First season 2011–12 Number of teams 16 | Confederation AFC (Asia) Folded 2013 | |
Founded 2011 (before 2011, the top rank of professionalfootball competition in Indonesiawas the Indonesia Super League) | ||
Indonesian Premier League (IPL) (Indonesian: Liga Prima Indonesia) was the highest level competition for football clubs in Indonesia from 2011 to 2013. This competition is managed by PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo, under supervision of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). IPL replaces Indonesia Super League (ISL) as the highest-level football league in Indonesia.
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In PSSI Extraordinary Congress on 17 March 2013 it was decided that the unification league will be called the Indonesia Super League to be followed by 22 clubs. It was decided that the Indonesian Premier League declared disbanded after finishing the 2013 season by holding the play-offs, the seven best teams IPL will follow the verification to be participants in the Indonesia Super League 2014 season.
Early history
Along with the turn of the management of PSSI, after a series of chaotic and controversy over the implementation of the national football competition, the management under the leadership of the new PSSI chairman Djohar Arifin Husin plans to make various changes to the league intended to create a new competition.
Founding
‹See TfD› On 26 August 2011, member of Executive Committee and Chairman of the Competition Committee of PSSI, Sihar Sitorus, announced that the organization has appointed PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo as manager of professional competition 2011-12 season. The appointment is motivated because the previous manager, PT Liga Indonesia (PT LI), not to provide an accountability report to the PSSI, while the verification to be performed by the AFC was imminent. CEO of PT LPIS held by Widjajanto, who is a former CEO of PT Liga Primer Indonesia.
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In PSSI Extraordinary Congress on 17 March 2013 it was decided that the unification league will be called the Indonesia Super League to be followed by 22 clubs. It was decided that the Indonesian Premier League (IPL) declared disbanded after finishing the 2013 season by holding the play-offs, the seven best teams IPL will follow the verification to be participants in the Indonesia Super League 2014 season.
Sponsorship
Broadcasting
Stadiums (2013)
Primary venues used in the Indonesian Premier League: