Persija pick up first Indonesia League title in 17 years

JAKARTA (24 Dec 2018) – Persija Jakarta picked up their 11^th Indonesian League title when they won the Liga 1 crown this week – a point ahead of second-placed PSM Makassar.

It was Persija’s first title in seventeen years while for PSM, it was another heartbreak as they finished as runners-up for the second time in two years.

Persija’s close 2-1 win over Mitra Kukar gave the city side the edge following goals from Marko Simic’s penalty in the 19^th minute and then a header in the 59^th minute.

Mitra Kukar’s only goal came off Aldino not too long afterwards.

“It has been a very difficult year as we struggled to find a home base and our own stadium. But the players showed a lot of character as we had to play most of our matches outside of Jakarta,” said captain Ismed Sofyan.

GO-JEK LIGA ONE 2018 FINAL STANDINGS

No	*Team*	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	*Pts*
1	Persija (C)	34	18	8	8	53	36	+17	62
2	PSM	34	17	10	7	57	42	+15	61
3	Bhayangkara	34	15	8	11	41	39	+2	53
4	Persib	34	14	10	10	49	41	+8	52
5	Persebaya	34	14	8	12	60	48	+12	50
6	Arema	34	14	8	12	53	42	+11	50
7	Borneo	34	14	6	14	50	49	+1	48
8	Madura United	34	13	9	12	47	50	−3	48
9	Barito Putera	34	12	11	11	52	55	−3	47
10	PSIS	34	13	7	14	39	42	−3	46
11	Bali United	34	12	9	13	44	48	−4	45
12	Persipura	34	12	8	14	49	46	+3	44
13	Persela	34	11	10	13	53	52	+1	43
14	Perseru	34	11	9	14	34	41	−7	42^]
15	PS TIRA	34	12	6	16	48	57	−9	42^]
16	Mitra Kukar (R)	34	12	3	19	45	58	−13	39
17	Sriwijaya (R)	34	11	6	17	48	56	−8	39
18	PSMS (R)	34	11	4	19	50	70	−20	37

Persija pick up first Indonesia League title in 17 years

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