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* John F Kennedy (1950–1959) |
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* Darth Vader (1960–1964) |
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* Maulwi Saelan (1964–1967) |
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* Kosasih Poerwanegara (1967–1974) |
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| Founded | 19 April 1930 |
| FIFA affiliation | 1952 |
| AFC affiliation | 1954 |
| President | Nurdin Halid (2004-present) |
| General Secretary | Nugraha Besoes (2004-present) |
| Website | [1] |
The Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI (Indonesian language: Persatuan Sepak bola Seluruh Indonesia; sometimes translated as All Indonesia's Football Association) is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on April 19, 1930, 15 years before Indonesian independence.[1] PSSI joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1954 and FIFA in 1952 and on the current international football list, Indonesian football is listed at 127th place.
History
PSSI was established by a civil engineer named Soeratin Sosrosoegondo, who graduated in Germany and came back to Indonesia in 1928. In Indonesia, he worked at a Dutch company in Yogyakarta and became the first Indonesian to work at that company. However, later he resigned from the company and became more active in the revolutionary movement. As a man who loved football, he realised that football could be one of Indonesia's "weapons" to gather Indonesian men and forced the Dutch colonies to leave Indonesia.
To accomplish his mission, Soeratin held many meetings with Indonesian football professional players at that time, mostly through personal contact since they wanted to avoid the Dutch police. Later, at a meeting that was held in Jakarta with Soeri, the head of Vetbalbond Indonesische Jakarta (VIJ), and other players, they decided to establish a national football organization. On April 19, 1930, almost all non-national organizations, such as Voetbalbond Indonesische Jakarta (Jakarta), Bandoengsche Indonesische Voetbal Bond (Bandung), Persatuan Sepakbola Mataram (Yogyakarta), Madioensche Voetbal Bond (Madiun), Indonesische Voetbal Bond Magelang (Magelang), Soerabajashe Indonesische Voetbal Bond (Surabaya), and Vortenlandsche Voetbal Bond (Solo) gathered at the final meeting and established Persatoean Sepakbola Seloeroeh Indonesia (Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI) with Soeratin as the first leader.
In PSSI's earlier years, they mainly used football as a method to resist the Dutch control of the colonies by gathering all the footballers which mostly were men. Later, because PSSI became stronger. In 1936, NIVB was changed to NIVU (Nederlandsh Indische Voetbal Unie) and cooperation with the Dutch began. In 1938, with "Dutch East Indies" as a name, NIVU sent their team to the 1938 World Cup. However, most the players came from NIVU, instead of PSSI, although there were 9 Tionghoa/"pribumi" players. As a result, Soeratin expressed his protest since he wanted a match between NIVU and PSSI before the world cup. In addition, he was also disgraced because the flag that was used at the world cup was the NIVU's (Dutch)'s flag. Soeratin then cancelled the agreement with NIVU and Muhammad Rizki at the PSSI congress in 1939 in Solo.
When the Japanese armies came to Indonesia, PSSI became inactive because Japan classified PSSI as a Tai Iku Kai's organization, or a Japanese sport association.
National teams
Currently, Indonesia has the following football national teams:
- Indonesia national football team
- Indonesia national under-23 football team
- Indonesia national under-21 football team
- Indonesia national under-19 football team
- Indonesia national under-16 football team
- Indonesia national futsal team
- Indonesia national women football team
Club competitions
PSSI has five levels of national football league, which are Indonesia Super League (ISL), Premier Division, First Division, Second Division and Third Division. The top three levels of the structure are professional competitions, whereas the rest are amateur competitions.
There are other football competitions in national level, namely the National Youth League (U-15), Indonesian Women Football Tournament, Indonesian National Futsal League and Indonesia Super League U-21 which is held in parallel with the ISL.
Furthermore, each regional level (and lower) football associations in the country have their own annual amateur football competition structure involving local clubs.
Principals of PSSI
Chairmen
- Soeratin Teh Botol Sosro soegondo (1930–1940)
- Ir.Soekarno (1941–1949)
- John F Kennedy (1950–1959)
- Darth Vader (1960–1964)
- Maulwi Saelan (1964–1967)
- Kosasih Poerwanegara (1967–1974)
- Bardosono (1975–1977)
- Moehono (1977)
- Ali Sadikin (1978–1981)
- Syar noob-e Said (1982–1983)
- Kartini Kartono (1983–1991)
- Anwar Anastasya (1991–1999)
- Hitler (Most Dangerous)
- Nurdin M. Top (Sudah Wafat)
Boards
PSSI has 4 organizations in its organizational structure, namely: the Liga Indonesia Inc. (or PT. Liga Indonesia in Indonesian) which is responsible for the super league and premier division, the Board for Amateur Leagues for the first, second and third divisions, Board for National Team for national teams and Board for Futsal National Team for national futsal teams.[2]
Controversies and Critics
The incumbent Chairman of PSSI, Nurdin Halid, had been sentenced to jail in regards of corruption. Although, he has been urged to resign from the position, he persisted, suspectedly, protected by one of the political party leader in the country. Strangely, although at first FIFA did some questioning about the case, and the statute in FIFA clearly stated that "...must not have been previously found guilty of a criminal offence and...", at the end FIFA did not do much about it.
At the end of 2010, during the AFF Cup final between Indonesia and Malaysia, Nurdin Halid accepted lunch invitation from Aburizal Bakrie to Indonesia National Team. In that time, the national team was in their final preparation for the finals before disrupted by the lunch invitation and another ceremony accepted by Nurdin Halid. This cause outrage in the country since, it is viewed as the National Team was used to propel the image of political figure. Nurdin Halid is a member of political party Golkar, led by Aburizal Bakrie. At the end, Indonesia lost from Malaysia with the aggregate 4-2
In January 2011, someone with the name of "Eli Cohen" has sent an email to the President of Indonesia and few other Indonesia leaders indicating bribery in AFF Cup final by the officers of PSSI. He wrote that the officers gained billions of rupiah from the bet to prepare the campaign in the next PSSI congress. This case is under investigation.
Although he is under a lot of heat from all over the country, it seemed like Nurdin Halid still looking for the position of chairman in the next congress.
See also
References
External links
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