News Circulating On Social Media League 1 And 2 Will Be Attended By Spectators, LIB: It's In The Draft We Compiled

JAKARTA - The competition operator PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) has ensured that the 2021-2022 Liga 1 and Liga 2 seasons will be held without spectators at the stadium.

"There are no spectators. This has become a joint decision, including with the National Police and BNPB. The crowd permit from the Police will also declare the league without spectators," said LIB Operations Director Sudjarno to Antara in Jakarta, Monday.

Furthermore, he said LIB and PSSI had not dared to invite spectators into the stadium amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

The statement also straightened out the news circulating through social media which said the audience would be gradually presented at the stadium.

Monitored from social media Instagram, there is a football-themed account that says LIB and PSSI will implement three phases of stadium licensing, starting from phase 1 in July-August 2021, which is 500-1,000 spectators, phase 2 (September-December 2021) 1,000 -2,000 viewers and phase 3 (January-March 2022) 1,000-5,000 viewers.

According to Sudjarno, the upload was an LIB study that was presented during a coordination meeting with Menpora Zainudin Amali, PSSI, Polri and the BNPB/Covid-19 Handling Task Force at the Kemenpora Building, last Monday, and it was not an official decision.

"That is indeed in the draft that we compiled. However, it has been decided that there will be no spectators in the stadium during the league," said Sudjarno.

Regarding the information regarding the issuance of the Ligue 1 and League 2 crowd permits, the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo will announce on Monday afternoon, Sudjarno did not want to comment further.

"We'll just follow it later," said Sudjarno.

PSSI and LIB have stated that they will hold the Indonesian League 1 for the 2021-2022 season from July 10, 2021 to March 2022.

The competition will take place in a full league format, but with a draw system. There are six series that have been agreed in the 2021 PSSI Ordinary Congress on Saturday, May 29 and will be held in three regional clusters on the island of Java.

The first cluster covers West Java, Banten and DKI Jakarta. The second cluster is Central Java and DI Yogyakarta, then the third cluster is East Java.

Later, series one will take place in the first cluster, series two in the second cluster and series three in the third cluster. Then proceed with the fourth series which will continue to be held in the third cluster, then the fifth series in the second cluster and the sixth or last series will return to the first cluster.

Meanwhile, Liga 2 2021 will take place around 14 days after the start of Liga 1.