Season 2013 Goals scored 356 | Start date 2013 Matches played 122 | |
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Top goalscorer Edward Wilson(17 goals) Biggest away win Persema 0–4 Persijap13 April 2013 Similar 2014 Indonesia Super Le, 2009–10 Liga Indonesia, 2008–09 Liga Indonesia | ||
The 2013 Indonesian Premier League season is the 2nd season of the Indonesian Premier League (IPL), a fully professional football competition as the top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia, a position it shared for the 2013 season only with the Indonesia Super League before the two leagues merged for the 2014 season. The season scheduled begins on 16 February 2013. Semen Padang are the defending champions, having won their 1st league title .
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Teams
PSMS Medan were relegated during the end of the previous season . They were replaced by the best three teams (three group champions) from the 2011–12 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Persepar Palangkaraya, Perseman Manokwari and Pro Duta FC.
Eleventh place Indonesian Premier League side Bontang FC managed to retain his place in the highest competition after finishing as champions of the play-offs.
Two Premier Division group runner-up last season side PSLS Lhokseumawe and PSIR Rembang managed promotion after finished runner-up and third-place in the play-offs.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 September 2013.
Source: IPL Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1) After PSSI extraordinary congress decided dualism league combine into one league in the 2014 season with a name Super League. Therefore in the league the club Premier League (IPL) gets a 4 team eligible to appear in the new league, the quota taken from the four best teams in the IPL 2013 season.
2) Persibo Bojonegoro, Persema Malang and Persija Jakarta (IPL) was disqualified from the league, after more than a one-game walkout.
3) Persebaya 1927 and Arema IPL was disqualified from the league, because it does not meet the conditions for membership PSSI.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 2 June 2013.
Source: IPL Result
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 4 September 2013.
Source: IPL Topscorer
Play-off round
After the meeting on Wednesday, 2 October 2013 between PSSI and PT. Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo and club participants Indonesian Premier League (IPL), they decided that the IPL competition was stopped and the entire first and second round scores are not recognised. Due to this on Thursday 3 October 2013 PSSI executive committee decided to hold a play-off to determine which club to be eligible for the verification of 2014 Indonesia Super League club participants and also determine the champions of IPL 2013 season.
Ten clubs participated in the play-off. These were Persiraja Banda Aceh, PSLS Lhokseumawe, Pro Duta FC, Persijap Jepara, PSIR Rembang, Persiba Bantul, Bontang FC, PSM Makassar, Persepar Palangkaraya and Perseman Manokwari. Meanwhile, Persebaya 1927 and Arema IPL disqualified for not official members of the PSSI . While Semen Padang FC wildcard to qualify directly for the finals and 2014 leagues verification as the defending champion of last season and in the standings this season they are top of the standings.
As for the format of the play-off with the home tournament system, Jepara (Gelora Bumi Kartini) and Bantul (Sultan Agung Stadium) was appointed as the host. Play-offs were divided into two groups with five teams each, the top three teams of each group qualify for the following leagues verification. While the winner of each group qualify for the semi-finals of the play-offs, the winner advanced to the finals to face with Semen Padang to determine the champion of the 2013 Indonesian Premier League.
The play-off was originally scheduled to start on 16 October and finish on 2 November 2013.
Group stage
Group stage draw made on Friday on 4 October 2013 at the headquarters of the Football Association of Indonesia. Among the group stage starts on 16 October 2013 and will finish on 25 October 2013.
Knockout stage
Knockout stage starts on 28 October and finish on 2 November 2013 in grandfinal match.
Cancellation of Final
On 25 October 2013, PSSI secretary-general Joko Driyono announced the cancellation of the 2013 IPL play-off final. Joko said that the game was not a priority, because competition in the IPL was already finished, since it had been cancelled by PSSI. He elaborated that the main objective of the play-off was to determine 7 teams for the verification process and to join the new unified league in 2014. According to Joko, other agendas are really not a priority.
Cancellation of the final solved a scheduling problem. Semen Padang was committed to play in a tournament in Vietnam from 25 October to 3 November, making it impossible for them to play in the final scheduled for 2 November.
As a result of the cancellation of the final match which was to determine the 2013 IPL champion, there is no league champion for the IPL's final season. Rather, the winner of the semifinal match earns the title of 2013 IPL play-off champion. Three days after the announcement by PSSI, Pro Duta FC defeated Persepar Palangkaraya in the final IPL match that will ever be played to win the title.