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Lowest tier in Indonesian football league system From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liga 3 (English: League Three) is the lowest tier in the Indonesian football league system organized by the PSSI.[1] Formed as Liga Nusantara in 2014, this league occupies the third tier and consists of 2 rounds: provincial qualification—held in every province in Indonesia, and a national round, competed for by provincial qualifiers (the number varies between provinces).[1][2] The PSSI typically delegated the task of organizing the provincial qualifiers to its members, the provincial football associations, while PSSI organized the national round.
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| Organising body | PSSI (2014–2023) PT Liga Indonesia Baru (2024–onwards) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 (as Liga Nusantara) 2017 (as Liga 3) 2024 (as Liga Nusantara) |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Number of teams | 18 (24 for 2025–26 onwards) |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | Liga 2 |
| Relegation to | Liga 4 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Piala Indonesia |
| Current champions | Adhyaksa Farmel (1st title) |
| Most championships | Persatu Tuban Blitar United Persik Kediri Persijap Jepara Karo United Adhyaksa Farmel (1 title each) |
| TV partners | Vidio |
| Website | Official website |
| Current: 2024–25 Liga Nusantara | |
The competition was established after Liga Indonesia Second Division and Liga Indonesia Third Division merged in 2014. Starting in 2015, the Liga Indonesia First Division was also merged with Liga Nusantara making it the third-tier level in Indonesian football system.[1] Persatu Tuban won the competition's first season.[3]
In 2017, Liga Nusantara was renamed to Liga 3, along with Indonesian Super League and Indonesian Premier Division which were renamed to Liga 1 and Liga 2, respectively.[4]
The system that will be used in Liga 3 is a full competition with a home-away format. Each participating club is required to compete at least 15 times during the competition season. This is different from previous amateur competitions where the number of matches per club can be uneven. There are those who can compete more than 10, but there are also those who only competed 2 times.
Each province will hold a provincial phase, they are followed by amateur clubs without a limit of participants with different competition formats, the difference in the format is due to the different number of participants in each province. Furthermore, the teams that qualify from the provincial phase will compete in national phase.
A total of 80 teams will enter this phase.
The league format was announced on 7 November 2024. There will be no provincial or national phase. Instead, there will be four rounds:
Red: Group 1; 
Yellow: Group 2; 
Blue: Group 3 Red: Group 1; Yellow: Group 2; Blue: Group 3Note: According to 2024–25 season.
| 2024–25 Club |
Location | Current spell in Liga 3 |
Seasons in Liga 3 |
Last spell in Liga 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 757 Kepri Jaya | Batam | 2019– | 4 | 2017 |
| Kalteng Putra | Palangka Raya | 2024– | 1 | 2020–2024 |
| NZR Sumbersari | Malang | 2021– | 3 | – |
| Persekabpas | Pasuruan | 2017– | 6 | – |
| Perserang | Serang | 2024– | 1 | 2017–2024 |
| Persiba Balikpapan | Balikpapan | 2024– | 1 | 2018–2024 |
| Persiba Bantul | Bantul | 2021– | 3 | 2017 |
| Persikab | Bandung | 2024– | 5 | 2022–2024 |
| Persipani | Paniai | 2017– | 4 | – |
| Persipasi | Bekasi | 2021– | 3 | – |
| PSCS | Cilacap | 2024– | 2 | 2019–2024 |
| PSDS | Deli Serdang | 2024– | 4 | 2022–2024 |
| PSGC | Ciamis | 2021– | 3 | 2019 |
| PSM Madiun | Madiun | 2019– | 4 | – |
| Sada Sumut | Karo | 2024– | 2 | 2022–2024 |
| Sulut United | Manado | 2024– | 1 | 2019–2024 |
| Tornado | Pekanbaru | 2018– | 5 | – |
| Waanal Brothers | Mimika | 2023– | 2 | – |
| Recently relegated from Liga 2 |
| Season | League name | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Liga Nusantara | Persatu Tuban | 2–1 | Laga |
| 2015 | Season abandoned due to FIFA suspension of Indonesia | |||
| 2017 | Liga 3 | Blitar United | 2–1 | Persik Kendal |
| Season | League name | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 2018 | Liga 3 | Persik Kediri | 3–1 | PSCS Cilacap |
| PSCS Cilacap | 1–0 | Persik Kediri | ||
| Persik Kediri won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||
| Season | League name | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
| 2019 | Liga 3 | Persijap Jepara | 3–1 | PSKC Cimahi |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia | |||
| 2021–22 | Karo United | 3–3 (4–2 p) | Putra Delta Sidoarjo | |
| 2022–23 | Season abandoned | |||
| 2023–24 | Adhyaksa Farmel | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Persibo Bojonegoro | |
| Season | League name | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | Liga Nusantara |
| Season | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Edi Winarno[5] |
Persatu Tuban |
| 2017 | Assanur Rijal |
Aceh United |
| 2018 | Galih Akbar |
Persik Kediri |
| 2019 | Rizki Hidayat |
Persijap Jepara |
| 2021–22 | Rian Ramadan |
Karo United |
| 2023–24 | Sehabudin Ahmad |
Adhyaksa Farmel |
| 2024–25 |
| Season | Top scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Imam Bagus Kurnia |
Laga | 4 |
| 2017 | Arianto |
Aceh United | 7 |
| 2018 | Septian Bagaskara |
Persik Kediri | 21 |
| 2019 | Rikza Syawali |
PSKC Cimahi | 9 |
| 2021–22 | Adam Malik |
Putra Delta Sidoarjo | 11 |
| 2023–24 | Andi Sopian |
Dejan | 9 |
| 2024–25 |
| Season | Club |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Persik Kediri |
| 2019 | PSKC Cimahi |
| 2021–22 | Mataram Utama |
| 2023–24 | Dejan |
| 2024–25 |
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