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Persija Suspends Alfath Amidst Domestic Abuse Allegations
Persija Jakarta have suspended young defender Alfath Fathier for two months amidst allegations that he had domestically abused his wife Ratu Rizky Nabila. The suspension was done to allow Alfath to focus on his ongoing case as well as enabling Persija to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding their player. Ratu Rizky have accused Alfath of strangling her and beating her while she was pregnant with the newlyweds' child, prompting the singer to file for divorce. Not only that, it was alleged that Alfath had been unfaithful to his wife and even demanded Ratu Rizky to perform an abor...
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PSM Slapped with Registration Ban by FIFA
Liga 1 Indonesia giants PSM Makassar have been slapped with a lengthy registration ban by FIFA on Tuesday. This came after they failed to settle salary arrears with former player Giancarlo, with the ban meaning that PSM were unable to register new players in three transfer windows from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, league operators PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) are considering blocking any attempts from PSM to register for the upcoming 2021 Liga 1 season until they've settled their issue with Giancarlo, which effectively threatened the Makassar-based club's participation in the league. FIFA and P...
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Saddil Ramdani Set for Tembedau Switch
Indonesia national team winger Saddil Ramdani is set to become the latest Indonesian player to go abroad after Liga 1 Indonesia side Bhayangkara Solo FC and Liga Super Malaysia side Sabah FC agreed on the 22-year old's transfer from the former to the latter. With the registration deadline for new M-League players only one week away, Sabah have been on the lookout for a player to fill their ASEAN quota in the transfer market. And the Borneo-based club had their eyes set on Saddil, who had previous experience in the Liga Super with Pahang FA in 2019. Sabah had initially approached Bhayangkara wi...
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Indonesian Police: Liga 1 is Still Forbidden
Despite hinting that they might give the 2021 Liga 1 Indonesia season the green light, the Indonesian Police have reiterated their stance on Saturday that they will not allow the new season of Indonesian football to commence just yet. The Indonesian football season has been frozen out for almost a year after just three matchweeks into the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia and with the ever-increasing amount of cases, the Indonesian Police have thwarted any attempts from both the Football Federation of Indonesia (PSSI) and league operators PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) in res...
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Indonesian Police Ready to Give 2021 Liga 1 Season the Green Light
The fog of uncertainty surrounding the state of Indonesian football has been lifted slightly on Wednesday. The Indonesian Police have hinted on a webinar that they might give the 2021 Liga 1 Indonesia season the green light, should the Football Federation of Indonesia (PSSI) provide the police with enough confidence that they could hold the 2021 Indonesian football season safely within the ongoing pandemic. The webinar in question was titled "The Hope for Indonesian Sport Amidst the Pandemic," which was held on Wednesday by the Central Union of Indonesian Journalists. Among the webinar's speak...
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Bali United Loan Out Platje to De Graafschap
With the prospect of playing in the 2021 AFC Cup group stages in the horizon, Bali United have acted quickly and secured new contracts for their two key foreign players, Dutch striker Melvin Platje and Iraqi midfielder Brwa Nouri at the end of December. Since all Indonesian football competitions had been ground to a halt thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Serdadu Tridatu will not take the field in any official matches until at least June 22nd, which marks the start of the AFC Cup group stages for teams in the ASEAN Zone. Realizing that their key players must get important game time b...
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Transportation Tycoon Has Sights on Arema
Malang-based transportation tycoon Gilang Widya Pramana has his sights set on acquiring shares in the region's top flight football club Arema FC. Having just showed off his newly-purchased private jet on Instagram, Gilang declares his interest in acquiring a stake of the Singo Edan. Born in the city of Probolinggo, around one and a half hour's drive away from Malang, 31-year old Gilang established the Juragan 99 Trans, a transportation company based in Malang that provides charter buses for organizations, schools, and tour groups. He's also one of the co-founders of cosmetics company MS Glow f...
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OFFICIAL: PSSI, Clubs Agree to Cancel 2020 Indonesian Football Season
The 2020 Indonesian football season has officially been cancelled by the Football Federation of Indonesia (PSSI) due to the ever-increasing cases of COVID-19 within Indonesia and the establishment of a Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) within the islands of Java and Bali by the Indonesia central government. The decision was made on Wednesday in a meeting held by the PSSI's executive committee, with the federation having received inputs regarding the future of the 2020 season from Liga 1 and Liga 2 club owners in the days building up towards Wednesday's meeting. On January 15th, league oper...
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Bhayangkara FC Relocate (Again), This Time to Solo
2017 Liga 1 Indonesia champions Bhayangkara FC has decided to up sticks yet again and relocate to a new city. Despite spending the past two years playing at their own stadium that is the PTIK Stadium in South Jakarta's University of Police Science, Bhayangkara, who are backed by the Indonesian Police, has decided to move to the Central Java city of Solo during the ongoing suspension of the 2020 Liga 1 season, seeking to establish themselves as the city's second club there. In an attempt to connect with the local supporters there, Bhayangkara subsequently rebrand themselves as Bhayangkara Solo ...
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