2020 Liga 1 (Indonesia)

The 2020 Liga 1, also known as Shopee Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 4th season of Liga 1 under its current name and the 11th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008. The season started on 29 February 2020 and was suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2][3][4] The season was abandoned and declared void on 20 January 2021.^[5]

Liga 1

Season	2020
Dates	29 February 2020 – 20 January 2021
Champions	Not awarded
Relegated	None
AFC Cup	Bali United Persipura
Matches played	26
Goals scored	68 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wander Luiz (4 goals)
Biggest home win	Madura United 4–0 Barito Putera (29 February 2020)
Biggest away win	TIRA-Persikabo 0–2 Arema (2 March 2020)
Highest scoring	Persebaya 3–4 Persipura (13 March 2020)
Longest winning run	3 matches Persib
Longest unbeaten run	3 matches Bali United Bhayangkara Persib Persiraja PSM
Longest winless run	3 matches Barito Putera Bhayangkara Persela Persik Persita PSS
Longest losing run	3 matches Persela
Highest attendance	50,826 Persija 3–2 Borneo (1 March 2020)
Lowest attendance	0 Bhayangkara 2–2 Persija (14 March 2020)
Total attendance	352,344
Average attendance	13,552
← 2019 2021–22 →

Bali United were the defending champions. Persik, Persita, and Persiraja joined as the promoted teams from the 2019 Liga 2.^[6] They replace Badak Lampung, Kalteng Putra, and Semen Padang who were relegated to the 2020 Liga 2.^[7]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The season was first suspended on 15 March 2020 after finishing matchday three amid increasing contagion risks from the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial plan was the suspension would end in late March. However, the suspension was extended to 29 May 2020 due to government restrictions on social gatherings.^[8]

On 27 June 2020, the Indonesian football association, PSSI, announced it would resume Liga 1 from October 2020.^[9] League organizer PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) followed it up by announcing matchday four would be held on 1 October 2020 and the season would end on 28 February 2021, but with a note that this tentative schedule would need approval from authorities related to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan was to hold all matches without spectators and have no changes to the double round-robin format. Organizers were prepared to hold all matches on the main island of Java, where most teams are based, to mitigate contagion risks. Teams from outside Java and the capital Jakarta, which had the highest infection risks in the country, would be based in Yogyakarta, where the pandemic was relatively under control.^[10][11]

In a 17 July 2020 meeting, all teams agreed on further details for the resumption plan, including increasing substitutions from three to five, in line with a proposal by FIFA to lessen the impact of fixture congestion. The meeting also agreed that there would be no relegation and all teams must have a minimum of two U-20 local players. To mitigate infection risks, each team must conduct a swab test before the resumption and a rapid test every 14 days during the competition with LIB in charge of testing the day before matchday. LIB also would allow mid-season transfers between 21 September – 18 October 2020 but the transfers would not be recorded at FIFA Transfer Match System (TMS) to avoid conflict with FIFA regulations. ^[12][13]

The plan began to crumble in September. On 29 September 2020, PSSI postponed the resumption of Liga 1 and Liga 2 for a month after failing to obtain permission from the police on fears that unruly fans would crowd outside the stadiums. After a month, on 29 October 2020, PSSI announced police had not changed their mind and declared the competition could not be held in 2020.^[14][15]

In November 2020, LIB made another attempt to resume the 2020 season in February 2021 with a plan to finish in July 2021. Police also blocked this plan. Eventually, on 15 January 2021, PSSI dismissed the 2020 season of Liga 1 and Liga 2 football leagues and declared them void of winners, relegations and promotions. Any resumption of professional football will be considered as a fresh start of a season. ^[16][17]

The inability to finish the 2020 season impacted Indonesia's participation in the 2021 AFC Cup competition. Representatives had to be determined by the results of the previous domestic season. Bali United, the 2019 Liga 1 champions, was appointed as the first representative. The second appointment was not as straightforward. PSM, the 2018–19 Piala Indonesia winners, should have taken the spot but they failed to obtain an AFC license that is required for the hosting of an AFC match. The next on the pecking order was Persebaya, the 2019 Liga 1 runner-up, but they also missed the AFC hosting qualifications. As a result, Persipura, the league third place, qualified to take the second AFC Cup slot for Indonesia.^[18]

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Liga 2. The new teams this season were Persik, Persita, and Persiraja, who replaced Badak Lampung, Kalteng Putra, and Semen Padang.

Name changes

• TIRA-Persikabo were renamed to Persikabo 1973, but the name would be used starting next season.^[19][20]
• Bhayangkara relocated to Surakarta and were renamed Bhayangkara Solo.^[21]

Stadiums and locations

Arema

Bali United

Barito Putera

Bhayangkara

Borneo

Madura United

Persebaya

Persela

Persib

Persija

Persik

TIRA-Kabo

Persipura

Persiraja

Persita

PSIS

PSM

PSS

Original locations of the 2020–21 Liga 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arema	Malang	Kanjuruhan	42,449
Bali United	Gianyar	Kapten I Wayan Dipta	23,081
	Bantul	Sultan Agung[a]	35,000
Barito Putera	Martapura	Demang Lehman[b]	15,000
	Sleman	Maguwoharjo[a][24]	31,700
Bhayangkara	Surakarta	Manahan	20,000
Borneo	Samarinda	Segiri	16,000
	Sleman	Maguwoharjo[a]	31,700
Madura United	Pamekasan	Gelora Madura	15,000
Persebaya	Surabaya	Gelora Bung Tomo	55,000
Persela	Lamongan	Surajaya	16,000
Persib	Bandung	Si Jalak Harupat	27,000
		Gelora Bandung Lautan Api[a]	38,000
Persija	Jakarta	Gelora Bung Karno[c]	77,193
	Bantul	Sultan Agung[a]	35,000
Persik	Kediri	Brawijaya	20,000
Persipura	Manado	Klabat[d]	10,000
	Lamongan	Surajaya[a][27]	16,000
Persiraja	Banda Aceh	Harapan Bangsa	45,000
	Sleman	Maguwoharjo[a]	31,700
Persita	Tangerang	Indomilk Arena[28]	30,000
PSIS	Semarang	Citarum[e]	7,000
PSM	Makassar	Andi Mattalata	15,000
	Bantul	Sultan Agung[a]	35,000
PSS	Sleman	Maguwoharjo	31,700
TIRA-Persikabo	Cibinong	Pakansari	30,000

Notes:

1. Stadium planned to be used for home games of non-Java teams for matches behind closed doors.^[22]
2. Barito Putera played their home matches at Demang Lehman due to the renovation of their stadium at May 17th.^[23]
3. Persija also registered Patriot Candrabhaga as their home stadium.^[25]
4. Persipura played their home matches at Klabat due to the renovation of their stadium at Mandala for 2020 Indonesian National Games (PON XX).^[26]
5. PSIS will play their home matches at Citarum because the rebuilding of their stadium at Jatidiri isn't finished yet.^[29] They also registered Moch. Soebroto and Kebondalem.^[30]

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	Carlos Oliveira[31]	Hendro Siswanto[32]	Made by club[33]	Ms Glow for Men1, Krating Daeng1, Indomie1, Joseph Refo Investment Inc1
Bali United	Stefano Cugurra	Fadil Sausu	Made by club[34]	OVO1, Envi1, Indofood1, Smartfren1, Wuling Motors1, Bank Ina1, KukuBima Ener-G!1, Alderon1, Coco Mart1, Bengkel BOS1, CBN Fiber2, Indomie2, Achilles2, Ms Glow for Men3, Buana Capital3, YCAB Foundation3, TOA4
Barito Putera	Djadjang Nurdjaman	Rizky Pora	Made by club[35]	Hasnur Group1
Bhayangkara	Paul Munster	Indra Kahfi	SPECS[36]	BNI1, Jatim Park Group1, Gojek1, Go-Pay1, Bright Gas2, Jasa Raharja3
Borneo	Mario Gómez[37]	Diego Michiels	RIORS[38]	Feast1, BIB1, KukuBima Ener-G!1, Ansaf1, Fun88 Bola1, Bank Kaltimtara2
Madura United	Rahmad Darmawan[39]	Slamet Nurcahyono	XTEN[a][40][41]	Pojur1, Lion Group1, KukuBima Ener-G!1, Integra Group1, Kangean Energy Indonesia1, Kopi ABC2, Tiket.com3
Persebaya	Aji Santoso	Hansamu Yama[42]	Made by club[43]	Extra Joss1, Kapal Api1, Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya2, MPM Distributor Honda3
Persela	Nil Maizar	Eky Taufik	Made by club[44]	So Nice1, Extra Joss2
Persib	Robert Alberts	Supardi Nasir	Sportama[45]	Pria Punya Selera1, Halodoc1, Indofood1, Mobil1, Permata Bank Syariah1, Kopi ABC2, Azzuri2, Envi3, Didimax3, Indomie3
Persija	Sudirman[46]	Andritany Ardhiyasa	Juara[47]	Krating Daeng1, Amman Mineral1, Indomie1, Bank DKI1, Ithaca Resources3
Persik	Budi Sudarsono[48]	Faris Aditama	Noij[b][49][50]	Biznet12, Greenland Kediri2
Persipura	Jacksen F. Tiago	Boaz Solossa	SPECS[51]	KukuBima Ener-G!1, Bank Papua1, PT Freeport Indonesia1
Persiraja	Hendri Susilo	Mukhlis Nakata	Adhoc[c][52][53]	Dek Gam Foundation1, Bank Aceh1, Lion Parcel1, Kyriad Hotel Muraya Aceh1, Extra Joss2, PDAM Tirta Daroy2, The Atjeh Connection3
Persita	Widodo C. Putro	Egi Melgiansyah	Made by club[54]	Palang Merah Indonesia1, Matrix1, Indomilk1, Moya1, Krating Daeng2, Indomie2, SOS Children's Villages2, Aetra3
PSIS	Dragan Đukanović[55]	Wallace Costa	RIORS[56]	DBAsia.news1, Indomie1, Charlie Hospital1, Extra Joss2, Pegadaian3
PSM	Vacant	Wiljan Pluim	Umbro[57]	Semen Bosowa1, Kalla Group1, Honda2, KukuBima Ener-G!3
PSS	Dejan Antonić[58]	Bagus Nirwanto	Sembada[59]	Krating Daeng1, Indomie1, ACEOFNEWS1
TIRA-Persikabo	Igor Kriushenko	Manahati Lestusen	DJ Sport[60]	SBOTOP1

Notes:

1. ^ On the front of shirt.
2. ^ On the back of shirt.
3. ^ On the sleeves.
4. ^ On the shorts.

Additionally, SPECS made referee kits and also supplied the match ball, the Illuzion II.^[61]

Apparel changes:

1. Madura United used MBB as their kit manufacturer before changed it from week 4.
2. Persik used MBB as their kit manufacturer before changed it from week 4.
3. Persiraja used MBB as their kit manufacturer before changed it from week 4.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Week	Table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Persik	Budiardjo Thalib	End of contract	15 December 2019[62]	Pre-season		Joko Susilo	4 January 2020[63]
PSM	Darije Kalezić	Resigned	23 December 2019[64]			Bojan Hodak	31 December 2019[65]
Arema	Milomir Šešlija	End of contract	23 December 2019[66]			Mario Gómez	2 January 2020[67]
Madura United	Rasiman	Demoted to assistant coach	23 December 2019			Rahmad Darmawan	23 December 2019[39]
Borneo	Mario Gómez	End of contract	26 December 2019[68]			Edson Tavares	4 January 2020[69]
PSIS	Bambang Nurdiansyah	Resigned	1 January 2020[70]			Dragan Đukanović	1 January 2020[55]
Persija	Edson Tavares	End of contract	2 January 2020[71]			Sérgio Farias	12 January 2020[72]
PSS	Seto Nurdiantoro	End of contract	12 January 2020			Eduardo Pérez	15 January 2020[73]
PSS	Eduardo Pérez	Resigned	24 February 2020[74]			Dejan Antonić	26 February 2020[58]
Arema	Mario Gómez	Resigned	3 August 2020[75]	4	12	Carlos Oliveira	17 September 2020[31]
Borneo	Edson Tavares	Sacked	11 August 2020[76]	4	3	Mario Gómez	21 August 2020[37]
Persik	Joko Susilo	Became technical director	13 August 2020[48]	4	13	Budi Sudarsono	13 August 2020[48]
Persija	Sérgio Farias	Mutual consent	10 September 2020[77]	4	9	Sudirman	10 September 2020[46]
PSM	Bojan Hodak	Signed by Kuala Lumpur United	9 January 2021[78]	4	6

Foreign players

Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. Teams can use all the foreign players at once.

• 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	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Player(s)[79]
Arema	Bruno Smith[80]	Caio Ruan[81]			Jonathan Bauman Oh In-kyun Elías Alderete Matías Malvino
Bali United	Willian Pacheco	Brwa Nouri	Melvin Platje		Paulo Sérgio
Barito Putera	Cássio	Aleksandar Rakić	Danilo Sekulić		Yashir Islame
Bhayangkara	Renan Silva	Ezechiel N'Douassel	Lee Won-jae		Hervé Guy
Borneo	Nuriddin Davronov	Javlon Guseynov			Torres Diogo Campos[82]
Madura United	Jacob Pepper	Bruno Matos	Jaimerson		Emmanuel Oti Essigba
Persebaya	Aryn Williams				David da Silva Makan Konaté Mahmoud Eid[83]
Persela	Gabriel do Carmo	Marquinhos Carioca	Brian Ferreira		Shunsuke Nakamura Jasmin Mecinović Rafinha
Persib	Wander Luiz	Geoffrey Castillion	Nick Kuipers	Omid Nazari
Persija	Yann Motta[84]	Marko Šimić	Marco Motta	Rohit Chand	Marc Klok[a][85]
Persik					Nikola Ašćerić Ante Bakmaz Gaspar Vega Jefferson Oliveira
Persipura	Takuya Matsunaga				Sylvano Comvalius Arthur Cunha Thiago Amaral[86]
Persiraja					Adam Mitter Vanderlei Bruno Dybal Samir Ayass
Persita	Tamirlan Kozubaev	Yevhen Budnik			Mateo Bustos Eldar Hasanović
PSIS	Bruno Silva	Flávio Beck	Wallace Costa	Jonathan Cantillana
PSM	Wiljan Pluim				Hussein Eldor Giancarlo[87] Šerif Hasić[88]
PSS	Guilherme Batata	Zah Rahan Krangar	Yevhen Bokhashvili	Aaron Evans
TIRA-Persikabo	Alex Gonçalves	Ciro Alves			Petteri Pennanen Artyom Filiposyan[89]

Source: First transfer window

Notes:

1. Gained Indonesian citizenship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persib	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
2	Bali United	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualification for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage[a]
3	Borneo	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
4	Persipura	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Qualification for the 2021 AFC Cup play-off round[b]
5	PSIS	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
6	PSM	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
7	Persiraja	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
8	Madura United	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
9	Persija	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
10	TIRA-Persikabo	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
11	Bhayangkara	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
12	Arema	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
13	Persik	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
14	Persita	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
15	Persebaya	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
16	PSS	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
17	Barito Putera	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
18	Persela	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: Shopee Liga 1 2020^[usurped], Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.
Notes:

1. Bali United qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage as the 2019 Liga 1 champions.
2. Persipura qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup play-off round as the 2019 Liga 1 third place.

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BLU	BPT	BHA	BOR	MDU	PBY	PSL	PSB	PSJ	KDR	PPR	RAJ	PTA	SMG	PSM	PSS	TIR
Arema	—						a		1–2
Bali United		—				3–1								0–0
Barito Putera		1–2	—
Bhayangkara				—						2–2
Borneo					—			2–1				2–0
Madura United			4–0			—							0–0
Persebaya	a						—				1–1	3–4
Persela								—							2–3
Persib								3–0	—	a							2–1
Persija					3–2				a	—
Persik				1–1							—		0–1
Persipura												—			2–0
Persiraja				0–0									—
Persita														—		1–1
PSIS	2–0														—
PSM			1–1													—	2–1
PSS																	—	0–0
TIRA-Persikabo	0–2													3–1				—

Source: Shopee Liga 1 2020^[usurped], 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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[90]
1	Wander Luiz	Persib	4
2	Alberto Gonçalves	Madura United	3
3	Kushedya Hari Yudo	Arema	2
	Melvin Platje	Bali United
	Renan Silva	Bhayangkara
	Torres	Borneo
	Rafinha	Persela
	Geoffrey Castillion	Persib
	Evan Dimas	Persija
	Thiago Amaral	Persipura
	Bruno Silva	PSIS

Discipline

• Most yellow card(s): 3^[90]
  • Artyom Filiposyan (Persikabo 1973)
• Most red card(s): 1^[90]
  • Jonathan Bauman (Arema)
  • Gabriel do Carmo (Persela)
  • Andri Ibo (Persik)
  • Ante Bakmaz (Persik)
  • Arthur Cunha (Persipura)
  • Feri Komul (Persiraja)
  • Finky Pasamba (PSIS)
  • Safrudin Tahar (PSIS)
  • Derry Rachman (PSS)

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persija	50,826	50,826	50,826	50,826	+109.1%†
2	Persebaya	62,227	50,000	12,227	31,114	+88.9%†
3	Persiraja	26,510	26,510	26,510	26,510	+277.1%†
4	Persib	51,927	26,677	25,250	25,964	+72.3%†
5	Arema	23,781	23,781	23,781	23,781	+67.7%†
6	PSIS	16,272	16,272	16,272	16,272	+80.6%†
7	Persik	23,642	12,600	11,042	11,821	+50.4%†
8	Persita	10,019	10,019	10,019	10,019	+80.5%†
9	PSM	19,855	12,317	7,538	9,928	+29.5%†
10	Persela	8,956	8,956	8,956	8,956	+13.4%†
11	TIRA-Persikabo	16,870	9,962	6,908	8,435	+47.0%†
12	Bali United	14,774	8,223	6,551	7,387	−56.4%†
13	Borneo	9,522	5,351	4,171	4,761	+50.1%†
14	Barito Putera	4,481	4,481	4,481	4,481	−6.4%†
15	Persipura	3,428	3,428	3,428	3,428	−2.7%†
16	PSS	3,118	3,118	3,118	3,118	−83.5%†
17	Madura United	6,136	3,865	2,271	3,068	−8.6%†
18	Bhayangkara	0	0	0	0	−100.0%†
	League total	352,344	50,826	0	13,552	+44.8%†

Source: Shopee Liga 1 2020^[usurped]
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in Liga 2

See also

• 2020 Liga 2
• 2020 Liga 3
• 2020 Piala Indonesia