Piala Indonesia

Piala Indonesia (lit. 'Indonesia Cup') is the professional annual cup competition for football clubs in Indonesia. Its origins date back to the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga, which ran until 1989 under Galatama competition.^[1] The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) organized the full professional cup competition from 2005 until the most recent in 2018–2019. Traditionally, the tournament involves clubs from the whole layers of football competitions, which are Super League, Championship, and Liga Nusantara.

Piala Indonesia

Organising body	PSSI
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985) as Piala Liga 1992; 33 years ago (1992) as Piala Galatama 2005; 20 years ago (2005) as Copa Indonesia 2010; 15 years ago (2010) as Piala Indonesia
Region	Indonesia
Number of teams	62 (2005) 62 (2006) 92 (2007–08) 52 (2008–09) 32 (2010) 40 (2012) 128 (2018–19)
International cup(s)	AFC Challenge League
Current champions	PSM Makassar (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Sriwijaya (3 titles)
2027–28 Piala Indonesia

Piala Indonesia winners qualify for the AFC Challenge League the following season. Since the start of the professional era in 2005, Sriwijaya is the most successful club in the competition, with three titles.

The tournament has not been held on several occasions: 2011,^[2] 2013–2017 (partially due to the PSSI's ban on handling all of the football competitions by FIFA in 2015–16^[3]), and since 2020 (partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[4][5] the lack of sponsor,^[6][7] the election,^[8] and geographical factors^[9])

History

The competition had its origins from the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga (lit. 'League Cup'), which ran until 1989 under Galatama competition. It started again in 1992 and 1994 as Piala Galatama (lit. 'Galatama Cup').^[1]

PSSI started the professional cup competition in 2005, under the name of Copa Dji Sam Soe Indonesia until 2009 for sponsorship reasons,^[10] after which the name of the tournament was changed to the Piala Indonesia.^[11] In 2012, after a one-year hiatus, the Indonesian football "dualism" meant only Liga Prima Indonesia (LPI) clubs competed; Persibo Bojonegoro won that year's Indonesia Cup.^[12]

The competition returned for the 2018–19 edition after six years,^[13] where Kratingdaeng was the title sponsor of Piala Indonesia.^[14]

List of finals

Season	Competition name	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Location
1985	Piala Liga	Arseto Solo[15]	3–0	Mercu Buana	Sriwedari Stadium, Surakarta
1986		Makassar Utama[16]	1–0	Niac Mitra	Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya
1987		Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian [17]	2–0	Pelita Jaya	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
1988		Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian[18]	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Pelita Jaya	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
1989		Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian [19]	2–1	Pelita Jaya	Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya
1992	Piala Galatama	Semen Padang	1–0	Arema	Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya
1993		Gelora Dewata	1–0	Mitra Surabaya	Sriwedari Stadium, Surakarta
2005	Copa Indonesia	Arema Malang[20]	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Persija Jakarta	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
2006		Arema Malang[21]	2–0	Persipura Jayapura	Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo
2007		Sriwijaya[22]	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Persipura Jayapura	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
2008–09		Sriwijaya[23]	1–0 (4–0 awd.)	Persipura Jayapura	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang
2010	Piala Indonesia	Sriwijaya[24]	2–1	Arema Indonesia	Manahan Stadium, Solo
2012		Persibo Bojonegoro[25]	1–0	Semen Padang	Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul
2018–19[26]		Persija Jakarta[27]	1–0	PSM Makassar	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
		PSM Makassar[28]	2–0	Persija Jakarta	Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar
		PSM Makassar won 2–1 on aggregate

Performances

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up	Total final appearances
Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	3	—	1987, 1988, 1989	—	3
Sriwijaya	3	—	2008, 2009, 2010	—	3
Arema	2	2	2005, 2006	1992, 2010	4
Semen Padang	1	1	1992	2012	2
Arseto Solo	1	—	1985	—	1
Gelora Dewata	1	—	1994	—	1
Makassar Utama	1	—	1986	—	1
Persibo Bojonegoro	1	—	2012	—	1
PSM Makassar	1	—	2019	—	1
Pelita Jaya	—	3	—	1987, 1988, 1989	3
Persipura Jayapura	—	3	—	2006, 2008, 2009	3
NIAC Mitra	—	2	—	1986, 1994	2
Persija Jakarta	—	2	—	2005, 2019	2
Mercu Buana	—	1	—	1985	1

Awards

Top goal-scorers Year Player Club Goals 2005[29][30] Javier Roca Persegi Gianyar 11 2006[30] Serge Emaleu Arema Malang 9 2007–08[30] Alberto Goncalves Persipura Jayapura 6 2008–09[30] Samsul Arif Persibo Bojonegoro 8 Pablo Frances Persijap Jepara 2010[30][31] Cristian Gonzáles Persib Bandung 10 2012[32][33] Oliver Makor Persik Kediri 6 2018–19[34] Amido Baldé Persebaya Surabaya 10 Zulham Zamrun PSM Makassar

Best players Year Player Club 2005[30] Firman Utina Arema Malang 2006[30] Aris Budi Prasetyo Arema Malang 2007–08[30] Bambang Pamungkas Persija Jakarta 2008–09[30] Anoure Obiora Richard Sriwijaya 2010[30][31] Keith Gumbs Sriwijaya 2012[32][33] Dian Irawan Persibo Bojonegoro 2018–19[34] Zulham Zamrun PSM Makassar

Title sponsor

Year	Name	Brand	Ref.
1985–1988	Milo	Piala Liga Milo	[10]
1989	Bank Summa	Piala Liga Bank Summa	[10]
2005–2009	Dji Sam Soe	Copa Dji Sam Soe	[14]
2010–2018	No sponsor	Piala Indonesia	[35]
2018–2019	Krating Daeng	Kratingdaeng Piala Indonesia	[36]

See also

• List of football clubs in Indonesia by major honours won
• Indonesian Community Shield
• Indonesia President's Cup