Second tier of Indonesian football
Football league
Liga 2
(
English
:
League Two
), known as
Pegadaian Liga 2
for sponsorship reasons with
Pegadaian
,
is the second-tier of the
football competition system in Indonesia
, organized by
PSSI
. This competition started in 1994 under the name
Liga Indonesia Premier Division
(
Indonesian
:
Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia
) as the top-tier division in the
Indonesian football league system
. After the 2008 reforms, the Premier Division became the second tier. Liga 2 started in 2017 as a rebranding.
[2]
Prior to the formation of
Indonesia Super League
in 2008, the Premier Division was the Indonesian top-flight football league. Along with Indonesia Super League, Premier Division is a fully professional competition. The competition is usually divided into several groups because of factors in terms of geography and number of participants.
History
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Divisi Utama
era
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1994?2008
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In 1994,
PSSI
merged the existing
Perserikatan
and
Galatama
to form Liga Indonesia. This decision was taken to increase the quality of Indonesian football. In order to do so, PSSI sought to combine supporter's
fanaticism
from Perserikatan and Galatama's professionalism. The Premier Division was the first-tier in Liga Indonesia. The system stayed put until 2007.
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2008?2017
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In 2008, PSSI formed the
Indonesia Super League
(ISL), the first fully professional league in Indonesia, as the new top-tier of Indonesian football. The Premier Division was then being relegated to the second-tier.
[3]
As a result of continuing conflict between PT Liga Indonesia (LI) and PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (LPIS), there were two different Liga Indonesia Premier Division being organized for 2011?12 and 2013 season, one for the
Indonesia Super League
and the other for
Indonesian Premier League
. Starting in the 2014 season Premier Division was organized again by PT Liga Indonesia after the dissolution of LPIS.
Liga 2 era
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In January 2017, PSSI renamed the competition from Premier Division to
Liga 2
along with the change in the name of the league in the top division from Indonesia Super League to Liga 1.
[2]
Liga 2 did not use the name of the main sponsor after the name change in 2017 season until
Pegadaian
, which operates in the financial sector became the main sponsor in the 2023-24 season and changed the name of the league to
Pegadaian Liga 2.
[4]
Teams
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Current participating teams
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Note: According to
2024?25 season
.
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Recently relegated from
Liga 1
|
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Recently promoted from
Liga 3
|
- "Year joined" is the year the club joined the Liga Indonesia, including leagues that are divisionally below it and counted since 1994?95 season.
- "First season in D2" and "Seasons in D2" counted since Premier Division dropped down to second-tier and also including of
former ISC B
.
- "Most recent spell in top flight" counted since foundation of Indonesia Super League (now Liga 1), including
Indonesian Premier League
during dualism era (2011?2013) and
former ISC A
in 2016 season.
- Notes
- ^
Include season as Putra Safin Group and AHHA PS Pati.
- ^
Include season as Persebaya (DU/ISL)
- ^
Include season as PS TNI, PS TIRA and TIRA-Persikabo.
- ^
Include season as Aceh United, Babel United and Muba Babel United.
- ^
Include season as Cilegon United and RANS Cilegon.
- Former names
- ^
Bekasi City (FBC):
previously as Putra Ijen FC.
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Bhayangkara (BFC):
previously as Persikubar West Kutai.
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Nusantara United (NUS):
previously as
Mataram Utama
.
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Persikabo 1973 (PBO):
previously as PS TNI.
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Persipal (PAL):
previously as
Aceh United
.
- ^
RANS Nusantara (RNS):
previously as Cilegon United.
Former teams
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Note: Since
2018 season
.
- "Year joined" is the year the club joined the Liga Indonesia, including leagues that are divisionally below it and counted since 1994?95 season.
- "First season in D2" and "Seasons in D2" counted since Premier Division dropped down to second-tier and also including of
former ISC B
.
- Notes
- ^
Include season as Perseru Serui.
- ^
Include season as Blitar United.
- ^
Include season as Martapura FC.
- ^
Include season as Semeru FC.
- ^
Include season as Putra Delta Sidoarjo.
- Former names
- ^
Badak Lampung (BDL):
previously as
Perseru Serui
.
- ^
Bandung United (BDU):
previously as
Blitar United
.
- ^
Dewa United (DWU):
previously as Martapura FC.
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Hizbul Wathan (HIZ):
previously as Semeru FC.
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Malut United (MLT):
previously as
Putra Delta Sidoarjo
.
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Sada Sumut (SSU):
previously as Karo United.
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Sulut United (SUL):
previously as Bogor FC.
Championship history
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First-tier era
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Second-tier era
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Period
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Sponsor(s)
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Name
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Ref.
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1994?1996
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Dunhill
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Liga Dunhill
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1996?1997
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Kansas
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Liga Kansas
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[6]
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1997?1999
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No sponsors
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Ligina (Liga Indonesia)
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1999?2004
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Bank Mandiri
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Liga Bank Mandiri
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2005?2008
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Djarum Super
|
Liga Djarum Indonesia
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2008?2009
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Esia
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Esia Divisi Utama
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2009?2010
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Extra Joss
|
Liga Joss Indonesia
|
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2010?2011
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Ti-Phone
|
Liga Ti-Phone
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2012?2016
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No sponsors
|
Divisi Utama
|
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2017?2023
|
Liga 2
|
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2023?2024
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Pegadaian
|
Pegadaian Liga 2
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Broadcasting partner
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As the first tier
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As the second tier
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Awards
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Best players
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- First-tier era
- Second-tier era
Top scorers
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- First-tier era
- Second-tier era
See also
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References
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a
b
"PSSI Ubah ISL Jadi Liga 1"
(in Indonesian). Bola.net. 20 January 2017.
Archived
from the original on 3 April 2019
. Retrieved
20 January
2017
.
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a
b
Karami, Luzman Rifqi (26 August 2011).
"Sejarah Kompetisi Sepak Bola Indonesia"
.
www.viva.co.id
(in Indonesian).
Archived
from the original on 14 March 2023
. Retrieved
9 September
2023
.
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"Pegadaian Jadi Sponsor Utama Liga 2 Musim 2023/2024"
.
Tempo.co
(in Indonesian). 6 September 2023
. Retrieved
2 June
2024
.
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Sufiyanto, Tengku, ed. (23 August 2016).
"Cerita Produk Rokok yang Pernah 'Merajai' Sepakbola Indonesia"
.
INDOSPORT.com
(in Indonesian). p. 2.
Archived
from the original on 12 May 2023
. Retrieved
7 February
2021
.
- ^
Sufiyanto, Tengku, ed. (23 August 2016).
"Cerita Produk Rokok yang Pernah 'Merajai' Sepakbola Indonesia"
.
INDOSPORT.com
(in Indonesian). p. 3.
Archived
from the original on 10 October 2022
. Retrieved
8 October
2022
.
- ^
Sufiyanto, Tengku, ed. (23 August 2016).
"Cerita Produk Rokok yang Pernah 'Merajai' Sepakbola Indonesia"
.
INDOSPORT.com
(in Indonesian). p. 4.
Archived
from the original on 9 October 2022
. Retrieved
8 October
2022
.
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Hidayah, Aguslia (15 December 2011).
"ANTV Mulai Siarkan Kompetisi Divisi Utama"
.
Tempo.co
(in Indonesian).
Archived
from the original on 24 October 2022
. Retrieved
24 October
2022
.
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Saputra, Muhammad Nurhendra (20 April 2018).
"tvOne Siarkan Langsung Pertandingan Liga 2"
.
VIVA.co.id
(in Indonesian).
Archived
from the original on 25 September 2022
. Retrieved
25 September
2022
.
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Dirhantoro, Tito (13 March 2020).
"Kompas TV Resmi Siarkan Kompetisi Liga 2 2020"
.
Kompas TV
(in Indonesian).
Archived
from the original on 30 June 2022
. Retrieved
15 March
2020
.
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Prasetya, Mochamad Hary (17 February 2020). Nugroho, Nungki (ed.).
"MNC Vision Networks Siarkan Liga 1 dan Liga 2 2020"
.
Bolasport.com
(in Indonesian).
Archived
from the original on 14 July 2023
. Retrieved
14 July
2023
.
- ^
"Biar Pun Jadi Runner-up, Persiwa Wamena Panen Gelar"
(in Indonesian). Archived from
the original
on 5 December 2014
. Retrieved
27 November
2014
.
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