1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Dunhill for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football following the merger of Perserikatan and Galatama. The season began on 27 November 1994 and ended on 30 July 1995. The league was made up of 34 clubs. Persib won the title after beating Petrokimia Putra 1–0 in the final.[1]

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season1994–95
Dates27 November 1994 – 30 July 1995
ChampionsPersib
(1st title)
RelegatedPS Bengkulu
Warna Agung
PSIR
PSIM
Asian Club ChampionshipPersib
Asian Cup Winners' CupPetrokimia Putra
Matches played559
Goals scored1,417 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerPeri Sandria
(34 goals)
Biggest home winPelita Jaya 10–2 Persijatim
(14 June 1995)
Biggest away winPS Bengkulu 1–6 Pelita Jaya
(15 April 1995)
Persijatim 0–5 Arseto
(15 April 1995)
Warna Agung 0–5 Semen Padang
(7 May 1995)
Highest scoringPelita Jaya 10–2 Persijatim
(14 June 1995)

Overview

Background

The league started in 1994. The lack of ticket sales in Galatama and the lack of commercial aspects in Perserikatan made PSSI take a bold decision. The Indonesian football association decided to form a new fully professional league called the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as a merger of Galatama and Perserikatan.[2]

Due to the merger, there were 34 inaugural clubs in the league. Two clubs that should have been relegated to the First Division, Persiba and PS Bengkulu were allowed to compete while PS Aceh Putra chose to withdraw. To solve this issue, the league is split into two regional divisions with each division consisting 17 clubs. The top four clubs from each division then entered the second stage which is played in a group stage format consisting of two groups of four. Then, the top two clubs from each group proceed to the knockout stage (semifinals and final) where they will play for the title.[1]

The shift of the league to a more commercial form has made PSSI move to find sponsors to sustain the wheels of the league. Dunhill, a cigarette manufacturer from the UK is the first company to dive in and become the inaugural title sponsor of the league. As a result of this sponsorship, Dunhill poured funds up to Rp4.5 billion per season and provided subsidies of Rp100 million for each Premier Division club. Dunhill also gave a prize of Rp75 million for the champions, Rp50 million for the runners-up, and Rp25 million for the league's best player. The funds provided by Dunhill were pretty high for financial standards in 1994. Thus, the Liga Indonesia Premier Division was then given the name Liga Dunhill.[3]

Before the league started, PSSI also lifted the ban for foreign players to compete in the league that was active since 1982. This resulted in some high-profile signings with clubs signing seasoned veterans of the world stage.[4]

Season summary

The inaugural duel of this brand-new league brought together the champions of the last edition from each competition on 27 November 1994. Pelita Jaya were the last winners of Galatama while Persib were winners of the 1993–94 Perserikatan. The match ended 1–0 for Pelita Jaya with their Montenegrin striker Dejan Gluščević becoming the first player to score a goal in the new top-flight in the 60th minute.[2] By the end of the first stage, PS Bengkulu, Warna Agung, PSIR, and PSIM were the clubs that were relegated from the league. The first wave of foreign players coming to league proved to be ineffective in improving results, leading to clubs reshuffling the foreign players they had within their squads right before the second stage began.[5]

Persib would eventually become the inaugural champions of the league. The Maung Bandung, who only finished as runners-up in the West Division, won the title thanks to a narrow 1–0 victory over Petrokimia Putra in the final held in Gelora Senayan Main Stadium on 30 July 1995.[1] The final was not without controversy however as Petrokimia striker Jacksen F. Tiago had a goal ruled out for offside at the 30th minute. Nevertheless, Sutiono Lamso scored later in the 76th minute for Persib and they held on to lead until the end of the game.[6] Ironically, the title was won by a team consisting of local players only when most of the title challengers had at least one foreign player.[4] Meanwhile, Bandung Raya striker Peri Sandria was the league's inaugural top scorer. The 34 goals he scored was a top-flight record which stood for 22 years until Sylvano Comvalius scored 37 goals in the 2017 Liga 1.[7]

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the teams in the 1994–95 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.
Blue: West Division; Red: East Division

Kits and sponsorship

All of the teams kits are provided by Adidas and sponsored by Dunhill as part of the league's sponsorship deal.[8][9]

First stage

West Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pelita Jaya 32 24 5 3 78 25 +53 77 Advance to second stage
2 Persib 32 20 9 3 54 15 +39 69
3 Bandung Raya 32 19 10 3 68 26 +42 67
4 Medan Jaya 32 15 11 6 46 29 +17 56
5 Semen Padang 32 14 10 8 45 25 +20 52
6 Persiraja 32 14 10 8 37 41 −4 52
7 Arseto 32 14 6 12 46 38 +8 48
8 Persita 32 13 6 13 43 41 +2 45
9 PSMS Medan 32 11 8 13 37 36 +1 41
10 PSDS 32 10 11 11 38 45 −7 41
11 Mataram Putra 32 11 6 15 24 31 −7 39
12 Persiku 32 10 7 15 30 37 −7 37
13 Persija[lower-alpha 1] 32 11 5 16 42 51 −9 35
14 BPD Jateng 32 8 10 14 42 50 −8 34
15 Persijatim 32 6 6 20 29 71 −42 24
16 PS Bengkulu (R) 32 5 5 22 28 69 −41 20 Relegation to First Division
17 Warna Agung (R) 32 2 5 25 24 81 −57 11
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Persija were docked three points for walking out of a match against Bandung Raya on 1 June 1995.[10]


East Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Petrokimia Putra 32 17 9 6 62 31 +31 60 Advance to second stage
2 Pupuk Kaltim 32 15 12 5 58 27 +31 57
3 ASGS 32 17 6 9 57 45 +12 57
4 Barito Putera 32 17 5 10 51 31 +20 56
5 Gelora Dewata 32 15 9 8 50 27 +23 54
6 Arema 32 15 7 10 44 41 +3 52
7 Mitra Surabaya 32 15 5 12 45 34 +11 50
8 Persipura 32 13 9 10 40 42 −2 48
9 Persebaya 32 12 10 10 45 40 +5 46
10 PSM 32 11 10 11 31 32 −1 43
11 Putra Samarinda 32 11 8 13 32 41 −9 41
12 Persema 32 11 6 15 33 43 −10 39
13 PSIS 32 10 9 13 28 43 −15 39
14 Persegres 32 8 8 16 33 49 −16 32
15 Persiba 32 8 6 18 26 49 −23 30
16 PSIR[lower-alpha 1] (R) 32 5 9 18 26 52 −26 21 Relegation to First Division
17 PSIM (R) 32 2 12 18 14 48 −34 18
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. PSIR were docked three points for walking out of a match against PSIM on 1 June 1995.


Second stage

The second stage was played from 19 to 26 July 1995.[1] The matches were held at Gelora Senayan Main Stadium in Jakarta.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pupuk Kaltim 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2 Barito Putera 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Bandung Raya 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4 Pelita Jaya 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persib 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Petrokimia Putra 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3 ASGS 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4 Medan Jaya 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 July – Jakarta
 
 
Pupuk Kaltim0
 
30 July – Jakarta
 
Petrokimia Putra1
 
Petrokimia Putra0
 
28 July – Jakarta
 
Persib1
 
Persib1
 
 
Barito Putera0
 

Semifinals
Pupuk Kaltim0–1Petrokimia Putra
Report Widodo 54'
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Widyanto Nugroho (Semarang)
Persib1–0Barito Putera
Kekey Zakaria 80' Report
Attendance: 70.000
Referee: Khairul Agil (DKI Jakarta)

Final
Main article: 1995 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final
Petrokimia Putra0–1Persib
Sutiono 76'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Zulkifli Chaniago

Awards

Top scorers

The following is a list of the top scorers from the 1994–95 season.[1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Indonesia Peri Sandria Bandung Raya 34
2 Indonesia Buyung Ismu Pelita Jaya 30
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Gluščević Bandung Raya 22
4 Angola Vata Matanu Garcia Gelora Dewata 21
Indonesia Sutiono Lamso Persib 21
5 Indonesia Widodo C. Putro Petrokimia Putra 18

Best player

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