The 2022–23 Liga 1 (also known as the 2022–23 BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of Liga 1 under its current name and the 13th season of the association football, the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008. It started on 23 July 2022. Bali United were the two-time defending champions.
Summary Following the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster, in which at least 135 people were killed in a stampede provoked by police use of tear gas among fans who were still in the stadium, competition in all top three leagues in Indonesia were placed on hold. On 8 October 2022, FIFA recommended that matches be played no later than 17:00 local time and only on weekends to avoid risky situations in some matches.
On 3 December 2022, PSSI announced that the league would resume on 5 December, with all remaining matches being held behind closed doors at least until the first half of the season ended.
Teams Eighteen teams were competing in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Liga 2. The promoted teams were Persis (returned to the top flight after fourteen years), RANS Nusantara and Dewa United (both teams will play in the Liga 1 for the first time in their history). They replaced Persipura, Persela (both teams were relegated for the first time since 2008) and Persiraja (relegated after just two seasons back in the top flight).
Name changes On 30 May 2022, during the 2022 PSSI Ordinary Congress, four teams had their name change requests accepted by the federation: Dewa United removed "Martapura" from its official name, having previously acquired Martapura to play in Liga 2 last season. Borneo added their home city of "Samarinda" to their full name, thus becoming Borneo Samarinda. TIRA-Persikabo officially changed its name to Persikabo 1973, even though the name was already used for the last season as a commercial arrangement. RANS Cilegon changed its name to RANS Nusantara and moved their homebase to Jakarta. Therefore, the club will play their home matches at the Pakansari Stadium, which is also the home of Persikabo.
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Arema Malang Kanjuruhan Stadium 42,449 Bali United Gianyar Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium 18,000 Barito Putera Banjarmasin Demang Lehman Stadium, at Banjarbaru 15,000 Bhayangkara Bekasi Wibawa Mukti Stadium 30,000 Borneo Samarinda Samarinda Segiri Stadium 16,000 Dewa United South Tangerang Indomilk Arena, at Tangerang 30,000 Madura United Pamekasan Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium 13,500 Persebaya Surabaya Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium 45,000 Persib Bandung Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium 38,000 Persija Jakarta Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, at Bekasi 30,000 Persik Kediri Brawijaya Stadium 20,000 Persikabo 1973 Bogor Pakansari Stadium 30,000 Persis Surakarta Manahan Stadium 20,000 Persita Tangerang Indomilk Arena 30,000 PSIS Semarang Jatidiri Stadium 25,000 PSM Makassar Gelora B.J. Habibie Stadium, at Parepare 20,000 PSS Sleman Maguwoharjo Stadium 31,700 RANS Nusantara Jakarta Pakansari Stadium, at Bogor 30,000
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) SEA The Legion Nutrition, MS Glow for Men, Indomie, Vidio, Mitra Bukalapak, Extra Joss SPECS Indofood, Smartfren, Bank Ina, Pintu, Eneos, AdaKami, Alderon, KukuBima, Gojek, Tokopedia, KVibes.id, CBN Fiber, Indomie, Intersoccer, dramaojol.id, Vidio H Hasnur Group (caretaker) Awan Setho Mills BNI, Gojek, Gopay, Envi, Extra Joss, Jasa Raharja Etams Ansaf, Pupuk Kaltim, KukuBima, Ghani Raya Mandiri Mills Gudang Kripto, Nusapay, JHL Solitaire (caretaker) XTen KANA, POJUR, Oxygen.id AZA Kapal Api, Extra Joss, KingsWallet, MPM Honda Distributor, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Sportama Mobil, Indofood, Tokopedia, Pria Punya Selera, Intersoccer, Kopi ABC, Envi, Indomie Juara KukuBima, Amman Mineral, Indomie, Octa Investama Berjangka, PStore, Anargya Aset Manajemen, Bluebird, Ithaca Resources DJ Sport Athletes For Good Adhoc SBOTOP Made by club Free Fire, Aladin Bank, Gurih, Vidio, ID Express Mills Indomilk, Moya, Matrix Broadband, Extra Joss, Indomie, Palang Merah Indonesia, SOS Children's Villages Indonesia, Aetra Tangerang RIORS Indomie, KukuBima, nexa, Yamaha Mataram Sakti, IBGADGET Rewako Honda, Kalla Group, KukuBima SMBD MedcoEnergi, Indomie, Amman Mineral, Extra Joss HUNDRED Kopiko Lucky Day, Tokopedia, SiCepat Ekspres, Lemonilo Notes: On the front of shirt. On the back of shirt. On the sleeves. On the shorts. Apparel made by club.
Coaching changes Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Week Table Replaced by Date of appointment RANS Nusantara Vacant New head coach appointed 31 December 2021 Pre-season Rahmad Darmawan 11 April 2022 PSIS Dragan Đukanović End of contract 1 April 2022 Sérgio Alexandre 10 June 2022 Dewa United Kas Hartadi Did not meet license requirement 4 April 2022 Nil Maizar 4 April 2022 Bhayangkara Paul Munster End of contract 4 April 2022 Widodo C. Putro 10 May 2022 Persija Sudirman End of contract 4 April 2022 Thomas Doll 23 April 2022 Persita Widodo C. Putro Resigned 6 April 2022 Alfredo Vera 18 April 2022 Borneo Samarinda Ahmad Amiruddin (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 7 April 2022 Milomir Šešlija 7 April 2022 Persis Eko Purjianto Demoted to assistant coach 7 April 2022 Jacksen F. Tiago 7 April 2022 PSS I Putu Gede End of contract 9 April 2022 Seto Nurdiantoro 9 April 2022 PSM Joop Gall End of contract 11 April 2022 Bernardo Tavares 11 April 2022 Barito Putera Rahmad Darmawan Signed by RANS Nusantara 11 April 2022 Dejan Antonić 21 April 2022 Persikabo 1973 Liestiadi Mutual consent 11 April 2022 Djadjang Nurdjaman 30 April 2022 Persib Robert Alberts Resigned 10 August 2022 3 17 Budiman Yunus (caretaker) 10 August 2022 Persik Javier Roca Sacked 13 August 2022 4 17 Jan Saragih (caretaker) 13 August 2022 Persib Budiman Yunus End of caretaker spell 19 August 2022 5 9 Luis Milla 19 August 2022 Persis Jacksen F. Tiago Resigned 19 August 2022 5 15 Rasiman (caretaker) 21 August 2022 PSIS Sérgio Alexandre Sacked 24 August 2022 6 12 Achmad Resal (caretaker) 24 August 2022 Barito Putera Dejan Antonić Sacked 25 August 2022 6 16 Vitor Tinico (caretaker) 28 August 2022 Persik Jan Saragih End of caretaker spell 27 August 2022 7 18 Divaldo Alves 27 August 2022 Arema Eduardo Almeida Sacked 5 September 2022 8 9 Javier Roca 6 September 2022 Barito Putera Vitor Tinico End of caretaker spell 22 September 2022 10 17 Rodney Goncalves 22 September 2022 Borneo Samarinda Milomir Šešlija Sacked 25 September 2022 10 5 Miftahudin Mukson (caretaker) 25 September 2022 PSIS Achmad Resal (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 26 September 2022 10 12 Ian Gillan 26 September 2022 Borneo Samarinda Miftahudin Mukson (caretaker) End of caretaker Spell 27 September 2022 10 5 André Gaspar 27 September 2022 Persis Rasiman (caretaker) End of caretaker Spell 6 November 2022 11 14 Leonardo Medina 6 November 2022 Dewa United Nil Maizar Sacked 28 December 2022 17 17 Jan Olde Riekerink 1 January 2023 Persikabo 1973 Djadjang Nurdjaman Mutual consent 3 January 2023 17 9 Aidil Sharin Sahak 7 January 2023PSIS Ian GillanMutual consent16 January 2023 18 12 Muhammad Ridwan (caretaker)16 January 2023 RANS Nusantara Rahmad Darmawan End of contract 1 February 2023 21 16 Rodrigo Santana 1 February 2023 Barito Putera Rodney Goncalves Sacked 4 February 2023 21 16 Isnan Ali (caretaker) 4 February 2023 Bhayangkara Widodo C. Putro Sacked 4 February 2023 22 15 Agus Sugeng (caretaker) 4 February 2023 Arema Javier Roca Resigned 6 February 2023 22 10 I Putu Gede (caretaker) 6 February 2023 Barito Putera Isnan Ali (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 11 February 2023 22 16 Rahmad Darmawan 11 February 2023PSIS Muhammad Ridwan (caretaker)End of caretaker spell15 February 2023 24 8 Gilbert Agius15 February 2023Borneo Samarinda André GasparMutual consent19 February 2023 24 5 Miftahudin Mukson (caretaker)19 February 2023 Borneo Samarinda Miftahudin Mukson (caretaker) End of caretaker Spell 21 February 2023 25 4 Pieter Huistra 21 February 2023 Persita Alfredo Vera Mutual consent 22 February 2023 25 12 Ilham Jaya Kesuma (caretaker) 22 February 2023 Persita Ilham Jaya Kesuma (caretaker) End of caretaker role 27 February 2023 26 10 Luis Durán 27 February 2023 Madura United Fábio Lefundes Resigned 4 March 2023 28 6 Osvaldo Lessa (caretaker) 6 March 2023 Arema I Putu Gede (caretaker) End of caretaker role 9 March 2023 28 13 Joko Susilo 9 March 2023
Foreign players PSSI restricts the number of foreign players to four per team with one of them must come from an association member from the Asian Football Confederation. Teams can use all the foreign players at once.
Players named in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Former players named in italics are players that were out of squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerFormer playersArema Adilson Maringá Abel Camará Sérgio Silva Renshi YamaguchiBali United Éber Bessa Wellington Carvalho Privat Mbarga Brwa Nouri Willian PachecoBarito Putera Gustavo Tocantins Renan Alves Ryota Noma Mike Ott Rafael Silva RafinhaBhayangkara Alex Martins Anderson Salles Matías Mier Adam Najem Youness Mokhtar Youssef EzzejjariBorneo Samarinda Jonathan Bustos Júlio César Matheus Pato Kei Hirose Javlon GuseynovDewa United Lucas Ramos Risto Mitrevski Karim Rossi Majed OsmanMadura United Cleberson Jajá Lulinha Kwabena Appiah Pedro HenriquePersebaya Léo Lelis Paulo Victor Zé Valente Sho Yamamoto Higor Vidal SílvioPersib Ciro Alves David da Silva Nick Kuipers Daisuke SatoPersija Michael Krmenčík Ondřej Kúdela Hanno Behrens Abdulla Yusuf HelalPersik Anderson Nascimento Renan Silva Flávio Silva Rohit Chand Arthur Silva JoandersonPersikabo 1973 Bruno Dybal Lucão Sílvio Pedro Henrique Gustavo Tocantins Tomoki WadaPersis Alexis Messidoro Jaimerson Fernando Rodríguez Ryo Matsumura Aaron Evans Gerard ArtigasPersita Ezequiel Vidal Ramiro Fergonzi Bae Sin-yeong Javlon Guseynov Agustín CattaneoPSIS Vitinho Carlos Fortes Ryo Fujii Taisei Marukawa Jonathan Cantillana Alie SesayPSM Everton Yuran Fernandes Wiljan Pluim Kenzo NambuPSS Jihad Ayoub Yevhen Bokhashvili Jonathan Cantillana Mychell Chagas Tallysson Duarte Zé ValenteRANS Nusantara Yanis Mbombo Willian Correia Makan Konaté Mitsuru Maruoka Victor Sallinas Wander Luiz
League table
Results
Additional play-offs for qualification to the AFC Club Competition Due to the change of AFC competition dates to an autumn–spring format, two seasons of Indonesian domestic football had been completed prior to the beginning of the next AFC competitions. The qualification method required an additional two-leg play-off to be held between the premiers from the past two seasons. The winner qualified for the play-off stage of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, and the loser qualified to the playoff rounds of the 2023–24 AFC Cup.
2–2 on aggregate. Bali United won 5–4 on penalties.
Season statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals 1 Matheus Pato Borneo Samarinda 25 2 David da Silva Persib 24 3 Ilija Spasojević Bali United 17 4 Privat Mbarga Bali United 16 5 Gustavo Tocantins Barito Putera/Persikabo 1973 14 6 Lulinha Madura United 12 7 Alex Martins Bhayangkara 11 Ryo Matsumura Persis Ramadhan Sananta PSM Wiljan Pluim PSM
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Lulinha Madura United Barito Putera 8–0 (H) Riyan Ardiansyah PSIS Persikabo 1973 3–2 (H) Ilija Spasojević Bali United Dewa United 6–0 (H) Matheus Pato Borneo Samarinda Madura United 3–0 (H) PSIS 6–1 (H) Alex Bhayangkara RANS Nusantara 5–1 (H) Matheus Pato Borneo Samarinda Bali United 5–1 (H) Michael Krmenčík Persija PSS 5–0 (H)
Discipline
Most yellow card(s): 12 Éber Bessa (Bali United) Jihad Ayoub (PSS)