JAKARTA - President Director (Director) of I-League (PT Liga Indonesia Baru), Ferry Paulus, explained the reasons for FIFA which still has not given permission regarding away supporters in the 2025/2026 Super League.
This was conveyed by Ferry Paulus after the operator communicated with FIFA. He said, there are still things that his party must explore to ensure the safety of supporters.
"Last night I-League had communicated with FIFA to ask for approval (a trip issuer). In essence, FIFA will still see to what extent the effort from the league is to be able to present the audience earlier."
"So as of today, FIFA still doesn't allow it. Then there is still an in-depth investigation and we will conduct education," said Ferry in Jakarta on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
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Furthermore, Ferry said that the parameters that were used as a reference for FIFA were related to a number of incidents that were not good at the end of the 2024/2025 season competition. At that time there was widespread use of flares or flare smoke in the middle of the match.
In addition, the moments in several matches that were colored by the action of supporters entering the field and destroying stadium facilities were also taken into consideration by FIFA.
"Actually, before yesterday's league close, the league had given the green light. So, we are very happy."
"However, in the last match, there was a flare and what was even worse was the match that was witnessed by the FIFA delegation at the close in Bandung where the grass was crushed," said Ferry Paulus.
Because of the incident in Bandung, I-League finally decided that the opening match of the 2025/2026 Super League would not bring together the League 1 champion against the League 2 champion, as usual.
"Therefore, I-League forbids to make Persib Bandung an opening match. Not only flares, but also to the field. If it's just flares, that's okay. Worse, to the field," said Ferry.
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