1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division was the fifth season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 1 November 1998 and ended on 9 April 1999. The league was made up of 28 clubs. PSIS won the title after beating the defending champions, Persebaya 1–0 in the final.

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season1998–99
Dates1 November 1998 – 9 April 1999
ChampionsPSIS
(1st title)
RelegatedPersita
Persikabo
Persiba
Asian Club ChampionshipPSIS
Asian Cup Winners' CupPersebaya
Matches played153
Goals scored364 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerAlain Mabenda
(11 goals)
Biggest home winPersija 5–0 Petrokimia Putra
(13 December 1998)
Biggest away winMedan Jaya 0–3 PSDS
(15 November 1998)
Persiraja 0–3 PSDS
(14 February 1999)
Highest scoringSemen Padang 6–1 Petrokimia Putra
(26 March 1999)

Teams

Team changes

The number of teams dropped from 31 to 28 this season.

Withdrew from Premier Division

Disbanded

Name changes
  • Pelita Jakarta changed their name to Pelita Bakrie.

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the teams in the 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Yellow: Central Division; Red: East Division

First stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSMS 10 6 2 2 17 14 +3 20 Advance to second stage
2 Semen Padang 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 18
3 PSDS 10 4 4 2 17 11 +6 16
4 Medan Jaya 10 3 2 5 6 14 −8 11
5 PSP 10 1 5 4 10 11 −1 8
6 Persiraja (O) 10 1 4 5 8 16 −8 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF
(O) Play-off winners

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persija 8 4 3 1 13 4 +9 15 Advance to second stage
2 Petrokimia Putra 8 3 4 1 13 15 −2 13
3 Persib 8 3 1 4 9 10 −1 10
4 PSBL 8 1 4 3 9 10 −1 7
5 Persita (R) 8 1 4 3 9 14 −5 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs
Persita4–1Persiraja
Persiraja3–0Persita

4–4 on aggregate. Persiraja won on away goals and retained their spot in the Premier Division, Persita were relegated.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persikota 10 6 2 2 14 7 +7 20 Advance to second stage
2 Pelita Bakrie 10 6 2 2 14 8 +6 20
3 Arema 10 4 3 3 10 6 +4 15
4 Persikab 10 3 4 3 9 12 −3 13
5 PSIM 10 2 2 6 7 11 −4 8
6 Persikabo (R) 10 1 3 6 8 18 −10 6 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persebaya 8 5 2 1 13 5 +8 17 Advance to second stage
2 PSIS 8 3 2 3 10 7 +3 11
3 Barito Putera 8 3 1 4 8 10 −2 10
4 Persema 8 2 3 3 10 13 −3 9
5 Gelora Dewata (O) 8 2 2 4 7 13 −6 8 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF
(O) Play-off winners

Relegation play-offs
Gelora Dewata5–1Persikabo
Persikabo4–2Gelora Dewata

Gelora Dewata won 7–5 on aggregate and retained their spot in the Premier Division, Persikabo were relegated.

Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pupuk Kaltim 10 5 2 3 11 9 +2 17 Advance to second stage
2 PSM 10 5 1 4 13 11 +2 16
3 Persma 10 5 1 4 13 12 +1 16
4 Putra Samarinda 10 4 0 6 14 15 −1 12
5 Persipura 10 3 3 4 15 16 −1 12
6 Persiba (R) 10 3 3 4 10 13 −3 12 Relegation to First Division
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Second stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persebaya 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 PSIS 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
3 Semen Padang 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 6
4 Persikota 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 2
5 Petrokimia Putra 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persija 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 PSMS 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6
3 Pelita Bakrie 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5
4 Pupuk Kaltim 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5 PSM 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 April – Jakarta
 
 
Persebaya (pen.)1 (4)
 
9 April – Manado
 
PSMS1 (2)
 
Persebaya0
 
1 April – Jakarta
 
PSIS1
 
Persija0
 
 
PSIS1
 

Semifinals
Persebaya1–1PSMS
Yusuf 70' Baboaken 83'
Penalties
4–2
Persija0–1PSIS
Timothy 83'

Final
Main article: 1999 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final
Persebaya0–1PSIS
Tugiyo 89'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Djadjat Sudradjat

Awards

Top scorer

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1998-99 season.[1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gabon Alain Mabenda PSIS 11
2 Sierra Leone Musa Kallon Persebaya 8
3 Cameroon Jean Michel Babouaken PSMS 7
Liberia Stephen Weah Persikota 7
Indonesia Tugiyo PSIS 7

Best player

Fair play team

References
  1. "LI 1998-99". RSSSF. 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
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