2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

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.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season2007–08
Dates10 February 2007 – 10 February 2008
ChampionsSriwijaya
1st Premier Division title
1st Indonesian title
AFC Champions LeagueSriwijaya
PSMS
Matches played627
Goals scored1,459 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerCristian Gonzáles
(32 goals)
Biggest home winPersiwa 7–0 Persma
(27 December 2007)
Biggest away winPersebaya 0–3 Persiba
(26 April 2007)
Persekabpas 0–3 Persmin
(18 August 2007)
Bali Persegi FC 1–4 Persis
(11 September 2007)
Highest scoringPersebaya 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

Overview

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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

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Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the teams in the 2007-2008 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
  Blue: West Division;   Red: East Division

Foreign Players

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West

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Pelita Jaya   Vagner Luís   Cristiano Lopes   Ivan Jerković   Boubacar Keita   Lamin Conteh
Persela   Maximiliano Vallejo   Márcio Souza   Uilian Souza
Persema   Cauê Benicio   Cristian Olivares   Alseny Diawara   Alfredo Reyes   Hector Velzoves
Persib   Bekamenga   Nyeck Nyobe   Redouane Barkaoui   Lorenzo Cabanas   Leontin Chițescu
Persija   João Bosco   Herman Abanda   Olinga Atangana   Javier Roca   Evgheni Hmaruc
Persik   Danilo Fernando   Fallah Johnson   Peter Lipede   Cristian Gonzáles   Ronald Fagundez
Persikabo   Cristiano Miranda Barbosa   Seme Pattrick   Luis Hicks   Chiemela Worgu
Persikota   Epalla Jordan   Essa Basile   Esteban Guillén
Persiraja   Fernando Pages   Antônio Teles   Claudionor   Robson   Roberto Kwateh
Persita   Andela Atangana   Ernest Siangkam   Esaiah Benson   Stephen Mennoh
Persitara   Ngako Gabriel   Jorge Toledo
PSDS   Guy Hervé   Christian Riffo   Denis Antonio   Edgar Anasco
PSIS   Joao Carlos   Julio Lopez   Zoubairou   Fofee Kamara
PSMS   Mbom Julien   Francois Mpessa   James Lomell   Murphy Nagbe
PSS   Gastón Castaño   Anderson Silva   Mamadou Niane   George Oyedepo
PSSB   Charles Mani   N Djento Christian   Noah Romuald
Semen Padang   Abdoulaye Djibril   Gbeneme Friday   Patricio Acevedo   Alcidio Fleitas
Sriwijaya   Carlos Renato   Christian Lenglolo   Zah Rahan   Anoure Obiora   Keith Gumbs

East

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club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Arema   Bruno Casimir   Emalue Serge   Patricio Morales   Gerard Guy
Deltras   Claudio Pronetto   Sebastian Velazquez   Christian René   Saša Branežac
Persebaya   Raymond Nsangue   Pablo Rojas   Anthony Ballah
Persegi Gianyar   Fernando Andrade   Marcus Vinicius   Christian Kono   Didier Belibi   Marc Orland Etogou
Persekabpas   Francisco Rotunno   Alexander Robinson   Ekene Ikenwa   Mohamed Coker Jr
Perseman   Reginaldo   Charles Uchenna   Rodrigo Mendoza
Persiba   Adrian Trinidad   Robert Gaspar   Liu   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   Fabrício Bastos   Ferreira da Costa   Wilson
Persiter   Fabricio Pereira   Julio Ferreira   Wilson Ferreira Carvalho   Joseph Amoah
Persiwa   O.K. John   Boakay Foday   Sunday Seah
Persma Manado   Jardel Santana   Joel Kamsi   Nyom Aloys   Yetna Felix
Persmin   Fabiano Beltrame   Engelbert Romaric Asse-Etoga   Osvaldo Moreno
PKT Bontang   Ricardo Silva   Vitor   Fodé Camara   Josiah Seton
PSM   Aldo Barreto   Ali Khaddafi   Nomo Teh Marco

First stage

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West Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sriwijaya F.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 34 12 12 10 46 38 +8 48
12 PSS 34 12 10 12 42 43 −1 46
13 Persema 34 12 9 13 35 46 −11 45
14 PSDS 34 12 8 14 39 40 −1 44
15 Persikota 34 6 12 16 26 41 −15 30
16 Semen Padang 34 7 6 21 21 44 −23 27
17 Persiraja 34 6 8 20 18 59 −41 26
18 PSSB 34 6 6 22 26 60 −34 24
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. ^ PSIS Semarang were granted a place in the Indonesia Super League through a verification process after Persiter Ternate and Persmin Minahasa withdrew.[3][4]

East Division

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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 34 17 6 11 33 28 +5 57
7 Persiba 34 16 7 11 48 35 +13 55 Qualification for Indonesia Super League
8 Persmin 34 14 11 9 43 34 +9 53
9 Persijap 34 15 7 12 38 36 +2 52 Qualification for Indonesia Super League
10 Persibom 34 13 7 14 41 47 −6 46
11 Persis 34 12 7 15 43 43 0 43
12 Persma 34 10 11 13 32 50 −18 41
13 Bontang PKT[a] 34 10 9 15 33 42 −9 39 Qualification for Indonesia Super League
14 Persebaya 34 11 6 17 36 50 −14 39
15 PSIM 34 8 8 18 30 45 −15 32
16 Persekabapas 34 8 8 18 34 52 −18 32
17 Perseman 34 8 8 18 28 55 −27 32
18 Bali Persegi FC 34 6 11 17 24 46 −22 29
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

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Group A

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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
3 Arema 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4 Persiwa 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: RSSSF

Group B

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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
3 Persik 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4 Deltras 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 February – Jakarta
 
 
Persija0
 
10 February – Bandung
 
Sriwijaya1
 
Sriwijaya (a.e.t.)3
 
6 February – Jakarta
 
PSMS1
 
Persipura0 (4)
 
 
PSMS (pen.)0 (5)
 

Semifinals

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Persija0–1Sriwijaya
Gumbs   19'

Final

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Sriwijaya3–1 (a.e.t.)PSMS
Obiora   15'
Gumbs   107'
Zah   114'
Lomell   69'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Purwanto (Kediri)

Awards

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Top scorers

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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
  James Koko Lomell PSMS 19
5   Sunday Seah Persiwa 18
6   Aliyudin Persija 17
  Bambang Pamungkas Persija 17

Best player

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  Zah Rahan Krangar (Sriwijaya)

References

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  1. ^ "Bukan Berita Bola Biasa | Liga Indonesia".
  2. ^ "Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia | Football Association Of Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ a b "PKT dan PSIS Terpilih Sebagai Tim Pengganti | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  5. ^ "Indonesia 2007".
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