The 2019 Liga 1, also known as
Shopee
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Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 3th season of
Liga 1 under its current name and the 10th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for
association football
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clubs since its establishment in 2008. The season started on 15 May 2019 and finished on 22 December 2019. Fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on 7 May 2019.
Persija were the defending champions.
PSS,
Semen Padang, and
Kalteng Putra joined as the promoted teams from the
2018 Liga 2. They replace
Mitra Kukar,
Sriwijaya
Srivijaya (), also spelled Sri Vijaya, was a Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia) that influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddh ...
, and
PSMS who were relegated to the
2019 Liga 2.
On 2 December 2019,
Bali United won the championship for the first time in their history, becoming the seventh club to win the Liga 1 following a win against
Semen Padang, after second-placed
Borneo
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drew against
PSM, giving Bali United a 17-point lead with only four games left.
Teams
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the
Liga 2. The new teams this season were
PSS,
Semen Padang, and
Kalteng Putra, who replaced
Mitra Kukar,
Sriwijaya
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, and
PSMS.
Name changes
* PS TIRA merged with
Persikabo into
TIRA-Persikabo
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and relocated to
Cibinong.
*
Perseru relocated to
Bandar Lampung
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and were renamed to
Badak Lampung.
Stadiums and locations
Notes:
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notes:
# On the front of shirt.
# On the back of shirt.
# On the sleeves.
# On the shorts.
Additionally, referee kits are made by
Specs and
Mitre
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supplied the match ball.
Apparel and captain changes:
Coaching changes
*
Notes:
Foreign players
Football Association of Indonesia
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restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use all four foreign players at once.
* Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
* Former Player(s) were players that out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Source
First transfer windowSecond transfer windowNotes:
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
Note:
4 Player scored 4 goals
Discipline
*Most yellow card(s): 11
** Akbar Tanjung (
Badak Lampung)
**
Muhammad Tahir
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He is curren ...
(
Persipura)
*Most red card(s): 3
**
Leonard Tupamahu (
Bali United)
Attendances
Awards
Annual
Team of the season
See also
*
2019 Liga 2
*
2019 Liga 3
*
2018–19 Piala Indonesia
Notes
References
External links
*
{{Liga Indonesia seasons
2019
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Indonesia
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