1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Season	1998–99
Dates	1 November 1998 – 9 April 1999
Champions	PSIS ; 1st Premier Division title; 2nd Indonesian title
Relegated	Persita ; Persikabo ; Persiba
Asian Club Championship	PSIS
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Persebaya
Matches played	153
Goals scored	364 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alain Mabenda ; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Persija 5–0 Petrokimia Putra; (13 December 1998)
Biggest away win	Medan Jaya 0–3 PSDS; (15 November 1998); Persiraja 0–3 PSDS; (14 February 1999)
Highest scoring	Semen Padang 6–1 Petrokimia Putra; (26 March 1999)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division was the fifth season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. The season began on 1 November 1998 and ended on 9 April 1999. The league was made up of 28 clubs. PSIS won the title after beating the defending champions, Persebaya 1–0 in the final.

Teams

Team changes

The number of teams dropped from 31 to 28 this season.

Withdrew from Premier Division

Disbanded

Arseto

Name changes

Pelita Jakarta changed their name to Pelita Bakrie.

Stadiums and locations

Medan

Padang

Tangerang

Jakarta

Malang

Jakarta teams

Persija

Malang teams

Arema

Persema

Medan teams

Medan Jaya

PSMS

Padang teams

PSP

Semen Padang

Tangerang teams

Persikota

Persita

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Locations of the teams in the 1998–99 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

Blue: West Division;

Yellow: Central Division; Red: East Division

West Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Medan Jaya	Medan	Teladan
Persib	Bandung	Siliwangi
Persija	Jakarta (Central Jakarta)	Lebak Bulus
Persiraja	Banda Aceh	Haji Dimurthala
Persita	Tangerang	Benteng
Petrokimia Putra	Gresik	Petrokimia
PSBL	Bandar Lampung	Pahoman
PSDS	Deli Serdang	Baharuddin Siregar
PSMS	Medan	Teladan
PSP	Padang	Haji Agus Salim
Semen Padang	Padang	Haji Agus Salim

Central Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Arema	Malang	Gajayana
Barito Putera	Banjarmasin	May 17th
Gelora Dewata	Denpasar	Ngurah Rai
Pelita Bakrie	Jakarta (South Jakarta)	Lebak Bulus
Persebaya	Surabaya	Gelora 10 November
Persema	Malang	Gajayana
Persikab	Cimahi	Sangkuriang
Persikabo	Bogor	Pajajaran
Persikota	Tangerang	Benteng
PSIM	Mataram	Mandala Krida
PSIS	Semarang	Jatidiri

East Division
Team	Location	Stadium
Persiba	Balikpapan	Persiba
Persipura	Jayapura	Mandala
Persma	Manado	Klabat
PSM	Ujung Pandang	Andi Mattalata
Pupuk Kaltim	Bontang	Mulawarman
Putra Samarinda	Samarinda	Segiri Samarinda

First stage

West Division

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSMS	10	6	2	2	17	14	+3	20	Advance to second stage
2	Semen Padang	10	5	3	2	16	8	+8	18	Advance to second stage
3	PSDS	10	4	4	2	17	11	+6	16
4	Medan Jaya	10	3	2	5	6	14	−8	11
5	PSP	10	1	5	4	10	11	−1	8
6	Persiraja (O)	10	1	4	5	8	16	−8	7	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(O) Play-off winners

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persija	8	4	3	1	13	4	+9	15	Advance to second stage
2	Petrokimia Putra	8	3	4	1	13	15	−2	13	Advance to second stage
3	Persib	8	3	1	4	9	10	−1	10
4	PSBL	8	1	4	3	9	10	−1	7
5	Persita (R)	8	1	4	3	9	14	−5	7	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

14 March 1999

Persita	4–1	Persiraja

21 March 1999

Persiraja	3–0	Persita

4–4 on aggregate. Persiraja won on away goals and retained their spot in the Premier Division, Persita were relegated.

Central Division

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persikota	10	6	2	2	14	7	+7	20	Advance to second stage
2	Pelita Bakrie	10	6	2	2	14	8	+6	20	Advance to second stage
3	Arema	10	4	3	3	10	6	+4	15
4	Persikab	10	3	4	3	9	12	−3	13
5	PSIM	10	2	2	6	7	11	−4	8
6	Persikabo (R)	10	1	3	6	8	18	−10	6	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persebaya	8	5	2	1	13	5	+8	17	Advance to second stage
2	PSIS	8	3	2	3	10	7	+3	11	Advance to second stage
3	Barito Putera	8	3	1	4	8	10	−2	10
4	Persema	8	2	3	3	10	13	−3	9
5	Gelora Dewata (O)	8	2	2	4	7	13	−6	8	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: RSSSF
(O) Play-off winners

Relegation play-offs

14 March 1999

Gelora Dewata	5–1	Persikabo

21 March 1999

Persikabo	4–2	Gelora Dewata

Gelora Dewata won 7–5 on aggregate and retained their spot in the Premier Division, Persikabo were relegated.

East Division

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pupuk Kaltim	10	5	2	3	11	9	+2	17	Advance to second stage
2	PSM	10	5	1	4	13	11	+2	16	Advance to second stage
3	Persma	10	5	1	4	13	12	+1	16
4	Putra Samarinda	10	4	0	6	14	15	−1	12
5	Persipura	10	3	3	4	15	16	−1	12
6	Persiba (R)	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Second stage

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persebaya	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSIS	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Semen Padang	4	1	3	0	10	5	+5	6
4	Persikota	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2
5	Petrokimia Putra	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1