2023–24 Liga 3 East Kalimantan

The 2023–24 Liga 3 East Kalimantam is the sixth season of Liga 3 East Kalimantan organized by Asprov PSSI Kaltim.

2023–24 Liga 3 East Kalimantan

Tournament details
Country	Indonesia
Venue(s)	3
Dates	20 December 2023 – 17 January 2024
Teams	15
Defending champions	Persikutim
Final positions
Champions	Kartanegara (1st title)
Runner-up	Sangkulirang
Third place	Caladium
Qualified for	2023–24 Liga 3 National Phase
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	304 (4.75 per match)
← 2021 2024 →

Followed by 16 clubs. The winner of this competition will advance to the national round without the regional round Kalimantan representing East Kalimantan for promotion to Liga 2.^[1]

Teams

Initially, it was planned that there would be 16 teams participating in this season's competition. But as of 12 December 2023, it was confirmed that Persikukar and PS Mitra Kukar withdrew^[2] and were replaced by Persisam United.

No.	Team	Location
1	Balikpapan United	Balikpapan
2	Caladium
3	Berau	Berau
4	Persikutim	East Kutai
5	Sangkulirang
6	Harbi	Samarinda
7	Persisam United
8	Kartanegara (Mesra)	Kutai Kartanegara
9	ACN Muara Badak
10	Gelora Pantai
11	MSA
12	Perselan
13	PersikukarWD
14	PS Mitra KukarWD
15	Paser United	Paser
16	PS Penajam Utama	Penajam North Paser
17	Persikubar Putra	West Kutai

Venues

• Rondong Demang Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara Regency
• Sadurengas Stadium, Paser Regency
• Aji Imbut Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

First round

North District

All matches were held at Rondong Demang Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SFC	KFC	ACN	BFC	PKB	PKT	SAM
1	Sangkulirang	6	5	1	0	23	5	+18	16	Advance to Play-off round		—	2–0		1–1			6–1
2	Kartanegara (Mesra) (H)	6	5	0	1	24	6	+18	15				—	4–2		1–0
3	ACN Muara Badak	6	3	1	2	15	11	+4	10			1–6		—	0–0		2–1	7–0
4	Berau	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9				2–6		—	4–3	3–0	2–2
5	Persikubar Putra[lower-alpha 1]	6	2	0	4	11	14	−3	3[lower-alpha 2]			1–3		0–3[lower-alpha 3]		—		5–2
6	Persikutim	6	1	0	5	11	14	−3	3[lower-alpha 2]			1–5	0–2			1–2	—
7	Persisam United	6	0	1	5	5	39	−34	1				0–11				0–8	—

Source: Liga 3 East Kalimantan
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Persikubar Putra were deducted three points by the Disciplinary Committee of Asprov PSSI East Kalimantan.
2. Head-to-head result: Perikutim 1–2 Persikubar Putra.
3. ACN Muara Badak were awarded a 3–0 win over Persikubar Putra.

South District

All matches were held at Sadurengas Stadium, Paser.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PSR	CLD	PJM	BPU	HRB	MSA	GPN	PLN
1	Paser United (H)	7	6	1	0	51	4	+47	19	Advance to Play-off round		—	2–1	2–2			12–0		13–0
2	Caladium	7	6	0	1	30	4	+26	18				—	1–0		4–0	9–0
3	PS Penajam Utama	7	5	1	1	21	6	+15	16					—	7–0				2–0
4	Balikpapan United	7	3	1	3	15	18	−3	10			0–5	1–3		—				6–0
5	Harbi	7	2	1	4	12	16	−4	7			0–5		0–3	1–1	—		1–2
6	MSA	7	1	1	5	11	38	−27	4					3–6	1–2	0–5	—
7	Gelora Pantai	7	1	1	5	7	29	−22	4			1–12	1–6	0–1	1–5		2–2	—
8	Perselan	7	1	0	6	5	37	−32	3				0–6			1–5	2–5	2–0	—

Source: Liga 3 East Kalimantan
(H) Hosts

Play-off round

North District

Summary

The first legs will be played on 8 January 2024, and the second legs will be played on 10 January 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the semifinal.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sangkulirang	6–0	ACN Muara Badak	3–0	3–0
Karatnegara (Mesra)	13–0	Berau	5–0	8–0

Matches

Sangkulirang	3–0 (w.o.)	ACN Muara Badak
	Report

8 January 2024 (2024-01-08)

14.00 WITA

Rondong Demang Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Sangkulirang were awarded a 3–0 win over ACN Muara Badak.^[3]

ACN Muara Badak	0–3 (w.o.)	Sangkulirang

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)

14.00 WITA

Rondong Demang Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Sangkulirang were awarded a 3–0 win over ACN Muara Badak.^[3] Sangkulirang won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Kartanegara (Mesra)	5–0	Berau
	Report

8 January 2024 (2024-01-08)

16.00 WITA

Rondong Demang Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Berau	0–8	Kartanegara (Mesra)
	Report

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)

16.00 WITA

Rondong Demang Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Kartanegara (Mesra) won 13–0 on aggregate.

South District

Summary

The first legs will be played on 8 January 2024, and the second legs will be played on 10 January 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the semifinal.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paser United	5–1	PS Penajam Utama	3–0	2–1
Caladium	5–1	Balikpapan United	2–1	3–0

Matches

Paser United	3–0	PS Penajam Utama
	Report

8 January 2024 (2024-01-08)

14.00 WITA

Sadurengas Stadium, Paser

PS Penajam Utama	1–2	Paser United
	Report

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)

14.00 WITA

Sadurengas Stadium, Paser

Paser United won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Caladium	2–1	Balikpapan United
	Report

8 January 2024 (2024-01-08)

16.00 WITA

Sadurengas Stadium, Paser

Balikpapan United	0–3	Caladium
	Report

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)

16.00 WITA

Sadurengas Stadium, Paser

Caladium won 5–1 on aggregate.

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Sangkulirang	3	2	5
	Caladium	3	1	4
							Sangkulirang	0
							Kartanegara (Mesra)	3
	Paser United	1	3	4
	Kartanegara (Mesra)	3	2	5			Third place play-off
							Caladium	2
							Paser United	1

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 13 January 2024, and the second legs will be played on 15 January 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sangkulirang	5–4	Caladium	3–3	2–1
Paser United	4–5	Kartanegara (Mesra)	1–3	3–2

Matches

Sangkulirang	3–3	Caladium
	Report

13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)

14.00 WITA

Aji Imbut Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Caladium	1–2	Sangkulirang
	Report

15 January 2024 (2024-01-15)

14.00 WITA

Aji Imbut Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Sangkulirang won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Paser United	1–3	Kartanegara (Mesra)
	Report

13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)

16.00 WITA

Aji Imbut Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Kartanegara (Mesra)	2–3	Paser United
	Report

15 January 2024 (2024-01-15)

16.00 WITA

Aji Imbut Stadium, Kutai Kartanegara

Kartanegara (Mesra) won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third place play-off

Caladium	2–1	Paser
	Report

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)

13.00 WITA

Aji Imbut Stadium,Kutai Kartanegara

Final

Sangkulirang	0–3	Kartanegara
	Report

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)

15.30 WITA

Aji Imbut Stadium,Kutai Kartanegara

Qualification to the national phase

As of 20 March 2024, Asprov PSSI East Kalimantan confirmed that Sangkulirang withdrew from the national phase due to the club's financial problems. Instead, the remaining slot was given to Caladium as the third place of 2023–24 Liga 3 East Kalimantan.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Qualified to
Kartanegara	2023–24 Liga 3 East Kalimantan champions	17 January 2024	2023–24 Liga 3 National Phase
Caladium	2023–24 Liga 3 East Kalimantan runner-up	17 January 2024	2023–24 Liga 3 National Phase

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Muhammad Yusuf	Caladium	19
2	Muhammad Raju Andika	Kartanegara (Mesra)	14
3	Owentianus Nouvic	Paser United	13
4	Muhammad Ridwan	Paser United	10
5	Reza Gumelar	Sangkulirang	8

See also

• 2023–24 Liga 3 National phase
• 2023 Liga 3 South Kalimantan
• 2023 Liga 3 North Kalimantan
• 2023 Liga 3 West Kalimantan
• 2023 Liga 3 Central Kalimantan

References

1. "Liga 3 Kaltim 2023 Tanpa Tim dari Bontang". Pranala.co (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
2. "Mitra Kukar Mundur dari Liga 3, Nor Alam: Kami Tidak Ada Persiapan". korankaltim.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
3. "Terindikasi Match Fixing, ACN Muara Badak Tak Hadir di Laga Play Off Lanjutan Liga 3". korankaltim.com (in Indonesian). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.