2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season	2007–08
Dates	10 February 2007 – 10 February 2008
Champions	Sriwijaya; 1st Premier Division title; 1st Indonesian title
Relegated	18 teams
AFC Champions League	Sriwijaya ; PSMS
Matches	627
Goals	1,459 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristian Gonzáles ; (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Persiwa 7–0 Persma ; (27 December 2007)
Biggest away win	Persebaya 0–3 Persiba ; (26 April 2007) ; Persekabpas 0–3 Persmin ; (18 August 2007) ; Bali Persegi FC 1–4 Persis ; (11 September 2007)
Highest scoring	Persebaya 5–3 Persmin ; (7 April 2007) ; Persibom 5–3 Persma ; (28 April 2007) ; Persijap 3–5 Arema ; (18 October 2007) ; Persik 6–2 PSS ; (27 October 2007)
	← 2006 2008–09 ISL →

The 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Djarum Indonesia for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as well as its final season as the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs.

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams. The season began on 10 February 2007^[1] and the last games played on 10 February 2008.^[2] and Sriwijaya F.C. won the championship.

Teams

Promoted from First Division

Stadiums and locations

2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division is located in Indonesia

Tangerang

Yogyakarta

Malang

Malang teams

Arema

Persema

Tangerang teams

Persikota

Persita

Yogyakarta teams

PSIM

PSS

Locations of the teams in the 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

Blue: West Region;

Red: East Region

Foreign players

West

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Pelita Jaya	Cristiano Lopes	Vagner Luís	Ivan Jerković	Boubacar Keita	Lamin Conteh
Persela	Gustavo López	Maximiliano Vallejo	Fabiano	Márcio Souza	Nyeck Nyobe
Persema	Cauê Benicio	Alain Astudillo	Alseny Diawara	Alfredo Raul Reyes	Sergio Fernández
Persib	Bekamenga	Patricio Jiménez	Redouane Barkaoui	Lorenzo Cabanas	Leontin Chițescu
Persija	Robertino Pugliara	Rubén Cecco	Herman Abanda	Evgheni Hmaruc	Mustapha Sama
Persik	Danilo Fernando	Fallah Johnson	Peter Lipede	Cristian Gonzáles	Ronald Fagundez
Persikabo	Rodrigo Santoni	David Pagbe	Roger Batoum	Salomon Koubé	Seme Pattrick
Persikota	Esteban Busto	Bruno Zandonaide	Essa Basile	Hugues Nanmi	Esteban Guillén
Persiraja	Fernando Pages	Antônio Teles	Claudionor	Robson Cangirana	Roberto Kwateh
Persita	Andela Atangana	Ernest Siangkam	Marcel Mahouvé	Esaiah Benson	Stephen Mennoh
Persitara	Germain Bationo	Ebenje Rudolf	Ngako Gabriel	John Tarkpor	Itimi Dickson
PSDS	Guy Hervé	Christian Riffo	Osas Saha	Denis Antonio	Edgar Anasco
PSIS	Igor Joksimović	Joao Carlos	Julio Lopez	Didier Koutozi	Zoubairou
PSMS	Andrés Formento	Gustavo Chena	Mbom Julien	James Lomell	Murphy Nagbe
PSS	Gastón Castaño	Anderson Silva	Souleymane Traore	Mamadou Niane	George Oyedepo
PSSB	Antonio Placide	Noah Romuald	Diego Mendieta	Roberto Acosta
Semen Padang	Abdoulaye Djibril	Gbeneme Friday	Patricio Acevedo	Alcidio Fleitas	Eleno Pereira
Sriwijaya	Carlos Renato	Christian Lenglolo	Zah Rahan	Anoure Obiora	Keith Gumbs

East

club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Arema	Bruno Casimir	Emalue Serge	Émile Mbamba	Patricio Morales	Tarik El Janaby
Deltras	Claudio Pronetto	José Sebastián	Hilton Moreira	Christian René	Saša Branežac
Persebaya	Juan Vallejos	Adinaldo	Augustin Kettor	Raymond Nsangue	Anthony Ballah
Persegi Gianyar	Fernando Andrade	Christian Kono	Didier Belibi	Esteban Valencia	Óscar Aravena
Persekabpas	Francisco Rotunno	Alexander Robinson	Arturo Villasanti	Edgar Rolón	Rodrigo Moreira
Perseman	Carlos Gomez	Reginaldo Estevao	Buston Brown	Christopher Wreh	Rodrigo Mendoza
Persiba	Robert Gaspar	Elisangelo Jardim	Júlio Rodrigues	Javier Rocha	Ryan Townsend
Persibom	Rodrigo Araya	Antônio Cláudio	Kingsley Chioma	Arnaldo Villalba	Pedro Velázquez
Persijap	Amarildo	Evaldo Silva	Leandro Braga	Paitoon Tiepma
Persipura	Beto	David da Rocha	Bio Paulin	Ernest Jeremiah	Victor Igbonefo
Persis Solo	Okwy Diamondstar	Sylvain Moukwelle	Frank Seator	Ebi Sukore	Greg Nwokolo
Persiter	Emerson	Fabricio Pereira	Júlio César	Wilson Carvalho	Joseph Amoah
Persiwa	O.K. John	Boakay Foday	Sunday Seah	Tarik Chaoui
Persma Manado	Juan Pablo Bazán	Rodrigo Cáceres	Jardel Santana	Cristian Carrasco	Leonardo Gutiérrez
Persmin	Mario Romero	Fabiano Beltrame	Pedro Jalet	Engelbert Asse-Etoga	Osvaldo Moreno
PKT Bontang	Ricardo Silva	Vitor	Fodé Camara	Josiah Seton
PSIM	Carlos Pablo	Jack Jones	Leonardo Rachid	Jaime Sandoval	Wilfredo Genes
PSM	Aldo Barreto	Carlos Bergottini	Ali Khaddafi	Badarou Saibou	Nomo Teh Marco

First stage

West Region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sriwijaya F.C. (C)	34	20	6	8	59	31	+28	66	Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League
2	Persija	34	18	7	9	55	40	+15	61
3	PSMS	34	17	7	10	44	28	+16	58
4	Persik	34	17	5	12	61	51	+10	56
5	Persib	34	15	9	10	45	29	+16	54	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
6	Persela	34	15	9	10	41	34	+7	54
7	Persitara	34	15	8	11	39	33	+6	53
8	Pelita Jaya	34	15	7	12	43	30	+13	52
9	Persita	34	13	11	10	33	36	−3	50
10	PSIS^[a]	34	13	10	11	44	34	+10	49
11	Persikabo (R)	34	12	12	10	46	38	+8	48	Relegation to the Premier Division^[b]
12	PSS (R)	34	12	10	12	42	43	−1	46
13	Persema (R)	34	12	9	13	35	46	−11	45
14	PSDS (R)	34	12	8	14	39	40	−1	44
15	Persikota (R)	34	6	12	16	26	41	−15	30
16	Semen Padang (R)	34	7	6	21	21	44	−23	27
17	Persiraja (R)	34	6	8	20	18	59	−41	26
18	PSSB (R)	34	6	6	22	26	60	−34	24

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

↑ PSIS Semarang were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.^[3]^[4]
↑ From the 2008–09 season, the Indonesia Super League was established as the new first tier with the Premier Division demoted to second tier status.

East Region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persipura	34	19	7	8	54	24	+30	64	Advance to second stage and qualification for Indonesia Super League
2	Persiwa	34	18	5	11	56	30	+26	59
3	Deltras	34	17	8	9	47	30	+17	59
4	Arema	34	15	12	7	45	28	+17	57
5	PSM	34	17	6	11	43	33	+10	57	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
6	Persiter (R)	34	17	6	11	33	28	+5	57	Relegation to the Premier Division^[a]
7	Persiba	34	16	7	11	48	35	+13	55	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
8	Persmin (R)	34	14	11	9	43	34	+9	53	Relegation to the Premier Division^[a]
9	Persijap	34	15	7	12	38	36	+2	52	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
10	Persibom (R)	34	13	7	14	41	47	−6	46	Relegation to the Premier Division^[a]
11	Persis (R)	34	12	7	15	43	43	0	43
12	Persma (R)	34	10	11	13	32	50	−18	41
13	Bontang PKT^[b]	34	10	9	15	33	42	−9	39	Qualification for Indonesia Super League
14	Persebaya (R)	34	11	6	17	36	50	−14	39	Relegation to the Premier Division^[a]
15	PSIM (R)	34	8	8	18	30	45	−15	32
16	Persekabapas (R)	34	8	8	18	34	52	−18	32
17	Perseman (R)	34	8	8	18	28	55	−27	32
18	Bali Persegi FC (R)	34	6	11	17	24	46	−22	29

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1 2 3 4 From the 2008–09 season, the Indonesia Super League was established as the new first tier with the Premier Division demoted to second tier status.
↑ Bontang PKT were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.^[3]^[4]

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sriwijaya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSMS	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Arema	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Persiwa	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persipura	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Persija	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Persik	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Deltras	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Final

6 February – Jakarta

Persija	0
		10 February – Bandung
Sriwijaya	1
		Sriwijaya (a.e.t.)	3
6 February – Jakarta
		PSMS	1
Persipura	0 (4)

PSMS (pen.)	0 (5)

Semifinals

6 February 2008

Persipura	0–0 (a.e.t.)	PSMS

Penalties
Ian Louis Kabes Victor Igbonefo Imanuel Wanggai Bachtiar Ernest Jeremiah David da Rocha	4–5	Legimin Raharjo Masferi Kasim Supardi Nasir Rommy Diaz Putra James Koko Lomell Saktiawan Sinaga

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

6 February 2008

Persija	0–1	Sriwijaya
		Gumbs 19'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Final

10 February 2008

19:15 WIB

Sriwijaya	3–1 (a.e.t.)	PSMS
Obiora 15' Gumbs 107' Zah 114'		Lomell 69'

Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung

Attendance: 0

Referee: Purwanto (Kediri)

Awards

Top scorers

This is a list of the top scorers from the 2007–08 season.^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristian Gonzáles	Persik	32
2	Julio Lopez	PSIS	20
3	Beto Goncalves	Persipura	19
3
James Koko Lomell	PSMS	19
5	Sunday Seah	Persiwa	18
6	Aliyudin	Persija	17
6
Bambang Pamungkas	Persija	17

Best player

Zah Rahan Krangar (Sriwijaya)

References

↑ "Bukan Berita Bola Biasa | Liga Indonesia".
↑ "Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia | Football Association Of Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
1 2 "Persiter dan Persmin Pasti Mundur dari Liga Super | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
1 2 "PKT dan PSIS Terpilih Sebagai Tim Pengganti | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
↑ "Indonesia 2007".

External links

Indonesia – List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_SMG0.31129259164971-5] PSIS Semarang were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.^[3]^[4]

[table_note_res_R0.31129259164971-6] From the 2008–09 season, the Indonesia Super League was established as the new first tier with the Premier Division demoted to second tier status.

[table_note_res_R0.5648560107522-7] 1 2 3 4 From the 2008–09 season, the Indonesia Super League was established as the new first tier with the Premier Division demoted to second tier status.

[table_note_BON0.5648560107522-8] Bontang PKT were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.^[3]^[4]

[1] "Bukan Berita Bola Biasa | Liga Indonesia".

[autogenerated1-2] "Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia | Football Association Of Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[mundur-3] 1 2 "Persiter dan Persmin Pasti Mundur dari Liga Super | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

[pengganti-4] 1 2 "PKT dan PSIS Terpilih Sebagai Tim Pengganti | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

[9] "Indonesia 2007".

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