Perserikatan was the national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 and 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia, organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indonesia and was divided into several levels.
In English, the term Perserikatan may literally translate to inter-association football championship as this competition involved all regional-level football associations in Indonesia.
Since 1979, in parallel, another national football league, Galatama (The Premier League), was established for semi professional football clubs. Therefore, before both Perserikatan and Galatama were merged into a new system called Liga Indonesia in 1994, both of these competitions existed in parallel.
History The competition traces its origins back to 19 April 1930. Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discussed about the future championship on the Netherlands territory. They met at Societeit Hadiprojo, Yogyakarta.
After the meeting, it was agreed that these clubs would found Persatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia, the parent organization for the teams.
Before Perserikatan was established, a nationwide football competition had already existed within the colonial football structure of the Dutch East Indies. The inter-city championship, which began in 1914 under the administration of the Nederlands Indische Voetbal Bond (NIVB), was initially dominated by European groups. However, by the late 1920s, the competition had become more open, with participating teams allowing players from various ethnic backgrounds including Chinese and pribumi to play together within the same team.
From 1951 to 1979, Perserikatan was officially named as the Kejurnas PSSI (PSSI National Championship). From 1980 to 1994, it was referred to as Divisi Utama PSSI (PSSI Premier Division). In 1994, after being held for approximately 60 seasons (with some breaks in between, such as during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and Indonesian National Revolution periods), it was merged with Galatama to form new fully professional league, the Liga Indonesia.
List of champions Source:
SeasonChampionsRunners-up1930VIJ BataviaSIVB Surabaya1931VIJ BataviaPSIM Yogyakarta1932PSIM YogyakartaVIJ Batavia1932–33VIJ BataviaPSIB Bandung1933–34VIJ BataviaVVB Solo1934–35Persis SoloPPVIM Meester Cornelis1935–36Persis SoloPersib Bandung1936–37Persib BandungPersis Solo1937–38VIJ BataviaPersibaya Surabaya1938–39Persis SoloPSIM Yogyakarta1939–40Persis SoloPSIM Yogyakarta1940–41Persis SoloPersibaya Surabaya1941–42Persis SoloPersibaya Surabaya1942–43Persis SoloPSIM Yogyakarta1944–49 Not held1950Persib BandungPersibaya Surabaya1951Persibaya SurabayaPSM Makassar1952Persibaya SurabayaPersija Jakarta1953–54Persija JakartaPSMS Medan1955–57PSM MakassarPSMS Medan1957–59PSM MakassarPersib Bandung1959–61Persib BandungPSM Makassar1962–64Persija JakartaPSM Makassar1964–65PSM MakassarPersebaya Surabaya1965–66PSM MakassarPersib Bandung1966–67PSMS MedanPersib Bandung1967–69Not held1969–71 PSMS MedanPersebaya Surabaya1971–73 Persija JakartaPersebaya Surabaya1973–75 Persija Jakarta and PSMS Medan1975–78Persebaya SurabayaPersija Jakarta1978–79Persija JakartaPSMS Medan1980Persiraja Banda AcehPersipura Jayapura1981–82 Not held1983PSMS MedanPersib Bandung1984 Not held1985PSMS MedanPersib Bandung1986Persib BandungPerseman Manokwari1986–87PSIS SemarangPersebaya Surabaya1987–88Persebaya SurabayaPersija Jakarta1988–89 Not held1989–90Persib BandungPersebaya Surabaya1990–91 Not held1991–92PSM UjungpandangPSMS Medan1992–93 Not held1993–94Persib BandungPSM Ujungpandang
Notes
References
Works cited
External links Official website of Liga Indonesia (archived 4 September 2009) Official website of PSSI List of Indonesian Football Champions (archived 3 June 2011)