2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16

The 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16 will be the sixth edition of the Elite Pro Academy since its introduction in 2018. The season started on 28 September 2024 and will end on 22 February 2025.^[2][3]

EPA Liga 1 U-16

Season	2024–25
Dates	28 September 2024 – 22 February 2025[1]
Matches	144
Goals	464 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fardan Ary (17 goals)
Total attendance	4,615
Average attendance	32
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 15 December 2024.

Borneo Samarinda U16s were the defending champions after defeating Persis U16s 2–1 in the final previous season.

Teams

Locations and stadiums

18 teams will compete in the league – split into three groups of six teams.

Bali United U16s

Barito Putera U16s

Borneo Samarinda U16s

PSM U16s

Malut United U16s

Locations of non-Java and Madura-based 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-20 teams
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Blue: Group C

Semen Padang U16s

PSBS U16s

Arema U16s

Persita U16s
Dewa United U16s

Madura United U16s

Persebaya U16s

Persib U16s

Persija U16s

Persik U16s

Persis U16s

PSIS U16s

PSS U16s

Locations of Java and Madura-based 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-20 teams
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Blue: Group C

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arema U16s	Malang	ARG Soccer Field	0
Bali United U16s	Gianyar	Bali United Training Center	TBA
		Ngurah Rai Stadium, at Denpasar	12,000
Barito Putera U16s	Banjarmasin	Green Yakin Soccer Field, at Banjar	0
Borneo Samarinda U16s	Samarinda	Borneo FC Training Centre	0
Dewa United U16s	South Tangerang	Persita Training Ground, at Tangerang	0
		JSI Resort, at Bogor	0
Madura United U16s	Pamekasan	Madura United Training Ground	TBA
Malut United U16s	Sofifi	Marimoi Stadium, at Tidore	TBA
Persebaya U16s	Surabaya	ABC Field of GBT Stadium	0
Persib U16s	Bandung	Arcamanik Stadium	15,000
		Sidolig Stadium	5,000
		Siliwangi Stadium	25,000
Persija U16s	Jakarta	Persija Training Ground, at Depok	0
Persik U16s	Kediri	Kediri Soccer Field	0
Persis U16s	Surakarta	Surakarta Mini Stadium	TBA
		Banyuanyar Field	TBA
		Sriwedari Stadium	12,000
Persita U16s	Tangerang	Persita Training Ground	0
		Pagedangan Mini Stadium	TBA
PSBS U16s	Biak Numfor	Watubelah Stadium, at Cirebon	16,000
PSIS U16s	Semarang	Wisesa PSIS Training Ground, at Demak	0
PSM U16s	Makassar	Bosowa Sport Center	0
PSS U16s	Sleman	PSS Training Ground	0
Semen Padang U16s	Padang	ASIOP Stadium, at Jakarta	2,000
		Cibinong Mini Stadium, at Bogor	15,000

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	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor	Other kit sponsor(s)
Arema U16s	Nanang Husni Mubaroq	Etams	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Bali United U16s	Sandhika Pratama	SPECS	Indomie	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Barito Putera U16s	Randy Adam	H1	Hasnur Group	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Borneo Samarinda U16s	Achmad Kusasih	SPECS	Ansaf	List Front: Pupuk Kaltim Back: PStore Sleeves: Ghani Raya Mandiri Shorts: None
Dewa United U16s	Sukardi Paera	DRX	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Madura United U16s	Rakhmad Basuki	DRX	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Malut United U16s	Bambang Andrianto	SPECS	Mineral Trobos	List Front: PT Gebe Sinar Perkasa Back: PT Gebe Prima Mandiri Sleeves: Lumbung Ikan Maluku Shorts: None
Persebaya U16s	Janu Ramadhanis	AZA	Kapal Api	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persib U16s	Andri Wijaya	Sportama	Indofood	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persija U16s	Taji Prasetio	Juaraga	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persik U16s	Sugianto	DRX	Athletes For Good	List Front: Le Minerale Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persis U16s	Furqon	Amrta	Free Fire	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persita U16s	Zainal Anwar	19531	Indomilk	List Front: Moya, Matrix Broadband, Aetra Tangerang Back: Indomie Sleeves: Palang Merah Indonesia, KABOOM Creative Shorts: None
PSBS U16s	Yudi Supriatna	Kasumasa1	NusaTuna	List Front: PT Freeport Indonesia, Bank Papua, Ulam Laut Back: Kopi ABC Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PSIS U16s	Dian Hernadi	DRX	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PSM U16s	Muhammad Arfan	DRX	Bosowa Corp	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PSS U16s	Muhammad Nur Huda	DRX	Amman Mineral	List Front: Indomie, MedcoEnergi, Ithaca Resources, Le Minerale Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Semen Padang U16s	Robby Mariandy	SPFC Apparel1	Semen Padang	List Front: ASIOP Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None

Notes:

1. ^ Apparel made by club.

First round

For the first round, 18 teams split into three group of six. Each group playing home and away double-game round-robin matches. The winners and runner-ups from each group along with two best third-placed teams advanced to second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persija U16s	20	14	3	3	40	8	+32	45	Advance to Second round
2	Persita U16s	20	10	4	6	27	17	+10	34
3	Barito Putera U16s	20	9	5	6	30	29	+1	32	Possible advance to Second round
4	Dewa United U16s	20	9	2	9	25	23	+2	29
5	PSBS U16s	20	8	2	10	28	37	−9	26
6	Semen Padang U16s	20	1	2	17	14	50	−36	5

Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[4]

Home \ Away	BAR	DWU	PSJ	PTR	BIK	SMP	BAR	DWU	PSJ	PTR	BIK	SMP
Barito Putera U16s		0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	4–3		1–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–2
Dewa United U16s			0–2	0–1	2–4	2–1			0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
Persija U16s	3–0			0–0	3–0	0–0	4–0			1–0	3–0	5–0
Persita U16s	0–0	1–0	0–3		3–1		3–1	0–2	0–3		2–3
PSBS U16s		2–1	0–2			2–3		0–2	1–0			5–0
Semen Padang U16s	0–0	1–3		0–3	1–3		1–2	0–2		0–2	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persis U16s	20	12	3	5	39	13	+26	39	Advance to Second round
2	Persib U16s	20	11	6	3	49	26	+23	39
3	Borneo Samarinda U16s	20	10	4	6	40	30	+10	34	Possible advance to Second round
4	PSS U16s	20	9	3	8	39	29	+10	30
5	PSIS U16s	20	6	3	11	33	40	−7	21
6	Arema U16s	20	2	1	17	15	77	−62	7

Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[4]

Home \ Away	AFC	BOR	PSB	PSO	SMG	PSS	AFC	BOR	PSB	PSO	SMG	PSS
Arema U16s		2–4	1–1	0–2	3–0[a]	2–0		0–3	0–4	0–6	0–1	1–7
Borneo Samarinda U16s	4–2			0–2	5–2	1–3	5–1			1–0	3–2	2–3
Persib U16s	3–0	1–2		0–0	2–0		5–1	1–1		2–2	5–2
Persis U16s		0–1	3–1		2–1	3–0		0–0	2–1		1–2	1–0
PSIS U16s	4–1		1–2			0–1	6–1		3–4			1–1
PSS U16s		1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0			2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
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. This match was initially not held due to PSIS's negligence. However, the PSSI disciplinary committee as of 1 October 2024 stated that the match score was Arema 3–0 PSIS.^[5]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Madura United U16s	20	14	3	3	45	25	+20	45	Advance to Second round
2	Bali United U16s	20	14	1	5	51	23	+28	43
3	Persebaya U16s	20	13	1	6	62	22	+40	40	Possible advance to Second round
4	PSM U16s	20	10	1	9	39	39	0	31
5	Malut United U16s	20	1	6	13	19	46	−27	9
6	Persik U16s	20	0	4	16	12	73	−61	4

Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[4]

Home \ Away	BLI	MDR	MLT	PBY	KDR	PSM	BLI	MDR	MLT	PBY	KDR	PSM
Bali United U16s			6–2	2–1	6–0	4–1			3–0	2–4	4–0	3–2
Madura United U16s	3–0		2–1	1–1	3–1		3–1		1–1	1–0	3–0
Malut United U16s	0–0	2–3			3–3	3–0	0–1	0–2			0–0	3–4
Persebaya U16s	0–1	4–2	4–2			7–0	0–3	4–1	2–0			2–0
Persik U16s		1–5	1–1	0–2		1–2		0–3	1–1	1–3		0–3
PSM U16s	2–3	3–2		2–0	7–1		0–3	0–1		3–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
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.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Persib U16s	16	8	5	3	36	21	+15	29	Advance to the second round
2	C	Persebaya U16s	16	9	1	6	35	21	+14	28
3	A	Persita U16s	16	7	3	6	17	16	+1	24

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-16
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair-play points; 5) Draw.^[4]

Second round

The top eight teams from the first round will be divided into 2 groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners and runner-ups from each group advance to semi-finals.

Group X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Winner of Group A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Winner of Group C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Runner-up of Group B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	2nd best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2025. Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-20
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[4]

Group Y

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Winner of Group B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Runner-up of Group A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Runner-up of Group C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1st best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2025. Source: 2024–25 EPA Liga 1 U-20
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[4]

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 February 2025
	Winner of Group X
					20 February 2025
	Runner-up of Group Y
					Winner of Semi-final 1
	18 February 2025
					Winner of Semi-final 2
	Winner of Group Y
	Runner-up of Group X
					Third place play-off
					22 February 2025
					Loser of Semi-final 1
					Loser of Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

18 February 2025 (2025-02-18)

Winner of Group X	v	Runner-up of Group Y

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18 February 2025 (2025-02-18)

Winner of Group Y	v	Runner-up of Group X

Third place play-off

20 February 2025 (2025-02-20)

Loser of Semi-final 1	v	Loser of Semi-final 2

Final

22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)

Winner of Semi-final 1	v	Winner of Semi-final 2

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

As of 15 December 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[6]
1	Fardan Ary Setyawan	Madura United U16s	17
2	Rohmat Nurhidaya	PSM U16s	13
	Jiad Fardhan Bayhaqi	Persib U16s