1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Indonesian football season

Football league season

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season	1996–97
Dates	17 November 1996 – 28 July 1997
Champions	Persebaya (1st title)
Relegated	Persijatim Mataram Indocement Persedikab
Asian Club Championship	Persebaya
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	PSM
Matches played	351
Goals scored	895 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jacksen Tiago (26 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Kansas for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 17 November 1996 and ended on 28 July 1997. Persebaya won the title after beating the defending champions, Bandung Raya^[1] 3–1 in the final.^[2]

Teams

Team changes

The number of teams increased from 31 to 33 this season.^[3]

Relegated to First Division

BPD Jateng
Persegres

Promoted to Premier Division

Persedikab
PSB
PSBL
PSP

Name changes

Mataram Putra changed their name to Mataram Indocement.

Stadiums and locations

Persiraja

Medan

PSDS

Padang

Jakarta

Bandung

Mataram Indocement

Malang

Surabaya

Bandung teams

Persib

Jakarta teams

Pelita Jaya

Persija

Persijatim

Malang teams

Arema

Persema

Medan teams

Medan Jaya

PSMS

Padang teams

PSP

Semen Padang

Surabaya teams

ASGS

Mitra Surabaya

Persebaya

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Locations of the teams in the 1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

Blue: West Division;

Yellow: Central Division;

Red: East Division

West Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Arema	Malang	Gajayana
Bandung Raya	Bandung	Siliwangi
Medan Jaya	Medan	Teladan
Persebaya	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Persija	Jakarta (Central Jakarta)	Menteng
Persijatim	Jakarta (East Jakarta)	Rawamangun
Persikab	Cimahi	Sangkuriang
Persiraja	Banda Aceh	Haji Dimurthala
Persita	Tangerang	Benteng
PSBL	Bandar Lampung	Pahoman
Semen Padang	Padang	Haji Agus Salim

Central Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Arseto	Solo	Sriwedari
Barito Putera	Banjarmasin	May 17th
Mataram Indocement	Mataram	Mandala Krida
Mitra Surabaya	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Pelita Jaya	Jakarta (South Jakarta)	Lebak Bulus
Persib	Bandung	Siliwangi
PSB	Bogor	Pajajaran
PSDS	Deli Serdang	Baharuddin Siregar
PSIS	Semarang	Jatidiri
PSMS	Medan	Teladan
PSP	Padang	Haji Agus Salim

East Division
Team	Location	Stadium
ASGS	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Gelora Dewata	Denpasar	Ngurah Rai
Persedikab	Kediri	Canda Bhirawa
Persema	Malang	Gajayana
Persiba	Balikpapan	Persiba
Persipura	Jayapura	Mandala
Persma	Manado	Klabat
Petrokimia Putra	Gresik	Petrokimia
PSM	Ujung Pandang	Andi Mattalata
Pupuk Kaltim	Bontang	Mulawarman
Putra Samarinda	Samarinda	Segiri Samarinda

First stage

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persebaya	20	13	4	3	62	18	+44	43	Advance to second stage
2	Bandung Raya	20	11	2	7	30	17	+13	35
3	Arema	20	10	5	5	26	20	+6	35
4	Persiraja	20	10	2	8	23	16	+7	32
5	Persita	20	10	2	8	24	22	+2	32
6	PSBL	20	8	7	5	19	16	+3	31
7	Semen Padang	20	8	6	6	20	17	+3	30
8	Persikab	20	6	7	7	17	19	−2	25
9	Medan Jaya	20	6	7	7	24	25	−1	25
10	Persija	20	4	3	13	23	31	−8	15
11	Persijatim (R)	20	0	3	17	8	75	−67	3	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persib	20	8	10	2	22	14	+8	34	Advance to second stage
2	Pelita Jaya	20	9	6	5	36	21	+15	33
3	Mitra Surabaya	20	8	8	4	25	11	+14	32
4	Barito Putera	20	8	5	7	23	24	−1	29
5	PSP	20	8	5	7	22	25	−3	29
6	PSIS	20	7	5	8	21	20	+1	26
7	Arseto	20	7	5	8	15	20	−5	26
8	PSB^[a]	20	6	7	7	20	20	0	22
9	PSDS	20	5	7	8	13	25	−12	22
10	PSMS	20	3	10	7	10	19	−9	19
11	Mataram Indocement (R)	20	4	6	10	13	21	−8	18	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ PSB were docked three points for abandoning a match against Barito Putera.

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSM	20	14	1	5	48	21	+27	43	Advance to second stage
2	Gelora Dewata	20	12	2	6	37	27	+10	38
3	Persma	20	11	3	6	33	21	+12	36
4	Persipura	20	11	2	7	31	22	+9	35
5	Putra Samarinda	20	10	2	8	28	28	0	32
6	Petrokimia Putra	20	10	2	8	21	26	−5	32
7	Pupuk Kaltim	20	10	0	10	39	22	+17	30
8	Persema	20	7	1	12	30	37	−7	22
9	Persiba	20	6	3	11	25	35	−10	21
10	ASGS	20	5	2	13	26	43	−17	17
11	Persedikab (R)	20	3	4	13	15	51	−36	13	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persebaya	3	3	0	14	4	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mitra Surabaya	3	2	1	9	7	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Persiraja	3	1	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Gelora Dewata	3	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bandung Raya	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persib	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Persma	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Barito Putera	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSM	3	3	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pelita Jaya	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Arema	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Persipura	3	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: RSSSF

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Mitra Surabaya	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Pelita Jaya	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	B	Persib	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Final

25 July – Jakarta

Persebaya	3
		28 July – Jakarta
PSM	2
		Persebaya	3
26 July – Jakarta
		Bandung Raya	1
Bandung Raya	1

Mitra Surabaya	0

Semifinals

25 July 1997

19:00 WIB

Persebaya	3–2	PSM
Yusuf Ekodono 16' Tiago 35' Justinho Pinhiero 70'	Report	Issac Fatary 10' Leandro 44'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: Kim Tae-young (South Korea)

26 July 1997

15:30 WIB

Bandung Raya	1–0	Mitra Surabaya
Dahiru Ibrahim	Report

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

Final

28 July 1997

17:30 WIB

Persebaya	3–1	Bandung Raya
Aji 58' (pen.) Tiago 60' Pieters 80'		Budiman 84'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Referee: Kim Dae-hyung (South Korea)

Awards

Top scorers

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1996-97 season.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jacksen Tiago	Persebaya	26
2	Isaac Fatary	PSM	15
3	Vata Matanu Garcia	Gelora Dewata	14
4	Peri Sandria	Bandung Raya	13
	Musa Kallon	PSM	13
	Gatot Indro	Persiba	13
	Tibidi Alexis	Mitra Surabaya	13

Best player

Nur'alim (Bandung Raya)

References

^ "Indonesia 1995/96". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ ^a ^b "LI 1996-1997". RSSSF. 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
^ Sufiyanto, Tengku, ed. (2016-08-23). "Cerita Produk Rokok yang Pernah 'Merajai' Sepakbola Indonesia". INDOSPORT.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-02-09.