LIST OF Indonesian League CHAMPIONS (1994-2025)

Football has been around for a long time in Indonesia, and a new competition was actually held in 1931 with the theme United. At that time, seven clubs initiated the competition, as well as forming PSSI (Indonesian Football Association), in Yogyakarta.

They include PSIM Yogyakarta, VIJ Jakarta which is now Persija, BIVB Bandung (Persib), IVBM Magelang or PPSM Magelang, MVB Madiun (PSM Madiun), Persebaya which was previously called SIVB, and VVB Solo (now Persis).

In the first edition of the Association, which still had amateur status, VIJ managed to emerge victorious and managed to collect the most titles, becoming champion in nine editions of the Association.

Indonesian competitions always experience name changes, starting from being titled the PSSI National Championship, the Main Division, until finally the United and Galatama (which started being held in 1979) were merged into one, becoming the Indonesian League, in 1994.

Changes in times, adjustments and turbulence in Indonesian football mean that the competition also changes its title repeatedly. The Premier Division as the Indonesian League lasted until 2007, because the following season the Indonesian Super League (ISL) was born.

Dualism gave birth to the Indonesian Premier League (IPL), and Indonesian football returned to ‘peace’ in 2014, until a year later conflict returned from the Ministry of Youth and Sports which resulted in the suspension of FIFA, and finally a new era was born again in 2017, with the name League 1 in the top caste, League 2 in the second caste.

LIST OF LEAGUE 1 CHAMPIONS / LIST OF INDONESIAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Most Champions in the Indonesian League, & What Happened While the Indonesian League Was Rolling

Since the professional era that began in 1994, Persib Bandung set a record as the most champions in the Indonesian League with four titles, equaling the achievement Persipura Jayapura.

Both were followed by five teams, each with two championship titles, namely Persija Jakarta, Persebaya Surabaya, PSM Makassar, Bali United and Persik Kediri. Sriwijaya FC actually became king of the standings twice, but in 2011/12, the Indonesia Super League where they played was not considered an official competition.

This season was indeed a dark year because competition emerged breakawayuntil finally the Indonesian Premier League was given the status of a competition recognized for its dualism. Semen Padang became the champion of that edition.

In the middle of the 2013 season, turbulence occurred again and the ISL was once again made a recognized competition. It was only in 2014 that league unification occurred after things began to improve and Persib was able to end their thirst for the title in that season, where the ISL was divided into a two-region format.

The dark period for Indonesian competition that occurred in 2015 was not the first time. As a reminder, in 2015 the competition could not be held due to FIFA sanctions, but in 1997/98 the competition could not be completed because Indonesia was facing political problems, which made it unconducive.

Meanwhile, in the 2020 season, the competition had to be stopped after only three weeks of competition. This is because the COVID-19 pandemic that has occurred throughout the world has also entered Indonesia.

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