The 2018 Indonesia President's Cup final was the final match of the 2018 Indonesia President's Cup, the 3rd season of Indonesia's pre-season premier club football tournament organised by PSSI. It was played at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on 17 February 2018 and contested between Persija Jakarta and Bali United, their second encounter in the competition after their first in the group stage.

Persija defeated Bali 3–0, winning the President's Cup title in their history.

Background

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Persija JakartaRoundBali UnitedOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultPSPS Riau3–0 (H)Matchday 1Borneo3–2 (H)Borneo2–0 (A)Matchday 2PSPS Riau3–2 (A)Bali United2–3 (A)Matchday 3Persija Jakarta3–2 (H)Group D runners-upFinal standingsGroup D winnersOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legMitra Kukar3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsMadura United2–2 (5–4 p) (H)PSMS 5–1 4–1 (A) 1–0 (H)Semi-finalsSriwijaya 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)

Match

Summary

First half

Details

GK 26 Andritany ArdhiyasaRB 14 Ismed Sofyan (c)CB 5 Jaime XavierCB 6 Maman Abdurrahman LB 11 Novri SetiawanCM 32 Rohit Chand CM 29 Sandi SuteRW 25 Riko Simanjuntak AM 7 Ramdani Lestaluhu LW 28 Rezaldi HehanusaCF 9 Marko Šimić Substitutes:GK 30 Rizky DarmawanDF 13 Gunawan Dwi Cahyo MF 16 Asri AkbarMF 23 Nugroho Fatchurahman MF 27 Fitra Ridwan FW 10 Rudi Widodo FW 20 Bambang Pamungkas Coach: TecoPersija Jakarta (4–3–3)

Bali United (4–4–2) GK 59 Wawan HendrawanRB 33 I Made Andhika WijayaCB 34 Demerson CB 32 Ahn Byung-keon LB 24 Ricky FajrinRM 87 Stefano LilipalyCM 8 Muhammad Taufiq CM 14 Fadil Sausu (c)LM 11 Yabes Roni SS 23 Nick van der VeldenCF 9 Ilija Spasojević Substitutes:GK 21 I Made WardanaDF 22 Dias Angga PutraDF 27 Agus NovaMF 44 I Gede Sukadana MF 48 Ahmad Agung FW 7 Miftahul Hamdi FW 10 Irfan Bachdim Coach: Hans-Peter Schaller

Man of the Match: Marko Šimić (Persija Jakarta)

Assistant referees: Nurhadi Bambang Syamsudar Fourth official: Yudi NurcahyaMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to six may be used.

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