Perserikatan
Introduction '''Perserikatan''' is the national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 and 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia, organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indonesia and was divided into several levels.In English, the term ''Perserikatan'' may literally translate to ''inter-association football championship'' as this competition involved all regional-level football associations in Indonesia.Since 1979, in parallel, another national football league, Galatama (''The Premier League''), was established for semi professional football clubs. Therefore, prior to 1994, when both Perserikatan and Galatama were merged into a new system called Liga Indonesia, both competitions existed in parallel.
History The competition was started on 19 April 1930.Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discuss about the future championship on the Netherlands territory. They met at Societeit Hadiprojo, Yogyakarta.After the meeting, it was agreed that these clubs would found Persatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia, the parent organization for the teams.Before Perserikatan was held, the official nationwide football tournament was held by the Nederlands Indische Voetbal Bond, a football association consisting of Dutch people only. The tournament was Netherlands East Indies Inter-City Championship, which started in 1914.From 1951 to 1979, Perserikatan was officially named as the '''Kejurnas PSSI''' (''PSSI National Championship''). From 1980 to 1994, it was referred to as '''Divisi Utama PSSI''' (''PSSI Premier Division''). In 1994, after being held for approximately 60 seasons (with some breaks in between, such as during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and Indonesian National Revolution periods), it was merged with Galatama to form new fully professional league, the Liga Indonesia.
List of champions Source:SeasonChampionsRunners-up1930VIJ BataviaSIVB Surabaya1931VIJ BataviaPSIM Yogyakarta1932PSIM YogyakartaVIJ Batavia1933VIJ BataviaPersib Bandung1934VIJ BataviaPersib Bandung1935Persis SoloPPVIM Meester Cornelis1936Persis SoloPersib Bandung1937Persib BandungPersis Solo1938VIJ BataviaPersebaya Surabaya1939Persis SoloPSIM Yogyakarta1940Persis SoloPSIM Yogyakarta1941Persis SoloPersebaya Surabaya1942Persis SoloPersebaya Surabaya1943Persis SoloPSIM Yogyakarta1944–49 ''Not held''1950Persib BandungPersebaya Surabaya1951Persebaya SurabayaPSM Makassar1952Persebaya SurabayaPersija Jakarta1953–54Persija JakartaPSMS Medan1955–57PSM MakassarPSMS Medan1957–59PSM MakassarPersib Bandung1959–61Persib BandungPSM Makassar1962–64Persija JakartaPSM Makassar1964–65PSM MakassarPersebaya Surabaya1965–66PSM MakassarPersib Bandung1966–67PSMS MedanPersib Bandung1968–69PSMS MedanPersija Jakarta1969–71  PSMS MedanPersebaya Surabaya1971–73  Persija JakartaPersebaya Surabaya1973–75    Persija Jakarta and PSMS Medan1975–78Persebaya SurabayaPersija Jakarta1978–79Persija JakartaPSMS Medan1980Persiraja Banda AcehPersipura Jayapura1981–82 ''Not held''1983PSMS MedanPersib Bandung1984 ''Not held''1985PSMS MedanPersib Bandung1986Persib BandungPerseman Manokwari1986–87PSIS SemarangPersebaya Surabaya1987–88Persebaya SurabayaPersija Jakarta1988–89 ''Not held''1989–90Persib BandungPersebaya Surabaya1990–91 ''Not held''1991–92PSM MakassarPSMS Medan1992–93 ''Not held''1993–94Persib BandungPSM Makassar
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External links * Official website of Liga Indonesia  (archived 4 September 2009)* Official website of PSSI  * List of Indonesian Football Champions  (archived 3 June 2011)