Persija Jakarta picked up their 11th Indonesian League title when they won the Liga 1 crown this week – a point ahead of second-placed PSM Makassar.

It was Persija’s first title in seventeen years while for PSM, it was another heartbreak as they finished as runners-up for the second time in two years.

Persija’s close 2-1 win over Mitra Kukar gave the city side the edge following goals from Marko Simic’s penalty in the 19th minute and then a header in the 59th minute.

Mitra Kukar’s only goal came off Aldino not too long afterwards.

“It has been a very difficult year as we struggled to find a home base and our own stadium. But the players showed a lot of character as we had to play most of our matches outside of Jakarta,” said captain Ismed Sofyan.

 

GO-JEK LIGA ONE 2018 FINAL STANDINGS 

No Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Persija (C) 34 18 8 8 53 36 +17 62
2 PSM 34 17 10 7 57 42 +15 61
3 Bhayangkara 34 15 8 11 41 39 +2 53
4 Persib 34 14 10 10 49 41 +8 52
5 Persebaya 34 14 8 12 60 48 +12 50
6 Arema 34 14 8 12 53 42 +11 50
7 Borneo 34 14 6 14 50 49 +1 48
8 Madura United 34 13 9 12 47 50 -3 48
9 Barito Putera 34 12 11 11 52 55 -3 47
10 PSIS 34 13 7 14 39 42 -3 46
11 Bali United 34 12 9 13 44 48 -4 45
12 Persipura 34 12 8 14 49 46 +3 44
13 Persela 34 11 10 13 53 52 +1 43
14 Perseru 34 11 9 14 34 41 -7 42]
15 PS TIRA 34 12 6 16 48 57 -9 42]
16 Mitra Kukar (R) 34 12 3 19 45 58 -13 39
17 Sriwijaya (R) 34 11 6 17 48 56 -8 39
18 PSMS (R) 34 11 4 19 50 70 -20 37
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