2011–12 Indonesian Premier League

Not to be confused with 2011 Liga Primer Indonesia or 2011–12 Indonesia Super League.

The 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indonesian Premier League (IPL),^[3] a fully professional football competition that shared with the Indonesia Super League (ISL)^[4] as the top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia.

Indonesian Premier League

Season	2011–12
Dates	26 November 2011 – 17 July 2012
Champions	Semen Padang[1] 1st IPL title 1st Indonesian title
Relegated	PSMS Medan
AFC Cup	Semen Padang Persibo Bojonegoro
Matches played	264
Goals scored	359 (1.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals Ferdinand Sinaga
Biggest home win	Arema Indonesia 7–0 Bontang FC
Biggest away win	Bontang FC 2–5 Persema Malang
Highest scoring	Semen Padang FC 6–2 Persema Malang
Longest winning run	Persema Malang Persiba Bantul (3)
Longest unbeaten run	Semen Padang FC (8)
Longest winless run	Persijap Jepara (10)
Longest losing run	PSMS Medan (4)
Highest attendance	51,000[2]
← 2010–11 ISL 2013 ISL 2013 IPL →

After the signing of the MoU between Djohar Arifin Husein (PSSI) and La Nyalla Matalitti (KPSI-PSSI) that was initiated by FIFA and the AFC through the AFC Task Force, the Indonesia Super League and Indonesian Premier League were under the control of the joint committee until the establishment of a new professional competition by the committee.^[5]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Arema

Bontang FC

Persebaya 1927

Persema

Jakarta FC

Persijap

Persibo

Persiraja

Persiba

PSM

PSMS

Semen Padang

Team location

Club	City	Province	Region	Stadium	Capacity	2010–11 season
Arema Malang	Malang	East Java	Java	Gajayana	30,000	Indonesia Super League Runners-up
Bontang FC	Bontang	East Kalimantan	Kalimantan	Mulawarman	20,000	15th Indonesia Super League
Persebaya 1927	Surabaya	East Java	Java	Gelora Bung Tomo	50,000	1st Liga Primer Indonesia
Persema Malang	Malang	East Java	Java	Gajayana	30,000	2011 Liga Primer Indonesia Runners-up
Persiba Bantul	Bantul	Yogyakarta	Java	Sultan Agung	35,000	Liga Indonesia Premier Division Champions
Persibo Bojonegoro	Bojonegoro	East Java	Java	Letjen Haji Sudirman	15,000	8th Liga Primer Indonesia
Jakarta FC	Madiun	Jakarta	Java	Wilis	25,000	4th Liga Primer Indonesia
Persijap Jepara	Jepara	Central Java	Java	Gelora Bumi Kartini	25,000	14th in Indonesia Super League
Persiraja Banda Aceh	Banda Aceh	Aceh	Sumatra	Harapan Bangsa H. Dimurthala	40,000 15,000	Liga Indonesia Premier Division Runners-up
PSM Makassar	Makassar	South Sulawesi	Sulawesi	Mattoangin	30,000	3rd Liga Primer Indonesia
PSMS Medan	Medan	North Sumatra	Sumatra	Teladan	22,234	3rd Group 1 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Semen Padang FC	Padang	West Sumatra	Sumatra	Haji Agus Salim	28,000	4th in Indonesia Super League

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arema Indonesia	Dejan Antonić	Legimin Raharjo	Umbro
Bontang FC	Eddy Simon	Ridwansyah	SPECS
Persebaya 1927	Divaldo Alves	Erol Iba	Mitre
Persema Malang	Slave Radovský	Bima Sakti	Reebok
Persiba Bantul	M. Basri	Wahyu Wijiastanto
Persibo Bojonegoro	Paulo Camargo	Samsul Arif	Mitre
Jakarta FC	Toyo Hartoyo	Danilo Fernando	Mitre
Persijap Jepara	Agus Yuwono	Anam Syahrul	Mitre	Bank Jateng
Persiraja Banda Aceh	Herry Kiswanto	Abdoulaye Djibril	Mitre
PSM Makassar	Petar Segrt	Andi Oddang	Vilour	Bosowa
PSMS Medan	Fabio Lopez	Fadly Hariri
Semen Padang FC	Nil Maizar	Elie Aiboy	SPECS	Semen Padang

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Player(s)
Arema	Deniss Romanovs	Marko Krasić	Roman Chmelo	Andrew Barisić	Noh Alam Shah
Bontang FC	Fassawa Camara	Serge Emaleu	Kande Lansana	Masahiro Fukasawa
Persebaya 1927	Otavio Dutra	Fernando Soler	Walter Bruzuela	Mario Karlovic	Andrew Barisic
Persema Malang	Deniss Kačanovs	Émile Mbamba	Ngon Mamoun	Naum Sekulovski
Persiba Bantul	Carlos Eduardo	Ezequiel González	Ernest Jeremiah	Kim Yong-Han	Emmanuel Cristori
Persibo Bojonegoro	Gustavo Hernan Ortiz	Jairon Feliciano	Lexe Anderson	Mekan Nasyrov	Joseph Amoah
Jakarta FC	Danilo Fernando	Emanuel De Porras	David da Rocha	Aleks Vrteski	Jaime Bragança
Persijap Jepara	Julio Lopez	J.Sebastian	Banaken Bassoken	Kim Sang-Duk	Xavi Pérez
Persiraja	Patrick Ghigani	Diallo Abdoulaye Djibril	Stephen Mennoh	Murilo de Almeida
PSM	Ilija Spasojević	Cristian Febre	Claudiu Răducanu	Kwon Jun	Srećko Mitrović
PSMS	Julio Alcorsé	Goran Gančev	Vagner Luis	Ahn Hyo-Yeon	Baihakki Khaizan
Semen Padang	Esteban Vizcarra	David Pagbe	Edward Junior Wilson	Yoo Hyun-Koo

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Arema FC	Milomir Seslija	Sacked	January 2012	5th	Abdul Rahman Gurning (caretaker)	January 2012
Arema FC	Abdul Rahman Gurning	Caretaker	24 January 2012	6th	Dejan Antonić[6]	24 January 2012
Jakarta FC	Jaya Hartono	Resigned	March 2012	10th	Toyo Hartoyo (caretaker)	March 2012
Semen Padang	Nil Maizar	Signed by Indonesia	March 2012	1st	Suhatman Imam (caretaker)	April 2012

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Semen Padang (C)	22	13	7	2	46	21	+25	46	2013 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Persebaya 1927	22	12	2	8	31	23	+8	38
3	Arema Indonesia	22	11	4	7	42	26	+16	37
4	Persibo Bojonegoro	22	11	3	8	31	24	+7	36	2013 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
5	Persiba Bantul	22	10	5	7	27	23	+4	35
6	PSM	22	9	7	6	29	26	+3	34
7	Persiraja	22	9	5	8	27	30	−3	32
8	Persema Malang[b]	22	10	4	8	32	32	0	31
9	Persija IPL (Jakarta FC)[b]	22	7	7	8	38	34	+4	25
10	Persijap Jepara[b]	22	4	5	13	18	38	−20	14
11	Bontang FC[b] (O)	22	4	4	14	21	43	−22	13	Qualification for 2012–13 Indonesian Premier League Playoffs
12	PSMS[b] (R)	22	2	7	13	17	39	−22	10	Relegation to 2013 Indonesian Premier Division

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2012. Source: IPL^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Persibo Bojonegoro were chosen by PSSI to join the Group stage of the 2013 AFC Cup as the winner of 2012 Piala Indonesia.
2. Persema Malang, Jakarta FC, Persijap Jepara, Bontang FC, and PSMS Medan were deducted 3 points due to the punishment from PSSI's Discipline Committee

Results

Main article: 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League result

Home \ Away	ARE	BON	PSBY	PSMA	PSBN	PSBO	JFC	PSJP	RAJ	PSM	MED	SPD
Arema		7–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1
Bontang FC	1–0		3–4	2–5	2–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2
Persebaya Surabaya	2–1	1–0		0–0	0–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–1
Persema Malang	1–0	2–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–3
Persiba Bantul	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Persibo Bojonegoro	3–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	3–2		1–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–4
Jakarta FC	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–3		6–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–3
Persijap Jepara	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0
Persiraja	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	2–1		2–1	2–0	2–2
PSM Makassar	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0		2–1	1–1
PSMS	1–3	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–1
Semen Padang	3–1	3–2	2–1	6–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2012. Source: IPL^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goal scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ferdinand Sinaga	Semen Padang F.C.	15
2	Edward Wilson Junior	Semen Padang F.C.	13
3	Muhammad Nur Iskandar	Persibo Bojonegoro	11
	Emanuel De Porras	Jakarta FC	11
5	Émile Mbamba	Persema Malang	10
	Ilija Spasojevic	PSM Makassar	10
	Muhammad Rachmat	PSM Makassar	10
8	Fernando Gaston Soler	Persebaya Surabaya	3
9	T.A. Musafri	Arema Indonesia	7
10	Fassawa Camara	Bontang FC	6
	Samsul Arif	Persibo Bojonegoro	6
	Julio Lopez	Persijap Jepara	6
13	Andrew Barisic	Arema Indonesia	5
	Roman Chmelo	Arema Indonesia	5
	Guy Bertrand Ngon Mamoun	Persema Malang	5
	Hendra Bayauw	Jakarta FC	5
	I Made Wirahadi	Persijap Jepara	5
	Vendry Mofu	Semen Padang F.C.	5
19	Ahmad Amirudin	Arema Indonesia	4
	Feri Ariawan	Persebaya Surabaya	4
	Ugik Sugiyanto	Persiba Bantul	4
	Danilo Fernando	Jakarta FC	4
	Sansan Fauzi Husaeni	Jakarta FC	4
	Fahrizal Dillah	Persiraja Banda Aceh	4
	Jecky Pasarela	PSMS Medan	4
	Julio Alcorsé	PSMS Medan	4

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Edward Wilson Junior	Semen Padang	Persema Malang	6–2	1 December 2011
Amad Iskandar	Persibo Bojonegoro	Persijap Jepara	5–0	8 January 2012
Émile Mbamba	Persema Malang	PSMS Medan	4–1	23 January 2012
Ilija Spasojevic	PSM Makassar	Persijap Jepara	3–0	24 March 2012

Play-offs

The play-offs started on 26 November 2012.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Bontang FC	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
2	PSLS Lhokseumawe (P)	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Promotion to 2013 Indonesian Premier League
3	PSIR (P)	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
4	Persbul Buol[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2012. Source: IPL^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Persbul moved to 2013 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.