JAKARTA - The country's highest level of football competition, the 2025/2026 Super League, starts rolling on August 8, 2025. I-League (PT Liga Indonesia Baru) as the operator ensures that the match schedule will not clash with the Indonesian National Team (Timnas) schedule in various age groups.

This was conveyed by the President Director of I-League, Ferry Paulus, on Sunday, August 3, 2025. At the launch of the Super League 2025/2026, he emphasized that the synchronization of the schedule had been carried out by building communication with PSSI.

"We have arranged the synchronization (competition schedule) together with PSSI. (Competition) does not stop, it continues when the U-23 Indonesian national team plays (in the 2026 U-23 Asian Cup Qualification) in Sidoarjo," said Ferry Paulus quoted on Monday, August 4, 2025.

Regarding the schedule, Ferry said that the Super League would only stop at the 2025 SEA Games and FIFA Matchday. However, when the junior championship, the league continues.

From the schedule that has been released, throughout the 2025/2026 Super League, there is a schedule that coincides with several national team agendas from various age groups.

The agenda are FIFA Matchday, Fourth Round of Asian Cup Qualification 2026 Asian Zone, 2026 U-23 Asian Cup Qualification, and 2025 SEA Games.

The Indonesian national team will play the FIFA Matchday match against Kuwait and Lebanon in September 2025, then play the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualifiers Fourth Round in October 2025, and the 2025 SEA Games in December 2025.

The former Persija Sports Director also emphasized that I-League fully supports the struggle of the Indonesian national team in the Fourth Round of 2026 World Cup Qualification. Therefore, the 2025/2026 Super League will certainly stop during the FIFA Matchday agenda for the period September and October 2025.

"If (the qualification) of the Asian World Cup (Zona) is senior, the connection with FIFA Matchday will all stop," he said.


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