Liga 3 (Indonesia)

Liga 3 (English: League Three) is the lowest tier in Indonesian football league system.[1] Formed as Liga Nusantara in 2014, this league occupies the third tier and consists of 2 rounds: provincial qualification—held in every province in Indonesia, and national round, competed by provincial qualifiers (number varies between provinces).[1] PSSI typically delegated the task of organizing the provincial qualifiers to its member, the provincial football associations, while PSSI organized the national round.

Liga 3
Founded2014 (2014)
CountryIndonesia
ConfederationAFC
Level on pyramid3
4 (West Java only)
Promotion toLiga 2
Domestic cup(s)Piala Indonesia
Current championsKaro United (1st title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsPersatu Tuban
Blitar United
Persik Kediri
Persijap Jepara
Karo United (1 title)
TV partnersVidio
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2023–24

History

The competition was established after Liga Indonesia Second Division and Liga Indonesia Third Division merged in 2014. Starting in 2015, the Liga Indonesia First Division was also merged with Liga Nusantara making it the third-tier level in Indonesian football system.[1] Persatu Tuban won the competition's first season.[2]

In 2017, Liga Nusantara was renamed to Liga 3, along with Indonesian Super League and Indonesian Premier Division which were renamed to Liga 1 and Liga 2, respectively.[3]

Format

The system that will be used in Liga 3 is a full competition with a home-away format. Each participating club is required to compete at least 15 times during the competition season. This is different from previous amateur competitions where the number of matches per club can be uneven. There are those who can compete more than 10, but there are also those who only competed 2 times.

Provincial round

Each province will hold a provincial round, they are followed by amateur clubs without a limit of participants with different competition formats, the difference in the format is due to the different number of participants in each province. Furthermore, the teams that qualify from the provincial round will compete in Regional round.

Regional round

Participants are teams that have passed the Provincial round and held in 7 regional regions:

The competition system is a knockout system (home and away) to get 32 slots in the National round.

National round

A total of 32 teams will enter this round. In this first round, 32 teams are divided into eight groups (4 groups in the West region and 4 groups in the East region). Each group is played on a home tournament basis. Winner and runner-up of each group advance to the second round. The second round features 16 teams which are the winners and runners-up from each group of the first round. Each winner advances to the third round. In the third round, eight teams are divided into two groups. Each group is played on a home tournament basis. The three best teams of each group are promoted to the Liga 2. The winner of each group also advances to the final.

Championship history
Season League name Champions Score Runners-up
2014 Liga Nusantara Persatu Tuban 2–1 Laga
2015 Season abandoned due to FIFA suspension of Indonesia
2017 Liga 3 Blitar United 2–1 Persik Kendal
Season League name Home team Score Away team
2018 Liga 3 Persik Kediri 3–1 PSCS Cilacap
PSCS Cilacap 1–0 Persik Kediri
Persik Kediri won 3–2 on aggregate
Season League name Champions Score Runners-up
2019 Liga 3 Persijap Jepara 3–1 PSKC Cimahi
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
2021–22 Karo United 3–3
(4–2 p)		 Putra Delta Sidoarjo
2022–23 Season abandoned

    Awards

    Best players
    Season Player Club
    2014 Indonesia Edi Winarno[4] Persatu Tuban
    2015 Competition abandoned due to FIFA suspension of Indonesia
    2017 Indonesia Assanur Rijal Aceh United
    2018 Indonesia Galih Akbar Persik Kediri
    2019 Indonesia Rizki Hidayat Persijap Jepara
    2020 Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
    2021–22 Indonesia Rian Ramadan Karo United
    2022–23 Competition abandoned

    Top scorers
    Season Top scorer Club Goals
    2014 Indonesia Imam Bagus Kurnia Laga 4
    2015 Competition abandoned due to FIFA suspension of Indonesia
    2017 Indonesia Arianto Aceh United 7
    2018 Indonesia Septian Bagaskara Persik Kediri 21
    2019 Indonesia Rikza Syawali PSKC Cimahi 9
    2020 Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
    2021–22 Indonesia Adam Malik Putra Delta Sidoarjo 11
    2022–23 Competition abandoned

    References
    1. "Mulai Tahun Ini PSSI akan Gelar Liga Nusantara". tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
    2. "Persatu Juarai Piala Nusantara 2014" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
    3. "PSSI Ubah ISL Jadi Liga 1" (in Indonesian). Bola.net. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017.
    4. "Luar Biasa! Jatim Kuasai Piala Nusantara 2014" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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