2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Bank Mandiri for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs, since its formation in 1994. It began on 14 January and ended on 7 October. It was contested by 28 teams. Persija won the title after beating defending champions, PSM 3–2 in the final. RCTI provided broadcast coverage for the season.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	2001
Dates	14 January – 7 October 2001
Champions	Persija 1st Premier Division title 10th Indonesian title
Relegated	Persiraja PSP Persikabo Persijap Persma Putra Samarinda
Asian Club Championship	Persija
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	PSM
Matches played	366
Goals scored	870 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sadissou Bako (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Semen Padang 7–0 Persijatim (11 April)
Biggest away win	Persiraja 1–5 Persija (13 June)
Highest scoring	Persita 5–3 Persijatim (4 July) Persipura 6–2 Gelora Delta Putra (1 August) PSMS 5–3 PSBL (2 August)
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Teams

Team changes

Relegated from Premier Division

• Indocement Cirebon
• Medan Jaya
• PSIM
• PSIS

Promoted to Premier Division

• Persita
• PSS
• Persikabo
• Persijap

Name changes

• Gelora Dewata changed their name to Gelora Delta Putra following their relocation to Sidoarjo.

Stadiums and locations

Persiraja

PSMS Medan

PSDS

PSPS

Padang

PSBL

Tangerang

Persikabo

Jakarta

Persikab

Persib

PSS

Persijap

Pelita Solo

Petrokimia Putra

Malang

Persebaya

GDP

Barito Putera

Putra Samarinda

Pupuk Kaltim

PSM

Persma

Persipura

Jakarta teams
Persijatim
Persija

Malang teams
Arema
Persema

Padang teams
PSP
Semen Padang

Tangerang teams
Persikota
Persita

Locations of the teams in the 2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Red: East Division

West Division Team Location Stadium Persib Bandung Siliwangi Persija Jakarta (Central Jakarta) Lebak Bulus Persijatim Jakarta (East Jakarta) Rawamangun Persikab Cimahi Sangkuriang Persikabo Bogor Pajajaran Persikota Tangerang Benteng Persiraja Banda Aceh Haji Dimurthala PSBL Bandar Lampung Pahoman Persita Tangerang Benteng 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 Delta Putra Sidoarjo Gelora Delta Pelita Solo Surakarta Manahan Persebaya Surabaya Gelora 10 November Persema Malang Gajayana Persijap Jepara Kamal Djunaedi Persipura Jayapura Mandala Persma Manado Klabat Petrokimia Putra Gresik Petrokimia PSM Makassar Andi Mattalata PSS Sleman Tridadi 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	PSMS	26	16	4	6	38	24	+14	52	Advance to second stage
2	Persija (C)	26	15	6	5	47	18	+29	51
3	Persib	26	15	2	9	23	18	+5	47
4	Persita	26	13	3	10	39	28	+11	42
5	Persikota	26	11	8	7	37	22	+15	41
6	PSPS	26	10	10	6	27	24	+3	40
7	Semen Padang	26	9	9	8	35	26	+9	36
8	Persijatim	26	9	7	10	30	36	−6	34
9	PSBL	26	8	8	10	28	30	−2	32
10	PSDS	26	7	8	11	24	33	−9	29
11	Persikab	26	7	8	11	26	36	−10	29
12	Persiraja (R)	26	6	7	13	27	49	−22	25	Relegation to First Division
13	PSP (R)	26	6	4	16	22	36	−14	22
14	Persikabo (R)	26	5	6	15	22	45	−23	21

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSM	25	16	6	3	36	12	+24	54	Advance to second stage
2	Persebaya	25	15	6	4	44	11	+33	51
3	Arema	25	14	4	7	29	23	+6	46
4	Barito Putera	25	12	7	6	32	22	+10	43
5	Pupuk Kaltim	25	12	2	11	34	29	+5	38
6	Petrokimia Putra	25	8	10	7	34	30	+4	34
7	Persema	25	8	9	8	23	24	−1	33
8	Persipura	25	10	2	13	30	37	−7	32
9	Gelora Delta Putra	25	6	9	10	26	35	−9	27
10	PSS	25	8	3	14	22	40	−18	27
11	Pelita Solo	25	7	4	14	33	35	−2	25
12	Persijap (R)	25	6	5	14	27	46	−19	23	Relegation to First Division
13	Persma (R)	25	6	5	14	21	39	−18	23
14	Putra Samarinda[a] (R)	13	4	2	7	13	21	−8	14

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Putra Samarinda withdrew in 22nd matchday.

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSMS	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persebaya	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Persib	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Barito Putera	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persija	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSM	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Persita	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Arema	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	4 October – Jakarta
	PSMS	2 (2)
					7 October – Jakarta
	PSM (pen.)	2 (3)
					PSM	2
	4 October – Jakarta
					Persija	3
	Persija	2
	Persebaya	1

Semifinals

4 October 2001

15:30 WIB

Persija	2–⁠1	Persebaya
Leandro 44' Claudio		Uston 64' (pen.)

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

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4 October 2001

19:00 WIB

PSMS	2⁠–⁠2 (a.e.t.)	PSM
Gutierrez 3' Supriyono 62'		Bento 40' Yuniarto 57'
Penalties
Marco Mourmada Misrun Edu Juanda Slamet Gutierrez	2–⁠3	Bento Bima Sakti Ilham Romadhona Ortizan de Mello

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Final

Main article: 2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final

7 October 2001

17:30 WIB

PSM	2–⁠3	Persija
Bento 65' (pen.) Kurniawan 80'		Imran 3' Bambang 42', 47'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Aris Munandar

Awards

Top scorer

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 2001 season.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sadissou Bako	Barito Putera	22
2	Ilham Jaya Kesuma	Persita	20
3	Budi Sudarsono	Persija	16
Marco Mourmada	PSMS	16
4	Bambang Pamungkas	Persija	15
5	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto	PSM	14
Ahmad Junaidi	Arema	14

Best player

Bambang Pamungkas (Persija)