1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season1997–98
Matches played234
Goals scored533 (2.28 per match)

The 1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Kansas for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. There were 31 teams involved in this season. Persebaya were the defending champions,[1] and were leading when the season was abandoned by order of the military on 25 May 1998 due to political and economic turmoil in the country. At that point, 234 matches had been played out of the 317 scheduled.

Teams[edit]

Team changes[edit]

The number of teams dropped from 33 to 31 this season.[2]

Relegated to First Division[edit]

[edit]

Disbanded[edit]

Name changes[edit]

  • Pelita Jaya changed their name to Pelita Jakarta.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

class=notpageimage|
Locations of the teams in the 1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Yellow: Central Division; Red: East Division

First stage[edit]

West Division[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Persebaya 14 8 4 2 17 8 +9 28
2 Persija 15 8 3 4 26 15 +11 27
3 Persiraja 15 7 5 3 21 17 +4 26
4 Persita 15 7 3 5 22 15 +7 24
5 PSBL 15 5 6 4 21 23 −2 21
6 Arema 14 4 6 4 9 9 0 18
7 Persikabo 15 5 2 8 17 21 −4 17
8 Persikab 15 5 2 8 12 19 −7 17
9 Semen Padang 15 4 3 8 11 18 −7 15
10 Medan Jaya 15 3 2 10 13 24 −11 11
Source: RSSSF

Central Division[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 PSMS 16 9 4 3 28 15 +13 31
2 Pelita Jakarta 14 8 3 3 36 12 +24 27
3 Persikota 15 8 3 4 22 17 +5 27
4 Barito Putera 17 6 6 5 17 16 +1 24
5 Persib 15 6 4 5 14 8 +6 22
6 PSIS 16 4 8 4 17 24 −7 20
7 PSB 15 5 4 6 12 15 −3 19
8 PSDS 15 6 0 9 14 25 −11 18
9 PSP 16 3 7 6 14 22 −8 16
10 PSIM 15 3 5 7 10 24 −14 14
11 Arseto 14 3 2 9 10 16 −6 11
Source: RSSSF

East Division[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 PSM 15 9 3 3 33 8 +25 30
2 Persma 15 6 6 3 17 10 +7 24
3 Gelora Dewata 15 6 5 4 16 16 0 23
4 Putra Samarinda 15 6 4 5 11 15 −4 22
5 Persema 15 6 4 5 14 20 −6 22
6 Mitra Surabaya 15 5 4 6 17 15 +2 19
7 Persipura 16 4 6 6 24 23 +1 18
8 Pupuk Kaltim 15 5 3 7 17 23 −6 18
9 Petrokimia Putra 14 4 4 6 9 18 −9 16
10 Persiba 15 3 3 9 12 22 −10 12
Source: RSSSF

Top goalscorer[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Indonesia 1996/97". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  2. ^ Sufiyanto, Tengku, ed. (2016-08-23). "Cerita Produk Rokok yang Pernah 'Merajai' Sepakbola Indonesia". INDOSPORT.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. ^ "LI 1997-1998". RSSSF. 1999. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997–98_Liga_Indonesia_Premier_Division&oldid=1179783712"