Perserikatan

History

The competition was started on 19 April 1930. Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discuss about the future championship on the Netherlands territory. They met at Societeit Hadiprojo, Yogyakarta.

After the meeting, it was agreed that these clubs would found Persatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia, the parent organization for the teams.

Before Perserikatan was established, a nationwide football competition had already existed within the colonial football structure of the Dutch East Indies. The inter-city championship, which began in 1914 under the administration of the Nederlands Indische Voetbal Bond (NIVB), was initially dominated by European groups. However, by the late 1920s, the competition had become more open, with participating teams allowing players from various ethnic backgrounds including Chinese and pribumi to play together within the same team.

From 1951 to 1979, Perserikatan was officially named as the Kejurnas PSSI (PSSI National Championship). From 1980 to 1994, it was referred to as Divisi Utama PSSI (PSSI Premier Division). In 1994, after being held for approximately 60 seasons (with some breaks in between, such as during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and Indonesian National Revolution periods), it was merged with Galatama to form new fully professional league, the Liga Indonesia.

List of champions

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References

Works cited

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