2017 Liga 1 (Indonesia)

The 2017 Liga 1, also known as Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the inaugural season of Liga 1 under its current name and the 8th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008.^[2] It was the first official professional league season held post-FIFA sanction. The season started on 15 April 2017 and ended on 12 November 2017. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 11 April 2017.^[3]

Liga 1

Season	2017
Dates	15 April – 12 November 2017
Champions	Bhayangkara 1st Liga 1 title 1st Indonesian title
Relegated	Semen Padang Persiba Persegres
AFC Champions League	Bali United
AFC Cup	Persija
Matches played	306
Goals scored	882 (2.88 per match)
Best Player	Paulo Sérgio
Top goalscorer	Sylvano Comvalius (37 goals)
Biggest home win	Sriwijaya 10–2 Persegres (5 November 2017)
Biggest away win	Persegres 0–5 Bhayangkara (26 August 2017) Mitra Kukar 0–5 Persipura (13 October 2017)
Highest scoring	Sriwijaya 10–2 Persegres (5 November 2017)
Longest winning run	6 matches Bhayangkara
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Persija Persipura
Longest winless run	17 matches Persegres
Longest losing run	10 matches Persegres
Highest attendance	36,545 Persib 1–1 Persija (22 July 2017)
Lowest attendance	0 Persegres 1–1 Persija (4 July 2017) Borneo 1–0 Persiba (25 September 2017) Madura United 3–1 Barito Putera (5 November 2017) Borneo 2–1 Persib (8 November 2017) Madura United 1–3 Bhayangkara (8 November 2017)
Total attendance	2,662,998
Average attendance	8,703
← 2016 ISC A 2018 →

2014 Indonesia Super League winners Persib were the defending champions, as the 2015 Indonesia Super League was abandoned midway due to FIFA suspension while the 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A was not counted as an official league.

Bhayangkara won their first Liga 1 title with one match to spare.^[4]

The season was marred by the death of Persela's longtime goalkeeper, Choirul Huda.^[5]

Overview

Referees

Further information: List of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1

In December 2016, PSSI and the league operator planned to use foreign referees for the 2017 competition. The use of foreign referee was intended to improve the quality of the competition.^[6] However, two weeks before the league starts, this plan was cancelled.^[7]

After a wide criticism, protest and dissatisfaction towards the local referees during the first round of the season,^[8][9] PSSI revisited the idea. On 18 July 2017, PSSI and the league operator officially announced the use of foreign referees and assistant referees in select matches for the second round.^[10] There were two sets of officials (consisted of 1 referee and 2 assistant referees), each coming from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, and Japan.^[11]

Player regulation

League operator also introduced several new regulations, such as requiring clubs to contract a minimum of five U-23 local players with three of them having to play as starting lineup minimum of 45 minutes in a match, restricting clubs to have more than two players older than 35 years old, and increasing the maximum number of substitutions to five for each team in a match.^[12]

On 30 July 2017, in preparation for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, all regulations concerning under-23 players were suspended.^[13] Later on 31 August 2017, PSSI decided to extend the suspension of all regulations concerning under-23 players until end of season.^[14]

Substitution rule

FIFA approved the five substitution rule on 12 April 2017.^[15][16] However, the two additional substitutions (in addition of three substitutions, in accordance to FIFA Laws of the Game) were only allowed for U-23 players.^[16]

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – all teams from the abandoned 2015 Indonesia Super League. As such, no promoted team competed this season.

Name changes

• Arema Cronus changed name to Arema before the start of the season.^[17]
• Pusamania Borneo changed name to Borneo before the start of the season.^[18]

Stadiums and locations

Arema

Bali United

Barito Putera

Bhayangkara
Persija

Borneo

Madura United

Mitra Kukar

Persegres

Persela

Perseru

Persib

Persiba

Persipura

PS TNI

PSM

Semen Padang

Sriwijaya

Locations of the 2017 Liga 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arema	Malang	Kanjuruhan[a]	44,965
Bali United	Gianyar	Kapten I Wayan Dipta	25,000
Barito Putera	Banjarmasin	May 17th	15,000
Bhayangkara	Bekasi	Patriot Candrabhaga[b]	30,000
Borneo	Samarinda	Segiri	16,000
Madura United	Bangkalan	Gelora Ratu Pamelingan[c]	15,000
Mitra Kukar	Tenggarong	Aji Imbut	35,000
Persegres	Gresik	Petrokimia	20,000
Persela	Lamongan	Surajaya	14,000
Perseru	Serui	Marora	5,000
Persib	Bandung	Si Jalak Harupat[d]	27,000
Persiba	Balikpapan	Batakan[e]	46,000
Persija	Bekasi	Patriot Candrabhaga[f]	30,000
Persipura	Jayapura	Mandala	30,000
PS TNI	Cibinong	Pakansari	30,000
PSM	Makassar	Andi Mattalata	15,000
Semen Padang	Padang	Haji Agus Salim	15,000
Sriwijaya	Palembang	Gelora Sriwijaya[g]	36,000

Notes:

1. Arema held several of their home matches at Gajayana.
2. Bhayangkara —owned by Indonesian National Police— moved their home base to Patriot Candrabhaga and stated their move was intended to make them closer to the National Police Headquarters, located in Jakarta.^[19]
3. Madura United held several of their home matches at Gelora Bangkalan.
4. Persib used Gelora Bandung Lautan Api as their home stadium in the first round before they decided to move to Si Jalak Harupat in the second round.^[20]
5. Persiba was temporarily use Gajayana as their home ground because their actual ground, Parikesit that owned by state-owned oil company Pertamina, was going to be demolished to make way for their oil refinery expansion as their newly-built replacement, Batakan, was still under construction and won't be ready until June.^[21][22][23] Later, Pertamina allowed Persiba to use Parikesit in June.^[24] After a round of negotiation, Persiba extended this permission and continue to use Parikesit until Batakan was ready and pass the verification.^[25]
6. Persija moved their home base to Patriot Candrabhaga because their regular ground, Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta was renovated for the upcoming 2018 Asian Games and was unavailable for the rest of the season.^[26]
7. Sriwijaya moved their home base to Bumi Sriwijaya starting from week 26 because Gelora Sriwijaya was renovated for the upcoming 2018 Asian Games and was unavailable for the rest of the season.^[27]

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Arema	Joko Susilo[28]	Johan Alfarizi[29]	Specs[30]	Torabika, Corsa, Guna Bangun Perkasa, Ijen Suites, Arema Access, Go-Jek
Bali United	Widodo C. Putro[31]	Fadil Sausu	Made by club	Indofood, Bank Ina, Anker Sport, Torabika, Achilles, Corsa, Mobil, ACA, Go-Jek, YCAB Foundation, Indomie, Bareksa, DM ID
Barito Putera	Jacksen F. Tiago[32]	Rizky Pora	Vision of Superior	Hasnur Group, Go-Jek, PT. Buana Karya Wiratama, Bank Kalsel
Bhayangkara	Simon McMenemy[33]	Indra Kahfi	Vilour	BNI
Borneo	Iwan Setiawan[34]	Kunihiro Yamashita	Salvo[35]	STM, BIB, CV Citra, Kopi ABC, Apau, Go-Jek
Madura United	Gomes de Olivera[36]	Fabiano Beltrame	Mizuno[37]	JD.id, Lion Air, POJUR, Integra Group, Torabika, POOL Advista, Go-Jek, Radar Madura
Mitra Kukar	Yudi Suryata[38]	Bayu Pradana	Joma	ABP Energy, PT Putra Perkasa Abadi, Go-Jek, Grand Elty, Bank Kaltim
Persegres	Hanafi[39]	Agus Indra	Creative Color[40]
Persela	Aji Santoso[41]	José Coelho	Lotto[42]	Go-Jek, So Nice, APP
Perseru	Agus Yuwono[43]	Arthur Bonai	Junior Sport[44]	Bank Papua, Pemerintah Kabupaten Kep. Yapen
Persib	Emral Abus[45]	Atep Rizal	Sportama	Datsun, Indofood, Indomie, Permata Bank Syariah, Go-Jek, Go-Pay, Corsa, Indaco, IM3 Ooredoo, Kopi ABC, FWD
Persiba	Haryadi[46]	Marlon da Silva	MBB[47]	Anugerah Group, Go-Jek
Persija	Stefano Cugurra[48]	Ismed Sofyan	League[49]	Go-Jek, TOA, Columbia, Dompetku
Persipura	Wanderley da Silva[50]	Boaz Solossa	Specs	Bank Papua, Persipura Access
PS TNI	Rudy Priyambada[51]	Manahati Lestusen	MBB	Mogu Mogu, Torabika, GOON, Go-Jek
PSM	Robert Alberts[52]	Hamka Hamzah	Kelme[53]	Semen Bosowa, Kopi ABC
Semen Padang	Syafrianto Rusli[54]	Hengky Ardiles	Mizuno[55]	Semen Padang, Torabika, Bank Nagari, Oxygen Denim, Go-Jek, PT. Kunango Jantan, Covesia, G-Sport, Ayia
Sriwijaya	Hartono Ruslan[56]	Yoo Hyun-goo	Calci[57]	Bank Sumsel Babel, TEL, Torabika, Berita Pagi, Sriwijaya Post, PGN, PDPDE, Bukit Asam, Go-Jek

Additionally, referee kits are made by Joma and Nike supplied the match ball.

Coaching changes

•    Indicate the positions in the relegation zone.

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Week	Table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Barito Putera	Yunan Helmi	End of caretaker role	18 December 2016	Pre-season		Jacksen F. Tiago	2 December 2016[32]
Bhayangkara	Ibnu Grahan	End of contract	20 December 2016[58]			Simon McMenemy	23 December 2016[33]
Arema	Milomir Šešlija	Mutual consent	20 December 2016[59]			Aji Santoso	24 December 2016[60]
Persija	Zein Alhadad	End of contract	22 December 2016[61]			Stefano Cugurra	30 December 2016[48]
Persiba	Jaino Matos	End of contract	23 December 2016[62]			Timo Scheunemann	11 January 2017[63]
Persela	Aji Santoso	Signed by Arema	24 December 2016[60]			Herry Kiswanto	23 Januari 2017[64]
Persegres	Eduard Tjong	End of contract	31 December 2016			Hanafi	10 January 2017[39]
Perseru	Hanafi	Signed by Persegres	10 January 2017[39]			Yusak Sutanto	18 January 2017[65]
PS TNI	Suharto AD	End of caretaker role	15 January 2017			Mustaqim	15 January 2017[66]
Bali United	Indra Sjafri	Signed by Indonesia U19s	19 January 2017[67]			Hans-Peter Schaller	5 February 2017[68]
PS TNI	Mustaqim	Sacked	17 February 2017			Laurent Hatton	15 March 2017[69]
Sriwijaya	Widodo C. Putro	End of contract	25 March 2017			Osvaldo Lessa	26 March 2017
Persipura	Alfredo Vera	Mutual consent	17 April 2017[70]			Liestiadi	17 April 2017[70]
Bali United	Hans-Peter Schaller	Sacked	26 April 2017[71]	2	17	Eko Purjianto	26 April 2017
PS TNI	Laurent Hatton	Mutual consent	1 May 2017	3	5	Ivan Kolev	1 May 2017
Persiba	Timo Scheunemann	Resigned	1 May 2017[72]	3	18	Milomir Šešlija	4 May 2017[73]
Bali United	Eko Purjianto	End of caretaker role	10 May 2017[31]	5	14	Widodo C. Putro	10 May 2017[31]
Perseru	Yusak Sutanto	Sacked	7 June 2017[43]	10	16	Agus Yuwono	7 June 2017[43]
Persipura	Liestiadi	Resigned	8 June 2017[74]	10	5	Mettu Duaramury	8 June 2017[75]
Sriwijaya	Osvaldo Lessa	Sacked	17 June 2017[76]	11	12	Hartono Ruslan	18 August 2017[56]
Persipura	Mettu Duaramury	End of caretaker role	20 June 2017[50]	11	4	Wanderley da Silva	20 June 2017[50]
Borneo	Dragan Đukanović	Sacked	13 July 2017[77]	14	11	Ricky Nelson	13 July 2017[77]
Persib	Djadjang Nurdjaman	Resigned	16 July 2017[78]	15	12	Herrie Setiawan	16 July 2017[78]
Arema	Aji Santoso	Resigned	31 July 2017[79]	17	7	Joko Susilo	31 July 2017[28]
Mitra Kukar	Jafri Sastra	Resigned	31 July 2017[80]	17	8	Sukardi Kardok	31 July 2017[80]
Persiba	Milomir Šešlija	Resigned	9 August 2017[81]	18	18	Haryadi	10 August 2017[46]
Borneo	Ricky Nelson	End of caretaker role	14 August 2017[82]	19	8	Iwan Setiawan	14 August 2017[34]
Persib	Herrie Setiawan	End of caretaker role	2 September 2017[45]	22	9	Emral Abus	2 September 2017[45]
Persela	Herry Kiswanto	Resigned	4 September 2017[83]	22	15	Aji Santoso	7 September 2017[41]
Mitra Kukar	Sukardi Kardok	End of caretaker role	4 September 2017	22	8	Yudi Suryata	7 September 2017[38]
PS TNI	Ivan Kolev	Sacked	21 September 2017	25	15	Rudy Priyambada	21 September 2017[51]
Semen Padang	Nil Maizar	Sacked	4 October 2017	27	15	Delfi Adri	4 October 2017[84]
Semen Padang	Delfi Adri	End of caretaker role	19 October 2017	30	15	Syafrianto Rusli	19 October 2017[54]

Foreign players

Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI restricted the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries, and one slot for a marquee player,^[85] a player that was required to have played in a top European league (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Primeira Liga, Eredivisie, Süper Lig, etc.) in the last 8 years, or a player that have played in the last three editions of the FIFA World Cup. Teams can use all the foreign players at once.^[86]

• Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Former Player(s) were players that out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Asian Player	Marquee Player	Former Player(s)
Arema	Esteban Vizcarra	Arthur Cunha	Ahmet Ataýew	Juan Pablo Pino	Jad Noureddine
Bali United	Marcos Flores	Sylvano Comvalius	Ahn Byung-keon	Nick van der Velden
Barito Putera	Matías Córdoba	Willian Lira	Aaron Evans	Douglas Packer	Thiago Cunha
Bhayangkara	Otávio Dutra	Ilija Spasojević[a]	Lee Yoo-joon	Paulo Sérgio	Thiago Furtuoso
Borneo	Flávio Beck	Matheus Lopes	Kunihiro Yamashita	Shane Smeltz	Helder Lobato
Madura United	Fabiano Beltrame	Thiago Furtuoso	Dane Milovanović	Peter Odemwingie	Cameron Watson Boubacar Sanogo Redouane Zerzouri
Mitra Kukar	Jorge Gotor	Marclei Santos	Oh In-kyun	Mohamed Sissoko
Persegres	Patrick da Silva	Saša Zečević	Yusuke Kato		Choi Hyun-yeon Goran Gančev
Persela	Ivan Carlos	Ramon Rodrigues	Kosuke Uchida	José Coelho	Márcio Rosário
Perseru	Boman Aimé	Sílvio Escobar	Ryutaro Karube		Omar El-Din
Persib	Vladimir Vujović	Ezechiel N'Douassel	Shohei Matsunaga	Michael Essien	Carlton Cole
Persiba	Marlon da Silva	Srđan Lopičić	Anmar Almubaraki	Júnior Lopes	Masahito Noto Dirkir Glay
Persija	Willian Pacheco	Reinaldo	Rohit Chand	Bruno Lopes	Luiz Júnior
Persipura	Mauricio Leal	Addison Alves	Yoo Jae-hoon		Ricardinho
PS TNI	Redouane Zerzouri	Franklin Anzité	Hong Soon-hak	Élio Martins	Facundo Talín Leonel Núñez Aboubacar Camara Aboubacar Sylla
PSM	Steven Paulle	Marc Klok	Pavel Purishkin	Wiljan Pluim	Reinaldo
Semen Padang	Cássio de Jesus	Marcel Sacramento	Ko Jae-sung		Didier Zokora
Sriwijaya	Alberto Gonçalves	Hilton Moreira	Yoo Hyun-goo	Tijani Belaïd

Source: First transfer window, Second transfer window

Notes:

1. Ilija Spasojević gained Indonesian citizenship on 25 October 2017, but he was registered as a foreign player in the second transfer window.^[87]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bhayangkara (C)	34	22	2	10	61	40	+21	68[a]
2	Bali United	34	21	5	8	76	38	+38	68[a]	Qualification for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[b]
3	PSM	34	19	8	7	67	38	+29	65
4	Persija	34	17	10	7	48	24	+24	61	Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage[c]
5	Persipura	34	17	9	8	64	37	+27	60
6	Madura United[d]	34	17	9	8	58	44	+14	57
7	Barito Putera	34	15	8	11	48	44	+4	53
8	Borneo	34	15	7	12	50	39	+11	52
9	Arema	34	13	10	11	43	44	−1	49
10	Mitra Kukar	34	13	4	17	49	74	−25	43
11	Sriwijaya	34	11	9	14	50	50	0	42[e]
12	PS TNI	34	12	6	16	46	58	−12	42[e]
13	Persib	34	9	14	11	39	36	+3	41
14	Persela	34	12	4	18	49	55	−6	40
15	Perseru	34	10	7	17	35	45	−10	37
16	Semen Padang (R)	34	9	8	17	34	51	−17	35	Relegation to Liga 2
17	Persiba (R)	34	7	6	21	41	62	−21	27
18	Persegres[f] (R)	34	2	4	28	26	104	−78	7

Source: Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1^[usurped], Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal Difference; 4) Goals Scored; 5) Drawing.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Bali United 1–3 Bhayangkara; Bhayangkara 3–2 Bali United.
2. Bhayangkara failed to obtain an AFC license to participate in Asian competitions. As a result, Bali United, the league runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.^[88]
3. PSM failed to obtain an AFC license to participate in Asian competitions. As a result, Persija, the league 4th place, entered the group stage.^[88]
4. Madura United were deducted three points due to FIFA sanction. Madura United would have qualified for the AFC Cup group stage had Bali United qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage. As Bali United failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, Madura United's qualification in the AFC Cup was annulled.
5. Head-to-head results: Sriwijaya 2–1 PS TNI; PS TNI 2–1 Sriwijaya.
6. Persegres were deducted three points due to FIFA sanction.

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BLU	BPT	BHA	BOR	MDU	MKU	PGU	PSL	PSR	PSB	PBA	PSJ	PPR	TNI	PSM	SPD	SRI
Arema	—	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–3	3–2
Bali United	6–1	—	5–0	1–3	3–0	5–2	6–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–2
Barito Putera	1–2	1–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–0
Bhayangkara	2–1	3–2	0–1	—	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1
Borneo	3–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	2–0	2–1[a]	1–0[b]	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1
Madura United	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	—	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	6–0	3–0
Mitra Kukar	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–3[c]	0–4	2–1	—	3–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–5	5–3	1–1	1–0	2–0
Persegres	2–3	1–3[d]	2–1	0–5	0–1	0–3	2–4	—	0–2	2–5	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–4	0–3[e]	1–1	1–3	1–1[f]
Persela	4–0	0–1	3–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–3	7–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0[g]	2–1
Perseru	2–0	1–3[h]	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	2–1	0–3[i]	2–1	0–1[j]	1–2	0–0	2–3
Persib	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	6–0	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0
Persiba	0–1	3–2	2–3	1–2	3–2	3–4	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2
Persija	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–0[k]	2–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–0[l]
Persipura	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	6–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–2	3–0	—	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–2
PS TNI	0–0	3–4	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–1[m]	—	2–1	2–1	2–1
PSM	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	6–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	5–1	4–1	—	4–0	1–0
Semen Padang	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–1
Sriwijaya	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	10–2	2–0	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–4	0–0	—

Source: Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1^{[dead link]}, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. Borneo hosted Persib at Mulawarman due to sanctions by PSSI Disciplinary Committee after a referee was intimidated following a match against Bali United.^[89]
2. Borneo hosted Persiba at Mulawarman due to sanctions by PSSI Disciplinary Committee after a referee was intimidated following a match against Bali United.^[89]
3. PSSI Disciplinary Committee declared Mitra Kukar lost 3–0 to Bhayangkara because they played a player being suspended under a Disciplinary Committee punishment. The original score was 1–1.^[90]
4. Persegres hosted Bali United at Surajaya because GOR Tri Dharma's complex was used for 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.^[91]
5. Persegres hosted PS TNI at Surajaya due to the election of village heads in the local area.^[92]
6. Persegres hosted Sriwijaya at Surajaya because GOR Tri Dharma's complex was used for 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.^[91]
7. Choirul Huda died during the match after colliding with a teammate while attempting to collect a ball.^[93]
8. Perseru hosted Bali United at Kapten I Wayan Dipta because Marora was not approved by PSSI to hold nighttime matches.^[94]
9. Perseru hosted Persija at Patriot Candrabaga because Marora was not approved by PSSI to hold nighttime matches.^[95]
10. Perseru hosted PS TNI at Pakansari because Marora was not approved by PSSI to hold nighttime matches.^[96]
11. Persija hosted Persib at Manahan after Bekasi city police refused them to hold a home game at Patriot Candrabhaga.^[97] The match between Persija and Persib stopped in 83' due to dissatisfaction with the referee when Persija was leading 1–0; Persija declared won 3–0.^[98]
12. Persija hosted Sriwijaya at Wibawa Mukti and without spectators due to fan riots that occurred at the Patriot Candrabhaga.^[99]
13. PS TNI hosted Persipura at Patriot Candrabaga because Pakansari was being renovated for the 2018 Asian Games.^[100]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[101]
1	Sylvano Comvalius	Bali United	37
2	Marclei Santos	Mitra Kukar	24
3	Alberto Gonçalves	Sriwijaya	22
4	Lerby Eliandry	Borneo	16
	Samsul Arif	Persela
6	Peter Odemwingie	Madura United	15
	Addison Alves	Persipura
8	Greg Nwokolo	Madura United	14
9	Ilija Spasojević	Bhayangkara	13

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Peter Odemwingie	Madura United	Semen Padang	6–0 (H)	12 June 2017
Prisca Womsiwor	Persipura	Mitra Kukar	6–0 (H)	3 July 2017
Addison Alves	Persipura	Bali United	3–1 (H)	9 August 2017
Sylvano Comvalius	Bali United	Madura United	5–2 (H)	13 August 2017
Raphael Maitimo	Persib	Persegres	6–0 (H)	20 August 2017
Sylvano Comvalius5	Bali United	Mitra Kukar	6–1 (H)	27 August 2017
Samsul Arif	Persela	Persegres	7–1 (H)	30 September 2017
Boaz Solossa	Persipura	Persija	3–0 (H)	18 October 2017
Élio Martins	PS TNI	Persegres	3–0 (A)	28 October 2017
Alberto Gonçalves	Sriwijaya	Persegres	10–2 (H)	5 November 2017
Slamet Budiyono
Ilija Spasojević	Bhayangkara	Madura United	3–1 (A)	8 November 2017
Muhammad Rachmat	PSM	Madura United	6–1 (H)	12 November 2017

Note: ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Discipline

• Most yellow card(s): 12^[101]
  • Jorge Gotor (Mitra Kukar)
• Most red card(s): 3^[101]
  • Sandi Sute (Persija)

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persija	391,913	29,699	1,200	23,054	−8.1%†
2	Persib	306,107	36,545	3,160	18,006	−6.9%†
3	PSM	234,242	14,925	9,357	13,779	+2,580.7%†
4	Bali United	228,197	23,220	6,042	13,423	+128.4%†
5	Persipura	210,665	17,981	4,560	12,392	+99.0%†
6	Persela	174,379	14,000	3,947	10,258	+7.2%†
7	Arema	170,816	27,610	1,611	10,048	−46.8%†
8	Sriwijaya	143,596	17,247	1,725	8,447	−13.5%†
9	Persiba	129,372	20,000	497	7,610	+90.2%†
10	Borneo	116,432	12,371	0	6,849	+121.7%†
11	Semen Padang	99,721	11,872	1,272	5,866	−29.7%†
12	Barito Putera	98,062	9,124	2,252	5,768	−7.2%†
13	Madura United	87,533	13,997	0	5,149	+173.9%†
14	Bhayangkara	84,705	29,397	1,250	4,983	+26.5%†
15	Persegres	59,030	15,189	0	3,472	−43.7%†
16	Perseru	51,051	12,954	237	3,003	+109.4%†
17	PS TNI	38,595	18,288	257	2,270	+473.2%†
18	Mitra Kukar	38,582	4,234	521	2,270	+1.2%†
	League total	2,662,998	36,545	0	8,703	+11.3%†

Source: Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1^{[dead link]}
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in Premier Division
* Comparison for previous season average attendance was based on 2014 Indonesia Super League, because 2015 Indonesia Super League was abandoned and 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A was not counted as an official league.

Awards

Annual

These were the list of Liga Indonesia First & Excellence (LIFE) Awards 2017 winners that held on 22 December 2017.^[102]

Award	Winner
Best Player[102]	Paulo Sérgio (Bhayangkara)
Best Young Player[102]	Rezaldi Hehanusa (Persija)
Fair Play Team[102]	Perseru
Best Referee[102]	Musthofa Umarella
Best Goal[102]	Septian David (Mitra Kukar)
Lifetime Achievement[102]	Choirul Huda (Persela)

Team of the season

Best XI[102]
Goalkeeper	Andritany Ardhiyasa (Persija)
Defenders	Gavin Kwan (Barito Putera)			Willian Pacheco (Persija)			Hamka Hamzah (PSM)			Rezaldi Hehanusa (Persija)
Midfielders	Bayu Pradana (Mitra Kukar)				Paulo Sérgio (Bhayangkara)				Wiljan Pluim (PSM)
Forwards	Irfan Bachdim (Bali United)				Sylvano Comvalius (Bali United)				Septian David (Mitra Kukar)

See also

• 2017 Liga 2
• 2017 Liga 3