The 2019 Indonesia President's Cup () was the fourth edition of

Indonesia President's Cup The Piala Presiden () is an annual pre-season association football tournament held in Indonesia and organized by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). Liga 1 clubs are entitled to participate. The inaugural tournament was held in 2015 to ...

, held by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) as a pre-season tournament for the

2019 Liga 1 The 2019 Liga 1, also known as Shopee 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 clubs since its establishment ...

. The tournament started on 2 March and finished on 12 April 2019.

Persija Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jakarta ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Jakarta'), abbreviated as Persija (), is an Indonesian professional football club based in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta. Persija Jakarta is one of the most ...

were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by

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. Arema won the

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4–2 on aggregate against

Persebaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya (), is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. The club currently plays in the Liga 1 ...

for their second Indonesia President's Cup title.

Teams

The following 20 teams (18 from Liga 1 and two from Liga 2) participated for the tournament. ;Notes

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 February 2019 at the Sultan Hotel,

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. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Venues

Unlike the previous three seasons, all the venues for the group stage were on the

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. The five venues that use for the group stage of the tournament were Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in

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Jalak Harupat Stadium Si Jalak Harupat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kutawaringin Subdistrict, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. It is currently used for association football matches and was used for the 2018 Asian Games men's football tournament ...

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, Moch. Soebroto Stadium in

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, and

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Format

In this tournament, 20 teams were drawn into five groups consisting of four teams each. The teams in each group would play a round robin system. After the group stage, the five group winners and three best runners-up would advance to the knockout stage, starting with the quarter-finals. If the quarter-final matches were held in one venue in the previous season, then the matches would be held in group stage winners' home stadium according to the quarter-finals drawing results this season. Two teams qualified for the finals would be played two-legged fixtures and there was no third-place play-off match.

Group stage

The top teams of each group and the three best runner-up teams advanced to the quarter-finals. All times are local, WIB (

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Ranking of runners-up

Knockout stage

Referring to tournament regulations, the teams entitled to host the quarter-finals were the four best group winners. Therefore, Bhayangkara,

Persela Persatuan Sepakbola Lamongan, commonly known as Persela, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Lamongan, East Java. Currently the club plays in Liga 2, the second tier of domestic football. History Although it has been establ ...

, and

were the hosts. The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2019 at Sultan Hotel,

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would not be played in the quarter-finals. If a match ended with a draw, it would go straight to a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

to determine the winner. The

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, extra time and a penalty shoot-out would be used in the semi-finals and finals, if necessary. All times are local, WIB (

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

''Persebaya won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arema won 6–0 on aggregate.''

Finals

''Arema won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

* Best supporter was awarded to

's supporter, The Jak Mania. * Best referee was awarded to Nusur Fadillah. * Best young player was awarded to Irfan Jaya (

). * Top scorer were awarded to Bruno Matos (Persija),

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(Persebaya), and Ricky Kayame ( Arema) with five goals each. * Fair play team was awarded to Persija. * Best player was awarded to

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(Arema).

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs were counted as draws.

References

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