Galatama
Galatama (an acronym for Liga Sepak Bola Utama, Premier Football League) was a semi professional football league in Indonesia, established in 1979 by the Indonesian Football Association, PSSI. Prior to the establishment of the competition, an amateur football league named Perserikatan had existed since 1931. Both Perserikatan and Galatama existed and run in parallel until 1994 when they were both merged to form a new, unified league called Liga Indonesia.
History
Until 1979, the Perserikatan was the only national-level competition in Indonesia. The competition is an amateur competition. Starting in 1979, Football Association of Indonesia started a semi-professional league, named Liga Sepak Bola Utama (English: Premier Football League), shortened to Galatama. Galatama is one of the pioneers of professional and semi-professional football league in Asia alongside the Hong Kong League.
Throughout its history, Galatama always operated in a single-division format except for the 1983 and 1990 seasons, when it was divided into two divisions.
1979–80 Galatama season
The 1979–80 Galatama season was the inaugural season of the Indonesian Galatama football competition since its establishment in 1979. League played from Mar 17, 1979 to May 6, 1980.
It was performed in 14 teams, and Warna Agung won the championship.
League table
Updated to games played on May 6, 1980.
Source: 1979-80 Galatama table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw.
1 BBSA (denotes Bangka Billiton Sports Association) Tama withdrew after first half of season.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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