Indonesian Independence Cup

Indonesian Independence Cup

Organising body	PSSI
Founded	1985;40 years ago (1985)
Region	Indonesia
Current champions	Mali (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Indonesia (3 titles)
2025 Indonesian Independence Cup

The Indonesian Independence Cup (Indonesian: Piala Kemerdekaan) is an international football tournament organised by the Football Association of Indonesia to commemorate the independence day of the Republic of Indonesia. ^[1] The tournament was held nine times from 1985 until its last edition in 2008. ^[2] In 2025, this tournament was revived as a preparation event for the U-17 national team. ^{[3] [4]}

Summary

Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1985	Chile	1–0	South Korea B	Thailand	2–1	Tianjin
1986	Algeria	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Indonesia	America FC (RJ)	2–1	Romania U-18
1987	Indonesia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria	South Korea	[note 1]	Indonesia B
1988	China B	1–0	Australia U-20	Indonesia	[note 1]	Indonesia U-23
1990	Australia	3–0	Indonesia	Thailand U-23	1–0	Malaysia U-23
1992	Malaysia	2–0	South Korea	Australia	[note 1]	Indonesia
1994	Thailand	[note 2]	Indonesia XI League	Indonesia U-23	[note 3]	South Korea
2000	Indonesia	3–0	Iraq	Myanmar	[note 1]	Chinese Taipei
2008	Indonesia	3–1 [note 4]	Libya U-23	Indonesia B	1–0	Myanmar
2025	Mali	2–1	Indonesia	Tajikistan	[note 1]	Uzbekistan

Notes

1. Places decided by group position.
2. Unknown result, victory was to Thailand.
3. Unknown result.
4. Indonesia became the champion in the 2008 edition as Libya U-23 decided to 'pull out' in the second half despite leading the game with 1–0 score, therefore the 1–0 goal was given to the hosts instead to become the champion.

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia	3	4	3	10
2	Australia	1	1	1	3
3	Algeria	1	1	0	2
4	Thailand	1	0	2	3
5	Chile	1	0	0	1
	China	1	0	0	1
	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
	Mali	1	0	0	1
9	South Korea	0	2	1	3
10	Iraq	0	1	0	1
	Libya	0	1	0	1
12	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Myanmar	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		10	10	10	30

Results

• List of winners – RSSSF

References

1. Bobby Chandra (6 August 2008). "Piala Kemerdekaan Sesuai Jadwal" (in Indonesian). Tempo Interaktif [Olahraga]. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
2. Neil Morrison (4 September 2008). "Piala Kermerdekaan (Independence Cup) 1985-2008". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 7 August 2018.
3. "Mali And Uzbekistan Join In The 2025 Independence Cup" . Retrieved 6 August 2025.
4. "PSSI Holds Independence Cup in Medan in Preparation for the U-17 National Team World Cup" . Retrieved 6 August 2025.