The 2019 Liga 1, also known as Shopee Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 3rd season of Liga 1 under its current name and the 10th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008. The season started on 15 May 2019 and finished on 22 December 2019. Fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on 7 May 2019.
Persija were the defending champions. PSS, Semen Padang, and Kalteng Putra joined as the promoted teams from the 2018 Liga 2. They replace Mitra Kukar, Sriwijaya, and PSMS who were relegated to the 2019 Liga 2.
On 2 December 2019, Bali United won the championship for the first time in their history, becoming the seventh club to win the Liga 1 following a win against Semen Padang, after second-placed Borneo drew against PSM, giving Bali United a 17-point lead with only four games left.
Teams Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Liga 2. The new teams this season were PSS, Semen Padang, and Kalteng Putra, who replaced Mitra Kukar, Sriwijaya, and PSMS.
Name changes PS TIRA merged with Persikabo into TIRA-Persikabo and relocated to Cibinong. Perseru relocated to Bandar Lampung and were renamed to Badak Lampung.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Arema Malang Kanjuruhan 42,449 Badak Lampung Bandar Lampung Sumpah Pemuda 15,000 Bali United Gianyar Kapten I Wayan Dipta 25,081 Barito Putera Martapura Demang Lehman 15,000 Bhayangkara Jakarta PTIK 3,000 Borneo Samarinda Segiri 16,000 Kalteng Putra Palangka Raya Tuah Pahoe 5,000 Madura United Pamekasan Gelora Madura 15,000 Persebaya Surabaya Gelora Bung Tomo 55,000 Persela Lamongan Surajaya 16,000 Persib Bandung Si Jalak Harupat 27,000 Persija Jakarta Gelora Bung Karno 77,193 Persipura Jayapura Mandala 30,000 PSIS Magelang Moch. Soebroto 20,000 PSM Makassar Andi Mattalata 15,000 PSS Sleman Maguwoharjo 31,700 Semen Padang Padang Haji Agus Salim 15,000 TIRA-Persikabo Cibinong Pakansari 30,000 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 Milomir Šešlija Hamka Hamzah Made by Club Corsa, Achilles, Indomie, Gojek, Joseph Refo Investment Inc, Torabika Duo Badak Lampung Milan Petrović Talaohu Musafri Made by Club Bukalapak, Kredit Plus, Sunpride Bali United Stefano Cugurra Fadil Sausu Made by Club Mobil, Gojek, Envi, Torabika, Indofood, Smartfren, Bank Ina, Achilles, KukuBima Ener-G!, YCAB Foundation, Ottopay, Elevenia, Indomie, Buana Capital, ACA Asuransi, Kresna Securities, PEDE Ponsel Duit Barito Putera Djadjang Nurdjaman Rizky Pora Made by Club Hasnur Group, Jhonlin Group, Haji Maming Bhayangkara Paul Munster Indra Kahfi Lotto Bank BRI, Gojek, Go-Pay, Jatim Park 2, Bright Gas, Jasa Raharja Borneo Mario Gómez Diego Michiels Made by Club Fun88 Bola, Shinhan Bank, Ansaf, BIB, KukuBima Ener-G!, GlowOne Kalteng Putra Gomes de Olivera I Gede Sukadana MBB Halo Dayak, Bank Kalteng Madura United Rasiman Greg Nwokolo MBB Lion Group, Buccheri, Pojur, Integra Group, Insight, Tiket.com Persebaya Aji Santoso Ruben Sanadi Made by Club Safe Care, Kapal Api, Gojek, Antangin, Reliance, MPM Distributor Honda Persela Nil Maizar Eky Taufik Forium So Nice, North Cliff Persib Robert Alberts Supardi Nasir Sportama Pria Punya Selera, Salvus, Elevenia, Halodoc, Corsa, Indofood, Mobil, Gojek, Permata Bank Syariah, Azzuri, Kopi ABC, Didimax, Envi, Indomie Persija Edson Tavares Andritany Ardhiyasa Specs Bank DKI, Krating Daeng, Indomie, Rasuna Epicentrum, Jungleland Sentul, Gojek, Tolak Angin Persipura Jacksen F. Tiago Boaz Solossa Specs PT Freeport Indonesia, Bank Papua PSIS Bambang Nurdiansyah Wallace Costa RIORS Gojek, Indomie, KukuBima Ener-G! PSM Darije Kalezić Wiljan Pluim Umbro Semen Bosowa, Honda, KukuBima Ener-G!, Kalla Group PSS Seto Nurdiantoro Bagus Nirwanto Sembada Indomie, Gojek, Muncul Group, Curva Sud Shop Semen Padang Eduardo Almeida Dedi Gusmawan Lotto Corsa, Oxygen, Semen Indonesia, Torabika TIRA-Persikabo Igor Kriushenko Manahati Lestusen MBB Sequis, Kresna Securities, Artha Graha Peduli Foundation, M88FC, Oasis Waters Notes:
On the front of shirt. On the back of shirt. On the sleeves. On the shorts. Additionally, referee kits are made by Specs and Mitre supplied the match ball.
Apparel and captain changes:
Coaching changes
Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Week Table Incoming coach Date of appointment Arema Milan Petrović End of contract 10 December 2018 Pre-season Milomir Šešlija 9 January 2019 Persib Mario Gómez Sacked 12 December 2018 Miljan Radović 9 January 2019 Madura United Gomes de Olivera Sacked 17 December 2018 Dejan Antonić 13 January 2019 Bhayangkara Simon McMenemy Signed by Indonesia 20 December 2018 Alfredo Vera 5 February 2019 Borneo Dejan Antonić End of contract 31 December 2018 Fabio Lopez 5 January 2019 Kalteng Putra Kas Hartadi End of contract 31 December 2018 Gomes de Olivera 15 January 2019 Badak Lampung Wanderley da Silva End of contract 1 January 2019 Jan Saragih 11 March 2019 TIRA-Persikabo Nil Maizar Mutual consent 2 January 2019 Rahmad Darmawan 2 January 2019 Persija Stefano Cugurra End of contract 4 January 2019 Ivan Kolev 15 January 2019 PSM Robert Alberts Resigned 12 January 2019 Darije Kalezić 2 February 2019 Persipura Osvaldo Lessa Mutual consent 13 January 2019 Luciano Leandro 22 January 2019 Bali United Eko Purjianto End of caretaker role 14 January 2019 Stefano Cugurra 14 January 2019 Borneo Fabio Lopez Sacked 8 April 2019 Mario Gómez 15 April 2019 Persib Miljan Radović Sacked 3 May 2019 Robert Alberts 3 May 2019 Persija Ivan Kolev Resigned 3 June 2019 3 16 Julio Bañuelos 8 June 2019 Barito Putera Jacksen F. Tiago Resigned 23 June 2019 5 18 Yunan Helmi 25 June 2019 Persela Aji Santoso Resigned 30 June 2019 6 17 Nil Maizar 4 July 2019 Persipura Luciano Leandro Sacked 30 June 2019 6 15 Jacksen F. Tiago 11 July 2019 Semen Padang Syafrianto Rusli Resigned 8 July 2019 7 16 Welliansyah 8 July 2019 Badak Lampung Jan Saragih Sacked 28 July 2019 11 15 Milan Petrović 29 July 2019 PSIS Jafri Sastra Sacked 8 August 2019 13 10 Widyantoro 8 August 2019 Persebaya Djadjang Nurdjaman Sacked 10 August 2019 13 7 Bejo Sugiantoro 10 August 2019 Bhayangkara Alfredo Vera Sacked 14 August 2019 14 8 Yeyen Tumena 14 August 2019 PSIS Widyantoro End of caretaker role 19 August 2019 15 13 Bambang Nurdiansyah 19 August 2019 Barito Putera Yunan Helmi End of caretaker role 21 August 2019 15 15 Djadjang Nurdjaman 21 August 2019 Bhayangkara Yeyen Tumena End of caretaker role 22 August 2019 15 9 Paul Munster 22 August 2019 Madura United Dejan Antonić Resigned 24 August 2019 16 5 Rasiman 24 August 2019 Semen Padang Welliansyah Demoted to assistant coach 12 September 2019 17 18 Eduardo Almeida 12 September 2019 Persija Julio Bañuelos Sacked 19 September 2019 19 15 Sudirman 20 September 2019 Persebaya Bejo Sugiantoro End of caretaker role 25 September 2019 20 5 Wolfgang Pikal 25 September 2019 Persija Sudirman End of caretaker role 29 September 2019 21 14 Edson Tavares 29 September 2019 Persebaya Wolfgang Pikal Resigned 30 October 2019 25 9 Aji Santoso 31 October 2019 TIRA-Persikabo Rahmad Darmawan Sacked 29 November 2019 29 12 Miftahudin Mukson 29 November 2019 TIRA-Persikabo Miftahudin Mukson End of caretaker role 7 December 2019 31 12 Igor Kriushenko 7 December 2019 Notes:
Foreign players Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use all four 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.
TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerFormer Player(s)Arema Arthur Cunha Makan Konaté Sylvano Comvalius Takafumi Akahoshi Pavel SmolyachenkoBadak Lampung Fernandinho Marquinhos Carioca Bojan Mališić Antony Golec Torres Kunihiro YamashitaBali United Willian Pacheco Melvin Platje Paulo Sérgio Brwa NouriBarito Putera Cássio Rafael Silva Torres Kosuke Uchida Artur Vieira Lucas Silva Yoo Jae-hoonBhayangkara Anderson Salles Bruno Matos Hédipo Lee Yoo-joon Ramiro Fergonzi Flávio BeckBorneo Matías Conti Renan Silva Juan Alsina Javlon Guseynov Jan LammersKalteng Putra David Bala Eydison Rafael Bonfim Takuya Matsunaga Diogo Campos Hédipo Yoo Hyun-gooMadura United Diego Assis Jaimerson Aleksandar Rakić Ante Bakmaz Zah Rahan KrangarPersebaya David da Silva Diogo Campos Otávio Dutra Aryn Williams Damián Lizio Amido Baldé Manuchekhr DzhalilovPersela Alex Gonçalves Demerson Rafinha Kei Hirose Mawouna AmevorPersib Ezechiel N'Douassel Kevin van Kippersluis Nick Kuipers Omid Nazari Bojan Mališić Rene Mihelič Artur GeworkýanPersija Xandão Marko Šimić Joan Tomàs Rohit Chand Bruno Matos Steven PaullePersipura André Ribeiro Mamadou Samassa Ibrahim Conteh Oh In-kyunPSIS Bruno Silva Claudir Wallace Costa Jonathan Cantillana Patrick Mota Shohei Matsunaga Sílvio EscobarPSM Amido Baldé Marc Klok Wiljan Pluim Aaron Evans Eero MarkkanenPSS Guilherme Batata Alfonso de la Cruz Yevhen Bokhashvili Brian FerreiraSemen Padang Flávio Beck Vanderlei Karl Max Barthélémy Yoo Hyun-goo Shukurali Pulatov José Sardón Mario BarciaTIRA-Persikabo Ciro Alves Louise Parfait Loris Arnaud Khurshed Beknazarov Source: First transfer window, Second transfer window
League table
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Marko Šimić Persija 28 2 Alberto Gonçalves Madura United 18 3 Alex Gonçalves Persela 17 4 Makan Konaté Arema 16 Ilija Spasojević Bali United Yevhen Bokhashvili PSS 7 Ezechiel N'Douassel Persib 15 8 Rafael Silva Barito Putera 14 David da Silva Persebaya Ciro Alves TIRA-Persikabo
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Flávio Beck Bhayangkara Barito Putera 4–2 (H) Amido Baldé Persebaya Persib 4–0 (H) Alex Gonçalves Persela Kalteng Putra 3–0 (H) Marko Šimić Persija TIRA-Persikabo 3–5 (A) Makan Konaté Arema Badak Lampung 4–1 (H) Hédipo Kalteng Putra Bhayangkara 3–2 (H) Alex Gonçalves Persela TIRA-Persikabo 6–1 (H) Torres Barito Putera Badak Lampung 4–1 (H) Marquinhos Carioca Badak Lampung Arema 4–3 (H) Marko Šimić4 Persija Borneo 4–2 (H) Matías Conti Borneo TIRA-Persikabo 4–1 (H) Marko Šimić Persija Madura United 4–0 (H) Ezechiel N'Douassel4 Persib PSM 5–2 (H) Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals
Discipline Most yellow card(s): 11 Akbar Tanjung (Badak Lampung) Muhammad Tahir (Persipura) Most red card(s): 3 Leonard Tupamahu (Bali United)
Attendances
Awards Annual Award Winner Best Player Renan Silva (Borneo) Best Coach Stefano Cugurra (Bali United) Best Young Player Todd Ferre (Persipura) Best Goal David da Silva (Persebaya) Fair Play Team TIRA-Persikabo Best Referee Yudi Nurcahya
Team of the season Team of the season Goalkeeper Wawan Hendrawan (Bali United) Defenders Asnawi Bahar (PSM) Ricardo Salampessy (Persipura) Javlon Guseynov (Borneo) Ruben Sanadi (Persebaya) Midfielders Makan Konaté (Arema) Fadil Sausu (Bali United) Renan Silva (Borneo) Todd Ferre (Persipura) Forwards Marko Šimić (Persija) Ilija Spasojević (Bali United) Substitutes Dede Sulaiman (Persipura), Anderson Salles (Bhayangkara), Ricky Fajrin (Bali United), Marc Klok (PSM), Terens Puhiri (Borneo), Febri Hariyadi (Persib), Alberto Gonçalves (Madura United)
See also 2019 Liga 2 2019 Liga 3 2018–19 Piala Indonesia
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