2014 Liga Nusantara

The 2014 Liga Nusantara season is the first edition of Liga Nusantara after the Second Division and Third Division merged on 2014 season.^[1][2] After the removal of Badan Liga Sepakbola Amatir Indonesia (BLAI) Liga Nusantara as amateur competition this season is managed by competition committee of Province Association for qualification round and managed by PSSI in national round.^[2]

Liga Nusantara

Season	2014
Champions	Persatu Tuban
Promoted	Persatu Tuban Laga Perssu Sumenep PS Badung Perserang Serang Persibas Banyumas
Best Player	Edi Winarno
Top goalscorer	Imam Bagus Kurnia (4 goals)
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The competition started on 4 May 2014 and finished with the national final match on 14 December 2014.^[2] Persatu Tuban became champions after beating Laga FC 2-1 in the final.^[3]

Format

Preliminary round held by the respective provincial associations. All clubs must play with a home away system, with a standard number of games that run every club must be at least 15 games per season.^[2][4]

Regional round is divided into 6 regional: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali-Nusa, Sulawesi-Maluku, Papua. System home tournament with a round robin format. 2 clubs from each region will qualify for the national round.^[4]

National round total of 16 clubs who competed consists of 12 clubs qualify from the regional round as well as four clubs rank 3, 4, 5 and 6 in 2014 First Division. Systems home tournament with a round robin format. The top 6 club gets ticket promotion to the Premier Division next season.^[4]

Each team can register one foreign player in this competition.

Teams

The league is scheduled to follow various amateur clubs in all provinces in Indonesia. Recruitment club in this league handed to each Provincial Association (Asprov).^[1][2]

If there are 10 amateur clubs included in one province, then only one club that represents the province to the national round. Likewise onwards, with multiples of 10 to 1. If the province has 20 amateur clubs, it would have taken two teams to qualify for the national round. If there are provinces that have less than 10 amateur clubs, the representative from the province will follow the playoffs with representatives from other provinces.^[1][2]

Preliminary round

Divided into 33 to 34 provincial league play since May 2014.

Sumatra Region

Divided into 10 provincial league:

#	Province	Teams
1	Aceh	Persip Pasee Persitas Takengon
2	North Sumatra	Patriot Medan PSDS Deli Serdang
3	West Sumatra	PS GAS Sawahlunto
4	Riau	Nabil Persikalis Bengkalis
5	Riau Islands	PS Batam
6	Bengkulu	PS Benteng
7	Jambi	Bungo Putra
8	Bangka Belitung	Persipas Pangkalpinang
9	South Sumatra	Persimuba Musi Banyuasin
10	Lampung	Persilab West Lampung

Java Region

Divided into 6 provincial league:

#	Province	Teams
1	Banten	Persitangsel South Tangerang
2	West Java	Persitas Tasikmalaya Bandung Barat United Persigar Garut
3	Jakarta	Persija Muda Urakan
4	Central Java	Persekap Pekalongan
5	Yogyakarta	Sleman United
6	East Java	Perssu Sumenep Laga Blitar United

Kalimantan Region

Divided into 5 provincial league:

#	Province	Teams
1	West Kalimantan	—
2	Central Kalimantan	PS PU Putra Palangkaraya
3	South Kalimantan	—
4	East Kalimantan	PS Penajam Utama
5	North Kalimantan	—

Sulawesi and Maluku Islands Region

Divided into 8 provincial league:

#	Province	Teams
1	South Sulawesi	—
2	Southeast Sulawesi	—
3	Central Sulawesi	Persipal Palu
4	West Sulawesi	ASA
5	Gorontalo	Persidago Gorontalo
6	North Sulawesi	Persma 1960
7	Maluku	Arrow
8	North Maluku	—

Nusa Tenggara Islands Region

Divided into 3 provincial league:

#	Province	Teams
1	Bali	Pro Kundalini
2	West Nusa Tenggara	PS Mataram
3	East Nusa Tenggara	—

Papua Region

Divided into 2 provincial league:

#	Province	Teams
1	West Papua	Kaimana
2	Papua	Persintan Intan Jaya Persimi Sarmi

Regional round

Followed by the best teams from every province in Indonesia. This round divided into 6 regional tournament. Two best teams in each region qualify for national round.

Rank Province Teams 1 West Java 3 East Java 3 Aceh 2 North Sumatera West Sumatera Riau Jakarta Papua Riau Islands Jambi South Sumatera Bangka Belitung

Rank Province Teams 9 Bengkulu 1 Lampung Banten Central Java Yogyakarta Bali West Nusa Tenggara Central Kalimantan East Kalimantan North Sulawesi Gorontalo

Rank Province Teams Central Sulawesi West Sulawesi Maluku West Papua 28 West Kalimantan 0 North Kalimantan South Kalimantan East Nusa Tenggara South Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi North Maluku

Play-off

Play on 27 October 2014 1st Leg and 31 October 2014 2nd Leg

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSDS Deli Serdang	1–1 (1–3 p)	Persitas Takengon	1–0	0–1
Persilab Lampung Barat	0–1	Persimuba Musi Banyuasin	0–0	0–1
PS Batam	3–2	Persikalis Bengkalis	1–1	2–1
Bungo Putra	1–2	Persipas Pangkal Pinang	0–0	1–2
PS GAS Sawahlunto	3–4	PS Benteng Bengkulu Tengah	3–2	0–2
Persitangsel Tangerang Selatan	3–4	Persekap Pekalongan	2–2	1–2
Persigar Garut	5–0	Urakan	5–0	0–0
Blitar United	4–2	Sleman United	2–1	2–1
PU Putra Palangkaraya	4–2	Penajam Utama	2–1	2–1
Arrow FC Ambon	0–2	Persma Manado	0–1	0–1
ASA	1–2	Persidago Gorontalo	1–0	0–2
PS Mataram	0–4	Pro Kundalini	0–2	0–2
Persimi Sarmi	1–8	Kaimana	1–4	0–4

Group stage

24 teams from the regional round will compete. Matches for the Group stage will be played from 9–13 November 2014.

Group 1

• Matches were played in Citra Mas Stadium, Batam.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Patriot Medan	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7
PS Batam	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
Persip Pasee	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Persitas Takengon	3	0	0	3	4	14	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

• Matches were played in Depati Amir Stadium, Pangkal Pinang.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persipas Pangkal Pinang	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4
PS Benteng Bengkulu Tengah	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Nabil	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

• Matches were played in Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung Regency.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persigar Garut	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Persimuba Musi Banyuasin	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Bandung Barat United	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6
Persija Muda	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

• Matches were played in Brantas Stadium, Batu, Malang.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Laga F.C.	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
Persekap Pekalongan	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
Blitar United	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Persitas Tasikmalaya	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

• Matches were played in A. Yani Stadium, Sumenep.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Perssu Sumenep	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
Persipal Palu	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Pro Kundalini	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
PU Putra Palangkaraya	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

• Matches were played in Mandala Stadium, Jayapura.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persintan Intan Jaya	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
Kaimana	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Persma Manado	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

National round

Sixteen teams will play in this round including four teams from the fourth round of First Division.^[5] Top six teams will be promoted to the 2015 Premier Division.^[6]

First round

This stage will use home tournament format and will be played from 23–27 November 2014.^[7]

Group 7

• Matches were played in Maulana Yusuf Stadium, Serang.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perserang Serang	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advances to Second round
2	PS Batam	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Persipas Pangkal Pinang	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Persimuba Musi Banyuasin	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2014. Source: Liga Nusantara

Group 8

• Matches were played in Satria Stadium, Purwokerto.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persigar Garut	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	Advances to Second round
2	Persibas Banyumas	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	PS Benteng Bengkulu Tengah	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2014. Source: Liga Nusantara

Group 9

• Matches were played in Surajaya Stadium, Lamongan.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persatu Tuban	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Advances to Second round
2	Perssu Sumenep	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Persekap Pekalongan	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Kaimana F.C.	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2014. Source: Liga Nusantara

Group 10

• Matches were played in Brantas Stadium, Batu, Malang.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Laga F.C.	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advances to Second round
2	PS Badung	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Persipal Palu	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Persintan Intan Jaya	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2014. Source: Liga Nusantara

Second round

This round will be played in Yogyakarta.^[6] Matches will be played from 4–10 December 2014.^[7]

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perssu Sumenep	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advances to Knockout stage Promoted to Liga Indonesia Premier Division
2	PS Badung	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4[a]
3	Perserang Serang	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Promoted to Liga Indonesia Premier Division
4	Persigar Garut	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: Liga Nusantara
Notes:

1. PS Badung wins head-to-head against Perserang Serang

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Laga F.C.	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advances to Knockout stage Promoted to Liga Indonesia Premier Division
2	Persatu Tuban	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Persibas Banyumas	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4	Promoted to Liga Indonesia Premier Division
4	PS Batam	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: Liga Nusantara

Knockout stage

Semifinal matches will be played on December 12, 2014 and the final match will be played on December 14, 2014, also in Yogyakarta.

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 December – Yogyakarta
	Laga F.C.	2
					14 December – Yogyakarta
	Perssu Sumenep	1
					Laga F.C.	1
	12 December – Yogyakarta
					Persatu Tuban	2
	Persatu Tuban	2
	PS Badung	1
					Third place
					14 December – Yogyakarta
					Perssu Sumenep	3
					PS Badung	0

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Laga F.C.	2 – 1	Perssu Sumenep
Persatu Tuban	2 – 1	PS Badung

Third-placed

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Perssu Sumenep	3 – 0	PS Badung

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Persatu Tuban	2 – 1	Laga F.C.

Champions

Liga Nusantara 2014 champions
Persatu Tuban