2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A

Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League.

Indonesia Soccer Championship A
Season2016
Dates29 April – 18 December 2016
ChampionsPersipura
Matches306
Goals803 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerAlberto Gonçalves
(25 goals)
Biggest home winMadura United 7–1 Perseru
(10 December 2016)
Biggest away winSriwijaya 0–4 Bhayangkara
(2 October 2016)
Highest scoringPersipura 5–4 Barito Putra
(13 June 2016)
Longest winning run6 matches
Madura United
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Madura United
PSM
Longest winless run14 matches
Persija
Longest losing run6 matches
Persela
Highest attendance50,177
Persija 1–0 Semen Padang
(8 May 2016)
Lowest attendance0
Arema 3–0 Bhayangkara
(15 May 2016)
Perseru 2–0 Persipura
(8 October 2016)
Persija 1–0 Persiba
(13 November 2016)
Persija 1–1 Bhayangkara
(27 November 2016)
Persija 0–1 Persegres
(7 December 2016)
Total attendance2,334,733
Average attendance7,630
← 2015 ISL
2017 Liga 1 →

This football competition was considered as unofficial, but the official PT Liga Indonesia Baru website has added this edition as the predecessor of current Indonesia top flight league Liga 1.

Persipura won the title on the final matchday.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in this tournament – all teams from the abandoned 2015 Indonesia Super League.

Name changes

  • Persipasi Bandung Raya were relocated to Pamekasan and renamed Madura United.
  • Persiram were bought by the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and relocated to Bandung as PS TNI.
  • Persebaya ISL were (after temporary name changes to Persebaya United, Bonek, and Surabaya United, following an injunction to use the name Persebaya) renamed to Bhayangkara Surabaya United (as a merger with Indonesian National Police club PS Polri). On 10 September 2016, Bhayangkara Surabaya United changed name to Bhayangkara and were relocated to Sidoarjo.

Stadium and locations

Arema Cronus
Bali United
Barito Putera
Bhayangkara
Madura United
Mitra Kukar
Persegres
Persela
Perseru
Persib
Persiba
Persija
Persipura
PS TNI
PSM
Pusamania Borneo
Semen Padang
Sriwijaya
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Locations of the 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arema Cronus Malang Kanjuruhan 42,449
Bali United Gianyar Kapten I Wayan Dipta 25,000
Barito Putera Banjarmasin May 17th 15,000
Bhayangkara Sidoarjo Gelora Delta 35,000
Madura United Bangkalan Gelora Bangkalan 15,000
Mitra Kukar Tenggarong Aji Imbut 35,000
Persegres Gresik Petrokimia 25,000
Persela Lamongan Surajaya 14,000
Perseru Serui Marora 10,000
Persib Bandung Si Jalak Harupat 27,000
Persiba Balikpapan Persiba 12,500
Persija Surakarta Manahan 25,000
Persipura Jayapura Mandala 30,000
PS TNI Cibinong Pakansari 30,000
PSM Makassar Andi Mattalata 15,000
Pusamania Borneo Samarinda Segiri 16,000
Semen Padang Padang Haji Agus Salim 10,000
Sriwijaya Palembang Gelora Sriwijaya 36,000

Notes:

  1. Arema Cronus held several of their home matches at Gajayana.
  2. Madura United held several of their home matches at Gelora Ratu Pamelingan.
  3. Persib held their home matches at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api starting from week 7 because Si Jalak Harupat was renovated for 2016 Indonesian National Games (PON XIX). But they back again to Si Jalak Harupat since week 28 as 2016 Indonesian National Games (PON XIX) have ended.
  4. Persija used Manahan as their home ground since week 12 because Gelora Bung Karno was renovated for 2018 Asian Games.
  5. PS TNI held their first two home matches at Siliwangi before they moved to Pakansari.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Front sponsor(s)
Arema Cronus Milomir Seslija Hamka Hamzah Specs Corsa, Ijen Suites
Bali United Indra Sjafri Fadil Sausu Made by Club Achilles, Corsa, Datsun, Indofood
Barito Putera Yunan Helmi Aditya Harlan Vision of Superior Hasnur Group
Bhayangkara Ibnu Grahan Indra Kahfi Made by Club Bank BRI
Madura United Gomes de Olivera Fabiano Beltrame MBB JD.id, Smartfren
Mitra Kukar Jafri Sastra Bayu Pradana Joma PT. Petrona
Persegres Eduard Tjong Agus Indra Creative Color HMSS, HSS, PGN
Persela Aji Santoso Choirul Huda DJ Sport So Nice, Visit Lamongan
Perseru Hanafi Arhur Bonai Junior Bank Papua
Persib Djadjang Nurdjaman Atep Rizal Sportama Soccer Datsun, Indofood
Persiba Jaino Matos Bima Sakti Eureka
Persija Zein Alhadad Bambang Pamungkas League Corsa
Persipura Alfredo Vera Boaz Solossa Specs Bank Papua
PS TNI Suharto AD Legimin Raharjo Made by Club Mogu Mogu
PSM Robert Alberts Rizky Pellu Nike Semen Bosowa
Pusamania Borneo Dragan Đukanović Ponaryo Astaman Salvo Nahusam, Cahaya Tiara Plantation
Semen Padang Nil Maizar Hengky Ardiles Mizuno Semen Padang, Semen Indonesia
Sriwijaya Widodo C. Putro Supardi Nasir Joma Bank Sumsel Babel, Bukit Asam, PT. TEL

Additionally, referee kits are made by Joma and Nike supplied the match ball.

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
PSM Luciano Leandro Sacked 19 May 2016 13th Tony Ho 19 May 2016
Persela Stefan Hansson Resigned 24 May 2016 18th Didik Ludianto 28 May 2016
PSM Tony Ho End of caretaker spell 1 June 2016 10th Robert Alberts 1 June 2016
Persela Didik Ludianto End of caretaker spell 5 June 2016 18th Sutan Harhara 5 June 2016
Persib Dejan Antonić Resigned 11 June 2016 13th Herrie Setyawan 13 June 2016
PS TNI Eduard Tjong Resigned 23 June 2016 17th Suharto AD 23 June 2016
Persib Herrie Setyawan End of caretaker spell 28 June 2016 12th Djadjang Nurdjaman 28 June 2016
Mitra Kukar Subangkit Resigned 1 August 2016 9th Jafri Sastra 2 August 2016
Persipura Jafri Sastra Mutual Termination 1 August 2016 7th Alfredo Vera 2 August 2016
Persija Paulo Camargo Resigned 1 August 2016 16th Jan Saragih 1 August 2016
Persija Jan Saragih End of caretaker spell 31 August 2016 17th Zein Alhadad 31 August 2016
Persegres Liestiadi Resigned 30 August 2016 16th Sasi Kirono 30 August 2016
Persela Sutan Harhara Resigned 2 September 2016 18th Aji Santoso 7 September 2016
Barito Putera Mundari Karya Sacked 10 October 2016 18th Yunan Helmi 10 October 2016

Foreign players

Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. Teams can use all the foreign players at once.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in italics were out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Player(s)
Arema Cronus Esteban Vizcarra Goran Gančev Márcio Teruel Nick Kalmar Srđan Lopičić
Gustavo Marulanda
Bali United Nemanja Vidaković Zoran Knežević Daniel Heffernan Ahn Byung-keon Lucas Patinho
Kiko Insa
Barito Putera Luiz Júnior Thiago Amaral Thierry Gathuessi Lim Joon-sik Mohammadou Al Hadji
Ibrahim Conteh
Bhayangkara Otávio Dutra Thiago Furtuoso Khairullah Abdelkabir Lee Yoo-joon Paulo Helber
Madura United Fabiano Beltrame Erick Weeks Pablo Rodriguez Dane Milovanović
Mitra Kukar Arthur Cunha Marlon da Silva Victor Herrero Alan Leandro
Rodrigo Ost
Fellipe Bertoldo
Persegres Patrick da Silva Saša Zečević Gustavo Marulanda Oh In-kyun Eduardo Maciel
Persela Hédipo Gustavo Ivan Carlos Paulo Eduardo Choi Hyun-yeon Shane Malcolm
Kristian Adelmund
José Galán
Herman Dzumafo
Romeo Filipović
Perseru Amadou Gakou Osas Saha Boman Aimé Henry Njobi
Siaka Dembélé
Persib Robertino Pugliara Vladimir Vujović Marcos Flores Diogo Ferreira Juan Belencoso
Persiba Antônio Teles Dirkir Glay Maycon Calijuri Shohei Matsunaga Vinicius Reis
Persija Willian Pacheco Rodrigo Tosi Emmanuel Kenmogne Hong Soon-hak Jose Guerra
Djibril Coulibaly
Persipura Ricardinho Edward Wilson Yoo Jae-hoon James Lomell
Boakay Foday
Thiago Fernandes
PS TNI
PSM Luiz Ricardo Wiljan Pluim Ronald Hikspoors Kwon Jun Boman Aimé
Lamine Diarrassouba
Alex da Silva
Paulo Martins
Pusamania Borneo Edilson Tavares Pedro Velázquez Flávio Júnior Jad Noureddine Tárik Boschetti
Semen Padang Cássio Marcel Sacramento Muamer Svraka Lee Kil-hoon Mekan Nasyrow
Diego Santos
Sriwijaya Alberto Gonçalves Hilton Moreira Mauricio Leal Yoo Hyun-goo

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Persipura (C) 34 20 8 6 53 27 +26 68
2 Arema Cronus 34 18 10 6 46 22 +24 64
3 Madura United 34 18 7 9 56 40 +16 61
4 Sriwijaya 34 15 11 8 62 39 +23 56
5 Persib 34 15 10 9 45 33 +12 55
6 PSM 34 16 6 12 52 46 +6 54
7 Bhayangkara 34 15 9 10 50 34 +16 54
8 Semen Padang 34 15 7 12 46 34 +12 52
9 Pusamania Borneo 34 14 8 12 62 41 +21 50
10 Mitra Kukar 34 13 10 11 47 43 +4 49
11 Perseru 34 13 7 14 38 51 −13 46
12 Bali United 34 10 10 14 36 52 −16 40
13 Persiba 34 9 8 17 38 52 −14 35
14 Persija 34 8 11 15 25 42 −17 35
15 Persela 34 9 8 17 40 59 −19 35
16 Barito Putera 34 8 9 17 40 50 −10 33
17 Persegres 34 7 8 19 30 63 −33 29
18 PS TNI 34 7 5 22 37 75 −38 26
Source: Liga Indonesia, Indonesia Soccer Championship
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Draw.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARE BLU BPT BHA MDU MKU PGU PSL PSR PSB PBA PSJ PPR TNI PSM PBO SPD SRI
Arema Cronus 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–2
Bali United 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0
Barito Putera 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1
Bhayangkara 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1
Madura United 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 7–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–5
Mitra Kukar 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–0
Persegres 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1
Persela 0–2 3–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–3 3–3
Perseru 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0
Persib 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 6–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Persiba 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 5–3 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0
Persija 1–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–3
Persipura 2–0 0–0 5–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–0
PS TNI 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–5
PSM 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 3–2 2–1
Pusamania Borneo 2–2 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 5–0 3–1 6–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–3 6–1 4–1 0–0 2–2
Semen Padang 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Sriwijaya 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–4 5–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Source: Liga Indonesia, Indonesia Soccer Championship
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. This match was held at Gelora Delta and without spectators as a part of PSSI Disciplinary Committee punishment because Madura United's supporters lit flares in their match against Persiba.
  2. This match was held at Gelora Delta, which was the home ground of Bhayangkara due to the election of village heads in Bangkalan.
  3. This match was held at Gelora Delta due to the renovation of Surajaya.
  4. This match was held at Gelora Delta due to the renovation of Surajaya.
  5. This match was held at Gajayana due to the renovation of Surajaya.
  6. Perseru awarded a 3–0 walkover win against Pusamania Borneo because the away team didn't attend to match.
  7. This match was held at Pakansari.
  8. This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
  9. This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
  10. This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
  11. This match was held at Gajayana, which was the alternative home ground of Arema Cronus.
  12. This match was held at Kapten I Wayan Dipta, which was the home ground of Bali United.
  13. This match was held at Gelora Bangkalan, which was the home ground of Madura United.
  14. Sriwijaya awarded a 3–0 win over Persija due to the riots of supporters.
  15. This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
  16. This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.
  17. This match was held at Wibawa Mukti.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Alberto Gonçalves Sriwijaya 25
2 Marcel Sacramento Semen Padang 21
3 Luiz Júnior Barito Putera 17
4 Marlon da Silva Mitra Kukar 16
5 Cristian Gonzáles Arema Cronus 15
Thiago Furtuoso Bhayangkara
7 Pablo Rodríguez Madura United 14
Pedro Velázquez Pusamania Borneo
9 Shohei Matsunaga Persiba 13
10 Sergio van Dijk Persib 12

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persib 297,122 35,125 5,949 17,478 n/a
2 Persija 212,004 50,177 0 12,471 n/a
3 Arema Cronus 202,309 44,807 0 11,901 n/a
4 Persipura 201,234 21,000 2,500 11,837 n/a
5 Sriwijaya 194,539 22,500 4,270 11,443 n/a
6 Bali United 181,240 21,175 1,566 10,661 n/a
7 PSM 135,589 14,208 4,325 7,976 n/a
8 Persegres 131,335 18,417 3,143 7,726 n/a
9 Persela 122,565 13,150 935 7,210 n/a
10 Madura United 111,999 15,169 1,135 6,588 n/a
11 PS TNI 94,812 26,213 425 5,577 n/a
12 Semen Padang 89,332 11,900 1,542 5,255 n/a
13 Pusamania Borneo 83,029 16,722 1,823 4,884 n/a
14 Bhayangkara 76,826 11,015 2,143 4,519 n/a
15 Barito Putera 59,823 8,178 1,377 3,519 n/a
16 Mitra Kukar 59,231 12,371 1,036 3,484 n/a
17 Persiba 46,744 6,867 629 2,750 n/a
18 Perseru 35,000 8,407 0 2,059 n/a
League total 2,334,733 50,177 0 7,630 n/a

Source: Torabika Soccer Championship
Notes:
There was no comparison as this competition was not counted as an official league season.

See also

  • 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship B
  • 2016 Liga Nusantara
  • 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship U-21
  • 2016 Soeratin Cup

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