1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Kansas for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. There were 31 teams involved in this season. Persebaya were the defending champions,^[1] and were leading when the season was abandoned by order of the military on 25 May 1998 due to political and economic turmoil in the country. At that point, 234 matches had been played out of the 317 scheduled.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	1997–98
Matches played	234
Goals scored	533 (2.28 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Teams

Team changes

The number of teams dropped from 33 to 31 this season.^[2]

Relegated to First Division

• Mataram Indocement
• Persedikab
• Persijatim

Promoted to Premier Division

• Persikabo
• Persikota
• PSIM

Disbanded

• ASGS
• Bandung Raya

Name changes

• Pelita Jaya changed their name to Pelita Jakarta.

Stadiums and locations

Persiraja

Medan

PSDS

Padang

PSBL

Tangerang

Bogor

Jakarta

Persikab

Persib

PSIM

PSIS

Arseto

Petrokimia Putra

Malang

Surabaya

Gelora Dewata

Barito Putera

Persiba

Putra Samarinda

Pupuk Kaltim

PSM

Persma

Persipura

Bogor teams
Persikabo
PSB

Jakarta teams
Pelita Jakarta
Persija

Malang teams
Arema
Persema

Medan teams
Medan Jaya
PSMS

Padang teams
PSP
Semen Padang

Surabaya teams
Mitra Surabaya
Persebaya

Tangerang teams
Persikota
Persita

Locations of the teams in the 1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Yellow: Central Division; Red: East Division

West Division Team Location Stadium Arema Malang Gajayana Medan Jaya Medan Teladan Persebaya Surabaya Gelora 10 November Persija Jakarta (Central Jakarta) Menteng Persikab Cimahi Sangkuriang Persikabo Bogor Pajajaran 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 Pelita Jakarta Jakarta (South Jakarta) Lebak Bulus Persib Bandung Siliwangi Persikota Tangerang Benteng PSB Bogor Pajajaran PSDS Deli Serdang Baharuddin Siregar PSIM Mataram Mandala Krida PSIS Semarang Jatidiri PSMS Medan Teladan PSP Padang Haji Agus Salim

East Division Team Location Stadium Gelora Dewata Denpasar Ngurah Rai Mitra Surabaya Surabaya Gelora 10 November 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

First stage

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Persebaya	14	8	4	2	17	8	+9	28
2	Persija	15	8	3	4	26	15	+11	27
3	Persiraja	15	7	5	3	21	17	+4	26
4	Persita	15	7	3	5	22	15	+7	24
5	PSBL	15	5	6	4	21	23	−2	21
6	Arema	14	4	6	4	9	9	0	18
7	Persikabo	15	5	2	8	17	21	−4	17
8	Persikab	15	5	2	8	12	19	−7	17
9	Semen Padang	15	4	3	8	11	18	−7	15
10	Medan Jaya	15	3	2	10	13	24	−11	11

Source: RSSSF

Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSMS	16	9	4	3	28	15	+13	31
2	Pelita Jakarta	14	8	3	3	36	12	+24	27
3	Persikota	15	8	3	4	22	17	+5	27
4	Barito Putera	17	6	6	5	17	16	+1	24
5	Persib	15	6	4	5	14	8	+6	22
6	PSIS	16	4	8	4	17	24	−7	20
7	PSB	15	5	4	6	12	15	−3	19
8	PSDS	15	6	0	9	14	25	−11	18
9	PSP	16	3	7	6	14	22	−8	16
10	PSIM	15	3	5	7	10	24	−14	14
11	Arseto	14	3	2	9	10	16	−6	11

Source: RSSSF

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSM	15	9	3	3	33	8	+25	30
2	Persma	15	6	6	3	17	10	+7	24
3	Gelora Dewata	15	6	5	4	16	16	0	23
4	Putra Samarinda	15	6	4	5	11	15	−4	22
5	Persema	15	6	4	5	14	20	−6	22
6	Mitra Surabaya	15	5	4	6	17	15	+2	19
7	Persipura	16	4	6	6	24	23	+1	18
8	Pupuk Kaltim	15	5	3	7	17	23	−6	18
9	Petrokimia Putra	14	4	4	6	9	18	−9	16
10	Persiba	15	3	3	9	12	22	−10	12

Source: RSSSF

Top goalscorer

• Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (Pelita Jakarta) is the top goalscorer of Liga Indonesia 1997-1998 with 20 goals.^[3]