Liga 2 (Indonesia)

This article is about the current second tier, and former top flight of Indonesian football. For the current top flight of Indonesian football, see Liga 1 (Indonesia). For the top flight in Indonesian football which ran concurrently with the Super League between 2011–2013, see Indonesian Premier League. For the second division directly linked to the Indonesian Premier League, see Indonesian Premier Division. For the Indonesian independent football league held in 2011, see Liga Primer Indonesia. For the Indonesian football league structure past and present, see Indonesian football league system.

Liga 2

Organising body	PT Liga Indonesia Baru
Founded	1994;30 years ago (1994) (as the First-tier) 2008;16 years ago (2008) (as the Second-tier) 2017;7 years ago (2017) (as Liga 2)
Country	Indonesia
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	28
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga 1
Relegation to	Liga 3
Domestic cup(s)	Piala Indonesia
International cup(s)	AFC Challenge League via domestic cup
Current champions	PSBS Biak (2023–24)
Most championships	Persebaya Surabaya Persik Kediri (3 titles)
TV partners	Terrestrial: Indosiar Pay TV: Nex Parabola MNC Vision K-Vision Streaming: Vidio
Website	ligaindonesiabaru.com
Current: 2024–25

Liga 2 (English: League Two), known as Pegadaian Liga 2 for sponsorship reasons with Pegadaian, ^[1] is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by PSSI. This competition started in 1994 under the name Liga Indonesia Premier Division (Indonesian: Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia) as the top-tier division in the Indonesian football league system. After the 2008 reforms, the Premier Division became the second tier. Liga 2 started in 2017 as a rebranding. ^[2]

Prior to the formation of Indonesia Super League in 2008, the Premier Division was the Indonesian top-flight football league. Along with Indonesia Super League, Premier Division is a fully professional competition. The competition is usually divided into several groups because of factors in terms of geography and number of participants.

History

Divisi Utama era

1994–2008

In 1994, PSSI merged the existing Perserikatan and Galatama to form Liga Indonesia. This decision was taken to increase the quality of Indonesian football. In order to do so, PSSI sought to combine supporter's fanaticism from Perserikatan and Galatama's professionalism. The Premier Division was the first-tier in Liga Indonesia. The system stayed put until 2007. ^[3]

2008–2017

In 2008, PSSI formed the Indonesia Super League (ISL), the first fully professional league in Indonesia, as the new top-tier of Indonesian football. The Premier Division was then being relegated to the second-tier. ^[3]

As a result of continuing conflict between PT Liga Indonesia (LI) and PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (LPIS), there were two different Liga Indonesia Premier Division being organized for 2011–12 and 2013 season, one for the Indonesia Super League and the other for Indonesian Premier League. Starting in the 2014 season Premier Division was organized again by PT Liga Indonesia after the dissolution of LPIS.

Liga 2 era

In January 2017, PSSI renamed the competition from Premier Division to Liga 2 along with the change in the name of the league in the top division from Indonesia Super League to Liga 1. ^[2]

Liga 2 did not use the name of the main sponsor after the name change in 2017 season until Pegadaian, which operates in the financial sector became the main sponsor in the 2023-24 season and changed the name of the league to Pegadaian Liga 2. ^[4]

Teams

Current participating teams

Note: According to 2024–25 season.

Team	Year joined	Seasons in Liga 2	Location	First season in D2	Seasons in D2	Current spell in Liga 2	Most recent spell in top flight
Adhyaksa Farmel	2020	1	Tangerang Regency	2024–25	1	2024–	–
Bekasi City	2014 [Note FBC]	5	Bekasi	2020 [lower-alpha 1]	5	2020–	–
Bhayangkara	2010 [Note BFC]	1	South Jakarta	2010–11 [lower-alpha 2]	4	2024–	2014–2024
Dejan	2022–23	1	Depok	2024–25	1	2024–	–
Deltras	1994–95	3	Sidoarjo	2009–10	6	2022–	2010–2012
Gresik United	2006	4	Gresik	2008–09	8	2022–	2011–2017
Nusantara United	2021 [Note NUS]	3	Nusantara	2022–23	3	2022–	–
Persekat	2009–10	5	Tegal	2020	5	2020–	–
Persela	1994–95	3	Lamongan	2022–23	3	2022–	2008–2022
Persewar	2005	6	Waropen	2019	6	2019–	–
Persibo	2000	1	Bojonegoro	2008–09	3	2024–	2010–2013
Persijap	1994–95	5	Jepara	2015	8	2020–	2008–2014
Persikabo 1973	2016 [Note PBO]	1	Bogor	2024–25	1	2024–	2016–2024 [lower-alpha 3]
Persikas	1994–95	1	Subang	2024–25	1	2024–	–
Persikota	1994–95	1	Tangerang CIty	2008–09	5	2024–	–
Persiku	1994–95	1	Kudus	2008–09	6	2024–	–
Persipa	1994–95	3	Pati	2022–23	3	2022–	–
Persipal	2018 [Note PAL]	7	Palu	2018 [lower-alpha 4]	7	2018–	–
Persipura	1994–95	3	Jayapura	2022–23	3	2022–	2008–2022
Persiraja	1994–95	6	Banda Aceh	2008–09	12	2022–	2020–2022
PSIM	1994–95	8	Yogyakarta	2008–09	16	2017–	–
PSKC	2001	5	Cimahi	2020	5	2020–	–
PSMS	1994–95	7	Medan	2009–10	13	2019–	2018
PSPS	1994–95	8	Pekanbaru	2008–09	11	2017–	2009–2013
RANS Nusantara	2013 [Note RNS]	6	Nusantara	2015 [lower-alpha 5]	8	2024–	2022–2024
Sriwijaya	2005	6	Palembang	2019	6	2019–	2008–2018

	Recently relegated from Liga 1
	Recently promoted from Liga 3

• "Year joined" is the year the club joined the Liga Indonesia, including leagues that are divisionally below it and counted since 1994–95 season.
• "First season in D2" and "Seasons in D2" counted since Premier Division dropped down to second-tier and also including of former ISC B.
• "Most recent spell in top flight" counted since foundation of Indonesia Super League (now Liga 1), including Indonesian Premier League during dualism era (2011–2013) and former ISC A in 2016 season.

Notes

1. Include season as Putra Safin Group and AHHA PS Pati.
2. Include season as Persebaya (DU/ISL)
3. Include season as PS TNI, PS TIRA and TIRA-Persikabo.
4. Include season as Aceh United, Babel United and Muba Babel United.
5. Include season as Cilegon United and RANS Cilegon.

Former names

1. ^
   Bekasi City (FBC): previously as Putra Ijen FC.
2. ^
   Bhayangkara (BFC): previously as Persikubar West Kutai.
3. ^
   Nusantara United (NUS): previously as Mataram Utama.
4. ^
   Persikabo 1973 (PBO): previously as PS TNI.
5. ^
   Persipal (PAL): previously as Aceh United.
6. ^
   RANS Nusantara (RNS): previously as Cilegon United.

Former teams

Note: Since 2018 season.

Team	Year joined	Seasons in Liga 2	Location	First season in D2	Seasons in D2	Last spell in Liga 2	Current league
Badak Lampung	2010 [Note BDL]	2	Bandar Lampung	2010–11 [lower-alpha 1]	5	2020–2022	Liga 3
Bandung United	2012 [Note BDU]	2	Bandung City	2018 [lower-alpha 2]	2	2018–2019	Liga 3
Dewa United	2014 [Note DWU]	5	South Tangerang	2014 [lower-alpha 3]	7	2021–2022	Liga 1
Hizbul Wathan	2017 [Note HIZ]	3	Sidoarjo	2017 [lower-alpha 4]	3	2020–2022	Liga 3
Kalteng Putra	2001	6	Palangka Raya	2011–12	7	2020–2024	Liga 3
Malut United	2022 [Note MLT]	2	Sofifi	2022–23 [lower-alpha 5]	2	2022–2024	Liga 1
Mitra Kukar	2003	3	Tenggarong	2008–09	6	2021–2022	Liga 3
Persatu	2011	2	Tuban	2015	4	2019	Liga 3
Perserang	2011	7	Serang	2015	9	2017–2024	Liga 3
Persiba	1994–95	6	Balikpapan	2018	6	2018–2024	Liga 3
Persibat	2004	3	Batang	2008–09	6	2017–2019	Liga 3
Persik Kediri	1994–95	2	Kediri	2009–10	5	2019	Liga 1
Persik Kendal	2006	1	Kendal	2018	1	2018	Liga 3
Persika	2014	2	Karawang	2014	4	2017–2018	Liga 3
Persikab	1995	2	Bandung Regency	2008–09	8	2022–2024	Liga 3
Persis	1994–95	5	Surakarta	2008–09	13	2017–2022	Liga 1
Persita	1994–95	3	Tangerang	2009–10	7	2017–2019	Liga 1
Persiwa	1994–95	2	Jayawijaya	2014	4	2017–2018	Liga 3
PSBS	1994–95	7	Biak Numfor	2011	13	2017–2024	Liga 1
PSCS	1994–95	5	Cilacap	2010–11	14	2019–2024	Liga 3
PSDS	1994–95	2	Deli Serdang	2008–09	5	2022–2024	Liga 3
PSGC	1994–95	2	Ciamis	2008–09	5	2019	Liga 3
PSIR	1994–95	2	Rembang	2009–10	6	2017–2018	Liga 3
PSS	1994–95	2	Sleman	2009–10	10	2017–2018	Liga 1
Sada Sumut	2019 [Note SSU]	2	Karo	2022–23	2	2022–2024	Liga 3
Semen Padang	1994–95	5	Padang	2008–09	7	2020–2024	Liga 1
Sulut United	2017 [Note SUL]	5	Manado	2019	5	2019–2024	Liga 3
Tiga Naga	2015	2	Pekanbaru	2020	2	2020–2022	Liga 3

	Recently promoted to Liga 1
	Recently relegated to Liga 3

• "Year joined" is the year the club joined the Liga Indonesia, including leagues that are divisionally below it and counted since 1994–95 season.
• "First season in D2" and "Seasons in D2" counted since Premier Division dropped down to second-tier and also including of former ISC B.

Notes

1. Include season as Perseru Serui.
2. Include season as Blitar United.
3. Include season as Martapura FC.
4. Include season as Semeru FC.
5. Include season as Putra Delta Sidoarjo.

Former names

1. ^
   Badak Lampung (BDL): previously as Perseru Serui.
2. ^
   Bandung United (BDU): previously as Blitar United.
3. ^
   Dewa United (DWU): previously as Martapura FC.
4. ^
   Hizbul Wathan (HIZ): previously as Semeru FC.
5. ^
   Malut United (MLT): previously as Putra Delta Sidoarjo.
6. ^
   Sada Sumut (SSU): previously as Karo United.
7. ^
   Sulut United (SUL): previously as Bogor FC.

Maps

Persiraja

PSMS

PSPS

Sriwijaya

Persipal

Persipura
Persewar

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Locations of non-Java-based 2024–25 Liga 2 teams

Persikota

Adhyaksa Farmel

Bhayangkara

Bekasi City

Dejan

Persikabo

PSKC

Persikas

Persekat

Persijap

Persiku

Persipa

Nusantara United

RANS Nusantara

PSIM

Persibo

Persela

Gresik United

Deltras

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Locations of Java-based 2024–25 Liga 2 teams

Championship history

First-tier era

Season	League name	Champions	Score	Runners-up
1994–95	Liga Indonesia (Liga Dunhill)	Persib Bandung	1–0	Petrokimia Putra
1995–96	Liga Indonesia II (Liga Dunhill)	Bandung Raya	2–0	PSM Makassar
1996–97	Liga Indonesia III (Liga Kansas)	Persebaya Surabaya	3–1	Bandung Raya
1997–98	Liga Indonesia IV	Season abandoned due to political and economic turmoil
1998–99	Liga Indonesia V	PSIS Semarang	1–0	Persebaya Surabaya
1999–2000	Liga Bank Mandiri	PSM Makassar	3–2	Pupuk Kaltim
2001	Liga Bank Mandiri	Persija Jakarta	3–2	PSM Makassar
2002	Liga Bank Mandiri	Petrokimia Putra	2–1 (g.g.)	Persita Tangerang
2003	Liga Bank Mandiri	Persik Kediri	–	PSM Makassar
2004	Liga Bank Mandiri	Persebaya Surabaya	–	PSM Makassar
2005	Liga Djarum Indonesia	Persipura Jayapura	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Persija Jakarta
2006	Liga Djarum Indonesia	Persik Kediri	1–0 (a.e.t.)	PSIS Semarang
2007–08	Liga Djarum Indonesia	Sriwijaya	3–1 (a.e.t.)	PSMS Medan

Second-tier era

Season	League name	Champions	Score	Runners-up
2008–09	Liga Utama Esia	Persisam Putra Samarinda	1–0	Persema Malang
2009–10	Liga Joss Indonesia	Persibo Bojonegoro	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Deltras Sidoarjo
2010–11	Liga Tiphone	Persiba Bantul	1–0	Persiraja Banda Aceh
2011–12 (LPIS)	Divisi Utama	Persepar Palangkaraya	round robin	Pro Duta
2011–12 (LI)	Divisi Utama	Barito Putera	2–1	Persita Tanggerang
2013 (LPIS)	Divisi Utama	PSS Sleman	2–1	Lampung FC
2013 (LI)	Divisi Utama	Persebaya DU	2–0	Perseru Serui
2014	Divisi Utama	Pusamania Borneo	2–1	Persiwa Wamena
2015	Divisi Utama	Season abandoned due to FIFA suspension of Indonesia
2017	Liga 2	Persebaya Surabaya	3–2 (a.e.t.)	PSMS Medan
2018	Liga 2	PSS Sleman	2–0	Semen Padang
2019	Liga 2	Persik Kediri	3–2	Persita Tangerang
2020	Liga 2	Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
2021	Liga 2	Persis Solo	2–1	RANS Cilegon
2022–23	Liga 2	Season abandoned
2023–24	Pegadaian Liga 2	PSBS Biak	6–0 (3–0 / 3–0)	Semen Padang

Title sponsors

Period	Sponsor(s)	Name	Ref.
1994–1996	Dunhill	Liga Dunhill	[5]
1996–1997	Kansas	Liga Kansas	[6]
1997–1999	No sponsors	Ligina (Liga Indonesia)
1999–2004	Bank Mandiri	Liga Bank Mandiri
2005–2008	Djarum Super	Liga Djarum Indonesia	[7]
2008–2009	Esia	Esia Divisi Utama
2009–2010	Extra Joss	Liga Joss Indonesia
2010–2011	Ti-Phone	Liga Ti-Phone
2012–2016	No sponsors	Divisi Utama
2017–2023		Liga 2
2023–2024	Pegadaian	Pegadaian Liga 2	[1]

Broadcasting partner

As the first tier

• TVRI (1994–2002)
• ANTV (1994–2002, 2004–2007)
• Indosiar (1999–2001, 2004)
• RCTI (2000–2002)
• SCTV (2003)
• Trans TV (2004)
• TV7 (2005)
• Lativi (2006–2007)

As the second tier

• ANTV (2008–2013) ^[8]
• tvOne (2013, 2017–2019) ^[9]
• First Media and Big TV (2014)
• OrangeTV (2017–2018)
• iflix (2017–2018)
• Telkom Indonesia (2018–2022)
• Vidio (2018–present) ^[10]
• Nex Parabola (2019, 2021–present) ^[10]
• Kompas TV (2020) ^[11]
• MNC Vision Networks (2020–2021, 2023–present) ^[12]
• Indosiar (2021–present) ^[10]
• Moji (2021–2022, 2024–present)

Awards

Best players

First-tier era

Season	Player	Club
1994–95	Widodo C. Putro	Petrokimia Putra
1995–96	Ronny Wabia	Persipura Jayapura
1996–97	Nuralim	Bandung Raya
1998–99	Ali Sunan	PSIS Semarang
1999–2000	Bima Sakti	PSM Makassar
2001	Bambang Pamungkas	Persija Jakarta
2002	Ilham Jaya Kesuma	Persita Tangerang
2003	Musikan	Persik Kediri
2004	Ponaryo Astaman	PSM Makassar
2005	Christian Warobay	Persipura Jayapura
2006	Maman Abdurrahman	PSIS Semarang
2007–08	Zah Rahan Krangar	Sriwijaya

Second-tier era

Season	Player	Club
2008–09	Aldo Baretto	Persisam Putra Samarinda
2009–10	Victor da Silva	Persibo Bojonegoro
2010–11	Wahyu Wijiastanto	Persiba Bantul
2011–12 (LPIS)	George Oyebode Oyedepo	Persepar Palangkaraya
2011–12 (LI)	Cristian Carrasco	Persita Tangerang
2013 (LPIS)	Not awarded
2013 (LI)	Jean Paul Boumsong	Persebaya (DU)
2014	Sengbah Kennedy [13]	Persiwa Wamena
2017	Irfan Jaya	Persebaya Surabaya
2018	Ichsan Pratama	PSS Sleman
2019	Taufiq Febriyanto	Persik Kediri
2021	Rifal Lastori	RANS Cilegon
2023–24	Alexsandro	PSBS Biak

Top scorers

First-tier era

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1994–95	Peri Sandria	Bandung Raya	34
1995–96	Dejan Gluscevic	Bandung Raya	30
1996–97	Jacksen F. Tiago	Persebaya Surabaya	26
1997–98	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto	Pelita Jaya	20
1998–99	Alain Mabenda	PSDS Deli Serdang	11
1999–2000	Bambang Pamungkas	Persija Jakarta	24
2001	Sadissou Bako	Barito Putera	22
2002	Ilham Jaya Kesuma	Persita Tangerang	26
2003	Oscar Aravena	PSM Makassar	31
2004	Ilham Jaya Kesuma	Persita Tangerang	22
2005	Cristian Gonzáles	Persik Kediri	25
2006	Cristian Gonzáles	Persik Kediri	29
2007–08	Cristian Gonzáles	Persik Kediri	32

Second-tier era

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2008–09	Herman Dzumafo Epandi Jean Paul Boumsong Mardiansyah	PSPS Pekanbaru Persikad Depok Persikabo Bogor	17
2009–10	Edward Junior Wilson	Semen Padang	20
2010–11	Udo Fortune	Persiba Bantul	34
2011–12 (LPIS)	Abel Cielo	Perseman Manokwari	11
2011–12 (LI)	Sackie Teah Doe	Barito Putera	18
2013 (LPIS)	Not awarded
2013 (LI)	Jean Paul Boumsong Oliver Makor	Persebaya (DU) Persik Kediri	18
2014	Yao Rudy Abblode	Persiwa Wamena	17
2017	Rivaldi Bawuo	Kalteng Putra	17
2018	Indra Setiawan	PS Mojokerto Putra	29
2019	Sirvi Arfani	Persita Tangerang	14
2021	Alberto Gonçalves	Persis Solo	11
2023–24	Alexsandro	PSBS Biak	19

See also

• Indonesian football league system
• Liga 1 (Indonesia)
• Liga 3 (Indonesia)

References

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External links

• Official website of PT Liga Indonesia Baru (in Indonesian)
• Official website of PSSI (in Indonesian)