2008–09 Indonesia Super League

Indonesia Super League
Season	2008–09
Dates	12 July 2008 – 10 June 2009
Champions	Persipura Jayapura; 2nd title
Relegated	Deltras; Persita Tangerang; PSIS Semarang; PSMS Medan
AFC Champions League	Persipura Jayapura ; Sriwijaya
AFC Cup	Persiwa Wamena
Matches played	306
Goals scored	814 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Boaz Solossa ; Cristian Gonzáles ; (28 goals each)
Biggest home win	Persiwa Wamena 6–0 PSIS Semarang ; (1 April 2009) ; Sriwijaya 6–0 Persita Tangerang ; (18 October 2008) ; Persipura Jayapura 6–0 Persija Jakarta ; (9 October 2008)
Biggest away win	Arema Indonesia 0–5 Persipura Jayapura ; (28 February 2009)
Highest scoring	Deltras 5–3 PSM Makassar ; (10 June 2009)
Longest winning run	Persipura Jayapura (9 games) ended 20 May 2009
Longest unbeaten run	Persib Bandung (17 games) ended 5 May 2009
Longest losing run	PSIS Semarang (6 games) ended 21 May 2009 ; Persita Tangerang (6 games) ended 24 May 2009
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Indonesia Super League was the first edition of the Indonesia Super League, which replaced the Premier Division as the top-tier football competition in the country. The league is sponsored by Djarum^[1] and is officially called Djarum Super Liga Indonesia (SLI) or Djarum Indonesia Super League (ISL).

Persipura Jayapura clinched the title after winning a match 3–1 against Persija Jakarta on 17 May 2009. This is their first Indonesia Super League title and second title, counting the Premier Division era.

Clubs[]

The teams in 2008-09 Indonesia Super League season:

Arema

DLTA

PLTA

PSBA

Persipura

PKT

Sriwijaya FC

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Locations of the teams in Djarum ISL 2008–09

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arema	Malang	Kanjuruhan	35,000
Deltras	Sidoarjo	Gelora Delta	35,000
Pelita Jaya	Bandung	Si Jalak Harupat	27,000
Persela	Lamongan	Surajaya	15,000
Persib	Bandung	Siliwangi	15,000
Persiba	Balikpapan	Persiba Stadium	12,500
Persija	Jakarta	Lebak Bulus	12,500
Persijap	Jepara	Gelora Bumi Kartini	25,000
Persik	Kediri	Brawijaya	20,000
Persipura	Jayapura	Mandala	17,000
Persita	Tangerang		25,000
Persitara	North Jakarta	Tugu	10,000
Persiwa	Wamena	Pendidikan	15,000
PKT Bontang	Bontang	Mulawarman	10,000
PSIS	Semarang	Jatidiri	25,000
PSM	Makassar	Andi Mattalata	15,000
PSMS	Medan	Teladan	20,000
Sriwijaya	Palembang	Gelora Sriwijaya	30,000

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Date Outgoing	Reason of departure	Replaced by	Date of Replacement
PSIS Semarang		23 July 2008	Sacked	Bambang Nurdiansyah	29 August 2008
PSMS Medan	Iwan Setiawan	1 August 2008	Sacked	Luciano Leandro	24 November 2008
Arema Malang	Bambang Nurdiansyah	5 August 2008	Resigned		14 August 2008
Persipura Jayapura	Raja Isa	20 August 2008	Mutual consent	Jacksen F. Tiago	26 August 2008
Persitara Jakarta Utara	Jacksen F. Tiago	26 August 2008	Signed by Persipura Jayapura		5 February 2009
Persiba Balikpapan	Peter Butler	26 September 2008	Sacked	Daniel Roekito	26 September 2008
PKT Bontang		9 November 2008	Resigned	Fachry Husaini	12 November 2008
PSMS Medan	Luciano Leandro	February 2009	Sacked^[2]	Liestiadi	February 2009

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persipura Jayapura (C)	34	25	5	4	81	25	+56	80	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2	Persiwa Wamena	34	21	3	10	57	32	+25	66	Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
3	Persib Bandung	34	20	6	8	63	40	+23	66
4	Persik Kediri	34	16	7	11	53	46	+7	55
5	Sriwijaya	34	15	9	10	60	45	+15	54	Qualification for the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off^[a]
6	Persela Lamongan	34	16	6	12	41	35	+6	54
7	Persija Jakarta	34	15	8	11	61	48	+13	53
8	PSM Makassar	34	13	12	9	42	44	−2	51
9	Pelita Jaya	34	14	7	13	36	35	+1	49
10	Arema Malang	34	13	8	13	40	42	−2	47
11	Persijap Jepara	34	12	10	12	42	40	+2	46
12	Persiba Balikpapan	34	13	7	14	40	42	−2	46
13	PKT Bontang	34	9	10	15	43	54	−11	37
14	Persitara Jakarta Utara	34	9	9	16	41	50	−9	36
15	PSMS Medan (R)	34	6	13	15	41	54	−13	31	Qualification for the relegation play-off
16	Deltras (R)	34	7	8	19	30	55	−25	29	Relegation to Premier Division
17	Persita Tangerang (R)	34	6	7	21	26	65	−39	25
18	PSIS Semarang (R)	34	4	9	21	17	62	−45	21

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sriwijaya qualified for the AFC Champions League as Copa Indonesia winners.

Promotion/Relegation play-off[]

Persebaya Surabaya 1–1 PSMS Medan (6–5 pens)

Persebaya Surabaya promoted to the top flight

Season statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

This is a list of top scorers of the 2008–09 season.^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Boaz Solossa	Persipura Jayapura	28
1	Cristian Gonzáles	Persik / Persib	28
3	Alberto Gonçalves	Persipura Jayapura	23
4	Ngon A Djam	Sriwijaya	22
5	Bambang Pamungkas	Persija Jakarta	19
6	Talaohu Musafri	Persiba Balikpapan	17
6	Cristiano Lopes	Pelita Jaya	17
8	Greg Nwokolo	Persija Jakarta	16
	Márcio Souza	Persela Lamongan	16
	Ernest Jeremiah	Persipura Jayapura	16
11	Hilton Moreira	Persib Bandung	15
11	Julio Lopez	PSM Makassar	15

14 goals

Saktiawan Sinaga (Persik Kediri)

13 goals

James Debbah (PKT Bontang)
Pieter Rumaropen (Persiwa Wamena)
Rahmat Rivai (Persitara Jakarta Utara)

12 goals

Zada (PSMS Medan)

11 goals

Keith Gumbs (Sriwijaya)

10 goals

Boakay Eddie Foday^[4] (Persiwa Wamena)

9 goals

Josiah Seton (PKT Bontang)
Zah Rahan (Sriwijaya)

8 goals

Aldo Baretto (PSM Makassar)
Evaldo (Persijap Jepara)
Lorenzo Cabanas (Persib Bandung)

7 goals

Aliyudin (Persija Jakarta)

6 goals

Anoure Obiora (Sriwijaya)

5 goals

(PKT Bontang)
Pablo Frances (Persijap Jepara)
Ronald Fagundez (Persik Kediri)

4 goals

3 goals

Abanda Herman (Persija Jakarta)
Airlangga Sucipto (Persib Bandung)
Eka Ramdani (Persib Bandung)
Hamka Hamzah (Persik Kediri)
Lewis Weeks (Persiwa Wamena)
Robert Gaspar (Persiba Balikpapan)
Arnaldo Villalba^[5] (Persijap Jepara)
^[6] (Persitara Jakarta Utara)
Benoît Lumineau (Persiwa Wamena)
Wilfredo Genes (PKT Bontang)
(PSMS Medan)

2 goals

^[7] Edesio (Deltras)
Ian Kabes (Persipura Jayapura)
Nova Arianto (Persib Bandung)
Ortizan Solossa (Persipura Jayapura)
Zaenal Arif (Persib Bandung)
Pepito Sanusie (Persiba Balikpapan)
Ismed Sofyan (Persija Jakarta)
Robertino Pugliara (Persija Jakarta)
Ricardo Salampessy (Persipura Jayapura)
I Made Wirahadi (Persita Tangerang)
^[6] O.K. John (Persiwa Wamena)
Immanuel Padwa(Persiwa Wamena)
(PKT Bontang)
Bengondo Salomon (PSIS Semarang)
Tegao (PSMS Medan)
Mahyadi Panggabean (Persik Kediri)

1 goal

Arif Suyono (Arema Malang)
Fandy Mochtar (Arema Malang)
Emalue Serge (Arema Malang)
Boy Jati Asmara (Deltras)
^[8] (Deltras)
(Pelita Jaya)
Gendut Dony (Pelita Jaya)
Carlos Eduardo (Pelita Jaya)
Jimmy Suparno (Persela Lamongan)
Fabiano Beltrame (Persela Lamongan)
Fabio Lopes (Persib Bandung)
(Persib Bandung)
Bruno Zandonadi (Persiba Balikpapan)
Muhammadan (Persiba Balikpapan)
Ade Suhendra (Persija Jakarta)
Amarildo Souza (Persijap Jepara)
(Persijap Jepara)
(Persijap Jepara)
Victor Igbonefo (Persipura Jayapura)
(Persita Tangerang)
George Nicolas Djone (Persita Tangerang)
(Persitara Jakarta Utara)
John Tarkpor (Persitara Jakarta Utara)
(Persiwa Wamena)
Habel Satya (Persiwa Wamena)
Yesaya Desnam (Persiwa Wamena)
(Persiwa Wamena)
(PKT Bontang)
(PSIS Semarang)
Gaston Castano (PSIS Semarang)
Syamsul Chaerudin (PSM Makassar)
Claudio Pronetto (PSM Makassar)
Asri Akbar (PSMS Medan)
Tony Sucipto (Sriwijaya)
Wijay (Sriwijaya)
Korinus Fringkeuw (Sriwijaya)

Own goals

Miftahul Huda (PKT Bontang)
(Persiba Balikpapan)
(Persijap Jepara)

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Cristian Gonzáles	Persik Kediri	PSIS Semarang	4–0	27 July 2008
Bambang Pamungkas	Persija Jakarta	PSIS Semarang	5–0	7 September 2008
Boaz Solossa	Persipura Jayapura	Persija Jakarta	6–0	9 October 2008
Marcio Souza Da Silva	Persela Lamongan	PKT Bontang	5–0	13 October 2008
Greg Nwokolo	Persija Jakarta	PKT Bontang	5–0	19 October 2008
Leonardo Martins Dinelli	PSMS Medan	Arema Malang	3–4	23 October 2008
Ngon A Djam	Sriwijaya	Arema Malang	4–0	8 February 2009
Boakay Eddie Foday⁴	Persiwa Wamena	PSIS Semarang	6–0	1 April 2009
Alberto Gonçalves	Persipura Jayapura	PSM Makassar	5–0	7 May 2009
Boaz Solossa	Persipura Jayapura	Persitara Jakarta Utara	3–3	20 May 2009
Cristian Gonzáles	Persib Bandung	Deltras	6–1	30 May 2009
Syamsul Chaeruddin	PSM Makassar	Deltras	3–5	10 June 2009
Talaohu Musafri	Persiba Balikpapan	PSIS Semarang	5–0	10 June 2009

⁴ : Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets[]

Most clean sheets: 18 – Persiwa Wamena^[9]
Fewest clean sheets: 3 – PSMS Medan^[9]

References[]

^ http://www.pssi-football.com/
^ http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168526631.html Leandro replaced for AFC Champions League
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2009-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ESPNsoccernet - Liberia Stats
^ "Digital Cameras | Real Estate | Apartment For Rent | Personals | Cheap Airfare at Bobotohpersib.net". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^ ^a ^b Cinta Olahraga Indonesia: Sepakbola
^ Brazilian Players Abroad [Mobile] - Page 3 - BigSoccer
^ http://rcbfmaremania.blogspot.com/2008/05/edan-bola-11-mei-2008-ujicoba-arema.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "2008-09 ISL Results". Liga-Indonesia.co.id. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2011-04-17.

[table_note_res_ACQP0.010562966116966-3] Sriwijaya qualified for the AFC Champions League as Copa Indonesia winners.

[1] ttp://www.pssi-football.com/

[2] ttp://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168526631.html Leandro replaced for AFC Champions League

[bli-online.com-4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2009-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ESPNsoccernet - Liberia Stats

[6] "Digital Cameras | Real Estate | Apartment For Rent | Personals | Cheap Airfare at Bobotohpersib.net". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

[autogenerated1-7] Cinta Olahraga Indonesia: Sepakbola

[8] Brazilian Players Abroad [Mobile] - Page 3 - BigSoccer

[9] ttp://rcbfmaremania.blogspot.com/2008/05/edan-bola-11-mei-2008-ujicoba-arema.html^{[permanent dead link]}

[0809Res-10] "2008-09 ISL Results". Liga-Indonesia.co.id. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2011-04-17.

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