The 2019 Liga 3 was the third season of the Liga 3 under its current name, the fourth season under its current league structure, and the only amateur league football competition in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. Persijap defeated PSKC 3–1 in the final at the

Pakansari Stadium Stadion Pakansari is an all-seater stadium at Pakansari, Cibinong, Bogor, West Java in Indonesia. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home stadium of Persikabo 1973. It can hold 30,000 spectators. The stadium is one of the venues fo ...

to won their first Liga 3 title.

Teams

Team changes

The following teams changed division from the 2018 season.

Overview

Player regulations

Unlike previous seasons, teams are not allowed to use senior players. Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in this league.

Qualifying round

Qualifying round for national round is divided into 2 routes: * Regional route (consist of representatives from 34 provinces). First, each province held their provincial league followed by unlimited amateur teams with different competition format. Then qualified teams from provincial league are competing in their respective region to earn 26 slots in national round. * Pre-national route is featured by six relegated teams from 2018 Liga 2 and 10 teams that qualified for the

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last season. Six teams will be qualified for national round from this route.

Regional route

Province round

These teams are the representatives from their provincial league to be competing in regional round.

Regional round

Pre-national route

National round

A total of 32 teams will be competing in this round.

First round

In this first round, 32 teams divided into eight groups (4 groups in West region and 4 groups in East region). Each group played a home tournament basis. First round was played from 12–16 December 2019. Winner and runner-up of each group advanced to the

West region

=Group A

= * Tiga Naga hosted this group at Tumpal Sinaga Stadium and Kaharudin Nasution Stadium,

Pekanbaru Pekanbaru is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Riau, and a major economic center on the eastern side of Sumatra, Sumatra Island with its name derived from the Malay language, Malay (Indonesian language, Indonesian) word for 'new mar ...

=Group B

= *

PSSI The Football Association of Indonesia (; 'All-Indonesian Football Association'; abbreviated as PSSI) is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930. The PSSI joined FIFA in 1952 and the Asian Football Confedera ...

chose to hold this group at Haji Agus Salim Stadium and BBC Batuang Taba Stadium,

Padang Padang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of West Sumatra. It had a population of 833,562 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 909,040 at the 2020 Census;Bad ...

=Group C

= * PSKC hosted this group at Siliwangi Stadium,

Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...

and Jalak Harupat Stadium,

Bandung Regency Bandung Regency () is an administrative landlocked regency located to the south, southeast, east and northeast of the city of Bandung. The northern parts of the Bandung Regency are effectively part of Greater Bandung (technically the whole of t ...

=Group D

= * Persiba Bantul hosted this group at Sultan Agung Stadium and Dwi Windu Stadium,

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East region

=Group E

= * Persijap hosted this group at Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium and Kamal Djunaedi Stadium,

Jepara Jepara is a town in the province of Central Java, Indonesia. Jepara is on the north coast of Java, northeast of Semarang, not far from Mount Muria, with a population of 85,970 in mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabup ...

=Group F

= * Putra Sinar Giri hosted this group at

Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium Gelora Joko Samudro is a multi-purpose stadium in the town of Gresik Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It is mostly used for football matches and is the new home stadium of Gresik United. The stadium hold 25,000 spectators.https://disparekrafbudpo ...

and Semen Gresik Stadium,

Gresik Regency Gresik Regency ( older spelling: Grissee, ) is a regency within East Java Province of Indonesia. As well as a large part of the northern and western suburbs of the city of Surabaya, it includes the offshore Bawean Island, some 125 km to the ...

=Group G

= *

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hosted this group at Gelora Supriyadi Stadium and Gelora Bumi Penataran Stadium,

Blitar Blitar is a landlocked city in East Java, Indonesia, about 73 km from Malang and 167 km from Surabaya. The area lies within longitude 111° 40' – 112° 09' East and its latitude is 8° 06' South. The city of Blitar lies at an altitude ...

=Group H

= * Perseta hosted this group at

Brawijaya Stadium Brawijaya Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. It was built in 1983 and underwent renovations in 2000. ''Brawijaya Stadium'' has a capacity of 10,000 seats, as well as the headquarters for a football team na ...

, Kediri and Rejoagung Stadium,

Tulungagung Regency Tulungagung Regency (pronounced ) is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,144.53 km2 and had a population of 990,159 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,089,775 at the 20 ...

Second round

The second round was featured by 16 teams which were the winners and runner-ups from each group of the first round. The second round matches were played on 19 December 2019. Each winner advanced to the

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Third round

In this round, eight teams divided into two groups. Each group played a home tournament basis. Third round was played from 22–26 December 2019. Three best teams of each group promoted to the Liga 2. Winner of each group also advanced to the

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West Group

* PSKC hosted this group at Siliwangi Stadium and Arcamanik Stadium,

East Group

* Putra Sinar Giri hosted this group at

and Jenggolo Stadium,

Sidoarjo Regency Sidoarjo Regency () is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. It is bordered by Surabaya City and Gresik Regency to the north, by Pasuruan Regency to the south, by Mojokerto Regency to the west, and by the Madura Strait to the east. It has a land ar ...

Final

Champions

Awards

* Top Scorers: Rikza Syawali ( PSKC) with nine goals. * Best Player: Rizki Hidayat ( Persijap). * Fair Play Team: PSKC.

Notes

References

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