Liga Indonesia Baru

PT Liga Indonesia Baru

Company type	Private
Industry	Association football
Predecessors	Badan Liga Indonesia (1994–2008) PT Liga Indonesia (2009–2015)
Founded	March 16, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-16) in Jakarta
Headquarters	Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Area served	Indonesia
Key people	Zainudin Amali (Main Commissioner) Ferry Paulus (President Director)
Products	Liga 1 Liga 2 Elite Pro Academy
Owners	PSSI member clubs (99%) PSSI (1%)
Website	ligaindonesiabaru.com

PT Liga Indonesia Baru (English: "New Indonesia League") or shortened as LIB, is an Indonesian company created by the Indonesian Football Federation, PSSI, to operate and organize Indonesian football competitions, namely Liga 1, Liga 2, and Elite Pro Academy. The company was formed to replace PT Liga Indonesia which used to be the league operator for PSSI from 2009 until 2015.^[1][2][3]

History

Origin: PT Liga Indonesia

2008–2011

LIB was first founded as PT Liga Indonesia (English: Indonesia League) or LI in 2008 by PSSI under Nurdin Halid's chairmanship to organize or operate professional football competitions in Indonesia.^[4] At the time, PSSI just formed a new league who serve as the new top division of Indonesian football pyramid, Liga Super Indonesia or Indonesia Super League (now Liga 1). LI was tasked to organize the new league alongside Divisi Utama (now Liga 2) and Piala Indonesia by PSSI from 2008–09 season onwards.^[3] LI itself was a continuation of Badan Liga Indonesia (English: Indonesian League Body) who was the operator of professional football competitions in Indonesia after the merger between Galatama and Perserikatan from 1994 to 2008.^[1][2][3]

From its founding, PSSI owned 99% of PT LI shares while an entity known as Yayasan Sepak Bola Indonesia, a foundation under Nirwan Bakrie, owned the other 1%.^[3][4]

In 2011, the share composition changed with 99% of shares went to PSSI member clubs while the other 1% went to PSSI.^[3][4] The practice continues with PT LIB.

2011–2013: Dualism

Changes in the share composition of PT LI was one of the result of internal conflict within PSSI.^[4] There were two rival claimants to PSSI's chairmanship namely Djohar Arifin Husin and La Nyalla Mattalitti. Djohar won the election and became the chairman while Mattalitti disputed Djohar's victory.

Djohar Arifin Husin, PSSI's chairman at the time, chose a new league operator, PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (LPIS), instead of LI.^[3][4] LPIS then proceeded to organize a new league, Indonesia Premier League or Liga Primer Indonesia for one full season (2011–12) and two seasons which went unfinished (2011 and 2013).

At the same time, other clubs who didn't take part in the IPL decided to hold a rival competition at the same time. Under the auspices of La Nyalla Mattalitti's Komite Penyelamat Sepakbola Indonesia (KPSI), they chose PT LI to be the operator for the Indonesia Super League for two seasons (2011–12 and 2013).^[3]

2014–2016

The dualism, both in competition and inside PSSI, ended in 2014. PT LI became the true league operator and both IPL and ISL were merged into a unified league for the 2014 season. However, the competition in 2015 was paused due to threats of sanctions from Badan Olahraga Profesional Indonesia (BOPI) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports on PSSI and PT LI because two ISL clubs, Arema and Persebaya, didn't get BOPI recommendations.^[5] This attracted FIFA's attention which threatened to ban Indonesian football altogether due to external meddling from BOPI and the Ministry in PSSI affairs.^[6] After the situation reached boiling point when the Ministry outright froze PSSI out from organizing football competitions in Indonesia, FIFA sanctioned PSSI in 30 May 2015 hence the competition was then discontinued.^[3][7]

The sanction lasted for a year and was lifted in 13 May 2016.^[7] PT LI was closed by PSSI in the same year.^[3]

Founding

2017 season

After the end of PSSI's suspension, PSSI chose PT Liga Indonesia Baru to replace the now defunct PT Liga Indonesia as the new league operator in 2017.^[3][8]

Despite posting a revenue of around Rp6 billion in its first season,^[9] there were concerns throughout the season over unpaid commercial contributions from LIB to clubs which were finally paid off by LIB on 6 March 2017.^[10][11]

2023–present

There was a plan to create another company specifically to operate Liga 2 instead of using LIB to run both Liga 1 and Liga 2 simultaneously.^[12] The plan was shelved however for the 2023–24 Liga 2 season and will be implemented at the very least in the 2024–2025 Liga 2 season.^[13][14]

Board of directors

This list is based on the results of the PT LIB General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2023.^[15]

Position	Name
Main Commissioner	Zainudin Amali
Commissioners	Muhammad Lutfi Sadikin Aksa
President Director	Ferry Paulus
Director	Munafri Arifuddin
Director of Operational	Asep Saputra

See also

• PSSI
• Indonesian football league system

References

1. "Apa Itu PT Liga Indonesia Baru atau LIB?". olahraga (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
2. Faizi, Lutfan (2022-10-08). "Profil PT LIB, Operator Kompetisi Liga 1 yang Ngotot Pertandingan Digelar Malam Hari". SINDOnews Sports (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
3. Erianto, Dwi (2021-08-26). "Liga Indonesia: Sejarah, Penyelenggara, Tim Juara, dan Pemain Terbaik". kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-22. (subscription required)
4. Susila, Abdul (2020-05-17). "Transformasi dan Dinamika Operator Liga Indonesia Sejak 1994". SKOR.ID (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
5. Raya, Mercy (2015-04-02). "Menpora Bisa Jatuhkan Sanksi Jika PSSI dan PT Liga Membandel". sepakbola (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
6. Nuralam, Cakrayuri (2015-04-11). "Gara-gara Menpora dan BOPI, PSSI Terancam Sanksi FIFA". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
7. Al Fauzi, Furqon (2020-05-29). "Sabtu Kelabu 5 Tahun Lalu, Indonesia Disanksi FIFA". www.skor.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
8. Pradigdo, Benediktus Gerendo (2017-03-18). "PSSI Tunjuk PT Liga Indonesia Baru Jadi Operator Kompetisi 2017". bola.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
9. Septi, Amalia Dwi (2018-03-08). "PT LIB Untung Rp 6 M dari Penyelenggaraan Liga Tahun 2017". sepakbola (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
10. Adnan, Rais (2018-03-06). "PT LIB Lunasi Kontribusi Komersial Klub Liga 1 2017". Goal.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
11. Jaya, Eris Eka (2018-03-07). "PT LIB Sudah Lunasi Dana Subsidi kepada Klub Liga 1 2017". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
12. Santoso, Estu (2023-03-05). "Liga 2 Dipastikan Erick Thohir Pakai Operator Kompetisi Sendiri". www.skor.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
13. Apriani, Fitri (2023-05-28). Akmal, Abdi Rafi (ed.). "Erick Thohir Pastikan PT LIB Tetap Jadi Operator Liga 2 Musim Depan". Bola.net (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
14. Raya, Mercy (2023-05-28). "Operator Liga 2 2023/2024 Batal Diganti, Tetap Dipegang PT LIB". Detik Sport (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
15. Robbani, Muhammad (2023-06-20). "Hasil RUPS PT LIB: Ferry Paulus Tetap Dirut, Amali Komisaris Utama". sepakbola (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2023-09-11.

External links

• Official website (in Indonesian)
• “Liga Indonesia: Sejarah, Penyelenggara, Tim Juara, Dan Pemain Terbaik.” by Dwi Erianto from Kompas (in Indonesian)