2019 Indonesia President's Cup


The 2019 Indonesia President's Cup was the fourth edition of Indonesia President's Cup, held by the Football Association of Indonesia as a pre-season tournament for the 2019 Liga 1. The tournament started on 2 March and finished on 12 April 2019.
Persija were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Kalteng Putra.
Arema won the finals 4–2 on aggregate against Persebaya for their second Indonesia President's Cup title.

Teams

The following 20 teams participated for the tournament.
TeamAppearanceLast
appearance		Previous best
performance		2018 season
league ranking
Arema4th2018Winners 6th in Liga 1
Bali United4th2018Runners-up 11th in Liga 1
Barito Putera3rd2018Group stage 9th in Liga 1
Bhayangkara4th2018Quarter-finals 3rd in Liga 1
Borneo4th2018Runners-up 7th in Liga 1
Kalteng Putra2nd2018Group stage 3rd in Liga 2
Madura United4th2018Quarter-finals 8th in Liga 1
Mitra Kukar4th2018Fourth place 16th in Liga 1
Persebaya2nd2018Quarter-finals 5th in Liga 1
Persela4th2018Group stage 13th in Liga 1
Perseru3rd2018Group stage 14th in Liga 1
Persib4th2018Winners 4th in Liga 1
Persija4th2018Winners 1st in Liga 1
Persipura2nd2017Group stage 12th in Liga 1
Persita2nd2015Group stage 4th in Liga 2
PSIS2nd2018Group stage 10th in Liga 1
PSM4th2018Quarter-finals 2nd in Liga 1
PSS2nd2017Group stage 1st in Liga 2
Semen Padang2nd2017Fourth place 2nd in Liga 2
TIRA-Persikabo3rd2018Group stage 15th in Liga 1

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 February 2019 at the Sultan Hotel, Senayan in Jakarta. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Venues

Unlike the previous three seasons, all the venues for the group stage were on the Java Island. The five venues that use for the group stage of the tournament were Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi, Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Moch. Soebroto Stadium in Magelang, Maguwoharjo Stadium in Sleman, and Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang.

Format

In this tournament, 20 teams were drawn into five groups consisting of four teams each. The teams in each group would play a round robin system. After the group stage, the five group winners and three best runners-ups would advance to the knockout stage, starting with the quarter-finals. If the quarter-final matches were held in one venue in the previous season, then the matches would be held in group stage winners' home stadium according to the quarter-finals drawing results this season. Two teams qualified for the finals would be played two-legged fixtures and there was no third-place play-off match.

Group stage

The top teams of each group and the three best runner-up teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, WIB.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Ranking of runners-up

Knockout stage

Referring to tournament regulations, the teams entitled to host the quarter-finals were the four best group winners. Therefore, Bhayangkara, Persija, Persela, and Persebaya were the hosts. The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2019 at Sultan Hotel, Senayan in Jakarta.
There was no extra time rule applied in the quarter-finals. If a match ended with a draw, it would go straight to a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. Extra time rule and a penalty shoot-out would be used in the semi-finals and finals, if necessary.
All times are local, WIB.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Persebaya won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Arema won 6–0 on aggregate.

Finals

Arema won 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs were counted as draws.
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