2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Bank Mandiri for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs, since its formation in 1994. It began on 12 January and ended on 15 September. Petrokimia Putra were the defending champions.^[1]

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	2003
Dates	12 January – 15 September 2003
Champions	Persik 1st Premier Division title 1st Indonesian title
Relegated	Perseden Arema Petrokimia Putra PSDS Barito Putera
AFC Champions League	Persik PSM
Matches played	380
Goals scored	993 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oscar Aravena (31 goals)
Biggest home win	Persipura 6–0 Arema (26 January) Persipura 6–0 Petrokimia Putra (11 June) Persik 6–0 Persipura (26 June)
Biggest away win	PSPS 1–5 PSDS (27 February)
Highest scoring	Persik 6–3 Semen Padang (6 April)
← 2002 2004 →

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from Premier Division

• Persebaya
• Persedikab
• Persema
• Persikab
• PSBL
• PSMS

Promoted to Premier Division

• Persik
• Perseden

Stadiums and locations

PSDS

PSPS

Semen Padang

PKS

Tangerang

Jakarta

Persib

PSS

PSIS

Petrokimia Putra

Persik

Arema

Deltras F.C.

Perseden

Barito Putera

Bontang PKT

PSM

Persipura

Jakarta teams
Persijatim
Persija

Tangerang teams
Persikota
Persita

Locations of the teams in the 2003 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: 20 teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Arema	Malang	Gajayana	25,000
Barito Putera	Banjarmasin	May 17th	15,000
Bontang PKT	Bontang	Mulawarman	12,000
Deltras	Sidoarjo	Gelora Delta	35,000
Pelita Krakatau Steel	Cilegon	Krakatau Steel	5,000
Perseden	Denpasar	Kompyang Sujana	7,000
Persib	Bandung	Siliwangi	15,000
Persija	Jakarta	Lebak Bulus Stadium	12,500
Persijatim Solo	Surakarta	Manahan	20,000
Persik	Kediri	Brawijaya	20,000
Persikota	Tangerang	Benteng	15,000
Persipura	Jayapura	Mandala	30,000
Persita	Tangerang	Benteng	15,000
Petrokimia Putra	Gresik	Petrokimia	20,000
PSDS	Deli Serdang	Baharuddin Siregar	15,000
PSIS	Semarang	Jatidiri	25,000
PSM	Makassar	Andi Mattalata	15,000
PSPS	Pekanbaru	Kaharudin Nasution	30,000
PSS	Sleman	Tridadi	12,000
Semen Padang	Padang	Haji Agus Salim	20,000

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persik (C)	38	18	13	7	72	32	+40	67	Qualification for the AFC Champions League
2	PSM	38	18	8	12	68	48	+20	62
3	Persita	38	16	14	8	47	33	+14	62
4	PSS	38	16	12	10	48	43	+5	60
5	Persipura	38	17	7	14	66	51	+15	58
6	Persikota	38	16	10	12	59	45	+14	58
7	Persija	38	15	10	13	59	46	+13	55
8	Semen Padang	38	15	10	13	44	54	−10	55
9	PSPS	38	14	12	12	49	46	+3	54
10	Bontang PKT	38	16	5	17	49	49	0	53
11	Persijatim	38	14	11	13	47	47	0	53
12	Deltras	38	14	9	15	49	55	−6	51
13	PSIS	38	14	8	16	43	45	−2	50
14	Pelita Krakatau Steel	38	15	5	18	48	56	−8	50
15	Perseden (R)	38	14	6	18	46	56	−10	48	Qualification to relegation play-offs
16	Persib (O)	38	12	9	17	35	48	−13	45
17	Arema (R)	38	11	11	16	39	59	−20	44	Relegation to First Division
18	Petrokimia Putra (R)	38	11	9	18	52	72	−20	42
19	PSDS (R)	38	11	8	19	43	56	−13	41
20	Barito Putera (R)	38	9	11	18	30	52	−22	38

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Perseden and Persib compete with Persela and PSIM in a round-robin play-off to secure two spots in next season's Premier Division. The matches were held in Solo.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Persib	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Persela	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	PSIM	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Relegation to First Division
4	Perseden	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

Awards

Top scorers

This is a list of the top scorers from the 2003 season.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Oscar Aravena	PSM	31
2	Bamidelle Frank Bob Manuel	Persik	29
3	Cristian Gonzáles	PSM	27
4	Bambang Pamungkas	Persija	24
5	Marcelo Braga	PSS	21
Musikan	Persik	21

Best player

• Musikan (Persik).