2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Djarum Indonesia for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as well as its final season as the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Season	2007–08
Dates	10 February 2007 – 10 February 2008
Champions	Sriwijaya 1st Premier Division title 1st Indonesian title
AFC Champions League	Sriwijaya PSMS
Matches played	627
Goals scored	1,459 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristian Gonzáles (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Persiwa 7–0 Persma (27 December 2007)
Biggest away win	Persebaya 0–3 Persiba (26 April 2007) Persekabpas 0–3 Persmin (18 August 2007) Bali Persegi FC 1–4 Persis (11 September 2007)
Highest scoring	Persebaya 5–3 Persmin (7 April 2007) Persibom 5–3 Persma (28 April 2007) Persijap 3–5 Arema (18 October 2007) Persik 6–2 PSS (27 October 2007)
← 2006 2008–09 ISL 2008–09 Div. Utama →

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams. The season began on 10 February 2007^[1] and the last games played on 10 February 2008.^[2] and Sriwijaya F.C. won the championship.

Teams

Promoted from First Division

• Persebaya
• Persis
• Persma
• PSSB
• Pelita Jaya
• Persiraja
• Perseman
• Persikabo

Stadiums and locations

Persiraja

PSSB

PSMS

PSDS

Semen Padang

Sriwijaya

Tangerang

Persikabo

Persija

Persitara

Persib
Pelita Jaya

Yogyakarta

Persijap

PSIS

Persis

Persik

Persela

Persebaya

Deltras F.C.

Persekabpas

Malang

Persegi

Persiba

Bontang PKT

Persibom

Persiter

Persmin

Persma

PSM

Perseman

Persiwa

Persipura

Malang teams
Arema
Persema

Tangerang teams
Persikota
Persita

Yogyakarta teams
PSIM
PSS

Locations of the teams in the 2007-2008 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Red: East Division

Foreign players

West

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Pelita Jaya	Cristiano Lopes	Vagner Luís	Ivan Jerković	Boubacar Keita	Lamin Conteh
Persela	Maximiliano Vallejo	Márcio Souza	Uilian Souza
Persema	Cauê Benicio	Cristian Olivares	Alseny Diawara	Alfredo Reyes	Hector Velzoves
Persib	Bekamenga	Nyeck Nyobe	Redouane Barkaoui	Lorenzo Cabanas	Leontin Chițescu
Persija	João Bosco	Herman Abanda	Olinga Atangana	Javier Roca	Evgheni Hmaruc
Persik	Danilo Fernando	Fallah Johnson	Peter Lipede	Cristian Gonzáles	Ronald Fagundez
Persikabo	Cristiano Miranda Barbosa	Seme Pattrick	Luis Hicks	Chiemela Worgu
Persikota	Epalla Jordan	Essa Basile	Esteban Guillén
Persiraja	Fernando Pages	Antônio Teles	Claudionor	Robson	Roberto Kwateh
Persita	Andela Atangana	Ernest Siangkam	Esaiah Benson	Stephen Mennoh
Persitara	Ngako Gabriel	Jorge Toledo
PSDS	Guy Hervé	Christian Riffo	Denis Antonio	Edgar Anasco
PSIS	Joao Carlos	Julio Lopez	Zoubairou	Fofee Kamara
PSMS	Mbom Julien	Francois Mpessa	James Lomell	Murphy Nagbe
PSS	Gastón Castaño	Anderson Silva	Mamadou Niane	George Oyedepo
PSSB	Charles Mani	N Djento Christian	Noah Romuald
Semen Padang	Abdoulaye Djibril	Gbeneme Friday	Patricio Acevedo	Alcidio Fleitas
Sriwijaya	Carlos Renato	Christian Lenglolo	Zah Rahan	Anoure Obiora	Keith Gumbs

East

club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Arema	Bruno Casimir	Emalue Serge	Patricio Morales	Gerard Guy
Deltras	Claudio Pronetto	Sebastian Velazquez	Christian René	Saša Branežac
Persebaya	Raymond Nsangue	Pablo Rojas	Anthony Ballah
Persegi Gianyar	Fernando Andrade	Marcus Vinicius	Christian Kono	Didier Belibi	Marc Orland Etogou
Persekabpas	Francisco Rotunno	Alexander Robinson	Ekene Ikenwa	Mohamed Coker Jr
Perseman	Reginaldo Estevao	Charles Uchenna	Rodrigo Mendoza
Persiba	Adrian Trinidad	Robert Gaspar	Elisangelo Jardim	Ryan Townsend
Persibom	Rodrigo Araya	Antônio Cláudio	Kingsley Chioma	Arnaldo Villalba	Pedro Velázquez
Persijap	Amarildo	Evaldo Silva	Leandro Braga	Paitoon Tiepma
Persipura	Beto	David da Rocha	Bio Paulin	Ernest Jeremiah	Victor Igbonefo
Persis Solo	Fabrício Bastos	Ferreira da Costa	Wilson
Persiter	Fabricio Pereira	Julio Ferreira	Wilson Ferreira Carvalho	Joseph Amoah
Persiwa	O.K. John	Boakay Foday	Sunday Seah
Persma Manado	Jardel Santana	Joel Kamsi	Nyom Aloys	Yetna Felix
Persmin	Fabiano Beltrame	Engelbert Romaric Asse-Etoga	Osvaldo Moreno
PKT Bontang	Ricardo Silva	Vitor	Fodé Camara	Josiah Seton
PSM	Aldo Barreto	Ali Khaddafi	Nomo Teh Marco

First stage

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sriwijaya F.C. (C)	34	20	6	8	59	31	+28	66	Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League
2	Persija	34	18	7	9	55	40	+15	61
3	PSMS	34	17	7	10	44	28	+16	58
4	Persik	34	17	5	12	61	51	+10	56
5	Persib	34	15	9	10	45	29	+16	54	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
6	Persela	34	15	9	10	41	34	+7	54
7	Persitara	34	15	8	11	39	33	+6	53
8	Pelita Jaya	34	15	7	12	43	30	+13	52
9	Persita	34	13	11	10	33	36	−3	50
10	PSIS[a]	34	13	10	11	44	34	+10	49
11	Persikabo	34	12	12	10	46	38	+8	48
12	PSS	34	12	10	12	42	43	−1	46
13	Persema	34	12	9	13	35	46	−11	45
14	PSDS	34	12	8	14	39	40	−1	44
15	Persikota	34	6	12	16	26	41	−15	30
16	Semen Padang	34	7	6	21	21	44	−23	27
17	Persiraja	34	6	8	20	18	59	−41	26
18	PSSB	34	6	6	22	26	60	−34	24

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. PSIS Semarang were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.^[3][4]

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persipura	34	19	7	8	54	24	+30	64	Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League
2	Persiwa	34	18	5	11	56	30	+26	59
3	Deltras	34	17	8	9	47	30	+17	59
4	Arema	34	15	12	7	45	28	+17	57
5	PSM	34	17	6	11	43	33	+10	57	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
6	Persiter	34	17	6	11	33	28	+5	57
7	Persiba	34	16	7	11	48	35	+13	55	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
8	Persmin	34	14	11	9	43	34	+9	53
9	Persijap	34	15	7	12	38	36	+2	52	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
10	Persibom	34	13	7	14	41	47	−6	46
11	Persis	34	12	7	15	43	43	0	43
12	Persma	34	10	11	13	32	50	−18	41
13	Bontang PKT[a]	34	10	9	15	33	42	−9	39	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
14	Persebaya	34	11	6	17	36	50	−14	39
15	PSIM	34	8	8	18	30	45	−15	32
16	Persekabapas	34	8	8	18	34	52	−18	32
17	Perseman	34	8	8	18	28	55	−27	32
18	Bali Persegi FC	34	6	11	17	24	46	−22	29

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Bontang PKT were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.^[3][4]

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sriwijaya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSMS	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Arema	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Persiwa	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persipura	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persija	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Persik	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Deltras	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	6 February – Jakarta
	Persija	0
					10 February – Bandung
	Sriwijaya	1
					Sriwijaya (a.e.t.)	3
	6 February – Jakarta
					PSMS	1
	Persipura	0 (4)
	PSMS (pen.)	0 (5)

Semifinals

6 February 2008

Persipura	0–0 (a.e.t.)	PSMS
Penalties
Ian Louis Kabes Victor Igbonefo Imanuel Wanggai Bachtiar Ernest Jeremiah David da Rocha	4–5	Legimin Raharjo Masferi Kasim Supardi Nasir Rommy Diaz Putra James Koko Lomell Saktiawan Sinaga

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

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6 February 2008

Persija	0–1	Sriwijaya
		Gumbs 19'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Final

Main article: 2008 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final

10 February 2008

19:15 WIB

Sriwijaya	3–1 (a.e.t.)	PSMS
Obiora 15' Gumbs 107' Zah 114'		Lomell 69'

Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung

Attendance: 0

Referee: Purwanto (Kediri)

Awards

Top scorers

This is a list of the top scorers from the 2007–08 season.^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristian Gonzáles	Persik	32
2	Julio Lopez	PSIS	20
3	Beto Goncalves	Persipura	19
James Koko Lomell	PSMS	19
5	Sunday Seah	Persiwa	18
6	Aliyudin	Persija	17
Bambang Pamungkas	Persija	17

Best player

Zah Rahan Krangar (Sriwijaya)