2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division


The 2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division season was the 20th edition of Liga Indonesia Premier Division and the seventh edition as a second-tier competition.
On November 3, 2014, PSSI announced that starting this season, teams are not allowed to use foreign players and only allowed to have a maximum of 30 players. It was planned to start the season in March 2015 but it was revised to start the season on February 19, 2015. The start of the season was again revised to start in mid-April. On April 20, 2015, it was confirmed that the season will start on April 26, 2015.
This season was officially discontinued by PSSI on May 2, 2015 due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against PSSI to run any football competition. Only one match was successfully played before the ban was put on place.

Format

This year the competition will divided into six groups containing tens teams, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the next round, meanwhile the five lowest team from each group will be relegated to Liga Nusantara next season, this is done to reduce participants to 32 clubs in the 2016 season.

Teams

, Persijap Jepara, Persita Tangerang and Persepam Madura Utama will participate this season, having been relegated from Indonesia Super League. Cilegon United and Persibat Batang are teams promoted from Liga Indonesia First Division. Laga FC, Persatu Tuban, Perssu Sumenep, PS Badung, Perserang Serang and Persibas Banyumas are teams promoted from Liga Nusantara.
Persiwa Wamena will still play in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division despite gaining promotion in the 2014 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, after they did not pass the verification process for the 2015 Indonesia Super League. Persik Kediri will also compete in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, because they fail to pass the verification process.
On April 20, 2015, Persiwa Wamena and Persik Kediri decided to pull out from the competition, joining PSBS Biak and Persifa Fak-fak who failed the verification process.

Stadium and locations

ClubRegency or CityProvinceStadiumCapacity2014 season
PS Bintang Jaya AsahanAsahanNorth SumatraMutiara Kisaran10,000First round in Premier Division
PSBL LangsaLangsaAcehLangsa8,000First round in Premier Division
PSMS MedanMedanNorth SumatraTeladan20,000First round in Premier Division
Persiraja Banda AcehBanda AcehAcehHaji Dimurthala20,000First round in Premier Division
Persih TembilahanIndragiri HilirRiauBeringin5,000First round in Premier Division
Persikad DepokDepokWest JavaMerpati1,000First round in Premier Division
PS BengkuluBengkuluBengkuluSemarak15,000First round in Premier Division
Villa 2000South TangerangBantenGelora 19 Agustus10,000First round in Premier Division
Persika KarawangKarawangWest JavaSingaperbangsa25,000First round in Premier Division
Persibangga PurbalinggaPurbalinggaCentral JavaGoentoer Darjono15,000First round in Premier Division
Persipon PontianakPontianakWest KalimantanSultan Syarif Abdurrahman15,000First round in Premier Division
Persip PekalonganPekalonganCentral JavaHoegeng20,000First round in Premier Division
Persipur PurwodadiPurwodadiCentral JavaKrida Bakti12,000First round in Premier Division
Persires SukoharjoSukoharjo RegencyCentral JavaGelora Merdeka JomborFirst round in Premier Division
PPSM Sakti MagelangMagelangCentral JavaAbu Bakrin10,000First round in Premier Division
PSIR RembangRembang RegencyCentral JavaKrida7,000First round in Premier Division
PSBI BlitarBlitarEast JavaAryo Srengat6,000First round in Premier Division
PSBK BlitarBlitar RegencyEast JavaGelora Supriyadi15,000First round in Premier Division
PSIM YogyakartaYogyakartaYogyakartaMandala Krida25,000First round in Premier Division
Madiun PutraMadiunEast JavaWilis25,000First round in Premier Division
Kalteng PutraPalangkarayaCentral KalimantanTuah Pahoe5,000First round in Premier Division
Mojokerto PutraMojokertoEast JavaGajahmada10,000First round in Premier Division
Persekap PasuruanPasuruanEast JavaUntung Suropati5,000First round in Premier Division
Persida SidoarjoSidoarjoEast JavaGelora Delta35,000First round in Premier Division
Persbul BuolBuolCentral SulawesiKuonoto3,000First round in Premier Division
Metro FCMalang RegencyEast JavaKanjuruhan40,000First round in Premier Division
Persigo GorontaloGorontaloGorontaloMerdeka10,000First round in Premier Division
PS Sumbawa BaratWest SumbawaWest Nusa TenggaraLalu Magaparang15,000First round in Premier Division
Yahukimo FCYahukimoPapuaAndi Mattalatta20,000First round in Premier Division
Persiba BantulBantul RegencyYogyakartaSultan Agung30,000Relegated from Super League
Persijap JeparaJepara RegencyCentral JavaGelora Bumi Kartini25,000Relegated from Super League
Persepam Madura UtamaPamekasan RegencyEast JavaGelora Bangkalan15,000Relegated from Super League
Persita TangerangKarawang RegencyWest JavaSingaperbangsa25,000Relegated from Super League
Cilegon United F.C.CilegonBantenKrakatau Steel25,000Promoted from Liga Indonesia First Division
Persibat BatangBatang RegencyCentral JavaMoh Sarengat15,000Promoted from Liga Indonesia First Division
Persewangi BanyuwangiBanyuwangiEast JavaDiponegoro10,000Second round in Premier Division
Persebo BondowosoBondowosoEast JavaSemeru25,000Second round in Premier Division
Persinga NgawiNgawi
Madiun
East JavaKetonggo
Wilis
6,000
25,000
Second round in Premier Division
Pro Duta FCMedanNorth SumatraTeladan20,000Second round in Premier Division
Persigubin Gunung BintangPegunungan BintangPapuaBarnabas Youwe15,000Second round in Premier Division
Persikabo BogorBogor RegencyWest JavaPakansari
Persikabo
30,000
15,000
Second round in Premier Division
PSPS PekanbaruPekanbaruRiauKaharudin Nasution25,000Second round in Premier Division
PS BangkaBangka RegencyBangka-BelitungOrom7,000Second round in Premier Division
Persis SoloSurakartaCentral JavaManahan25,000Third round in Premier Division
PSCS CilacapCilacapCentral JavaWijayakusuma15,000Third round in Premier Division
PSIS SemarangSemarangCentral JavaJatidiri25,000Third round in Premier Division
PSS SlemanSlemanYogyakartaMaguwoharjo30,000Third round in Premier Division
PSGC CiamisCiamisWest JavaGaluh10,000Semifinal in Premier Division
Martapura FCBanjarSouth KalimantanDemang Lehman15,000Semifinal in Premier Division
Laga FCEast JavaPromoted from Liga Nusantara
Persatu TubanTubanEast JavaLoka Jaya Stadium2,000Promoted from Liga Nusantara
Perssu SumenepSumenepEast JavaAhmad Yani15,000Promoted from Liga Nusantara
PS BadungBadungBaliGelora SamudraPromoted from Liga Nusantara
Perserang SerangSerangBantenMaulana Yusuf15,000Promoted from Liga Nusantara
Persibas BanyumasBanyumasCentral JavaSatria8,000Promoted from Liga Nusantara

First round

This round will start on 26 April 2015 until 10 September 2015 with 55 teams competing.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6