round robin format. The top 6 club gets ticket promotion to the Premier Division next season.[4]
Each team can register one foreign player in this competition.
The league is scheduled to follow various amateur clubs in all provinces in Indonesia. Recruitment club in this league handed to each Provincial Association (Asprov).[1] [2]
If there are 10 amateur clubs included in one province, then only one club that represents the province to the national round. Likewise onwards, with multiples of 10 to 1. If the province has 20 amateur clubs, it would have taken two teams to qualify for the national round. If there are provinces that have less than 10 amateur clubs, the representative from the province will follow the playoffs with representatives from other provinces.[1] [2]
Divided into 33 to 34 provincial league play since May 2014.
Divided into 10 provincial league:
| Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aceh | Persip Pasee Persitas Takengon | |
| 2 | North Sumatra | Patriot Medan PSDS Deli Serdang | |
| 3 | West Sumatra | PS GAS Sawahlunto | |
| 4 | Riau | Nabil Persikalis Bengkalis | |
| 5 | Riau Islands | PS Batam | |
| 6 | Bengkulu | PS Benteng Bengkulu Tengah | |
| 7 | Jambi | Bungo Putra | |
| 8 | Bangka Belitung | Persipas Pangkal Pinang | |
| 9 | South Sumatra | Persimuba Musi Banyuasin | |
| 10 | Lampung | Persilab Lampung Barat |
Divided into 6 provincial league:
| Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banten | Persitangsel Tangerang Selatan | |
| 2 | West Java | Persitas Tasikmalaya Bandung Barat United Persigar Garut | |
| 3 | Jakarta | Persija Muda Urakan | |
| 4 | Central Java | Persekap Pekalongan | |
| 5 | Yogyakarta | Sleman United | |
| 6 | East Java | Perssu Sumenep Laga F.C. Blitar United |
Divided into 5 provincial league:
| Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Kalimantan | — | |
| 2 | Central Kalimantan | PU Putra Palangkaraya | |
| 3 | South Kalimantan | — | |
| 4 | East Kalimantan | Penajam Utama | |
| 5 | North Kalimantan | — |
Divided into 8 provincial league:
| Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sulawesi | — | |
| 2 | Southeast Sulawesi | — | |
| 3 | Central Sulawesi | Persipal Palu | |
| 4 | West Sulawesi | ASA | |
| 5 | Gorontalo | Persidago Gorontalo | |
| 6 | North Sulawesi | Persma Manado | |
| 7 | Maluku | Arrow FC Ambon | |
| 8 | North Maluku | — |
Divided into 3 provincial league:
| Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali | Pro Kundalini | |
| 2 | West Nusa Tenggara | PS Mataram | |
| 3 | East Nusa Tenggara | — |
Divided into 2 provincial league:
| Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Papua | Kaimana | |
| 2 | Papua | Persintan Intan Jaya Persimi Sarmi |
Followed by the best teams from every province in Indonesia. This round divided into 6 regional tournament. Two best teams in each region qualify for national round.
| Rank | Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | West Java | align=center rowspan=2 | 3 |
| East Java | ||||
| align=center rowspan=6 | 3 | Aceh | align=center rowspan=6 | 2 |
| North Sumatera | ||||
| West Sumatera | ||||
| Riau | ||||
| Jakarta | ||||
| Papua | ||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | Riau Islands | align=center rowspan=4 | ||
| Jambi | ||||
| South Sumatera | ||||
| Bangka Belitung |
| Rank | Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=11 | 9 | Bengkulu | align=center rowspan=11 | 1 |
| Lampung | ||||
| Banten | ||||
| Central Java | ||||
| Yogyakarta | ||||
| Bali | ||||
| West Nusa Tenggara | ||||
| Central Kalimantan | ||||
| East Kalimantan | ||||
| North Sulawesi | ||||
| Gorontalo |
| Rank | Province | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=4 | Central Sulawesi | align=center rowspan=4 | ||
| West Sulawesi | ||||
| Maluku | ||||
| West Papua | ||||
| align=center rowspan=7 | 28 | West Kalimantan | align=center rowspan=7 | 0 |
| North Kalimantan | ||||
| South Kalimantan | ||||
| East Nusa Tenggara | ||||
| South Sulawesi | ||||
| Southeast Sulawesi | ||||
| North Maluku |
Play On 27 October 2014 1st Leg and 31 October 2014 2nd Leg
24 teams from the regional round will compete. Matches for the Group stage will be played from 9–13 November 2014.
Sixteen teams will play in this round including four teams from the fourth round of First Division.[5] Top six teams will be promoted to the 2015 Premier Division.[6]
This stage will use home tournament format and will be played from 23–27 November 2014.[7]
This round will be played in Yogyakarta. Matches will be played from 4–10 December 2014.
Semifinal matches will be played on December 12, 2014 and the final match will be played on December 14, 2014, also in Yogyakarta.