1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Bank Mandiri for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 7 November 1999 and ended on 23 July 2000. The league was made up of 28 clubs. PSM won the title after beating Pupuk Kaltim 3–2 in the final.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	1999–2000
Dates	7 November 1999 – 23 July 2000
Champions	PSM 1st Premier Division title 6th Indonesian title
Relegated	Indocement Cirebon Medan Jaya PSIS PSIM
Asian Club Championship	PSM
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Pupuk Kaltim
Matches played	379
Goals scored	903 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bambang Pamungkas (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Semen Padang 9–1 Medan Jaya (7 June 2000)
Biggest away win	Medan Jaya 0–4 Persikota (17 February 2000)
Highest scoring	Semen Padang 9–1 Medan Jaya (7 June 2000)
← 1998–99 2001 →

This season was marred with the death of Persebaya's Eri Irianto on 3 April 2000, after collapsing following a heart attack on the pitch during a league match against PSIM Yogyakarta.^[1][2]

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from Premier Division

• Persiba
• Persikabo
• Persita

Promoted to Premier Division

• Indocement Cirebon
• Persijatim
• PSPS

Name changes

• Pelita Bakrie changed their name to Pelita Solo following their relocation to Surakarta.

Stadiums and locations

Persiraja

Medan

PSDS

PSPS

Padang

PSBL

Persikota

Jakarta

Indocement Cirebon

Persikab

Persib

PSIM

PSIS

Pelita Solo

Petrokimia Putra

Malang

Persebaya

Gelora Dewata

Barito Putera

Putra Samarinda

Pupuk Kaltim

PSM

Persma

Persipura

Jakarta teams
Persijatim
Persija

Malang teams
Arema
Persema

Medan teams
Medan Jaya
PSMS

Padang teams
PSP
Semen Padang

Locations of the teams in the 1999-2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Red: East Division

West Division Team Location Stadium Indocement Cirebon Cirebon Bima Stadium Medan Jaya Medan Teladan Persib Bandung Siliwangi Persija Jakarta (Central Jakarta) Lebak Bulus Stadium Persijatim Jakarta (East Jakarta) Rawamangun Persikab Cimahi Sangkuriang Persikota Tangerang Benteng Persiraja Banda Aceh Haji Dimurthala PSBL Bandar Lampung Pahoman PSDS Deli Serdang Baharuddin Siregar PSMS Medan Teladan PSP Padang Haji Agus Salim PSPS Pekanbaru Kaharudin Nasution Semen Padang Padang Haji Agus Salim

East Division Team Location Stadium Arema Malang Gajayana Barito Putera Banjarmasin May 17th Gelora Dewata Denpasar Ngurah Rai Pelita Solo Surakarta Manahan Persebaya Surabaya Gelora 10 November Persema Malang Gajayana Persipura Jayapura Mandala Persma Manado Klabat Petrokimia Putra Gresik Petrokimia PSIM Mataram Mandala Krida PSIS Semarang Jatidiri PSM Makassar 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	Qualification or relegation
1	Persija	26	14	9	3	48	27	+21	51	Advance to second stage
2	Persijatim	26	14	4	8	49	27	+22	46
3	Persikota	26	13	6	7	40	21	+19	45
4	PSMS	26	12	9	5	34	21	+13	45
5	PSPS	26	13	6	7	41	36	+5	45
6	Semen Padang	26	11	11	4	38	20	+18	44
7	Persiraja	26	12	2	12	31	33	−2	38
8	Persib	26	8	8	10	22	21	+1	32
9	PSBL	26	8	6	12	23	39	−16	30
10	PSDS	26	7	7	12	38	42	−4	28
11	Persikab	26	7	7	12	24	37	−13	28
12	PSP	26	6	8	12	21	31	−10	26
13	Indocement Cirebon (R)	26	6	7	13	22	36	−14	25	Relegation to First Division
14	Medan Jaya (R)	26	4	4	18	19	59	−40	16

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSM (C)	26	16	8	2	41	13	+28	56	Advance to second stage
2	Arema	26	14	5	7	31	18	+13	47
3	Pupuk Kaltim[a]	26	15	3	8	45	25	+20	45
4	Pelita Solo	26	12	9	5	31	18	+13	45
5	Persipura	26	11	7	8	37	24	+13	40
6	Persebaya	26	9	8	9	31	25	+6	35
7	Persma	26	10	5	11	34	29	+5	35
8	Persema	26	8	10	8	27	26	+1	34
9	Barito Putera	26	9	5	12	22	35	−13	32
10	Petrokimia Putra	26	8	7	11	27	38	−11	31
11	Putra Samarinda	26	8	4	14	28	42	−14	28
12	Gelora Dewata	26	7	6	13	25	41	−16	27
13	PSIS (R)	26	6	6	14	22	32	−10	24	Relegation to First Division
14	PSIM (R)	26	4	7	15	15	50	−35	19

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Pupuk Kaltim were docked three points for abandoning a match against PSM Makassar.

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persikota	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persija	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Arema	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Pelita Solo	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSM	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pupuk Kaltim	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Persijatim	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	PSMS	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	20 July – Jakarta
	PSM	1
					23 July – Jakarta
	Persija	0
					PSM	3
	20 July – Jakarta
					Pupuk Kaltim	2
	Persikota	0 (3)
	Pupuk Kaltim (pen.)	0 (4)

Semifinals

20 July 2000

15:30 WIB

PSM	1–0	Persija
Bento 11'

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

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20 July 2000

19:00 WIB

Persikota Tangerang	0–0	Pupuk Kaltim
Penalties
Ritham Benben Giman	3–4	Fakhri Ardiansyah Ponaryo Ahmad

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Final

Main article: 2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final

23 July 2000

17:30 WIB

PSM	3–2	Pupuk Kaltim
Kurniawan 39', 73' Rachman 55'		Aris 75' Fakhri 80' (pen.)

Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Djadjat Sudradjat

Awards

Top scorer

• Bambang Pamungkas (Persija) 24 goals.^[3]

Best player

• Bima Sakti (PSM)