1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Indonesian football season

Football league season

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season	1995–96
Dates	27 November 1995 – 6 October 1996
Champions	Bandung Raya 1st Premier Division title 1st Indonesian title
Relegated	Persegres BPD Jateng
Asian Club Championship	PSM
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Bandung Raya
Matches played	471
Goals scored	1,128 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Gluščević (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Persiraja 7–1 BPD Jateng Persikab 6–0 Persijatim Petrokimia Putra 6–0 Persma Pupuk Kaltim 6–0 Persma PSM 6–0 ASGS
Biggest away win	BPD Jateng 0–4 Pelita Jaya Persija 0–4 Persita Persijatim 0–4 Bandung Raya PSMS 0–4 Semen Padang
Highest scoring	Persebaya 7–3 Persema
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Dunhill for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 26 November 1995 and ended on 6 October 1996. Bandung Raya won the title after beating PSM 2–0 in the final.^[1]

Teams

Team changes

The number of teams dropped from 34 to 31 this season.^[2]

Relegated to First Division

Promoted to Premier Division

Withdrew from Premier Division

Persiku

Name changes

Mataram Putra changed its name to Mataram Indocement

Stadiums and locations

Medan

Jakarta

Bandung

Mataram Indocement

Semarang

Arseto

Gresik

Malang

Surabaya

Bandung teams

Persib

Gresik teams

Persegres

Petrokimia Putra

Jakarta teams

Pelita Jaya

Persija

Persijatim

Malang teams

Arema

Persema

Medan teams

Medan Jaya

PSMS

Semarang teams

BPD Jateng

PSIS

Surabaya teams

ASGS

Mitra Surabaya

Persebaya

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Locations of the teams in the 1995–96 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 Indocement	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
Persikab	Cimahi	Sangkuriang
Persiraja	Banda Aceh	Haji Dimurthala
Persita	Tangerang	Benteng
PSDS	Deli Serdang	Baharuddin Siregar
PSMS	Medan	Teladan
Semen Padang	Padang	Haji Agus Salim

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
Persma	Manado	Klabat
Petrokimia Putra	Gresik	Petrokimia
Pupuk Kaltim	Bontang	Mulawarman
Putra Samarinda	Samarinda	Segiri Samarinda
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.^[2]^[3]

First stage

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bandung Raya	28	18	7	3	57	17	+40	61	Advance to second stage & qualification for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
2	Pelita Jaya	28	16	7	5	47	21	+26	55	Advance to second stage
3	Persib	28	13	11	4	31	15	+16	50
4	Persita	28	13	8	7	41	26	+15	47
5	Persikab	28	13	6	9	41	27	+14	45
6	Mataram Indocement	28	12	9	7	32	27	+5	45
7	Persiraja	28	11	10	7	35	24	+11	43
8	PSDS	28	7	13	8	25	26	−1	34
9	Semen Padang	28	9	5	14	32	33	−1	32
10	Medan Jaya	28	8	8	12	22	30	−8	32
11	PSMS	28	6	10	12	15	30	−15	28
12	Persijatim	28	7	6	15	22	54	−32	27
13	Arseto	28	5	9	14	17	39	−22	24
14	Persija	28	5	8	15	17	39	−22	23
15	BPD Jateng (R)	28	5	7	16	27	53	−26	22	Relegation to First Division
16	Persiku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club withdrew^[b]

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since the Premier Division was not finished before the AFC club registration deadline, PSSI awarded Bandung Raya qualification for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup as West Division champions.
^ Persiku withdrew before the season started.

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSM	30	17	6	7	58	26	+32	57	Advance to second stage & qualification for the Asian Club Championship^[a]
2	Mitra Surabaya	30	15	9	6	49	31	+18	54	Advance to second stage
3	Pupuk Kaltim^[b]	30	16	7	7	56	31	+25	52
4	Gelora Dewata	30	14	8	8	47	27	+20	50
5	Persipura	30	14	7	9	47	32	+15	49
6	Putra Samarinda	30	14	6	10	44	39	+5	48
7	Persebaya	30	12	11	7	45	35	+10	47
8	Petrokimia Putra	30	13	6	11	47	34	+13	45
9	ASGS	30	12	4	14	38	48	−10	40
10	PSIS	30	10	7	13	37	41	−4	37
11	Persma^[c]	30	11	7	12	31	46	−15	37
12	Arema	30	8	11	11	19	25	−6	35
13	Persema	30	8	7	15	26	55	−29	31
14	Persiba	30	8	5	17	24	43	−19	29
15	Barito Putera^[d]	30	9	5	16	22	42	−20	29
16	Persegres (R)	30	3	6	21	23	58	−35	15	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since the Premier Division was not finished before the AFC club registration deadline, PSSI awarded PSM qualification for the Asian Club Championship as East Division champions.
^ Pupuk Kaltim had 3 points deducted.
^ Persma had 3 points deducted.
^ Barito Putera had 3 points deducted.

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bandung Raya	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persikab	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Pupuk Kaltim	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Putra Samarinda	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mitra Surabaya	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Gelora Dewata	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Pelita Jaya	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Persita	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSM	3	3	0	3	0	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persipura	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Persib	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	Mataram Indocement	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Persipura	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Gelora Dewata	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	A	Persikab	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Final

4 October – Jakarta

PSM	4
		6 October – Jakarta
Persipura	3
		PSM	0
4 October – Jakarta
		Bandung Raya	2
Bandung Raya (pen.)	0 (4)

Mitra Surabaya	0 (2)

Semifinals

4 October 1996

15:30 WIB

PSM	4–3	Persipura
Leandro 28' Arif Kamaruddin 74' Marcio Novo 76' Rachman Usman 85'	Report	Alfred Repasi 11' Ritham Madubun 37' Ivakdalam 49'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: Sukagawa (Japan)

4 October 1996

19:00 WIB

Bandung Raya	0–0	Mitra Surabaya
	Report
Penalties
Makmun Adnan Hendriawan Alexander Saununnu Nur'alim	4–2	Marzuki Badriawan Adhi Prianto

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: Katayama (Japan)

Final

6 October 1996

17:30 WIB

PSM	0–2	Bandung Raya
		Peri 3' Rafni 11'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Yana Yoshihogu Katayama (Japan)

Awards

Top scorers

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1995-96 season.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Gluščević	Bandung Raya	30
2	Fouda Ntsama	Pupuk Kaltim	23
3	Peri Sandria	Bandung Raya	21
4	Chris Yarangga	Persipura	20
5	Widodo C. Putro	Petrokimia Putra	19

Best player

Ronny Wabia (Persipura)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Indonesia 1995-1996". RSSSF. 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
^ ^a ^b Sufiyanto, Tengku, ed. (2016-08-23). "Cerita Produk Rokok yang Pernah 'Merajai' Sepakbola Indonesia". INDOSPORT.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-02-09.
^ Prasetya, Dhion (2020-04-11). "Daftar Jersey Kandang Persebaya Sejak Ligina 1994/95 Hingga Liga 1 2020". Emosi Jiwaku (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-02-09.
^ Adi, Juni, ed. (2019-12-21). "Daftar Lengkap Pemain Terbaik di Liga Indonesia dari Masa ke Masa". INDOSPORT.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-02-09.