Liga 2 (

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: ''League Two''), officially known as Pegadaian Liga 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by

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(PSSI). The competition started in 2017 after PSSI changed the previous competition

Liga Indonesia Premier Division Liga Indonesia Premier Division (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia'') was the second-tier of the Indonesian football league system, football competition system in Indonesia, organized by PSSI. The competition starte ...

(

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: ''Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia''). Originally, the Premier Division was the top-tier division when it was first established in 1994 and only became the second tier in 2008 when its place in the top flight was replaced by the newly formed

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. The competition is usually divided into several groups because of factors in terms of geography and number of participants.

History

Foundation

The Premier Division was the first-tier in Liga Indonesia. The system stayed put until 2007. In 2008, PSSI formed the

(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. 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

and the other for

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. Starting in the 2014 season Premier Division was organized again by PT Liga Indonesia after the dissolution of LPIS.

Name change

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. Liga 2 did not use the name of the main sponsor after the name change in 2017 season until

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, 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.

Competition format

Here are some regulations that are planned to be implemented for the 2025–26 season.

Competition

There will be 20 clubs in Liga 2, divided into two regions: East Region and West Region. Each region consists of 10 clubs based on geographical location and during the course of the season (from September to April), the teams play each other three times in a triple round-robin system (either once home and twice away or twice home and once away) for a total of 27 games. Teams receive

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, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are

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by total points, then head-to-head records, then

goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

, and then goals scored. If still equal, fair play points and then a drawing of lots decide the ranking.

Promotion and relegation

The first-place teams from both the West and East regions will earn direct promotion to Liga 1, while the runners-up of each region will face each other in a promotion play-off to compete for one additional promotion spot. The 10th-placed teams from both the West and East regions will be directly relegated to

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, while the 9th-placed teams from each region will compete in a relegation play-off to determine one more team to be relegated.

Video Assistant Referee

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(VAR) was introduced to Liga 2 for the first time in the 2024–25 season during the final and promotion play-off matches. The 2025–26 season is planned to see the full implementation of VAR for the first time.

Teams

Maps

Current participating teams

The following 20 clubs will compete in the Liga 2 during 2025–26 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 LPIS Premier Division during dualism era (2011–2013) and ISC B.'' *''"Last spell in top flight" counted since foundation of Indonesia Super League (now Liga 1), including

during dualism era (2011–2013) and ISC A in 2016 season.'' ;Notes ;Former names ;Breakaway league: ;Unofficial league:

Former teams

The following clubs competed in the Liga 2 since 2017 season, but are not competing in the 2025–26 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 LPIS Premier Division during dualism era (2011–2013) and ISC B.'' *''"Last spell in L2" counted since foundation of Liga 2.'' ;Notes ;Former names ;Breakaway league: ;Unofficial league:

Championship history

Promotion history

* Bold designates the promoted club
† Lost the Promotion/relegation playoff
‡ Won the Promotion/relegation playoff and got promoted

Relegation history

Foreign players

Liga 2's policy on foreign players has changed multiple times since its inception. * 2008–2009: 3 foreign players. * 2009–2010: 4 foreign players. * 2010–2012: 3 foreign players. * 2014 : 2 foreign players. * 2015–2023 : No foreign players quota. * 2023–2024: 2 foreign players including 1 Asian quota. * 2024–present: 3 foreign players.

Awards

Best player

Top scorers

Title sponsors

Broadcasting partner

References

External links

Official website of PT Liga Indonesia Baru

Official website of PSSI
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Professional sports leagues in Indonesia