List of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1

This is a list of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1. Since the project started on 5 August 2017 already 13 referees (12 FIFA referees) and 28 assistant referees (22 FIFA assistant referees) who have led the Liga 1 games, each coming from Australia (2 referees and 6 assistant referees), Kyrgyzstan (5 referees and 9 assistant referees), Iran (5 referees and 11 assistant referees) and Japan (1 referee and 2 assistant referees). Until the end of season on 12 November 2017, already 50 matches lead by foreign referees.

Overview[]

In December 2016, PSSI and the league operator planned to use foreign referees for the 2017 competition. The use of foreign referee was intended to improve the quality of the competition.^[1] However, two weeks before the league starts, this plan was cancelled.^[2]

After a wide criticism, protest and dissatisfaction towards the local referees during the first round of the season,^[3]^[4] PSSI revisited the idea. On 18 July 2017, PSSI and the league operator officially announced the use of foreign referees and assistant referees in select matches for the second round.^[5] There will be two sets of officials (consisted of 1 referee and 2 assistant referees), each coming from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran and Japan.^[6]

List of referees[]

As of matches played on 12 November 2017.

Note: Referees in bold was FIFA International referees.

Association	Referee	Assistant referee	Matches
Australia	Shaun Evans		Persib 3-1 PS TNI (5 August 2017) Sriwijaya 0-0 Semen Padang (11 August 2017) Bali United 5-2 Madura United (13 August 2017)
	Shaun Evans		Persija 1-0 Persib (3 November 2017)
	Kris Griffiths-Jones		Bali United 2-1 PS TNI (20 October 2017) Arema 2-0 Gresik United (25 October 2017) Bhayangkara 3-1 Persela (27 October 2017) Barito Putera 2-2 PSM (29 October 2017)
Iran	Mooud Bonyadifard		Arema 0-0 Persib (12 August 2017) Persija 2-2 PSM (15 August 2017) Bhayangkara 2-1 Sriwijaya (20 August 2017)
		Saeid Ghasemi	Madura United 2-0 Arema (10 September 2017)
	Alireza Faghani	Reza Sokhandan Mohammadreza Mansouri	Persib 1-1 Bhayangkara (24 September 2017) Persija 4-1 PS TNI (30 September 2017)
	Alireza Faghani	Mohammadreza Mansouri	Persib 0-0 Madura United (19 October 2017) Persija 2-0 Semen Padang (22 October 2017) Barito Putera 1-1 Bali United (25 October 2017) Persipura 3-1 Arema (29 October 2017)
			Bali United 6-1 Arema (8 October 2017) Madura United 1-1 Borneo (13 October 2017) PSM 2-1 Persib (15 October 2017)
			PS TNI 2-1 Persipura (4 November 2017) Borneo 2-1 Persib (8 November 2017) Semen Padang 2-0 PS TNI (12 November 2017)
			Madura United 1-3 Bhayangkara (8 November 2017) Persib 0-2 Perseru (12 November 2017)
Japan	Yudai Yamamoto		Madura United 3-1 Barito Putera (5 November 2017) PSM 6-1 Madura United (12 November 2017)
Kyrgyzstan			PSM 1-0 Mitra Kukar (7 August 2017) Persija 2-0 Persiba (12 August 2017)
			Borneo 0-0 Bali United (11 September 2017) Semen Padang 1-2 Bhayangkara (15 September 2017) PS TNI 2-3 Madura United (18 September 2017) Persib 0-0 Bali United (21 September 2017) Bhayangkara 3-2 Bali United (29 September 2017)
			Arema 3-0 Persiba (18 August 2017) Madura United 1-1 Persija (21 August 2017) Semen Padang 1-3 Bali United (24 August 2017) Persipura 0-0 Persib (28 August 2017)
			Persib 0-0 Barito Putera (9 October 2017) Mitra Kukar 0-5 Persipura (13 October 2017) Persiba 3-2 Bali United (16 October 2017) Bhayangkara 0-2 PSM (19 October 2017)
	Timur Faizullin		Persipura 3-0 Persija (18 October 2017) Persela 1-0 Persib (22 October 2017) PSM 3-1 Persiba (24 October 2017) Borneo 1-2 Persija (28 October 2017)
			Mitra Kukar 1-1 Bhayangkara (3 November 2017) PSM 0-1 Bali United (6 November 2017) Persipura 2-2 Sriwijaya (12 November 2017)

References[]

^ "PSSI Pakai Wasit Asing di Kompetisi 2017" (in Indonesian). Bola.net. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
^ "Liga 1 Dipastikan Tidak Pakai Wasit Asing" (in Indonesian). goal.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "Wasit Dihukum (Lagi)". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-08-11.
^ VIVA.co.id, PT. VIVA MEDIA BARU - (2017-07-11). "Wasit Masih Jadi Masalah Serius PT LIB - VIVA.co.id" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-08-11.
^ "Liga 1 2017 Resmi Gunakan Wasit Asing". republika.co.id. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ "Enam Wasit Asing Siap Diturunkan di Putaran Kedua Liga 1". Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "PSSI Pakai Wasit Asing di Kompetisi 2017" (in Indonesian). Bola.net. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[2] "Liga 1 Dipastikan Tidak Pakai Wasit Asing" (in Indonesian). goal.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[3] "Wasit Dihukum (Lagi)". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-08-11.

[4] VIVA.co.id, PT. VIVA MEDIA BARU - (2017-07-11). "Wasit Masih Jadi Masalah Serius PT LIB - VIVA.co.id" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-08-11.

[5] "Liga 1 2017 Resmi Gunakan Wasit Asing". republika.co.id. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[6] "Enam Wasit Asing Siap Diturunkan di Putaran Kedua Liga 1". Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

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