2017 Liga 3 (Indonesia)

The 2017 Liga 3 season was the 2nd season of lower-tier and the inaugural season of the third-tier competition in Indonesia with the new name Liga 3.^[1]

Liga 3

Season	2017
Dates	28 November – 17 December 2017
Champions	Blitar United (1st title)
Promoted	Blitar United Persik Kendal Aceh United
Matches played	85
Goals scored	236 (2.78 per match)
Best Player	Assanur Rijal
Top goalscorer	Arianto (7 goals)
Highest scoring	Play-off Persiter 11–0 PS Balangan (30 November 2017) National round PES Pessel 1–6 Maung Anom (5 December 2017) PS Bangka Sel. 0–7 Blitar Utd. (6 December 2017)
← 2014 Liga Nusantara 2018 →

Persatu Tuban, winner of the 2014 Liga Nusantara are the defending champions, as the 2015 Liga Nusantara was not held and the 2016 ISC Liga Nusantara was not counted as an official league.

Blitar United won the title after a 2–1 win over Persik Kendal in 2017 Liga 3 Final at Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara on 17 December 2017.

Format

National round took place in several provinces that have been determined by PT Liga Indonesia Baru with the following format:

• Play-off round contains 24 teams divided into eight groups. The winner from each group advanced to the National round.
• National round contains 32 teams divided into eight groups. Two teams from each group advanced to the knockout round.^[2]

Teams

Each Provincial Association held their Provincial League (Regional round) followed by unlimited teams and the winner advanced to National round or Play-off round. Each Provincial Association only given 1 to 4 representatives to the National round or Play-off round based on rate of their Provincial League competitiveness. Regional round start at 12 April 2017 in Central Java Province.

Regional round winners

#	Regional	Qualified teams
		National round	Play-off round
Sumatra Region
1	Aceh	Kuala Nanggroe[3]	Aceh United
2	North Sumatra	PSDS Deli Serdang[4]	PS Keluarga USU
3	West Sumatra	Batang Anai[5]	PES Pessel South Coast
4	Riau	Nabil[6]	—
5	Riau Islands	—	PS Bintan[7]
6	Jambi	—	Persijam Jambi[8]
7	South Sumatra	—	Persimura Musi Rawas[9]
8	Bangka Belitung Islands	PS Bangka Selection[10]	PS Beltim East Belitung
9	Bengkulu	—	PS Benteng Central Bengkulu
10	Lampung	Persilat Central Lampung[11]	SS Lampung
Java Region
11	Banten	—	Persitangsel South Tangerang[12]
12	Jakarta	Villa 2000 021 Jakarta	Bintang Kranggan
13	West Java	PSKC Cimahi Maung Anom	Patriot Candrabhaga
14	Central Java	Persik Kendal[13] Persis GR	—
15	Yogyakarta	Satria Adikarta[14]	Gama
16	East Java	Blitar United[15] Persibo Bojonegoro Deltras Sidoarjo Persekabpas Pasuruan	—
Kalimantan Region
17	West Kalimantan	—	Persibeng Bengkayang[16]
18	Central Kalimantan	—	Persegumas Gunung Mas[17]
19	South Kalimantan	Peseban Banjarmasin[18]	PS Balangan
20	East Kalimantan	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan[19]	—
21	North Kalimantan	Pelangi Intimung	—
Sulawesi Region
22	North Sulawesi	Persbit Bitung PS Bank Sulut	—
23	Central Sulawesi	—	Persipal Palu[20]
24	South Sulawesi	Sidrap United[21]	—
25	Southeast Sulawesi	—	—
26	Gorontalo	—	Persidago Gorontalo
27	West Sulawesi	—	PS Matra North Mamuju[22]
Lesser Sunda Islands Region
28	Bali	—	Persekaba Bali[23]
29	West Nusa Tenggara	—	PSKT West Sumbawa[24]
30	East Nusa Tenggara	Perse Ende[25]	—
Maluku and Papua Region
31	Maluku	—	Pelauw Putra[26]
32	North Maluku	—	Persiter Ternate[27]
33	West Papua	—	—
34	Papua	Persewar Waropen[28]	Persintan Intan Jaya

Play-off round

There are 24 teams entered this round divided into 8 groups and played on 28 November-1 December 2017. The winners from each group advanced to National round.^[29]

Group 1

All matches were held in Citarum Stadium, Semarang.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PS Matra North Mamuju	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualification to National round group A
2	PS Beltim East Belitung	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Persibeng Bengkayang	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Persibeng Bengkayang	0–1	PS Matra North Mamuju
29 November 2017
PS Beltim East Belitung	2–1	Persibeng Bengkayang
30 November 2017
PS Matra North Mamuju	2–0	PS Beltim East Belitung

Group 2

All matches were held in Citarum Stadium, Semarang.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aceh United	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Qualification to National round group B
2	PS Benteng Central Bengkulu	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Pelauw Putra	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
PS Benteng Central Bengkulu	1-2	Aceh United
30 November 2017
Pelauw Putra	1–3	PS Benteng Central Bengkulu
1 December 2017
Aceh United	2–0	Pelauw Putra

Group 3

All matches were held in Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PES Pessel South Coast	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Qualification to National round group C
2	Gama	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Patriot Candrabhaga	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Patriot Candrabhaga	0–1	PES Pessel South Coast
29 November 2017
Gama	1–0	Patriot Candrabhaga
30 November 2017
PES Pessel South Coast	1–1	Gama

Group 4

All matches were held in Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persitangsel South Tangerang	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	6	Qualification to National round group D
2	Persegumas Gunung Mas	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Persidago Gorontalo	2	0	0	2	4	7	−3	0

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Persidago Gorontalo	3–5	Persitangsel South Tangerang
29 November 2017
Persegumas Gunung Mas	2–1	Persidago Gorontalo
30 November 2017
Persitangsel South Tangerang	4–0	Persegumas Gunung Mas

Group 5

All matches were held in Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persiter Ternate	2	1	1	0	11	0	+11	4	Qualification to National round group E
2	Persipal Palu	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	4
3	PS Balangan	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Persipal Palu	0–0	Persiter Ternate
29 November 2017
PS Balangan	0–5	Persipal Palu
30 November 2017
Persiter Ternate	11–0	PS Balangan

Group 6

All matches were held in Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PS Bintan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Qualification to National round group F
2	PSKT West Sumbawa	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Persintan Intan Jaya	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Persintan Intan Jaya	1–1	PS Bintan
29 November 2017
PSKT West Sumbawa	2–1	Persintan Intan Jaya
30 November 2017
PS Bintan	2–1	PSKT West Sumbawa

Group 7

All matches were held in Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persijam Jambi	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Qualification to National round group G
2	Persekaba Bali	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
3	SS Lampung	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Persekaba Bali	3–0	SS Lampung
29 November 2017
Persijam Jambi	1–0	Persekaba Bali
30 November 2017
SS Lampung	0–0	Persijam Jambi

Group 8

All matches were held in Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persimura Musi Rawas	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Qualification to National round group H
2	PS Keluarga USU	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Bintang Kranggan	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: PSSI

28 November 2017
Bintang Kranggan	0–5	Persimura Musi Rawas
29 November 2017
PS Keluarga USU	2–1	Bintang Kranggan
30 November 2017
Persimura Musi Rawas	1–0	PS Keluarga USU

National round

There are 24 teams (+8 teams from Play-off round) entered this round and played on 3–17 December 2017 at Central Java.^[29]

Group stage

Group A

All matches were held in Citarum Stadium, Semarang.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuala Nanggroe	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to Knockout phase
2	PSDS Deli Serdang	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	PS Matra North Mamuju	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Persewar Waropen	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: PSSI

3 December 2017
PSDS Deli Serdang	0–0	Kuala Nanggroe
Persewar Waropen	0–0	PS Matra North Mamuju
5 December 2017
Kuala Nanggroe	2–0	Persewar Waropen
PS Matra North Mamuju	1–1	PSDS Deli Serdang
7 December 2017
Persewar Waropen	0–1	PSDS Deli Serdang
PS Matra North Mamuju	0–1	Kuala Nanggroe

Group B

All matches were held in Citarum Stadium, Semarang.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aceh United	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to Knockout phase
2	Persibo Bojonegoro	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	PSKC Cimahi	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Peseban Banjarmasin	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: PSSI

4 December 2017
PSKC Cimahi	2–0	Peseban Banjarmasin
Persibo Bojonegoro	2–2	Aceh United
6 December 2017
Peseban Banjarmasin	0–2	Persibo Bojonegoro
Aceh United	2–0	PSKC Cimahi
8 December 2017
Persibo Bojonegoro	1–0	PSKC Cimahi
Aceh United	3–0	Peseban Banjarmasin

Group C

All matches were held in Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maung Anom	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to Knockout phase
2	Persik Kendal	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	PES Pessel South Coast	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Villa 2000 021 Jakarta	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: PSSI

3 December 2017
Maung Anom	1–0	Persik Kendal
Villa 2000 021 Jakarta	1–2	PES Pessel South Coast
5 December 2017
Persik Kendal	3–0	Villa 2000 021 Jakarta
PES Pessel South Coast	1–6	Maung Anom
7 December 2017
Villa 2000 021 Jakarta	1–2	Maung Anom
PES Pessel South Coast	0–4	Persik Kendal

Group D

All matches were held in Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deltras Sidoarjo	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	6	Advance to Knockout phase
2	Persitangsel South Tangerang	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Persbit Bitung	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6
4	Batang Anai	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: PSSI

4 December 2017
Deltras Sidoarjo	4–0	Batang Anai
Persbit Bitung	2–1	Persitangsel South Tangerang
6 December 2017
Batang Anai	1–2	Persbit Bitung
Persitangsel South Tangerang	1–0	Deltras Sidoarjo
8 December 2017
Persbit Bitung	0–4	Deltras Sidoarjo
Persitangsel South Tangerang	2–1	Batang Anai

Group E

All matches were held in Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perse Ende	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Advance to Knockout phase
2	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	PS Bank Sulut	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Persiter Ternate	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: PSSI

3 December 2017
PS Bank Sulut	1–2	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan
Perse Ende	4–1	Persiter Ternate
5 December 2017
PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan	1–2	Perse Ende
Persiter Ternate	1–3	PS Bank Sulut
7 December 2017
Perse Ende	3–3	PS Bank Sulut
Persiter Ternate	1–2	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan

Group F

All matches were held in Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PS Bintan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Knockout phase
2	Persilat Central Lampung	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Nabil	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Satria Adikarta	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: PSSI

4 December 2017
Nabil	1–3	Persilat Central Lampung
Satria Adikarta	1–1	PS Bintan
6 December 2017
Persilat Central Lampung	1–0	Satria Adikarta
PS Bintan	2–1	Nabil
8 December 2017
Satria Adikarta	0–3	Nabil
PS Bintan	1–0	Persilat Central Lampung

Group G

All matches were held in Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persekabpas Pasuruan	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to Knockout phase
2	Sidrap United	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Persijam Jambi	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
4	Pelangi Intimung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified[30]

Source: PSSI

3 December 2017
Persekabpas Pasuruan	2–0	Persijam Jambi
5 December 2017
Persijam Jambi	2–2	Sidrap United
7 December 2017
Persekabpas Pasuruan	1–1	Sidrap United

Group H

All matches were held in Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persimura Musi Rawas	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to Knockout phase
2	Blitar United	3	1	2	0	8	1	+7	5
3	Persis GR	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	PS Bangka Selection	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: PSSI

4 December 2017
Persis GR	3–0 (W.O.)	PS Bangka Selection
Blitar United	0–0	Persimura Musi Rawas
6 December 2017
PS Bangka Selection	0–7	Blitar United
Persimura Musi Rawas	1–0	Persis GR
8 December 2017
Blitar United	1–1	Persis GR
Persimura Musi Rawas	4–1	PS Bangka Selection

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

11 December 2017 – Semarang

Kuala Nanggroe

1

13 December 2017 – Semarang

Persibo

2

Persibo

1

11 December 2017 – Semarang

Aceh United

2

Aceh United

3

15 December 2017 – Kendal

PSDS

2

Aceh United

1

10 December 2017 – Kendal

Persik Kendal

2

Maung Anom

1

13 December 2017 – Kendal

Persitangsel

2

Persitangsel

0

11 December 2017 – Kendal

Persik Kendal

2

Deltras

1

17 December 2017 – Jepara

Persik Kendal

3

Persik Kendal

1

10 December 2017 – Kudus

Blitar United

2

Perse

2

13 December 2017 – Kudus

Persilat

0

Perse

0

11 December 2017 – Kudus

PSAD Balikpapan

1

PS Bintan

0

15 December 2017 – Jepara

PSAD Balikpapan

2

PSAD Balikpapan

0

10 December 2017 – Jepara

Blitar United

1

Third place

Persekabpas

0

13 December 2017 – Jepara

17 December 2017 – Jepara

Blitar United

1

Blitar United

3

Aceh United

2

11 December 2017 – Jepara

Persimura

1

PSAD Balikpapan

0

Persimura (a.e.t.)

2

Sidrap United

1

Round of 16

10 December 2017
Maung Anom	1–2	Persitangsel South Tangerang	Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal
Perse Ende	2–0	Persilat Central Lampung	Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus
Persekabpas Pasuruan	0–1	Blitar United	Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara
11 December 2017
Kuala Nanggroe	1–2	Persibo Bojonegoro	Citarum Stadium, Semarang
Aceh United	3–2	PSDS Deli Serdang	Citarum Stadium, Semarang
Deltras Sidoarjo	1–3	Persik Kendal	Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal
PS Bintan	0–2	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan	Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus
Persimura Musi Rawas	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sidrap United	Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara

Quarter-finals

13 December 2017
Persibo Bojonegoro	1–2	Aceh United	Citarum Stadium, Semarang
Persitangsel South Tangerang	0–2	Persik Kendal	Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal
Perse Ende	0–1	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan	Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus
Blitar United	3–1	Persimura Musi Rawas	Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara

Semi-finals

15 December 2017
Aceh United	1–2	Persik Kendal	Kebon Dalem Stadium, Kendal
PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan	0–1	Blitar United	Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara

Third-place

17 December 2017
Aceh United	2–0	PSAD Kodam VI/MLW Balikpapan	Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara

Final

Main article: 2017 Liga 3 Final

17 December 2017
Persik Kendal	1–2	Blitar United	Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara

Champions

Champions
Blitar United
1st title

Awards

• Best Player: Assanur Rijal (Aceh United)
• Top Scorer: Arianto (Aceh United)

See also

• 2017 Liga 1
• 2017 Liga 2

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