Perserikatan
national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 and 1994
Perserikatan was the national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 and 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia, organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indonesia and was divided into several levels.
In English, the term Perserikatan may literally translate to inter-association football championship as this competition involved all regional-level football associations in Indonesia.
Since 1979, in parallel, another national football league, Galatama (The Premier League), was established for semi professional football clubs. Therefore, before both Perserikatan and Galatama were merged into a new system called Liga Indonesia in 1994, both of these competitions existed in parallel.
History
The competition traces its origins back to 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 discussed 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.
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