PT LIB Spreads Good News For Clubs, Players And National Football Lovers

The 2022/2023 Indonesian League 1 competition will resume starting December 5. (Doc. New Indonesian League)

JAKARTA - It is answered that the long wait of players, clubs and national football lovers. The Indonesian League 1 competition for the 2022/2023 season will roll back.

PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) stated that Liga 1 will officially resume starting December 5, 2022. This certainty arose after PT LIB received a recommendation from the police.

"This is encouraging news for us and all League 1 clubs. Thank you to the National Police Headquarters, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of PUPR and the Ministry of Health for their attention and cooperation so far," said LIB President Director Ferry Paulus, quoted from a statement received, Saturday, December 3, early morning WIB.

The LIB also ensures that the first round of the Indonesian League 1 2022-2023 will be completed with a centralized system or bubble. As previously stated, Central Java and DI Yogyakarta will be the location of the match.

There are five stadiums used in the bubble system, namely Jatidiri Stadium (Semarang), Maguwoharjo Stadium (Sleman), Manahan Stadium (Solo), Sultan Agung Stadium (Bantul) and dr Moch Soebroto Stadium (Magelang).

"The first round will be completed by the end of December 2022. All matches (in the bubble-ed) will be held without spectators at the stadium," said Ferry.

Ferry added that all continued matches in the first round of the Indonesian League 1 2022-2023 were under the supervision of the National Police.

The National Police has also assigned a special team to ensure the safety of stadiums and the implementation of technical aspects in accordance with Police Regulation (Perpol) Number 10 of 2022 concerning Security of the Implementation of Sports Competitions.

"On Thursday (December 1), the National Police Headquarters sent a special team to review and ensure the security management system at five stadiums in Central Java and DI Yogyakarta," said Ferry.