2024–25 Liga Nusantara

Liga Nusantara
Season	2024–25
Dates	13 December 2024 – 27 February 2025
Champions	Sumut United; 1st Liga Nusantara title; 2nd third-tier title
Promoted	Sumut United; Tornado; Persiba Balikpapan
Relegated	Kalteng Putra (withdrew); Sulut United (withdrew); Persipani (disqualified); 757 Kepri Jaya; Persikab; PCB Persipasi; PSCS; PSM Madiun
Matches	128
Goals	387 (3.02 per match)
Best Player	Yanuar Baehaki
Top goalscorer	Ali Mashori; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Waanal Brothers 7–0 PSM Madiun; (10 February 2025)
Biggest away win	PSM Madiun 0–5 Persekabpas; (14 December 2024); PSDS 0–5 757 Kepri Jaya; (19 December 2024)
Highest scoring	Waanal Brothers 7–0 PSM Madiun; (10 February 2025)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Tornado
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; PSGC
Longest winless run	15 matches; PSDS
Longest losing run	14 matches; PSDS
Highest attendance	27,322; Persiba Balikpapan 2–1 NZR Sumbersari; (19 February 2025)
Lowest attendance	10; Sumut United 1–1 PCB Persipasi; (2 January 2025)
Total attendance	70,393
Average attendance	550
	← 2023–24 Liga 3 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Liga Nusantara (also known as the 2024–25 PNM Liga Nusantara for sponsorship reasons) is the inaugural season of the Liga Nusantara under its current name and the 9th season under its current league structure. For the first time since its establishment, the competition will be organised by PT Liga Indonesia Baru, after previous editions were organised by both Provincial Association of PSSI and PSSI themselves, thus abolishing the provincial and national phase format.^[2]

Adhyaksa was the champions in the 2023–24 Liga 3 season.

Rules

Here are the regulations for the 2024–25 season:

Participating clubs

Only 16 teams will participate in the 2024–25 Liga Nusantara season – the 6 relegated teams from the 2023–24 Liga 2 and the remaining 10 teams from the 2023–24 Liga 3 Round of 16 (National phase).^[2]

Player

The player registration period begins on 18 November 2024 and will end on 23 December 2024. Each team can register a maximum of up to 30 players, with the following requirements:^[2]

At least 15 U-23 players must be registered.
At least 5 U-20 players must be registered.
A maximum of 10 players of free age (senior players) can be registered.

Format

The league format was announced on 7 November 2024. For this season, there will be no provincial or national phase. Instead, there will be four rounds:^[2]

Regular round: 16 teams being divided into two group of eight, with the round being played in a centralized format of double round-robin matches. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the championship round, while the remaining teams will qualify for the relegation play-offs.
Relegation play-offs: 9 teams will be divided into two groups of five teams, with the round will be played in a centralized format of single round-robin matches. The bottom three teams of each group will be relegated to the 2025–26 Liga 4.
Championship round: 6 teams will be divided into two groups of three teams, with the round will be played in home-and-away round-robin matches. The group winners will advance to the final and promoted to the 2025–26 Liga 2. The group runners-up will enter to the promotion play-off.
Promotion play-off & Final: The play-off and final will be played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winning team. The winner of the play-off match will be promoted to the 2025–26 Liga 2, while the winner of the final match being crowned as champions.

Teams

16 teams will compete in the league – six teams relegated from the 2023–24 Liga 2 and ten teams from the 2023–24 Liga 3 national phase third round who were not promoted to the 2024–25 Liga 2.^[3]

Teams changes

The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

Promoted to 2024–25 Liga 2	Relegated from 2023–24 Liga 2	Withdrawn teams
Adhyaksa Dejan Persibo Persikas Persikota Persiku	Kalteng Putra Perserang Persiba Balikpapan Persikab PSCS PSDS Sumut United Sulut United	~~Kalteng Putra~~ ~~Sulut United~~

Both Kalteng Putra and Sulut United withdrew from the league before the start of the season, reducing the initial 18 teams to 16.^[4]

Name changes

Sada Sumut removed "Sada" from its official name and change their full name to Sumut United Football Club from this season.^[5]

Teams by province

Rank	Province	Number	Teams
1	East Java	3	NZR Sumbersari, Persekabpas, and PSM Madiun
1	West Java	3	PCB Persipasi, Persikab, and PSGC
3	Central Papua	2	Persipani and Waanal Brothers
3	North Sumatra	2	PSDS and Sumut United
5	Banten	1	Perserang
	Central Java		PSCS
	East Kalimantan		Persiba Balikpapan
	Riau		Tornado
	Riau Islands		757 Kepri Jaya
	Yogyakarta		Persiba Bantul

Locations and stadiums

Locations of non-Java-based 2024–25 Liga Nusantara teams.

Red: Group 1;

Blue: Group 2

Locations of Java-based 2024–25 Liga Nusantara teams.

Red: Group 1;

Blue: Group 2

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2023–24 season
757 Kepri Jaya	Batam	Gelora Citramas	500	National Phase Third Round (4th in Group 4)
NZR Sumbersari	Malang	Gelora Soeprijadi, at Blitar^[a]	15,000	National Phase Third Round (4th in Group 2)
Persekabpas	Pasuruan	R. Soedarsono	10,000	National Phase Fourth Round (4th in Group 1)
Perserang	Serang	Maulana Yusuf	15,000	3rd in Group A of Liga 2 Relegation Round (Relegated)
Persiba Balikpapan	Balikpapan	Batakan	40,000	4th in Group C of Liga 2 Relegation Round (Relegated)
Persiba Bantul	Bantul	Sultan Agung	35,000	National Phase Third Round (3rd in Group 4)
Persikab	Bandung	Si Jalak Harupat	27,000	4th in Group B of Liga 2 Relegation Round (Relegated)
Persipani	Paniai	Soeharto Field	0	National Phase Third Round (4th in Group 3)
PCB Persipasi	Bekasi	Patriot Candrabhaga	30,000	National Phase Third Round (3rd in Group 3)
PSCS	Cilacap	Wijayakusuma	20,000	3rd in Group D of Liga 2 Relegation Round (Relegated)
PSDS	Deli Serdang	Baharuddin Siregar	15,000	3rd in Group B of Liga 2 Relegation Round (Relegated)
PSGC	Ciamis	Galuh	20,000	National Phase Third Round (3rd in Group 2)
PSM Madiun	Madiun	Wilis	25,000	National Phase Third Round (4th in Group 1)
Sumut United	Karo	Sultan Agung, at Bantul^[b]	35,000	4th in Group A of Liga 2 Relegation Round (Relegated)
Tornado	Pekanbaru	Sriwedari, at Surakarta^[c]	12,000	National Phase Fourth Round (4th in Group 2)
Waanal Brothers	Mimika	WBFC Soccer Field, at Bandung	0	National Phase Third Round (3rd in Group 1)

Notes:

↑ NZR Sumbersari used Gelora Soeprijadi in Blitar as its home base for the championship round.
↑ Sumut United used Sultan Agung in Bantul as its home base for the championship round.
↑ Tornado used Sriwedari Stadium in Surakarta as its home base for the championship round.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor	Other kit sponsor(s)
757 Kepri Jaya	Nazal Mustofa	Faozan Musanef	Made by club	Indofood	List Front: Bintan Resorts, Club Air Mineral Back: Batamindo Sleeves: None Shorts: None
NZR Sumbersari	Agus Yuwono	Gedhong Tangguh	Samba Apparel^[6]	W&B	List Front: NZR Group Back: None Sleeves: PhysioWell.Mlg, Alamo Waters Shorts: None
Persekabpas	Masdra Nurriza	Ricko Hardiansyah	TM Sportswear^[7]	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: Gaung Catering Service Shorts: None
Perserang	Ricky Riskandi	Suandi	CRV^[8]	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: Air Gunung SLA Shorts: None
Persiba Balikpapan	Mohammad Nasuha	Abdul Rachman	Equalnesia^[9]	Cindara Pratama Group	List Front: MIP Poultry, Angel’s Wing Indonesia, PTMB Back: Bizhub 52X, Raja Lalapan Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persiba Bantul	Bambang Sumantri	Fachrizal Ahnaf	Almer Apparel^[10]	Muncul Group	List Front: Sedayu General Hospital Back: Cheers Air Mineral Sleeves: Sayur Online Bantul Shorts: None
Persikab	Rasiman	Sansan Husaeni	Print Sport^[11]	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Persipani	Muhammad Azhar		SLEMN24^[12]	Anak Negeri Paniai	List Front: Paniai Regency Government Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PCB Persipasi	Vacant	Mochamad Adam Malik	Adhoc^[13]	None	List Front: None Back: PT Migas Bekasi, Adhoc Sleeves: RS EMC Pekayon Shorts: None
PSCS	Roffy Wikongsinarjo	Robi Kriswantoro	Nine^[14]	PSF Group	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PSDS	Nasrul Koto	Raka Askara	WWJD Sport^[15]	Aura Air Minum (regular round) / None (relegation round)	List Front: None Back: WWJD Sport Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PSGC	Herry Kiswanto	Ganjar Kurniawan	Zestien^[16]	Bank BJB	List Front: Putra AR, Rizquna Tour & Travel Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PSM Madiun	Edy Santoso	Obet Yulius	Leezuard	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Sumut United	Ridwan Saragih	Muhammad Irfan	Bocorocco Active	None	List Front: None Back: Perkebunan Nusantara III, PLN Sleeves: Jasa Raharja, Hutama Karya, Inalum Shorts: None
Tornado	I Wayan Sukadana	Feri Aman Saragih	Oliver	None	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Waanal Brothers	Sahala Saragih	Rhoben Pulanda	QZF	Waanal Coffee & Co.	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None

Notes:

^Apparel made by club.

Coaching changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Persikab	I Putu Gede	End of contract	2 February 2024	Rasiman	27 October 2024^[17]
Perserang	Bonggo Pribadi		2 February 2024	Ricky Riskandi	11 November 2024^[18]
PSCS	Jessie Mustamu		3 February 2024	Roffy Wikongsinarjo	13 December 2024
Persiba Balikpapan	Rudy Eka Priyambada		3 February 2024	Amir Yusuf Pohan	20 October 2024^[19]
PSGC	Heri Kotari		25 May 2024	Herry Kiswanto	20 September 2024^[20]
NZR Sumbersari	Purwanto Suwondo		25 May 2024	Agus Yuwono	14 November 2024^[21]
757 Kepri Jaya	Bona Simanjuntak		25 May 2024	Nazal Mustofa	13 December 2024
Persiba Bantul	Endro Bawono		25 May 2024	Bambang Sumantri	13 December 2024
PSM Madiun	Kodari Amir		25 May 2024	Edy Santoso	13 December 2024
Persipani	Jimmy Saputro		25 May 2024	Muhammad Azhar	13 December 2024
Persekabpas	Subangkit		3 June 2024	Irfan Junaidi (caretaker)	4 November 2024^[22]
Tornado	Yudi Hendri		3 June 2024	Danang Suryadi	26 November 2024^[23]
PCB Persipasi	Jamal Yastro		20 June 2024	Didik Ludianto	13 December 2024
Waanal Brothers	Rochy Putiray		30 June 2024	Sahala Saragih	2 November 2024
Persekabpas	Irfan Junaidi	End of caretaker role	4 November 2024	Masdra Nurriza	26 November 2024^[24]
Sumut United	Yusup Prasetiyo	End of contract	31 May 2024	Ridwan Saragih	5 December 2024^[25]
Tornado	Danang Suryadi	Change in club ownership	13 December 2024	I Wayan Sukadana	13 December 2024^[26]
PSDS	Imam Faisal	End of contract	30 June 2024	Danang Suryadi	13 December 2024

During the season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Round	Week	Position in table		Replaced by	Date of appointment
Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Round	Week	Group	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Persiba Balikpapan	Amir Yusuf Pohan	Sacked	21 December 2024	Regular round	3	B	4th	Mohammad Nasuha	23 December 2024
PCB Persipasi	Didik Ludianto		5 January 2025		7	A	4th
PSDS Deli Serdang	Danang Suryadi		9 January 2025		9	A	8th	Nasrul Koto	9 January 2025

Regular round

A total of 16 teams will be drawn into 2 groups of eight teams based on the geographical location of their homebase. The regular round will be played in a centralized format of double round-robin matches.

The top three teams of each group will qualify for the championship round, while the remaining teams will qualify for the relegation play-offs.

Group A

All matches will be held at Banyuanyar Football Field, Kota Barat Football Field, Sriwaru Football Field, UNS Stadium and Sriwedari Stadium, all located in Surakarta.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TRD	SUM	CMS	PBB	PSP	757	SRG	PDS
1	Tornado	14	9	2	3	27	14	+13	29	Qualification to the Championship round		1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0
2	Sumut United	14	7	5	2	21	7	+14	26		2–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	6–0
3	PSGC	14	7	5	2	19	13	+6	26		1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–4	3–1	2–1
4	Persikab	14	6	4	4	19	14	+5	22	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs	1–2	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0
5	PCB Persipasi	14	6	2	6	20	16	+4	20		2–3	0–1	2–0	3–1		0–2	0–1	3–1
6	757 Kepri Jaya	14	5	3	6	25	20	+5	18		2–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–2		3–2	4–1
7	Perserang	14	4	3	7	21	22	−1	15		1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–3	2–2		5–0
8	PSDS	14	0	0	14	6	52	−46	0		1–4	0–2	1–5	1–3	0–2	0–5	0–3

Source: Liga Nusantara 2024–25
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[2]

Group B

All matches will be held at Ngurah Rai Stadium in Denpasar and Gelora Samudra Stadium in Badung.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BPP	PAS	NZR	WAA	PBA	PSM	CLP
1	Persiba Balikpapan	12	7	4	1	21	11	+10	25	Qualification to the Championship round		2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1
2	Persekabpas	12	8	0	4	30	16	+14	24		2–3		2–4	1–2	3–0	5–0	2–1
3	NZR Sumbersari	12	7	3	2	22	14	+8	24		2–2	0–2		1–3	1–0	1–0	3–2
4	Waanal Brothers	12	6	4	2	19	14	+5	22	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs	2–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	1–1	2–1
5	Persiba Bantul	12	3	2	7	15	20	−5	11		1–1	2–4	1–2	1–2		2–2	2–1
6	PSM Madiun	12	2	3	7	11	29	−18	9		1–4	0–5	0–2	3–2	0–3		2–1
7	PSCS	12	0	2	10	11	25	−14	2		0–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–2
8	Persipani (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified^[a]

Source: Liga Nusantara 2024–25
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[2]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Persipani was disqualified by the PSSI Disciplinary Committee for failing to send players and officials for three consecutive matches, with sanctions including relegation and a fine of IDR 150 million.^[27]

Relegation play-offs

9 teams will be divided into two groups, with the round will be played in a centralized format of single round-robin matches.

The bottom three teams of each group will be relegated to the 2025–26 Liga 4.

Group J

All matches will be held at Kebo Giro Stadium in Boyolali Regency and Banyuanyar Football Field in Surakarta.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	PBA	PDS	PBB	757	CLP
1	Persiba Bantul	4	4	0	0	10	3	+7	12			4–2		2–0
2	PSDS	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4^[a]				3–1	0–1
3	Persikab (R)	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4^[a]	Relegation to the 2025–26 Liga 4	1–3				2–0
4	757 Kepri Jaya (R)	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4^[a]				1–1		1–2
5	PSCS (R)	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4^[a]		0–1	2–2

Source: Liga Nusantara 2024–25
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 3 4 Tied on head-to-head points. Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: PSDS +1, Persikab 0, 757 Kepri Jaya 0, PSCS –1. Ranked on head-to-head goal scored: Persikab 4, 757 Kepri Jaya 3.

Group K

All matches will be held at Ngurah Rai Stadium in Denpasar and Gelora Samudra Stadium in Badung Regency.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	WAA	SRG	PSM
1	Waanal Brothers	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7			2–2	7–0
2	Perserang	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7				5–0
3	PCB Persipasi (R)	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3	Relegation to the 2025–26 Liga 4	0–2	1–3	2–1
4	PSM Madiun (R)	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0	Relegation to the 2025–26 Liga 4

Source: Liga Nusantara 2024–25
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[2]
(R) Relegated

Championship round

The top six teams from the regular round will be divided into 2 groups of three teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches.

The group winners will advanced to the final and automatically promoted to the 2025–26 Liga 2, while group runners-up will play in the Promotion play-off to determined which team will get the final promotion ticket.

Group X

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	TRD	CMS	PAS
1	Tornado (P)	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10	Qualification to the Final and promotion to the 2025–26 Championship		3–0	4–1
2	PSGC	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4	Qualification to the Promotion play-off	1–1		3–2
3	Persekabpas	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	3		1–2	2–1

Source: Liga Nusantara 2024–25
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[2]
(P) Promoted

Group Y

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	SUM	BPP	NZR
1	Sumut United (P)	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7	Qualification to the Final and promotion to the 2025–26 Championship		1–0	1–1
2	Persiba Balikpapan (O, P)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Qualification to the Promotion play-off	2–1		2–1
3	NZR Sumbersari	4	0	2	2	4	9	−5	2		1–5	1–1

Source: Liga Nusantara 2024–25
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-off

The play-off will be played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winning team. The winner will be promoted to the 2025–26 Championship.^[2]

27 February 2025

15:00 UTC+7

PSGC	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Persiba Balikpapan
Kurniawan 85' Wibisono 117'	Report	76', 108' (pen.) Dzumafo
Penalties
Rixi Nurfadilah Kurniawan Wibisono Hercules Gandhi	3–4	Ilham Alamsyah Sukadana Riza Dzumafo Sabda

Indomilk Arena, Tangerang

Attendance: 0

Referee: Agung Setiyawan

Final

The final will be played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winning team.^[2]