Indonesia Super League
Indonesia Super League (Indonesian: Liga Super Indonesia) is a professional competition for football clubs in Indonesia. This competition is managed by PT Liga Indonesia. It was the top flight football league in Indonesia, before the Football Association of Indonesia replaced it with Indonesian Premier League in 2011. The opening song in ISL is Bola Bola (Ball Ball) by Indonesian rock band Slank.Building and managing a complete U-21 team is one of the requirements for clubs participating in the ISL. Those U-21 teams will participate in the Indonesia Super League U-21 which is held in parallel with the main competition. In 2009-10, Persib Bandung U-21 team won the league, then Persela U-21 won the title two years in a row.
Before 2008, the highest level of professional soccer competition in Indonesia was the Premier Division. It used the combination format of double round-robin 1st round and single eliminations 2nd round. Indonesia Super League uses the double round-robin competition format.
Considering only these two ISL editions, Persipura Jayapura is considered as the best achieving clubs, since they could finish the 1st and 2nd position consecutively. Considering the whole history of top level of professional soccer league in Indonesia, Persebaya Surabaya, Persik Kediri along with Persipura Jayapura are the best achievers, winning the competitions twice.
The 1st edition of ISL used the same format for foreign players as the previous edition of top layer league in Indonesia, which allows club to have 5 foreign players from any countries without further restrictions. Only 3 of them are allowed to play together in a match.
In 2010-2011 edition, Indonesian FA introduced a new restriction regarding registration of new foreign players from African countries. Players from African countries who have never played before in Indonesia Super League shall be an international player for his country. The respective players have to show formal evidences that they have played for their country in official FIFA matches. Players failed to show such evidences will not get permit to play in Indonesia Super League 2010-2011.
Related Sites for Indonesia Super League
- LIGA INDONESIA read Indonesia Super League
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- Liga Super Indonesia - Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia รข¦ read Indonesia Super League
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