1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Kansas for sponsorship reasons) was the 3th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The worsening macro economics situation prior to the Asian Financial Crisis forced the PSSI to further divide the league into 3 Regions, up from the previous season 2, to reduce cost related to logistical problems owing to the vastness of Indonesian geography. 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]

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	1996–97
Dates	17 November 1996 – 28 July 1997
Champions	Persebaya 1st Premier Division title 5th Indonesian 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 →

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

PSBL

Persita

PSB

Jakarta

Persikab

Bandung

Mataram Indocement

PSIS

Arseto

Persedikab

Petrokimia Putra

Malang

Surabaya

Gelora Dewata

Barito Putera

Persiba

Putra Samarinda

Pupuk Kaltim

PSM

Persma

Persipura

Bandung teams
Bandung Raya
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

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

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3
Persiraja	Efoa Ondoa	Michael Ayeni
PSMS	Jose Vianna
PSDS
PSP	Antonio Claudio	Herve Linvord	Robert Gaston
Semen Padang
Medan Jaya	Marco Mourmada	Essama A. Raymond	Oum Luc Junior
PSBL Bandar Lampung	Claude Babe	Ebanda Timothy	Samson Naukini Kengi
Persija	Joseph Lewono	Mbeng Jean Mambalou
Persita Tangerang	Fabio Oliveira	Dejan Antonić	Miroslav Vasaev
Pelita Jaya	Maboang Kessack	Djan Sunday	Dejan Gluščević
Persijatim
Persib
Bandung Raya	Olinga Atangana	Stephen Weah	Dahiru Ibrahim
PSB	Emmanuel Besong	Martin Essomba	Sadissou Bako
Persikab
PSIS	Abel Campos	Afriston de Oliveira
Arseto
Mataram Indocement	Jorge Robson da Silva	Ivan Monteanu
Petrokimia Putra
Persebaya	Jacksen Tiago	Carlos de Mello	Justinho Pinheiro
Arema	Juan Manuel Rubio	Nelson Sanchez	Morteno
Persema	Darryl Sinerine	Serryl Ketcha	Sergio Moreno
Mitra Surabaya	Julio Cesar da Costa	Reynold Carrington	Tibidi Alexis
Assyabaab	Branko Nadoveza
Persedikab	Herman Kubin	Martin Kuber	Miroslav Brozek
Gelora Dewata	Vata Matanu Garcia	Mfede Paul Lois	Jeremie Mboh Nyetam
Persiba	Timo Scheunemann
Pupuk Kaltim	Fouda Ntsama	Justin Imandi	Simon Atangana
Putra Samarinda	Bertin Ebwellé	Marcel Mahouvé
Barito Putera
PSM	Luciano Leandro	Musa Kallon	Charles Lionga
Persma Manado	Jules Onana	Jean-Pierre Fiala	Ernest Ebongue
Persipura

First stage

West Region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persebaya (C)	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 Region

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:

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

East Region

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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persebaya	3	3	0	0	14	4	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mitra Surabaya	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Persiraja	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Gelora Dewata	3	0	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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSM	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pelita Jaya	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Arema	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Persipura	3	0	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)

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26 July 1997

15:30 WIB

Bandung Raya	1–0	Mitra Surabaya
Dahiru Ibrahim 28'	Report

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

Final

Main article: 1997 Liga Indonesia Premier Division 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)