Piala Indonesia () is the professional annual cup competition for

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clubs in

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. Its origins date back to the start of the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga, which ran until 1989 under

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competition. The

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(PSSI) organized the full professional cup competition from 2005 until the most recent in 2018–2019. Traditionally, the tournament involves clubs from the whole layers of football competitions, which are Liga 1, Liga 2, and Liga 3. Piala Indonesia winners qualify for the

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the following season. Since the start of the professional era in 2005,

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is the most successful club in the competition, with three titles. The tournament has not been held on several occasions: 2011, 2013–2017 (partially due to the

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's ban on handling all of the football competitions by

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in 2015–16), and since 2020 (partially due to the

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, the lack of sponsor, the

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, and scheduling conflict)

History

The competition had its origins from the start of the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga (), which ran until 1989 under

competition. It started again in 1992 and 1994 as Piala Galatama (). PSSI started the professional cup competition in 2005, under the name of ''Copa Dji Sam Soe Indonesia'' until 2009 for sponsorship reasons, after which the name of the tournament was changed to the Piala Indonesia. In 2012, after a one-year hiatus, the Indonesian football "dualism" meant only Liga Prima Indonesia (LPI) clubs competed;

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won that year's Indonesia Cup. The competition returned for the 2018–19 edition after six years, where Kratingdaeng was the title sponsor of Piala Indonesia.

List of finals

Piala Liga

Piala Galatama

Copa Indonesia

Piala Indonesia

One-off final

Two-legged final

Performances

Awards

Top goal-scorers

Best players

Title sponsor

References

External links

Piala Indonesia on RSSSFIndonesian Football League Official SitePSSI Official Site

Dji Sam Soe 234 Official SitePT Philip Morris International Indonesia Tbk Official Site
{{National football Cups (AFC region) 1 National association football cups