Liga 3 (Indonesia) Explained

Liga 3 (Indonesia)
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Organiser:PSSI
Country:Indonesia
Confed:AFC
Founded:
(as Liga Nusantara)

(as Liga 3)
Promotion:Liga 2
Relegation:Liga 4 (planned)
Levels:3
4 (West Java Series 2)
Domest Cup:Piala Indonesia
Champions:Adhyaksa Farmel (1st title)
Most Successful Club:Persatu Tuban
Blitar United
Persik Kediri
Persijap Jepara
Karo United
Adhyaksa Farmel
(1 title each)
Tv:Vidio
Current:2024–25

Liga 3 (English: League Three) is the lowest tier in the Indonesian football league system organized by the PSSI.[1] Formed as Liga Nusantara in 2014, this league occupies the third tier and consists of 2 rounds: provincial qualification—held in every province in Indonesia, and a national round, competed for by provincial qualifiers (the number varies between provinces).[2] The PSSI typically delegated the task of organizing the provincial qualifiers to its members, the provincial football associations, while PSSI organized the national round.

History

The competition was established after Liga Indonesia Second Division and Liga Indonesia Third Division merged in 2014. Starting in 2015, the Liga Indonesia First Division was also merged with Liga Nusantara making it the third-tier level in Indonesian football system. Persatu Tuban won the competition's first season.[3]

In 2017, Liga Nusantara was renamed to Liga 3, along with Indonesian Super League and Indonesian Premier Division which were renamed to Liga 1 and Liga 2, respectively.[4]

Format

The system that will be used in Liga 3 is a full competition with a home-away format. Each participating club is required to compete at least 15 times during the competition season. This is different from previous amateur competitions where the number of matches per club can be uneven. There are those who can compete more than 10, but there are also those who only competed 2 times.

Provincial round

Each province will hold a provincial round, they are followed by amateur clubs without a limit of participants with different competition formats, the difference in the format is due to the different number of participants in each province. Furthermore, the teams that qualify from the provincial round will compete in National round.

National round

A total of 80 teams will enter this round. In this first round, 80 teams are divided into sixteen groups of 5. Each group is played on a home tournament basis. Winner and runner-up of each group advance to the second round.

The second round features 32 teams which are the winners and runners-up from each group of the first round. They divided into eight groups of 4 and each winner and runner-up advances to the third round.

In the third round, 16 teams are divided into two groups. Each group is played on a home tournament basis. Same as previous round, the winner and runner-up of each group advance to the fourth round.

In the third round, 8 teams are divided into two groups. The three best teams of each group are promoted to the Liga 2. The winner of each group also advances to the final.

Championship history

SeasonLeague nameChampionsScoreRunners-up
2014Liga NusantaraPersatu Tuban2–1Laga
2015Season abandoned due to FIFA suspension of Indonesia
2017Liga 3Blitar United2–1Persik Kendal
SeasonLeague nameHome teamScoreAway team
2018Liga 3Persik Kediri3–1PSCS Cilacap
PSCS Cilacap1–0Persik Kediri
Persik Kediri won 3–2 on aggregate
SeasonLeague nameChampionsScoreRunners-up
2019Liga 3Persijap Jepara3–1PSKC Cimahi
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
2021–22Karo United3–3 Putra Delta Sidoarjo
2022–23Season abandoned
2023–24Adhyaksa Farmel3–2 Persibo Bojonegoro
2024–25

Awards

Best players

SeasonPlayerClub
2014 Edi Winarno[5] Persatu Tuban
2017 Assanur RijalAceh United
2018 Galih AkbarPersik Kediri
2019 Rizki HidayatPersijap Jepara
2021–22 Rian RamadanKaro United
2023–24 Sehabudin AhmadAdhyaksa Farmel
2024–25

Top scorers

SeasonTop scorerClubGoals
2014 Imam Bagus KurniaLaga4
2017 AriantoAceh United7
2018 Septian BagaskaraPersik Kediri21
2019 Rikza SyawaliPSKC Cimahi9
2021–22 Adam MalikPutra Delta Sidoarjo11
2023–24 Andi SopianDejan9
2024–25

Fair play awards

SeasonClub
2018Persik Kediri
2019PSKC Cimahi
2021–22Mataram Utama
2023–24Dejan
2024–25

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mulai Tahun Ini PSSI akan Gelar Liga Nusantara . tribunnews.com . 25 January 2014 . 9 April 2014. id. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129005841/http://www.tribunnews.com/superball/2014/01/25/mulai-tahun-ini-pssi-akan-gelar-liga-nusantara. 29 January 2014. live.
  2. Web site: Liga 3 . 2023-12-22 . PSSI - Football Association of Indonesia . id-ID.
  3. Web site: Persatu Juarai Piala Nusantara 2014. 14 December 2014. id. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214201219/http://ligaindonesia.co.id/index.php/read/BLI/Persatu-Juarai-Piala-Nusantara-2014-7502#.VI3acCuG-is. 14 December 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: PSSI Ubah ISL Jadi Liga 1. Bola.net . 20 January 2017. id. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122145149/http://www.bola.net/indonesia/pssi-ubah-isl-jadi-liga-1-6a5497.html. 22 January 2017. live.
  5. Web site: Luar Biasa! Jatim Kuasai Piala Nusantara 2014. 15 December 2014. id.