2008–09 Indonesia Super League

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).

Indonesia Super League

Season	2008–09
Champions	Persipura Jayapura
Relegated	Deltras Sidoarjo 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 Sidoarjo 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 →

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

PSLA

PSBA

Persiba

PSJA

PSJE

PSKD

Persipura

PSTA

PSTJU

Persiwa

PKT

PSIS

PSM

PSMS

Sriwijaya FC

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	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	Benteng	25,000
Persitara	North Jakarta	Tugu	10,000
Persiwa	Wamena	Pendidikan	15,000
PKT	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	Edi Paryono	July 23, 2008	Sacked	Bambang Nurdiansyah	August 29, 2008
PSMS Medan	Iwan Setiawan	August 1, 2008	Sacked	Luciano Leandro	November 24, 2008
Arema Malang	Bambang Nurdiansyah	August 5, 2008	Resigned	Gusnul Yakin	August 14, 2008
Persipura Jayapura	Raja Isa	August 20, 2008	Mutual consent	Jacksen F. Tiago	August 26, 2008
Persitara Jakarta Utara	Jacksen F. Tiago	August 26, 2008	Signed by Persipura Jayapura	Dick Buitelaar	February 5, 2009
Persiba Balikpapan	Peter Butler	September 26, 2008	Sacked	Daniel Roekito	September 26, 2008
PKT Bontang	Mustaqim	November 9, 2008	Resigned	Fachry Husaini	November 12, 2008
PSMS Medan	Luciano Leandro	February, 2009	Sacked[2]	Liestiade	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 FC	34	15	9	10	60	45	+15	54	Qualification for the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
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	Bontang PKT	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 Sidoarjo (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:

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

Relegation/Promotion Playoff

• 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
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
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
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 FC)

10 goals

• [4] Boakay Eddie Foday (Persiwa Wamena)

9 goals

• Josiah Seton (PKT Bontang)
• Zah Rahan (Sriwijaya FC)

8 goals

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

7 goals

• Aliyudin (Persija Jakarta)

6 goals

• Anoure Obiora (Sriwijaya FC)

5 goals

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

4 goals

• Danilo Fernando (Persik Kediri/Deltras Sidoarjo)
• Eduard Ivakdalam (Persipura Jayapura)
• Souleymane Traore (Arema Malang)
• Émile Mbamba (Arema Malang)
• Roberto Acosta (Deltras Sidoarjo)
• Budi Sudarsono (Persik Kediri)
• Dicky Firasat (Persela Lamongan)

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] Ebendje Rudolf (Persitara Jakarta Utara)
• Benoît Lumineau (Persiwa Wamena)
• Wilfredo Genes (PKT Bontang)
• Rahmat Afandi (PSMS Medan)

2 goals

• [7] Edesio (Deltras Sidoarjo)
• 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)
• Miftahul Huda (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 Sidoarjo)
• [8] Carlos Bergotini (Deltras Sidoarjo)
• Djalaludin Main (Pelita Jaya)
• Gendut Dony (Pelita Jaya)
• Carlos Eduardo (Pelita Jaya)
• Jimmy Suparno (Persela Lamongan)
• Fabiano Beltrame (Persela Lamongan)
• Fabio Lopes (Persib Bandung)
• Salim Alaydrus (Persib Bandung)
• Bruno Zandonadi (Persiba Balikpapan)
• Muhammadan (Persiba Balikpapan)
• Ade Suhendra (Persija Jakarta)
• Amarildo Souza (Persijap Jepara)
• Doni Fernando Siregar (Persijap Jepara)
• Ilham Hasan (Persijap Jepara)
• Victor Igbonefo (Persipura Jayapura)
• Lubis Syukur (Persita Tangerang)
• George Nicolas Djone (Persita Tangerang)
• Dedi Mulyadi (Persitara Jakarta Utara)
• John Tarkpor (Persitara Jakarta Utara)
• Tutug Widodo (Persiwa Wamena)
• Habel Satya (Persiwa Wamena)
• Yesaya Desnam (Persiwa Wamena)
• Tariq Chaoui (Persiwa Wamena)
• Domertho Thesia (PKT Bontang)
• Fery Ariawan (PSIS Semarang)
• Gaston Castano (PSIS Semarang)
• Syamsul Chaerudin (PSM Makassar)
• Claudio Pronetto (PSM Makassar)
• Asri Akbar (PSMS Medan)
• Tony Sucipto (Sriwijaya FC)
• Wijay (Sriwijaya FC)
• Korinus Fringkeuw (Sriwijaya FC)

Own goals

• Miftahul Huda (Bontang PKT)
• Akhmad Taufik (Persiba Balikpapan)
• Sofyan Morhan (Persijap Jepara)

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Indonesia Super League 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	Bontang FC	5-0	13 October 2008
Greg Nwokolo	Persija Jakarta	Bontang FC	5-0	19 October 2008
Leonardo Martins Dinelli	PSMS Medan	Arema Malang	3-4	23 October 2008
Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam	Sriwijaya FC	Arema Malang	4-0	8 February 2009
Boakay Eddie Foday^4	Persiwa Wamena	PSIS Semarang	6-0	1 April 2009
Alberto Goncalves Da Costa	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 Sidoarjo	6-1	30 May 2009
Syamsul Chaeruddin	PSM Makassar	Deltras Sidoarjo	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

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