PSSI Officially Terminates League 1 And 2 The 2020 Season Without A Champion

PSSI illustration (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - PSSI officially stopped the 2020 League 1 and 2 Indonesian League seasons due to force majeure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and determined that there were no champions even though the two competitions had been running for several weeks in 2020.

Quoted from the official website of PSSI in Jakarta, Wednesday, the decision was made by PSSI at the PSSI Executive Committee (Exco) meeting which was held today.

According to PSSI Chairman Mochamad Iriawan, in taking this policy, PSSI really considered the input of the League 1 and League 2 participating clubs which was submitted to the competition operator PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) on Friday, January 15.

"Exco PSSI discussed the input and decided that the 2020 League 1 and 2 season competitions were canceled," said Iriawan as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 20.

Apart from not having won, PSSI also determined that no club would be relegated from Liga 1 and Liga 2 in the 2020 season.

Therefore, all teams participating in the 2020 season are still competing clubs in League 1 and League 2 for the 2021 season.

Then, PSSI invited the club to manage player contracts in accordance with the force majeure regulations in each team.

Meanwhile, at the Exco meeting the club expressed the hope that PT LIB would first obtain permission from the National Police before preparing for the 2021 season.

After rolling for a while, PSSI had temporarily closed the League 1 and 2 seasons from March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, until January 2021, the Indonesian professional football league has not yet continued because it did not get permission from the crowd from the Indonesian National Police because the COVID-19 pandemic was not yet under control.

That is what makes clubs ask LIB to stop the 2020 League 1 and 2 seasons.