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| Full name | Persatuan Sepak Bola Seluruh Indonesia |
| Short name | PSSI |
| Founded | 19 April 1930; 95 years ago (1930-04-19) |
| Headquarters | GBK Arena,Jakarta |
| FIFA affiliation | 1952; 73 years ago (1952) |
| AFC affiliation | 1954; 71 years ago (1954) |
| AFF affiliation | 1984; 41 years ago (1984) |
| Chairman | Erick Thohir |
| Vice-Chairmen |
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| General Secretary | Yunus Nusi |
| Website | www |
TheFootball Association of Indonesia (Indonesian:Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia,lit. 'All-Indonesian Football Association'; abbreviated asPSSI) is the governing body offootball inIndonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930.[1] The PSSI joinedFIFA in 1952 and theAsian Football Confederation in 1954.
PSSI was established bySoeratin Sosrosoegondo [id], who graduated in civil engineering from a technical university inGermany in 1927 and returned toIndonesia in 1928. He became the first Indonesian to work at his company, a Dutch enterprise inYogyakarta. He later resigned from the company and became more active in therevolutionary movement.[2]
To accomplish his mission, Soeratin held many meetings with Indonesian professional football players, mostly through personal contacts because they wanted to avoid the Dutch police. Later, at a meeting that was held inJakarta with Soeratin, the head ofVoetbalbond Indonesische Jakarta (VIJ), and other players, the group decided to establish a national football organisation. On 19 April 1930, almost all non-national organisations, such asVIJ Jakarta, Perserikatan Sepakraga Mataram (PSM),IVBM Magelang,VVB Solo,MVB Madiun, andSIVB Surabaya gathered at the final meeting and establishedPersatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia (Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI) with Soeratin as the first leader.[3]
In PSSI's earlier years,football was used to resist theDutch control of the colonies by gathering all the footballers.[citation needed] In 1936, when PSSI became stronger, NIVB was changed toNederlandsh Indische Voetbal Unie (NIVU, meaning "Football Union of Dutch East Indies") and cooperation with the Dutch began. In 1938, with "Dutch East Indies national football team" as their name, NIVU sent their team to the1938 FIFA World Cup atFrance. At the time, most of the players came from NIVU instead of PSSI, and there were nine players ofChinese origin. As a result, Soeratin expressed his protest since he wanted a match between NIVU and PSSI before theFIFA World Cup. In addition, he was also disgraced because the flag that was used at the World Cup matches involving theDutch East Indies was theDutch flag. Soeratin then cancelled the agreement with NIVU at the PSSI congress in 1939 inSolo.[4]
When theJapanese armies came to Indonesia, the PSSI became inactive becauseJapan classified it as aTaiikukai (体育会) (Japanese sport association).
| No. | Chair | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soeratin Sosrosoegondo [id] | 1930 | 1940 | Before Indonesia's independence |
| 2 | Artono Martosoewignyo | 1940 | 1950 | Indonesian National Revolution |
| 3 | Maladi | 1950 | 1960 | |
| 4 | Abdul Wahab Djojohadikusumo | 1960 | 1964 | |
| 5 | Maulwi Saelan | 1964 | 1967 | |
| 6 | Kosasih Poerwanegara | 1967 | 1975 | |
| 7 | Bardosono | 1975 | 1977 | |
| — | Moehono | 1977 | 1977 | ad interim |
| 8 | Ali Sadikin | 1977 | 1981 | |
| 9 | Sjarnoebi Said | 1981 | 1983 | |
| 10 | Kardono | 1983 | 1991 | |
| 11 | Azwar Anas | 1991 | 1999 | |
| 12 | Agum Gumelar | 1999 | 2003 | |
| 13 | Nurdin Halid | 2003 | 1 April 2011 | |
| — | Agum Gumelar | 1 April 2011 | 9 July 2011 | ad interim[a] |
| 14 | Djohar Arifin Husin | 9 July 2011 | 18 April 2015 | |
| 15 | La Nyalla Mattalitti | 18 April 2015 | 3 August 2016 | |
| — | Hinca Panjaitan | 3 August 2016 | 10 November 2016 | ad interim |
| 16 | Edy Rahmayadi | 10 November 2016 | 20 January 2019 | |
| — | Joko Driyono | 20 January 2019 | 2 May 2019 | ad interim |
| — | Iwan Budianto | 2 May 2019 | 2 November 2019 | ad interim |
| 17 | Mochamad Iriawan [id] | 2 November 2019 | 16 February 2023 | |
| 18 | Erick Thohir | 16 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| Name | Position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Erick Thohir | Chairman | [5] |
| Vice-Chairman | [5] |
| Executive Committee members | [5] |
PSSI has 4 boards in its structure, namely:I-League which is responsible forSuper League,Championship andLiga Nusantara[6] then the PSSI provincial association ofLiga 4,[7] theBoard for National Team (BTN) for national teams[8] and theBoard for Futsal National Team (BFN) for national futsal teams.[9]
PSSI is made up of four levels of national football leagues, which are
There are other football competitions on national level, namely the
Furthermore, each regional level (and lower) football associations in the country has its own annual amateur football competition structure involving local clubs.
Currently, Indonesia has the following football national teams:
Former chairman of PSSINurdin Halid was sentenced to prison as a result of his legal cases.[10] Although he was urged to resign his position, he was able to resist with the help of one of the political party leaders in the country.[citation needed]FIFA conducted an inspection into the claims but did not continue past this phase. The case was never investigated again.
In January 2011, someone named "Eli Cohen" had sent an e-mail to thePresident of Indonesia and several otherIndonesian leaders indicating that the officers ofPSSI had been involved in bribery for the2010 AFF Cup final.[citation needed] He wrote that the officers gained billions ofrupiah from the bet to prepare the campaign in the next PSSI congress. This case is under investigation.[citation needed]
On 1 April 2011,FIFA Emergency Committee met and announced that, on 4 April, control of the PSSI would pass to a normalisation committee made up of personalities in Indonesian football to oversee presidential elections by 21 May. It also barredHalid, George Toisutta (theIndonesia Armed Forces general), Arifin Panigoro (founder ofLiga Primer Indonesia) and Nirwan Bakrie (Halid's vice-president, and brother ofAburizal Bakrie) from contending for the presidency seat.[citation needed]
FIFA also rescinded the power of the current PSSI executive committee after FIFA's emergencies committee decreed it was "not in control of football in Indonesia" and had lost "all credibility."[11] In a statement released on 4 April 2011, FIFA said that the current PSSI leadership's lack of control over Indonesian football was evidenced by "the failure to gain control of the run-away league (LPI) set up without the involvement of PSSI or by the fact it could not organise a congress whose sole goals were to adopt an electoral code and elect an electoral commission." It said that its emergency committee had concluded that the PSSI leadership "had lost all credibility" and was no longer "in a position anymore to lead the process to solve the current crisis."[11]
The Normalisation Committee, made up of personalities in Indonesian football who are not seeking electoral office or a position on an electoral commission, led by famous public figure and former PSSI chairman,Agum Gumelar, is to take over running of Indonesian football until new leadership is elected by 21 May.[11]
On 9 July 2011, Djohar Arifin Husin was elected chairman of the PSSI from 2011 to 2015 through an Extraordinary Congress of the PSSI held in 2011. Djohar was elected after defeating the other candidate, Agusman Effendi. His vice-chairman was Farid Rahman.[citation needed]
On 18 April 2015, PSSI was suspended by Ministry of Sports and Youth.[12] PSSI did not comply with the government policy after disobeying three warning letters that were sent by the ministry.[12] Based on that, the Youth and Sports Minister provided administrative sanctions by not recognising all sports activities carried out by the PSSI.[12] The decision applied since the letter was assigned.[12] The warning letters were sent because of PSSI's decision to haltIndonesia Super League amidst the dispute between PSSI and government's Indonesian Professional Sports Agency (BOPI) over the eligibility ofArema Cronus andPersebaya Surabaya to play in the league.[13] FIFA had threatened the country with a ban, but BOPI insisted that FIFA should understand that besides FIFA regulation, there are also laws that are applied and must be complied by all national football related parties as part of the Indonesian big family, so FIFA's warning to ban Indonesia is thought as an insult to the country's sovereignty.[13] President of Indonesia,Joko Widodo had supported the Sport Minister decision not to revoke the suspension as the President believed that there should be no problem for Indonesia to be absent from international competitions if the purpose is to improve the national football.[14] According to the President, the improvement should be started by revamping the organisations.[14]
FIFA had decided to suspend the PSSI during the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on Saturday, 30 May 2015, in Zurich, Switzerland. The Executive decided to suspend the PSSI with immediate effect and until the PSSI would be able to comply with its obligations under arts. 13 and 17 of the FIFA Statutes.[14] The decision meant Indonesian sides would no longer be able to take part in world football, and came less than two weeks before the country was due to begin qualifying matches for the2018 World Cup.[15] However, the national team would still be able to participate in the football tournament at the2015 Southeast Asian Games, which was just getting under way.[15]
Finally, Indonesia State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs lifted their suspension of the PSSI per 10 May 2016.[16] And FIFA lifted their suspension at FIFA Congress, 12–13 May 2016 in Mexico.[16]
On 26 May 2022,national team's head coach,Shin Tae-yong stated that they had canceled the official training becauseGelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium as the venue of the training had not yet been booked.[17] "The reason is bit embarrassing. We wanted to exercises on the field after weight training, but earlier, there was information that the field was being used. It had not been "booked". So we decided to replace the training with jogging," said Shin Tae-yong.[18] The team replaced the training with jogging aroundGelora Bung Karno Stadium.[18] Yunus Nusi as the PSSI exco announced to media that the venue is already booked but it is different with what Shin Tae-yong understood.[19] The training was held due to friendly match on FIFA matchday schedule againstBangladesh on 1 June 2022.[20]
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