2019 Liga 2 (Indonesia)

Liga 2
Season	2019
Dates	22 June – 25 November 2019
Champions	Persik; (1st title)
Promoted	Persik; Persita; Persiraja
Relegated	Bandung United; Madura; Persatu; Persibat; PSGC; PSMP (Disqualified)
Matches played	258
Goals scored	567 (2.2 per match)
Best Player	Taufiq Febriyanto
Top goalscorer	Sirvi Arfani; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Persita 5–0 PSPS Riau; (6 July 2019); PSPS Riau 5–0 PSGC; (12 October 2019)
Biggest away win	Bandung United 0–3 Perserang; (1 August 2019)
Highest scoring	Persita 4–4 Bandung United; (13 August 2019)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Persiraja
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Persis
Longest winless run	9 matches; Bandung United
Longest losing run	6 matches; PSGC
Highest attendance	27,295; Persis 2–1 PSIM; (16 August 2019)
Lowest attendance	0; Persis 1–1 Mitra Kukar; (23 August 2019)
Total attendance	840,945
Average attendance	3,259
	← 2018 2020 → Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

The 2019 Liga 2 was the third season of the Liga 2 under its current name and the 10th season under its current league structure.

Persik won the title after a 3–2 win over Persita in the final at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar on 25 November 2019.^[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.^[3]^[4]^[5]

To Liga 2

Relegated from Liga 1

Promoted from Liga 3

From Liga 2

Promoted to Liga 1

Relegated to Liga 3

Disqualified for 2019 season

Name changes

Aceh United merged with PS Timah Babel into Babel United and relocated to Pangkal Pinang.^[7]
Bogor relocated to Manado and were renamed to Sulut United.^[8]
Blitar United relocated to Bandung and became the reserve team of Persib named Bandung United.^[9]

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2019 Liga 2 teams (Red: West Region, Blue: East Region)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Babel United	Pangkal Pinang	Depati Amir	15,000
Bandung United	Bandung	Siliwangi	15,000
Cilegon United	Cilegon	Krakatau Steel	25,000
Madura	Sumenep	Ahmad Yani	15,000
Martapura	Martapura	Demang Lehman	15,000
Mitra Kukar	Tenggarong	Rondong Demang^[a]	6,000
Persatu	Tuban	Bumi Wali	25,000
Perserang	Serang	Maulana Yusuf	15,000
Persewar	Biak Numfor	Cendrawasih^[b]	15,000
Persiba	Balikpapan	Batakan	40,000
Persibat	Batang	Moh Sarengat	15,000
Persik	Kediri	Brawijaya	20,000
Persiraja	Banda Aceh	Haji Dimurthala	20,000
Persis	Madiun	Wilis^[c]	25,000
Persita	Tangerang	Benteng Taruna	30,000
PSBS	Biak Numfor	Cendrawasih	15,000
PSCS	Cilacap	Wijayakusuma	15,000
PSGC	Ciamis	Galuh	20,000
PSIM	Yogyakarta	Mandala Krida^[d]	35,000
PSMS	Medan	Teladan	20,000
PSPS Riau	Pekanbaru	Kaharudin Nasution	30,000
Sriwijaya	Palembang	Gelora Sriwijaya	23,000
Sulut United	Manado	Klabat	10,000

Notes:

^ Mitra Kukar also registered Aji Imbut their home stadium.
^ Persewar is playing their home matches at Untung Suropati for the first half of the season and will be playing at Cendrawasih for the second half of the season.^[10]^[11]
^ Persis is playing their home matches at Wilis due to the renovation of their stadium at Manahan.^[12]
^ PSIM is playing some of their early home matches at the Sultan Agung, Bantul because Mandala Krida is still under renovation.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor(s)
Babel United	I Putu Gede^[13]	Agus Indra	JN^[14]	RBT¹, Oasis¹, J&F Coffee¹, Klix¹, Visit Babel²
Bandung United	Budiman Yunus^[15]	Tantan	Sportama^[16]
Cilegon United	Imam Riyadi^[17]	Septian Andriansyah	Mattch^[18]	PT. Cilegon Putra Mandala¹, Krakatau Steel¹
Madura	Agus Yuwono^[19]	Bakori Andreas	MBB^[20]	Kaisar¹, de Baghraf¹
Martapura	Frans Sinatra Huwae	Amirul Mukminin^[21]	Libero^[22]	PT Batu Agung Mulia¹, Hasnur Group²
Mitra Kukar	Rafael Berges^[23]	Anindito Wahyu^[24]	Joma^[25]	ABP Energy¹
Persatu	Bambang Sumantri^[26]	Dhanu Rosadhe^[27]	Gendoel^[28]	Semen Gresik¹, Dua Berlian Mandiri¹, Next Gen¹, BookMyShow¹, Al-Mujaddid Center¹, PT Timbul Persada², PT Drajad Alam Semesta Raya², NA Center³, Rumah Sakit Nahdlatul Ulama Tuban³
Perserang	Jaya Hartono^[29]	Idang Novriza	Made by Club
Persewar	Elie Aiboy^[30]	Anthonius Kipin^[10]	Grande^[31]	Bank Papua¹, Northcliff¹
Persiba	Satia Badgja^[32]	Taufiq Kasrun	MBB^[33]	PT Cindara Pratama Lines¹, HBICS¹, Bank Kaltimtara²
Persibat	Bona Simanjuntak^[34]	Arif Budiono^[35]	Maknorukun^[36]
Persik	Budiardjo Thalib^[37]	Faris Aditama	MBB^[38]	Biznet¹
Persiraja	Hendri Susilo^[39]	Mukhlis Nakata	Trops^[40]	Bank Aceh¹, PDAM Tirta Daroy Banda Aceh¹, Dek Gam Foundation¹
Persis	Salahudin^[41]	Jodi Kustiawan^[42]	Saestu^[43]	MedcoEnergi¹, Syahdana Property Nusantara¹
Persita	Widodo C. Putro^[44]	Egi Melgiansyah	Made by Club^[45]	Moya¹, Krating Daeng¹, Aetra Tangerang³
PSBS	Slamet Riyadi	Patrias Rumere	Artland^[46]	Bank Papua¹
PSCS	Djoko Susilo^[47]	Jimmy Suparno	Calsie^[48]	S2P¹, Bank Jateng¹, Adyasolar³, PT Rafi Prima Persada³
PSGC	Andri Wijaya^[49]	Arif Budiman	MBB^[50]	Sumber Jaya¹, Bank BJB¹, Rumah Makan & Catering Linggar Sari², Indah Group³
PSIM	Liestiadi^[51]	Cristian Gonzáles^[52]	Made by Club^[53]	Parkee¹, Smartfren¹, ReneSola¹, CentrePark¹, Tolak Angin², Winnetnews²
PSMS	Jafri Sastra^[54]	Legimin Raharjo^[55]	Made by Club^[56]	Bank Sumut¹, Indomie¹
PSPS Riau	Raja Isa^[57]	Rido Rinaldi^[58]	Curva Sport^[59]
Sriwijaya	Kas Hartadi^[60]	Ambrizal^[61]	Calci^[62]	Bank Sumsel Babel¹, Bukit Asam¹, PDPDE Sumsel²
Sulut United	Ricky Nelson^[63]	Iman Fathurohman	Made by Club^[64]	PT Minahasa Cahaya Lestari¹, Smartfren¹

Notes:

^ On the front of shirt.
^ On the back of shirt.
^ On the sleeves.
^ On the shorts.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Babel United	Bonggo Pribadi	Return to Bandung United	20 November 2018^[65]	Pre-season	I Putu Gede	10 May 2019^[13]
Bandung United	Vacant				Bonggo Pribadi	20 November 2018^[65]
Persiba	Haryadi	End of contract	10 December 2018^[66]		Salahudin	11 January 2019^[67]
Sriwijaya	Alfredo Vera	End of contract	25 December 2018		Kas Hartadi	18 March 2019^[60]
Sulut United	Jan Saragih	Mutual consent	27 December 2018^[68]		Vladimir Vujović	16 January 2019^[69]
Cilegon United	Sasi Kirono	End of contract	31 December 2018		Bambang Nurdiansyah	13 May 2019^[70]
Persibat	Daniel Roekito	End of contract	31 December 2018		Freddy Muli	30 March 2019^[71]
Persiraja	Akhyar Ilyas	End of contract	31 December 2018		Hendri Susilo	4 May 2019^[39]
PSIM	Bona Simanjuntak	End of contract	31 December 2018^[72]		Vladimir Vujović	27 March 2019^[73]
PSMS	Peter Butler	End of contract	31 December 2018^[74]		Abdul R. Gurning	14 January 2019^[75]
Mitra Kukar	Rahmad Darmawan	Signed by PS TIRA	2 January 2019^[76]		Rafael Berges	14 June 2019^[23]
Persatu	Edy Sutrisno	Mutual consent	7 January 2019^[77]		Purwanto Suwondo	12 May 2019^[78]
Madura	Salahudin	Signed by Persiba	11 January 2019^[67]		Eduard Tjong	29 April 2019^[79]
Persita	Wiganda Saputra	Demoted to assistant coach	18 January 2019^[44]		Widodo C. Putro	18 January 2019^[44]
Persik	Alfiat	Demoted to assistant coach	24 January 2019^[80]		Nazal Mustofa	22 March 2019^[81]
Perserang	Bambang Nurdiansyah	Signed by Cilegon United	5 February 2019^[82]		Jaya Hartono	12 May 2019^[29]
PSCS	Jaya Hartono	Resigned	25 February 2019^[83]		Ibnu Grahan	14 March 2019^[84]
Sulut United	Vladimir Vujović	Signed by PSIM	27 March 2019^[73]		Herry Kiswanto	26 May 2019^[85]
PSPS Riau	Hendri Susilo	Signed by Persiraja	4 May 2019^[39]		Bona Simanjuntak	28 May 2019^[86]
PSGC	Heri Rafni Kotari	Mutual consent	11 May 2019^[87]		Herrie Setyawan	11 May 2019^[87]
PSCS	Ibnu Grahan	Resigned	27 May 2019^[88]		Djoko Susilo	10 June 2019^[47]
Persik	Nazal Mustofa	Resigned	30 May 2019^[89]		Budiardjo Thalib	11 June 2019^[37]
Bandung United	Bonggo Pribadi	Mutual consent	10 June 2019		Liestiadi	10 June 2019^[90]
PSIM	Vladimir Vujović	Resigned	9 July 2019^[91]	9th in East Region	Aji Santoso	15 July 2019^[92]
Persibat	Freddy Muli	Resigned	13 July 2019^[93]	10th in West Region	Bona Simanjuntak	17 July 2019^[34]
Persis	Agus Yuwono	Resigned	14 July 2019^[94]	11th in East Region	Choirul Huda^[a]	15 July 2019^[96]
PSPS Riau	Bona Simanjuntak	Resigned	14 July 2019^[97]	11th in West Region	Raja Faisal	14 July 2019^[98]
Persiba	Salahudin	Sacked	22 July 2019^[99]	6th in East Region	Satia Badgja	24 July 2019^[32]
PSGC	Herrie Setyawan	Resigned	23 July 2019^[100]	12th in West Region	Heri Rafni Kotari	25 July 2019^[101]
Persatu	Purwanto Suwondo	Resigned	24 July 2019^[102]	11th in East Region	Bambang Sumantri	25 July 2019^[26]
Madura	Eduard Tjong	Resigned	10 August 2019^[103]	8th in East Region	Agus Yuwono	12 August 2019^[19]
Cilegon United	Bambang Nurdiansyah	Resigned	18 August 2019^[104]	5th in West Region	Imam Riyadi	22 August 2019^[17]
PSGC	Heri Rafni Kotari	End of caretaker role	20 August 2019	10th in West Region	Andri Wijaya	20 August 2019^[49]
PSPS Riau	Raja Faisal	End of caretaker role	5 September 2019^[57]	10th in West Region	Raja Isa	5 September 2019^[57]
PSMS	Abdul R. Gurning	Resigned	7 September 2019	7th in West Region	Jafri Sastra	8 September 2019^[54]
Sulut United	Herry Kiswanto	Resigned	10 September 2019^[105]	7th in East Region	Ricky Nelson	10 September 2019^[63]
Bandung United	Liestiadi	Resigned	11 September 2019^[15]	12th in West Region	Budiman Yunus	11 September 2019^[15]
Persis	Choirul Huda	Demoted to assistant coach	27 September 2019^[41]	5th in East Region	Salahudin	27 September 2019^[41]
PSIM	Aji Santoso	Resigned	9 October 2019^[106]	7th in East Region	Liestiadi	10 October 2019^[51]
Persewar	Carolino Ivakdalam	Resigned	7 November 2019^[30]	Pre-second round	Elie Aiboy	7 November 2019^[30]

Notes:

^ Choirul Huda was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 17 August 2019.^[95]

First round

West region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persiraja (P)	22	14	0	8	36	23	+13	42^[a]	Advance to the second round
2	Persita (P)	22	12	6	4	35	16	+19	42^[a]
3	Sriwijaya	22	12	4	6	26	17	+9	40
4	PSMS	22	11	4	7	27	23	+4	37
5	PSCS	22	10	6	6	31	21	+10	36
6	Perserang	22	10	3	9	24	23	+1	33
7	Cilegon United	22	9	4	9	24	25	−1	31
8	Babel United	22	9	3	10	23	27	−4	30
9	PSPS Riau	22	7	5	10	25	33	−8	26
10	PSGC (R)	22	6	1	15	24	38	−14	19	Relegation to Liga 3
11	Persibat^[b] (R)	22	7	4	11	24	37	−13	16
12	Bandung United (R)	22	2	6	14	22	38	−16	12

Source: Standings Liga 2 Group Barat^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Persita 2–1 Persiraja; Persiraja 1–0 Persita.
^ Persibat were deducted nine points due to PSSI Disciplinary Committee sanction.^[107]

Home \ Away	BBU	BDG	CLG	SER	BAT	RAJ	PTA	CLP	CMS	MED	RIA	SRI
Babel United	—	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1
Bandung United	0–1	—	1–1	0–3	4–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2
Cilegon United	1–0	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	0–0
Perserang	2–0	2–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1
Persibat	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	0–1	3–0	0–1
Persiraja	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Persita	0–0	4–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0
PSCS	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	—	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
PSGC	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–1	0–1
PSMS	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–1
PSPS Riau	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0^[a]	1–2	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–3	—	2–1
Sriwijaya	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	—

Source: Fixtures Liga 2^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

^ PSSI Disciplinary Committee declared Persibat lost 3–0 to PSPS Riau because they didn't want to continue the match. The original score was 3–1 for PSPS Riau.^[107]

East region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persik (C, P)	20	9	6	5	26	15	+11	33	Advance to the second round
2	Persewar	20	9	4	7	22	18	+4	31^[a]
3	Martapura	20	8	7	5	18	18	0	31^[a]
4	Mitra Kukar	20	8	6	6	17	17	0	30^[b]
5	Persis	20	8	6	6	18	16	+2	30^[b]
6	Sulut United	20	8	5	7	22	17	+5	29
7	PSIM	20	9	0	11	21	23	−2	27^[c]
8	Persiba	20	8	3	9	23	20	+3	27^[c]
9	PSBS	20	6	6	8	14	21	−7	24
10	Madura (R)	20	6	5	9	15	19	−4	23	Relegation to Liga 3
11	Persatu (R)	20	6	2	12	17	29	−12	20	Relegation to Liga 3

Source: Standings Liga 2 Group Timur^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Martapura 1–1 Persewar; Persewar 1–1 Martapura.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Mitra Kukar 0–0 Persis; Persis 1–1 Mitra Kukar.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Persiba 0–1 PSIM; PSIM 2–1 Persiba.

Home \ Away	MAD	MTP	MKU	PTU	PWR	PBA	KDR	SOL	BIA	YOG	SUL
Madura	—	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0
Martapura	1–0	—	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Mitra Kukar	0–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Persatu	2–1	3–2	3–0	—	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1
Persewar	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–0
Persiba	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	—	0–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–0
Persik	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	—	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–2
Persis	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	2–1	2–0
PSBS	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	—	1–0	0–0
PSIM	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	—	0–2
Sulut United	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2^[a]	—

Source: Fixtures Liga 2^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

^ Sulut United hosted PSIM at Kapten I Wayan Dipta because they didn't have police permit to hold this match at Klabat.^[108]

Second round

This round was played on 9–17 November 2019. Eight teams competed in this round.^[109] All groups was played on a single-game round-robin home tournament. The winners and runner-ups from each group advanced to semi-finals.^[110]^[111]

Group X

Five matches were held at Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo and one match was held at Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Gresik.
Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persiraja	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Sriwijaya	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to the semi-finals
3	Persewar	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Mitra Kukar	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: Standings Liga 2 Group X^[usurped]

9 November 2019

15:30

Persiraja	2–0	Mitra Kukar
Abu Bakar 26' Husnuzhon 39'	Report

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Attendance: 101

Referee: Sance Lawita

9 November 2019