The 2017 Liga 1, also known as Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of Liga 1 under its current name and the 8th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008. It was the first official professional league season held post-FIFA sanction. The season started on 15 April 2017 and ended on 12 November 2017. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 11 April 2017.
2014 Indonesia Super League winners Persib were the defending champions, as the 2015 Indonesia Super League was abandoned midway due to FIFA suspension while the 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A was not counted as an official league.
Bhayangkara won their first Liga 1 title with one match to spare.
The season was marred by the death of Persela's longtime goalkeeper, Choirul Huda.
Overview Referees In December 2016, PSSI and the league operator planned to use foreign referees for the 2017 competition. The use of foreign referee was intended to improve the quality of the competition. However, two weeks before the league starts, this plan was cancelled.
After a wide criticism, protest and dissatisfaction towards the local referees during the first round of the season, PSSI revisited the idea. On 18 July 2017, PSSI and the league operator officially announced the use of foreign referees and assistant referees in select matches for the second round. There were two sets of officials (consisted of 1 referee and 2 assistant referees), each coming from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, and Japan.
Player regulation League operator also introduced several new regulations, such as requiring clubs to contract a minimum of five U-23 local players with three of them having to play as starting lineup minimum of 45 minutes in a match, restricting clubs to have more than two players older than 35 years old, and increasing the maximum number of substitutions to five for each team in a match.
On 30 July 2017, in preparation for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, all regulations concerning under-23 players were suspended. Later on 31 August 2017, PSSI decided to extend the suspension of all regulations concerning under-23 players until end of season.
Substitution rule FIFA approved the five substitution rule on 12 April 2017. However, the two additional substitutions (in addition of three substitutions, in accordance to FIFA Laws of the Game) were only allowed for U-23 players.
Teams Eighteen teams competed in the league – all teams from the abandoned 2015 Indonesia Super League. As such, no promoted team competed this season.
Name changes Arema Cronus changed name to Arema before the start of the season. Pusamania Borneo changed name to Borneo before the start of the season.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Arema Malang Kanjuruhan 44,965 Bali United Gianyar Kapten I Wayan Dipta 25,000 Barito Putera Banjarmasin May 17th 15,000 Bhayangkara Bekasi Patriot Candrabhaga 30,000 Borneo Samarinda Segiri 16,000 Madura United Bangkalan Gelora Ratu Pamelingan 15,000 Mitra Kukar Tenggarong Aji Imbut 35,000 Persegres Gresik Petrokimia 20,000 Persela Lamongan Surajaya 14,000 Perseru Serui Marora 5,000 Persib Bandung Si Jalak Harupat 27,000 Persiba Balikpapan Batakan 46,000 Persija Bekasi Patriot Candrabhaga 30,000 Persipura Jayapura Mandala 30,000 PS TNI Cibinong Pakansari 30,000 PSM Makassar Andi Mattalata 15,000 Semen Padang Padang Haji Agus Salim 15,000 Sriwijaya Palembang Gelora Sriwijaya 36,000 Notes:
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Arema Joko Susilo Johan Alfarizi Specs Torabika, Corsa, Guna Bangun Perkasa, Ijen Suites, Arema Access, Go-Jek Bali United Widodo C. Putro Fadil Sausu Made by club Indofood, Bank Ina, Anker Sport, Torabika, Achilles, Corsa, Mobil, ACA, Go-Jek, YCAB Foundation, Indomie, Bareksa, DM ID Barito Putera Jacksen F. Tiago Rizky Pora Vision of Superior Hasnur Group, Go-Jek, PT. Buana Karya Wiratama, Bank Kalsel Bhayangkara Simon McMenemy Indra Kahfi Vilour BNI Borneo Iwan Setiawan Kunihiro Yamashita Salvo STM, BIB, CV Citra, Kopi ABC, Apau, Go-Jek Madura United Gomes de Olivera Fabiano Beltrame Mizuno JD.id, Lion Air, POJUR, Integra Group, Torabika, POOL Advista, Go-Jek, Radar Madura Mitra Kukar Yudi Suryata Bayu Pradana Joma ABP Energy, PT Putra Perkasa Abadi, Go-Jek, Grand Elty, Bank Kaltim Persegres Hanafi Agus Indra Creative Color Persela Aji Santoso José Coelho Lotto Go-Jek, So Nice, APP Perseru Agus Yuwono Arthur Bonai Junior Sport Bank Papua, Pemerintah Kabupaten Kep. Yapen Persib Emral Abus Atep Rizal Sportama Datsun, Indofood, Indomie, Permata Bank Syariah, Go-Jek, Go-Pay, Corsa, Indaco, IM3 Ooredoo, Kopi ABC, FWD Persiba Haryadi Marlon da Silva MBB Anugerah Group, Go-Jek Persija Stefano Cugurra Ismed Sofyan League Go-Jek, TOA, Columbia, Dompetku Persipura Wanderley da Silva Boaz Solossa Specs Bank Papua, Persipura Access PS TNI Rudy Priyambada Manahati Lestusen MBB Mogu Mogu, Torabika, GOON, Go-Jek PSM Robert Alberts Hamka Hamzah Kelme Semen Bosowa, Kopi ABC Semen Padang Syafrianto Rusli Hengky Ardiles Mizuno Semen Padang, Torabika, Bank Nagari, Oxygen Denim, Go-Jek, PT. Kunango Jantan, Covesia, G-Sport, Ayia Sriwijaya Hartono Ruslan Yoo Hyun-goo Calci Bank Sumsel Babel, TEL, Torabika, Berita Pagi, Sriwijaya Post, PGN, PDPDE, Bukit Asam, Go-Jek Additionally, referee kits are made by Joma and Nike supplied the match ball.
Coaching changes
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Week Table Incoming coach Date of appointment Barito Putera Yunan Helmi End of caretaker role 18 December 2016 Pre-season Jacksen F. Tiago 2 December 2016 Bhayangkara Ibnu Grahan End of contract 20 December 2016 Simon McMenemy 23 December 2016 Arema Milomir Šešlija Mutual consent 20 December 2016 Aji Santoso 24 December 2016 Persija Zein Alhadad End of contract 22 December 2016 Stefano Cugurra 30 December 2016 Persiba Jaino Matos End of contract 23 December 2016 Timo Scheunemann 11 January 2017 Persela Aji Santoso Signed by Arema 24 December 2016 Herry Kiswanto 23 Januari 2017 Persegres Eduard Tjong End of contract 31 December 2016 Hanafi 10 January 2017 Perseru Hanafi Signed by Persegres 10 January 2017 Yusak Sutanto 18 January 2017 PS TNI Suharto AD End of caretaker role 15 January 2017 Mustaqim 15 January 2017 Bali United Indra Sjafri Signed by Indonesia U19s 19 January 2017 Hans-Peter Schaller 5 February 2017 PS TNI Mustaqim Sacked 17 February 2017 Laurent Hatton 15 March 2017 Sriwijaya Widodo C. Putro End of contract 25 March 2017 Osvaldo Lessa 26 March 2017 Persipura Alfredo Vera Mutual consent 17 April 2017 Liestiadi 17 April 2017 Bali United Hans-Peter Schaller Sacked 26 April 2017 2 17 Eko Purjianto 26 April 2017 PS TNI Laurent Hatton Mutual consent 1 May 2017 3 5 Ivan Kolev 1 May 2017 Persiba Timo Scheunemann Resigned 1 May 2017 3 18 Milomir Šešlija 4 May 2017 Bali United Eko Purjianto End of caretaker role 10 May 2017 5 14 Widodo C. Putro 10 May 2017 Perseru Yusak Sutanto Sacked 7 June 2017 10 16 Agus Yuwono 7 June 2017 Persipura Liestiadi Resigned 8 June 2017 10 5 Mettu Duaramury 8 June 2017 Sriwijaya Osvaldo Lessa Sacked 17 June 2017 11 12 Hartono Ruslan 18 August 2017 Persipura Mettu Duaramury End of caretaker role 20 June 2017 11 4 Wanderley da Silva 20 June 2017 Borneo Dragan Đukanović Sacked 13 July 2017 14 11 Ricky Nelson 13 July 2017 Persib Djadjang Nurdjaman Resigned 16 July 2017 15 12 Herrie Setiawan 16 July 2017 Arema Aji Santoso Resigned 31 July 2017 17 7 Joko Susilo 31 July 2017 Mitra Kukar Jafri Sastra Resigned 31 July 2017 17 8 Sukardi Kardok 31 July 2017 Persiba Milomir Šešlija Resigned 9 August 2017 18 18 Haryadi 10 August 2017 Borneo Ricky Nelson End of caretaker role 14 August 2017 19 8 Iwan Setiawan 14 August 2017 Persib Herrie Setiawan End of caretaker role 2 September 2017 22 9 Emral Abus 2 September 2017 Persela Herry Kiswanto Resigned 4 September 2017 22 15 Aji Santoso 7 September 2017 Mitra Kukar Sukardi Kardok End of caretaker role 4 September 2017 22 8 Yudi Suryata 7 September 2017 PS TNI Ivan Kolev Sacked 21 September 2017 25 15 Rudy Priyambada 21 September 2017 Semen Padang Nil Maizar Sacked 4 October 2017 27 15 Delfi Adri 4 October 2017 Semen Padang Delfi Adri End of caretaker role 19 October 2017 30 15 Syafrianto Rusli 19 October 2017
Foreign players Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI restricted the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries, and one slot for a marquee player, a player that was required to have played in a top European league (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Primeira Liga, Eredivisie, Süper Lig, etc.) in the last 8 years, or a player that have played in the last three editions of the FIFA World Cup. Teams can use all the foreign players at once. Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window. Former Player(s) were players that out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance. Team Player 1 Player 2 Asian Player Marquee Player Former Player(s) Arema Esteban Vizcarra Arthur Cunha Ahmet Ataýew Juan Pablo Pino Jad Noureddine Bali United Marcos Flores Sylvano Comvalius Ahn Byung-keon Nick van der Velden Barito Putera Matías Córdoba Willian Lira Aaron Evans Douglas Packer Thiago Cunha Bhayangkara Otávio Dutra Ilija Spasojević Lee Yoo-joon Paulo Sérgio Thiago Furtuoso Borneo Flávio Beck Matheus Lopes Kunihiro Yamashita Shane Smeltz Helder Lobato Madura United Fabiano Beltrame Thiago Furtuoso Dane Milovanović Peter Odemwingie Cameron Watson Boubacar Sanogo Redouane Zerzouri Mitra Kukar Jorge Gotor Marclei Santos Oh In-kyun Mohamed Sissoko Persegres Patrick da Silva Saša Zečević Yusuke Kato Choi Hyun-yeon Goran Gančev Persela Ivan Carlos Ramon Rodrigues Kosuke Uchida José Coelho Márcio Rosário Perseru Boman Aimé Sílvio Escobar Ryutaro Karube Omar El-Din Persib Vladimir Vujović Ezechiel N'Douassel Shohei Matsunaga Michael Essien Carlton Cole Persiba Marlon da Silva Srđan Lopičić Anmar Almubaraki Júnior Lopes Masahito Noto Dirkir Glay Persija Willian Pacheco Reinaldo Rohit Chand Bruno Lopes Luiz Júnior Persipura Mauricio Leal Addison Alves Yoo Jae-hoon Ricardinho PS TNI Redouane Zerzouri Franklin Anzité Hong Soon-hak Élio Martins Facundo Talín Leonel Núñez Aboubacar Camara Aboubacar Sylla PSM Steven Paulle Marc Klok Pavel Purishkin Wiljan Pluim Reinaldo Semen Padang Cássio de Jesus Marcel Sacramento Ko Jae-sung Didier Zokora Sriwijaya Alberto Gonçalves Hilton Moreira Yoo Hyun-goo Tijani Belaïd Source: First transfer window, Second transfer window
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League table
Position by Round
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Sylvano Comvalius Bali United 37 2 Marclei Santos Mitra Kukar 24 3 Alberto Gonçalves Sriwijaya 22 4 Samsul Arif Persela 17 5 Lerby Eliandry Borneo 16 6 Peter Odemwingie Madura United 15 Addison Alves Persipura 8 Greg Nwokolo Madura United 14 9 Ilija Spasojević Bhayangkara 13
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Peter Odemwingie Madura United Semen Padang 6–0 (H) Prisca Womsiwor Persipura Mitra Kukar 6–0 (H) Addison Alves Persipura Bali United 3–1 (H) Sylvano Comvalius Bali United Madura United 5–2 (H) Raphael Maitimo Persib Persegres 6–0 (H) Sylvano Comvalius5 Bali United Mitra Kukar 6–1 (H) Samsul Arif Persela Persegres 7–1 (H) Boaz Solossa Persipura Persija 3–0 (H) Élio Martins PS TNI Persegres 3–0 (A) Alberto Gonçalves Sriwijaya Persegres 10–2 (H) Slamet Budiyono Ilija Spasojević Bhayangkara Madura United 3–1 (A) Muhammad Rachmat PSM Madura United 6–1 (H) Note: 5 Player scored 5 goals
Discipline Most yellow card(s): 12