1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division was the 5th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 1 November 1998 and ended on 9 April 1999. The league was made up of 28 clubs. PSIS won the title after beating the defending champions, Persebaya 1–0 in the final.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	1998–99
Dates	1 November 1998 – 9 April 1999
Champions	PSIS 1st Premier Division title 2nd Indonesian title
Relegated	Persita Persikabo Persiba
Asian Club Championship	PSIS
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Persebaya
Matches played	153
Goals scored	364 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alain Mabenda (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Persija 5–0 Petrokimia Putra (13 December 1998)
Biggest away win	Medan Jaya 0–3 PSDS (15 November 1998) Persiraja 0–3 PSDS (14 February 1999)
Highest scoring	Semen Padang 6–1 Petrokimia Putra (26 March 1999)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Teams

Team changes

The number of teams dropped from 31 to 28 this season.

Withdrew from Premier Division

• Mitra Surabaya
• PSB

Disbanded

• Arseto

Name changes

• Pelita Jakarta changed their name to Pelita Bakrie.

Stadiums and locations

Persiraja

Medan

PSDS

Padang

PSBL

Tangerang

Persikabo

Jakarta

Persikab

Persib

PSIM

PSIS

Petrokimia Putra

Malang

Persebaya

Gelora Dewata

Barito Putera

Persiba

Putra Samarinda

Pupuk Kaltim

PSM

Persma

Persipura

Jakarta teams
Pelita Bakrie
Persija

Malang teams
Arema
Persema

Medan teams
Medan Jaya
PSMS

Padang teams
PSP
Semen Padang

Tangerang teams
Persikota
Persita

Locations of the teams in the 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Yellow: Central Division; Red: East Division

West Division Team Location Stadium Medan Jaya Medan Teladan Persib Bandung Siliwangi Persija Jakarta (Central Jakarta) Lebak Bulus Persiraja Banda Aceh Haji Dimurthala Persita Tangerang Benteng Petrokimia Putra Gresik Petrokimia PSBL Bandar Lampung Pahoman PSDS Deli Serdang Baharuddin Siregar PSMS Medan Teladan PSP Padang Haji Agus Salim Semen Padang Padang Haji Agus Salim

Central Division Team Location Stadium Arema Malang Gajayana Barito Putera Banjarmasin May 17th Gelora Dewata Denpasar Ngurah Rai Pelita Bakrie Jakarta (South Jakarta) Lebak Bulus Persebaya Surabaya Gelora 10 November Persema Malang Gajayana Persikab Cimahi Sangkuriang Persikabo Bogor Pajajaran Persikota Tangerang Benteng PSIM Mataram Mandala Krida PSIS Semarang Jatidiri

East Division Team Location Stadium Persiba Balikpapan Persiba Persipura Jayapura Mandala Persma Manado Klabat PSM Ujung Pandang Andi Mattalata Pupuk Kaltim Bontang Mulawarman Putra Samarinda Samarinda Segiri Samarinda

First stage

West Division

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSMS	10	6	2	2	17	14	+3	20	Advance to second stage
2	Semen Padang	10	5	3	2	16	8	+8	18
3	PSDS	10	4	4	2	17	11	+6	16
4	Medan Jaya	10	3	2	5	6	14	−8	11
5	PSP	10	1	5	4	10	11	−1	8
6	Persiraja (O)	10	1	4	5	8	16	−8	7	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(O) Play-off winners

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persija	8	4	3	1	13	4	+9	15	Advance to second stage
2	Petrokimia Putra	8	3	4	1	13	15	−2	13
3	Persib	8	3	1	4	9	10	−1	10
4	PSBL	8	1	4	3	9	10	−1	7
5	Persita (R)	8	1	4	3	9	14	−5	7	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

14 March 1999

Persita	4–1	Persiraja

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21 March 1999

Persiraja	3–0	Persita

4–4 on aggregate. Persiraja won on away goals and retained their spot in the Premier Division, Persita were relegated.

Central Division

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persikota	10	6	2	2	14	7	+7	20	Advance to second stage
2	Pelita Bakrie	10	6	2	2	14	8	+6	20
3	Arema	10	4	3	3	10	6	+4	15
4	Persikab	10	3	4	3	9	12	−3	13
5	PSIM	10	2	2	6	7	11	−4	8
6	Persikabo (R)	10	1	3	6	8	18	−10	6	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persebaya	8	5	2	1	13	5	+8	17	Advance to second stage
2	PSIS (C)	8	3	2	3	10	7	+3	11
3	Barito Putera	8	3	1	4	8	10	−2	10
4	Persema	8	2	3	3	10	13	−3	9
5	Gelora Dewata (O)	8	2	2	4	7	13	−6	8	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(O) Play-off winners

Relegation play-offs

14 March 1999

Gelora Dewata	5–1	Persikabo

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21 March 1999

Persikabo	4–2	Gelora Dewata

Gelora Dewata won 7–5 on aggregate and retained their spot in the Premier Division, Persikabo were relegated.

East Division

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pupuk Kaltim	10	5	2	3	11	9	+2	17	Advance to second stage
2	PSM	10	5	1	4	13	11	+2	16
3	Persma	10	5	1	4	13	12	+1	16
4	Putra Samarinda	10	4	0	6	14	15	−1	12
5	Persipura	10	3	3	4	15	16	−1	12
6	Persiba (R)	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Second stage

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persebaya	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSIS	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7
3	Semen Padang	4	1	3	0	10	5	+5	6
4	Persikota	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2
5	Petrokimia Putra	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1

Source: RSSSF

Group Q

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persija	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSMS	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	6
3	Pelita Bakrie	4	1	2	1	4	2	+2	5
4	Pupuk Kaltim	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4
5	PSM	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	1 April – Jakarta
	Persebaya (pen.)	1 (4)
					9 April – Manado
	PSMS	1 (2)
					Persebaya	0
	1 April – Jakarta
					PSIS	1
	Persija	0
	PSIS	1

Semifinals

1 April 1999

15:30 WIB

Persebaya	1–1	PSMS
Yusuf 70'		Baboaken 83'
Penalties
	4–2

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

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1 April 1999

19:00 WIB

Persija	0–1	PSIS
		Timothy 83'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Final

Main article: 1999 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final

9 April 1999

16:30 WITA

Persebaya	0–1	PSIS
		Tugiyo 89'

Klabat Stadium, Manado

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Djadjat Sudradjat

Awards

Top scorer

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1998-99 season.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alain Mabenda	PSDS	11
2	Musa Kallon	Persebaya	8
3	Jean Michel Babouaken	PSMS	7
	Stephen Weah	Persikota	7
Tugiyo	PSIS	7

Best player

• Ali Sunan (PSIS)

Fair play team

• Semen Padang