Football Association of Indonesia
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Founded | 1930 |
FIFA affiliation | 1952 |
AFC affiliation | 1954 |
President | H.A.M Nurdin Halid |
Website | https://www.pssi.org/ |
The Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI (Indonesian language: Persatuan Sepak bola Seluruh Indonesia; sometimes translated as All Indonesia's Football Association) is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on April 19, 1930, 15 years before the Indonesian independence day. PSSI joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1954 and FIFA in 1952 and on the current international football list, Indonesian football is listed at 139th place.
History
PSSI was established by a civil engineer named Soeratin Sosrosoegondo, which was graduated in Germany and came back to Indonesia in 1928. In Indonesia, he worked at a Dutch company in Yogyakarta and became the first Indonesian to work at that company. However, later he resigned from the company and became more active in a movement and revolutionary associations. As a man who loved football, he realised that football could be one of Indonesia's "weapon" to gather Indonesian men and forced the Dutch colonies to move from Indonesia.
To accomplish his mission, Soeratin held many meetings with Indonesian football professional players at that time, mostly through personal contact since they wanted to avoid the Dutch police. Later, at a meeting that was held in Jakarta with Soeri, the head of Vetbalbond Indonesische Jakarta (VIJ) and other players, they decided to establish a national football organization. On April 19, 1930, almost all non-natipnal organization, such as Vetbalbond Indonesische Jakarta (Jakarta), Bandoengsche Indonesische Voetbal Bond (Bandung), Persatuan Sepakbola Mataram (Yogyakarta), Madioensche Voetbal Bond (Madiun), Indonesische Voetbal Bond Magelang (Magelang), Soerabajashe Indonesische Voetbal Bond (Surabaya), Vortenlandsche Voetbal Bond (Solo) gathered at the final meeting and established Persatoean Sepakbola Seloeroeh Indonesia (Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI) with Soeratin as the first leader.
In PSSI's earlier years, most of the time, they used football as a method to force against the Dutch colonies, by gather all the footballers which mostly are men. Later, because PSSI became stronger, in 1936, NIVB was changed to NIVU (Nederlandsh Indische Voetbal Unie) and then the cooperation with the Dutch was began. In 1938, with "Dutch East Indies" as a name, NIVU sent their team to the 1938 World Cup. However, most the players came from NIVU, instead of PSSI, although there were 9 Tionghoa/"pribumi" players. As a result, Soeratin expressed his protest since he wanted a match between NIVU and PSSI before the world cup. In addition, he was also disgraced because the flag that was used at the world cup was the NIVU's (Dutch)'s flag. Soeratin then cancelled the agreement with NIVU and muhammad rizki at the PSSI congress in 1939 in Solo.
When the Japanese armies came to Indonesia, PSSI became inactive because Japan put PSSI as a Tai Iku Kai's organization, which was a Japanese sport association.
Teams
National Teams
- Main article: Indonesia national football team
Currently, Indonesia has three football teams, which are Team-A, U-23 Team and Junior Team.
Leagues
PSSI has five main leagues and are held actively each season. The premier league of PSSI is the "Liga Djarum Indonesia", which is divided into two based on the region. The leagues are "Wilayah Timur" (East Region) and "Wilayah Barat" (West Region) with 14 teams in each table. The second-class league is the "First Division Indonesian League", divided into four groups with nine groups each. On the other hand, the third-class league, which is called "Second Division Indonesian League" has four groups but only four teams in each group. However, each group only played in one particular area or city; the first group is in Tambilahan, second is in Rembang, Pontianak for the third and the last group is in Palu. The other two groups are "Youth League" (KU-15) and "Women's League".
Principals of PSSI
Chairmen
- Soeratin (1930-1940)
- Artono Martosoewignyo (1941-1949)
- Maladi (1950-1959)
- Abdul Wahab Djojohadikusumo (1960-1964)
- Maulwi Saelan (1964-1967)
- Kosasih Poerwanegara (1967-1974)
- Bardosono (1975-1977)
- Moehono (1977)
- Ali Sadikin (1978-1981)
- Syarnoebi Said (1982 - 1983)
- Kardono (1983-1991)
- Azwar Anas (1991-2000)
- Agum Gumelar (2000-2004)
- Nurdin Halid (2004-present)