1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Football season in Indonesia

Football league season

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season	1994–95
Dates	27 November 1994 – 30 July 1995
Champions	Persib 1st Premier Division title 6th Indonesian title
Relegated	PS Bengkulu Warna Agung PSIR PSIM
Asian Club Championship	Persib
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Petrokimia Putra
Matches played	559
Goals scored	1,417 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peri Sandria (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Pelita Jaya 10–2 Persijatim (14 June 1995)
Biggest away win	PS Bengkulu 1–6 Pelita Jaya (15 April 1995) Persijatim 0–5 Arseto (15 April 1995) Warna Agung 0–5 Semen Padang (7 May 1995)
Highest scoring	Pelita Jaya 10–2 Persijatim (14 June 1995)
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The 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Dunhill for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football following the merger of Perserikatan and Galatama. The season began on 27 November 1994 and ended on 30 July 1995. The league was made up of 34 clubs. Persib won the title after beating Petrokimia Putra 1–0 in the final.^[1]

Overview

Background

The league started in 1994. The lack of ticket sales in Galatama and the lack of commercial aspects in Perserikatan made PSSI take a bold decision. The Indonesian football association decided to form a new fully professional league called the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as a merger of Galatama and Perserikatan.^[2]

Due to the merger, there were 34 inaugural clubs in the league. Two clubs that should have been relegated to the First Division, Persiba and PS Bengkulu were allowed to compete while PS Aceh Putra chose to withdraw. To solve this issue, the league is split into two regional divisions with each division consisting 17 clubs. The top four clubs from each division then entered the second stage which is played in a group stage format consisting of two groups of four. Then, the top two clubs from each group proceed to the knockout stage (semifinals and final) where they will play for the title.^[1]

The shift of the league to a more commercial form has made PSSI move to find sponsors to sustain the wheels of the league. Dunhill, a cigarette manufacturer from the UK is the first company to dive in and become the inaugural title sponsor of the league. As a result of this sponsorship, Dunhill poured funds up to Rp4.5 billion per season and provided subsidies of Rp100 million for each Premier Division club. Dunhill also gave a prize of Rp75 million for the champions, Rp50 million for the runners-up, and Rp25 million for the league's best player. The funds provided by Dunhill were pretty high for financial standards in 1994. Thus, the Liga Indonesia Premier Division was then given the name Liga Dunhill.^[3]

Before the league started, PSSI also lifted the ban for foreign players to compete in the league that was active since 1982. This resulted in some high-profile signings with clubs signing seasoned veterans of the world stage.^[4]

Season summary

The inaugural duel of this brand-new league brought together the champions of the last edition from each competition on 27 November 1994. Pelita Jaya were the last winners of Galatama while Persib were winners of the 1993–94 Perserikatan. The match ended 1–0 for Pelita Jaya with their Montenegrin striker Dejan Gluščević becoming the first player to score a goal in the new top-flight in the 60th minute.^[2] By the end of the first stage, PS Bengkulu, Warna Agung, PSIR, and PSIM were the clubs that were relegated from the league. The first wave of foreign players coming to league proved to be ineffective in improving results, leading to clubs reshuffling the foreign players they had within their squads right before the second stage began.^[5]

Persib would eventually become the inaugural champions of the league. The Maung Bandung, who only finished as runners-up in the West Division, won the title thanks to a narrow 1–0 victory over Petrokimia Putra in the final held in Gelora Senayan Main Stadium on 30 July 1995.^[1] The final was not without controversy however as Petrokimia striker Jacksen F. Tiago had a goal ruled out for offside at the 30th minute. Nevertheless, Sutiono Lamso scored later in the 76th minute for Persib and they held on to lead until the end of the game.^[6] Ironically, the title was won by a team consisting of local players only when most of the title challengers had at least one foreign player.^[4] Meanwhile, Bandung Raya striker Peri Sandria was the league's inaugural top scorer. The 34 goals he scored was a top-flight record which stood for 22 years until Sylvano Comvalius scored 37 goals in the 2017 Liga 1.^[7]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Medan

Jakarta

Bandung

Yogyakarta

SRG

Arseto

Persiku

PSIR

Gresik

Malang

Surabaya

Bandung teams

Persib

Gresik teams

Persegres

Petrokimia Putra

Jakarta teams

Pelita Jaya

Persija

Persijatim

Warna Agung

Malang teams

Arema

Persema

Medan teams

Medan Jaya

PSMS

Semarang teams

BPD Jateng

PSIS

Surabaya teams

ASGS

Mitra Surabaya

Persebaya

Yogyakarta teams

Mataram Putra

PSIM

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Locations of the teams in the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

Blue: West Division;

Red: East Division

West Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Arseto	Solo	Sriwedari
Bandung Raya	Bandung	Siliwangi
BPD Jateng	Semarang	Jatidiri
Mataram Putra	Yogyakarta	Mandala Krida
Medan Jaya	Medan	Teladan
Pelita Jaya	Jakarta (South Jakarta)	Lebak Bulus
Persib	Bandung	Siliwangi
Persija	Jakarta (Central Jakarta)	Menteng
Persijatim	Jakarta (East Jakarta)	Rawamangun
Persiku	Kudus	Wergu Wetan
Persiraja	Banda Aceh	Haji Dimurthala
Persita	Tangerang	Benteng
PS Bengkulu	Bengkulu	Semarak
PSDS	Deli Serdang	Baharuddin Siregar
PSMS	Medan	Teladan
Semen Padang	Padang	Haji Agus Salim
Warna Agung	Jakarta (South Jakarta)	Gelora Senayan

East Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Arema	Malang	Gajayana
ASGS	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Barito Putera	Banjarmasin	May 17th
Gelora Dewata	Denpasar	Ngurah Rai
Mitra Surabaya	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Persebaya	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Persegres	Gresik	Petrokimia
Persema	Malang	Gajayana
Persiba	Balikpapan	Persiba
Persipura	Jayapura	Mandala
Petrokimia Putra	Gresik	Petrokimia
Pupuk Kaltim	Bontang	Mulawarman
Putra Samarinda	Samarinda	Segiri Samarinda
PSIM	Yogyakarta	Mandala Krida
PSIR	Rembang	Krida
PSIS	Semarang	Jatidiri
PSM	Ujung Pandang	Andi Mattalata

Kits and sponsorship

All of the teams kits are provided by Adidas and sponsored by Dunhill as part of the league's sponsorship deal.^[8]^[9]

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5
Persiraja
PSMS
PSDS
Semen Padang	Claudio Luzardi	Claudio Oliveira	Didier Kessack
PS Bengkulu
Persita
Warna Agung
Persija
Persijatim
Pelita Jaya	Milorad Bajovic	Maboang Kessack	Roger Milla
Persib
Bandung Raya	Dejan Gluščević	Olinga Atangana	Tibidi Alexis
PSIS
BPD Jateng
PSIR
Persiku
Arseto
PSIM
Mataram Putra
Persema
Arema
Persegres
Petrokimia Putra	Darryl Sinerine	Carlos de Mello	Jacksen Tiago
Persebaya
Mitra Surabaya	Gomes Oliveira	Stoyan	Kapuya
Assyabaab
Gelora Dewata	Vata Matanu Garcia	Alfonso Abel Campos	Jeremie Mboh Nyetam
Persiba
Pupuk Kaltim	Francisco Jose Soares	Justin Imandi	J.P. Mbvoum Mayoh	Iulian Minea	Iulian Pomuhaci
Putra Samarinda
Barito Putera
PSM
Persipura
Medan Jaya	Jijie Claudio	Cinca Marius	Makukula Kuyangana

First stage

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pelita Jaya	32	24	5	3	78	25	+53	77	Advance to second stage
2	Persib	32	20	9	3	54	15	+39	69
3	Bandung Raya	32	19	10	3	68	26	+42	67
4	Medan Jaya	32	15	11	6	46	29	+17	56
5	Semen Padang	32	14	10	8	45	25	+20	52
6	Persiraja	32	14	10	8	37	41	−4	52
7	Arseto	32	14	6	12	46	38	+8	48
8	Persita	32	13	6	13	43	41	+2	45
9	PSMS Medan	32	11	8	13	37	36	+1	41
10	PSDS	32	10	11	11	38	45	−7	41
11	Mataram Putra	32	11	6	15	24	31	−7	39
12	Persiku	32	10	7	15	30	37	−7	37
13	Persija^[a]	32	11	5	16	42	51	−9	35
14	BPD Jateng	32	8	10	14	42	50	−8	34
15	Persijatim	32	6	6	20	29	71	−42	24
16	PS Bengkulu (R)	32	5	5	22	28	69	−41	20	Relegation to First Division
17	Warna Agung (R)	32	2	5	25	24	81	−57	11	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Persija were docked three points for walking out of a match against Bandung Raya on 1 June 1995.^[10]

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Petrokimia Putra	32	17	9	6	62	31	+31	60	Advance to second stage
2	Pupuk Kaltim	32	15	12	5	58	27	+31	57
3	ASGS	32	17	6	9	57	45	+12	57
4	Barito Putera	32	17	5	10	51	31	+20	56
5	Gelora Dewata	32	15	9	8	50	27	+23	54
6	Arema	32	15	7	10	44	41	+3	52
7	Mitra Surabaya	32	15	5	12	45	34	+11	50
8	Persipura	32	13	9	10	40	42	−2	48
9	Persebaya	32	12	10	10	45	40	+5	46
10	PSM	32	11	10	11	31	32	−1	43
11	Putra Samarinda	32	11	8	13	32	41	−9	41
12	Persema	32	11	6	15	33	43	−10	39
13	PSIS	32	10	9	13	28	43	−15	39
14	Persegres	32	8	8	16	33	49	−16	32
15	Persiba	32	8	6	18	26	49	−23	30
16	PSIR^[a] (R)	32	5	9	18	26	52	−26	21	Relegation to First Division
17	PSIM (R)	32	2	12	18	14	48	−34	18	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ PSIR were docked three points for walking out of a match against PSIM on 1 June 1995.

Second stage

The second stage was played from 19 to 26 July 1995.^[1] The matches were held at Gelora Senayan Main Stadium in Jakarta.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pupuk Kaltim	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Barito Putera	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bandung Raya	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Pelita Jaya	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persib	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Petrokimia Putra	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	ASGS	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Medan Jaya	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Final

28 July – Jakarta

Pupuk Kaltim	0
		30 July – Jakarta
Petrokimia Putra	1
		Petrokimia Putra	0
28 July – Jakarta
		Persib	1
Persib	1

Barito Putera	0

Semifinals

28 July 1995

15:30 WIB

Pupuk Kaltim	0–1	Petrokimia Putra
	Report	Widodo 54'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: Widyanto Nugroho (Semarang)

28 July 1995

19:00 WIB

Persib	1–0	Barito Putera
Kekey Zakaria 80'	Report

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 70.000

Referee: Khairul Agil (DKI Jakarta)

Final

30 July 1995

17:30 WIB

Petrokimia Putra	0–1	Persib
		Sutiono 76'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Zulkifli Chaniago

Awards

Top scorers

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1994–95 season.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Peri Sandria	Bandung Raya	34
2	Buyung Ismu	Pelita Jaya	30
3	Dejan Gluščević	Bandung Raya	22
4	Vata Matanu Garcia	Gelora Dewata	21
4	Sutiono Lamso	Persib	21
5	Widodo C. Putro	Petrokimia Putra	18

Best player

Widodo C. Putro (Petrokimia Putra)^[11]

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