Liga 4 (Indonesia)

Liga 4

Organising body	PSSI
Founded	2024;2 years ago (2024)
Country	Indonesia
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	unlimited (regency/city phase & provincial phase) 64 (national phase)
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Liga Nusantara
Domestic cup	Piala Indonesia
Current champions	Tri Brata Rafflesia 1st Liga 4 title 1st fourth-tier title
Broadcaster(s)	Streaming: YouTube (PSSI TV) (only national phase)
Current: 2025–26 Liga 4

Liga 4 (English: League Four) is the fourth-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, and the only amateur league football competition in Indonesia. The competition is organized by Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and the first season starts in 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

History

From 2015 to 2023, there was no fourth-tier competition in the Indonesian football league system following the merger of Liga Nusantara with the First Division, which resulted in the formation of the Liga 3 as the lowest tier of the national league structure.

In 2024, PSSI restructured the league system and reintroduced the fourth-tier competition under the name Liga 4, following the elevation of the Liga 3 to a semi-professional status operated by the I-League.

Format

2024–25 season

Provincial phase

Each province held a provincial league, they were followed by amateur clubs without a limit of participants with different competition formats, the difference in the format was due to the different number of participants in each province. Furthermore, the teams that qualified from the provincial phase competed in national phase. ^[1]

National phase

A total of 64 teams entered this phase.

• First round: 64 teams were divided into sixteen groups of four. Each group was played on a home tournament basis. Winner and runner-up of each group advanced to the second round.
• Second round: 32 teams which were the winners and runners-up from each group of the first round. They were divided into 8 groups of four and each winner and runner-up advanced to the third round.
• Third round: 16 teams were divided into 4 groups four. Each group was played on a home tournament basis. The winner and runner-up of each group advanced to the fourth round and promoted to 2025–26 Liga Nusantara
• Fourth round: 8 teams were divided into 2 groups of four. The winner of each group advanced to the final.
• Final: The 2 group winners from the fourth round played in the final match. The final was played as a single match.

2025–26 season

Regency/City phase

Each regency or city holds a league, organized by the respective regency or city PSSI association. The league is contested by amateur clubs without a limit of participants, with different competition formats depending on the number of clubs in each regency or city. The qualified teams from this phase will advance to the provincial phase.

Provincial phase

Each province holds a provincial league, organized by the respective provincial PSSI association. The participants consist of the provincial PSSI association as well as qualified teams from the regency and city phase. The qualified teams from the provincial phase advance to the national phase.

National phase

The national phase is contested by the best teams from all provincial leagues. In this phase, the qualified teams compete for promotion to Liga Nusantara.

Teams

Provincial phase

The table below shows the number of teams participating in the 38 provincial leagues and the number of slots allocated to each league for the national phase in the 2025–26 season.

Performance by province

The following table represents the performance of each provincial league based on the number of representatives remaining in each round of the national phase.

No	Provincial leagues	Number of representatives
		R1	R2	R3	R4	F
1	Central Java	4	4	2	1	1
2	Bengkulu	1	1	1	1	1
3	Jakarta	3	3	2	2
4	East Java	8	6	6	1
5	East Nusa Tenggara	3	2	1	1
6	Riau	2	1	1	1
7	Bali	1	1	1	1
8	Banten	2	2	1
9	Central Sulawesi	1	1	1
10	West Java	6	3
11	West Sumatra	2	2
12	Aceh	3	1
13	Gorontalo	2	1
14	North Sumatra	2	1
15	West Papua	2	1
16	Highland Papua	1	1
17	South Papua	1	1
18	South Kalimantan	2
19	South Sulawesi	2
20	South Sumatra	2
21	Bangka Belitung Islands	1
22	Central Kalimantan	1
23	Central Papua	1
24	East Kalimantan	1
25	Jambi	1
26	Lampung	1
27	North Kalimantan	1
28	North Sulawesi	1
29	Southeast Sulawesi	1
30	Southwest Papua	1
31	West Kalimantan	1
32	West Nusa Tenggara	1
33	West Sulawesi	1
34	Yogyakarta	1
35	Maluku
36	North Maluku
37	Papua
38	Riau Islands
Total		64	32	16	8	2

Notes:

• BOLD: Bold indicates the province with the highest number of representatives in each round.
• Gold background denotes provinces whose representatives are promoted to the 2025–26 Liga Nusantara.

Championship history

See also: List of winners of the Liga 4 and predecessors

Season	League name	Champions	Score	Runners-up
2024–25	Liga 4	Tri Brata Rafflesia	3–2	Persika Karanganyar
2025–26

Promotion history

Season	Promoted teams	Total
2024–25	Batavia Pekanbaru Persebata Lembata Perseden Denpasar Persika Karanganyar Persitara North Jakarta Sang Maestro Tri Brata Rafflesia	8
2025–26		4

Awards

Best players

Season	Player	Club
2024–25	Iqbal Tri Saputra	Tri Brata Rafflesia

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2024–25	Rizqi Fauzan	Persika Karanganyar	14

Best young players

Season	Player	Club
2024–25	Dedy Jaenuar	Tri Brata Rafflesia

Fair play awards

Season	Club
2024–25	Pekanbaru

See also

• Indonesian football league system
• Super League
• Championship
• Liga Nusantara
• Piala Presiden
• Piala Indonesia

References

1. "PSSI Siap Gelar Liga 3 dan Liga 4, Kompetisi Baru Musim 2024/2025: Ini Regulasi, dan Calon Pesertanya". Radar Solo. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
2. "4 Fakta Menarik Liga 4 Indonesia, Kompetisi Sepak Bola Baru yang akan Digelar PSSI". jawapos.com. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

External links

• Official website of PSSI. Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Indonesian).