Persib v Pelita Jaya 1-0 (Cabanas) 25,000
Persiba v Persipura 1-2 (Gaspar; Igbonefo, Goncalves) 5,000
Deltras v PSMS 1-1 (Aguero; Pereira) 35,000 (?!)
PKT v Persiwa 1-3 (Imral Usman; Benoit, Romaropen 2) 2,000

The Papuan sides share the lead of the ISL with Persipura top 24 points from 12 games, Persiwa second 23 points from 12. Click to continue reading...

Following an incident after Persitara's home game with Pelita Jaya last Saturday night a 16 year old Persitara fan tragically died.

As far as I can make out a group of Persija fans attacked a bus carrying Persitara fans home after the game and one young lad fell off the bus, cracking his head on the road. Click to continue reading...

Persib v PSIS 3-1 (Hilton, Cabanas, Bastos; Gaston) 25,000
Persija v Arema 1-0 (Bambang) 16,543
Deltras v Sriwijaya 1-1 (Acosta; Obiora) 1,914
Persiba v Persiwa 0-0 2,500
Persitara v Pelita Jaya 1-1 (Ebendje; Cariastawan) 3,000

I had intended to get to the Persija game last night but the car lights weren't working. Click to continue reading...

You don't expect Persik to get much on their travels, especially when they are shorn of their leading scorer Christian Gonzalez, and last night was n o exception as they got beat 2-0 by Persela at a poorly lit Surajaya Stadium in Lamongan.

Giving away free kicks on the edge of the area is never a good idea when you have Marcio Souza ready to have a pop but the Persik defence did it time and time again. Click to continue reading...

ISL

Persitara v Pelita Jaya 1-1 (Ebendje; Gendut Doni Caristiawan) 3,000
PKT v Persipura 2-4 (Galeano, Thesia; Jeremiah, Ivakdalam, Boaz 2) 4,000
PSM v PSMS 1-1 ()
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Indonesia Super League

Pelita Jaya v Persiwa 2-0 (Ridwan, Lopes) 4,356
PSMS v Persib 1-1 (Makinwa;Bastos) 2,500
Sriwijaya v Persitara 3-1 (Zah Rahan, Ngon Djam, Kayamba; Rachmat Rivai) 21,000
Arema v PKT Bontang 1-2 ( )
Persik v Persiba 3-1 (Gonzalez 2, Sudisarno; Sansiue) 10,000

A lacklustre Pelita Jaya overcame Persiwa Friday night to prove the old adage the result is all that counts. Click to continue reading...

Persib Bandung have been told to play their next two home games, against PSIS and Pelita Jaya, at Jaluk Harupat Stadium, in nearby Soreang for security reasons.

Concerns were raised after the riot that followed the Persija game at their usual stadium of Siliwangi and while the security officials are keen that Persib's fans can see their team they are reluctant to see a repeat of those incidents. Click to continue reading...

Fandi Ahmad's Pelita Jaya suffered their first defeat of the season last night in the ISL when a Marcio Souza free kick, his fifth goal of the season, was enough to give the home side Persela three points.

First half the visitors seemed content to play long with little success and while they changed things around a bit at half time, with captain Firman Utina being replaced, up front they threatened little with Cristian Lopes looking isolated. Click to continue reading...

Persija have had an impressive start to the season but a start they have not been able to share with their fans.

Away Persitara - behind closed doors in Soreang
Away Persib - Persija fans don't travel to Bandung
Away PSMS - played in Semarang and a few travelled
Away Sriwijaya - about 200 travelled
Home Pelita Jaya - played in Solo. Click to continue reading...

Mitra Kukar play in the Indonesian Premier League eastern Division where they sit in mid table oblivion.

Their lowly status doesn't stop them having possibly the best club web site I have come across so far. Oddly, for Indonesia, it looks to be regularly updated and has a message board where fans are thanked for their support! Click to continue reading...

Shorn of the midfield talents of Robertinho and Greg Nwokolo Persija struggled against a well organised Pelita Jaya side that proved hard to unlock.

Persija took the lead through new signing Ade Suhendra with a 30 yard drive but Pelita Jaya equalised early in the second half through Eduardo. Click to continue reading...

The leading Indonesian striker this season thus far was back among the goals as Peter Butler's Persiba returned to winning ways this afternoon. They beat struggling PSMS 2-1.

In a turnip for the books Persijap went to Persipura and stole a 1-1 draw while in the pther games this afternoon Persik returned to winning ways beating Deltras 3-0. Click to continue reading...

1. Persija 4 4 0 0 10-4 12
2. PSM 5 3 2 0 9-4 11
3. Persipura 6 3 2 1 8-4 11
4. Arema 5 3 1 1 6-3 10

Top Scorers

6 - Gonzales (Persik)
4 - Lopes (Pelita Jaya), Baretto, Lopez (PSM), Musyafri (Persiba) Click to continue reading...

Never my favourite player Adolfo earned the gratitude of his coach at Persita Agus Suparman and his team mates by netting twice against PKT and earning his side their fourth point in two games.

The 26 year old Brazilian has been in Indonesia since 2002 when he first joined Gelora Putra Delta. Click to continue reading...

For the second consecutive home game Arema Malang fired blanks at home. Last week they were defeated by Pelita Jaya. Today they went one better but a 0-0 left the fans and players unhappy and questions must be asked about their tactics.

PSIS had a torrid time last time out as they were roundly thrashed 4-0 by Persik but today they appeared to have learnt their lesson as they comfortably handled a one dimensional Arema content to pump aimless long ball after aimless long ball forward. Click to continue reading...

The Black Pearls from Jayapura brushed aside Persitara 3-0 last night to move three points clear at the top of the ISL with 10 points from four games.

Elsewhere Persela beat Persita 1-0 in a game where Marcio Souza did not, I repeat did not score. Persiba beat poor old Deltras 2-1 and the Sidoarjo club, shorn of stars Pronetto, Hilton and Jose Sebastian are rooted at the bottom of the table. Click to continue reading...

Persib's early season woes continued with a 3-1 defeat in Wamena against Persiwa. The three points for the Highlanders puts them joint top of the nascent ISL on seven points (the same as Pelita Jaya and Persipura).

Yesayas Destam ‘15 gave the home team the lead and Ok Jhon ‘64 added his second in two games. Click to continue reading...

Persiwa v Persitara 2-0 (Jhon, Imanuel Padwa) 4,000
PKT v Deltras 2-1 (Wifredo, Miftihul Huda; Roberto Acosta) 4,500
Persela v Persijap 1-0 (Marcio Souza) 7,000
Persipura v Persib 1-0 (Ian Luis Kabes) 15,000
Arema v Pelita Jaya 0-2 (Lopes 2) 35,000
Persiba v PSM 1-1 (Musafri; Baretto) 16,000
Persik v PSIS 4-0 (Gonzales 3, Danilo) 15,000
Persija v Persita - scheduled for Monday night but still to be played at a venue to be decided

Top Scorers

4 - Lopes, Gonzales
3 - Musafri, Souza

Standings

1. Click to continue reading...

Pelita Jaya beat unbeaten Arema Malang 2-0 in East Java with two goals from Cristian Lopez to go one point clear of erstwhile leaders, Arema.

They pretty much controlled the game from start to finish and Arema hardly threatened Dian Agus in the PJ goal as Mbamba and Serge were kept on a tight leash by Firman Utina and company. Click to continue reading...

Marcio Souza scored again for Persela as they beat Persijap 1-0 in yesterday's only ISL game.

Today sees Arema, one of only two teams with a 100% record, take on Pelita Jaya in Arema. Click to continue reading...

It's a funny old league this here ISL.

Medan play in Jakarta which is two hours flying time from their home support. Persitara are the orphans of the league while Pelita Jaya thought sod this and changed their name to reflect their new stadium.

Even on Kalimantan Persiba have shifted a two hour drive south to play in Samarinda. Click to continue reading...

One of the few Indonesians to have scored in the new ISL season, Musafri has already impressed people who have seen him.

Now his coach, for West Ham player Peter Butler, is calling for him to step up to the national team.

The Persiba striker doesn't appear to have much in the way of competition. Click to continue reading...

Persita v Persik 0-2 (Gonzalez, Mahyadi) 500
Sriwijaya v Persiwa 3-1 (Kayamba, Obiora, Fingkeouw; Benoit) 15,000
Pelita Jaya v PKT Bontang 1-0 (Lopez) 4,705
PSM v Deltras 3-0 (Julio Lopez 2, Baretto) 20,000
Persijap v Arema 1-2 (Siregar;Zulfikly, Traore) 15,000
Persitara v Persela 1-1 (Suparno; Mulyadi)
PSIS v Persiba 1-1 (Saloman; Musafry) 4,000
Persib v Persija 2-3 (Zaenal Arief, Bastos; Abanda, Robertinho, Bambang) 25,000
PSMS v Persipura play tonight

Please note the attendances are flights of fancy. Click to continue reading...

Persita v Persik 0-2 (Gonzalez, Mahyadi)
Pelita Jaya v PKT Bontang 1-0
Sriwijaya v Persiwa 3-1

Sorry. No more information than that. Click to continue reading...

Persija beat Persitara 3-1 thanks to early goals from new signing Greg Nwokolo and Aliyudin. Herman Abanda finished the scoring second half in a game played out in an empty stadium four hours south of the capital city.

Given the venal hatred between supporters of Persija and Persib security officials refused to allow supporters from Jakarta to travel to the game. Click to continue reading...

This weekend sees the start of the Indonesian Super League and confusion reigns.

It has been reported that the clash between Persita and Arema has been switched to Jalak Harupat Stadium, south of Bandung. I don't know if anyone is aware but Pelita Jaya are slated to play Persiba at the same venue on the same day. Click to continue reading...

In the old days of the semi professional Galatama Pelita Jaya were possibly the biggest name in Indonesian football. Indeed much of Persija's older support cut their footballing teeth following one of Indonesia's first privately owned clubs in the early 90's when they were winning trophies galore and attracting aging imports like Roger Milla and Mario Kempes. Click to continue reading...

Indonesia's very own nomads, Pelita Jaya, are on the look out for a new stadium for the new season which starts in July.

Unless extensive renovations are carried out at their Purwakarta stadium they will need something new and one option is Kaluk Harapat in Soreang, West Java. One of the more modern stadiums in Indonesia the only drawback could be access, it is about an hours drive south of Bandung, perhaps four hours from Jakarta airport. Click to continue reading...

Pelita Jaya have had to switch venues for their last three games. The local police have refused to allow the Purnawarnam Stadium to be used because of local government elections.

19 December v PSS (Jalak Harupat, Soreang)
22 December v Persib (Krakatau Steel Stadium, Cilegon)
6 January v Persita (Jalak Harupat, Soreang) Click to continue reading...