Perserikatan is a term commonly refers to national amateur football competitions in Indonesia held between 1931 to 1994 before the formation of Liga Indonesia, organized by the PSSI, the Indonesian football federation. The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indonesia and was divided into several levels.
In English, the term Perserikatan may literally translated to inter-association football championship as this competition involved all regional-level football associations in Indonesia.
Since 1970, in parallel, another national football league namely Galatama (The Premier League), was established for semi professional football clubs. Therefore, prior to 1994, when both Perserikatan and Galatama were merged into a new system called Liga Indonesia, both competitions existed in parallel.
The competition was started on April 19, 1930. Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discuss about the future championship on the Netherlands territory. They met at Societeit Hadiprojo, Yogyakarta.
The 1932 Perserikatan season was the third season of the Indonesian Perserikatan football competition since its establishment in 1930. Voetbalbond Indies Jakarta (V.I.J.) is the defending champions won his second league title.
It was performed in 3 teams and the first season competition organition under the Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia (PSSI). PSIM Yogyakarta won the championship.
The 1931 Perserikatan season was the second season of the Indonesian Perserikatan football competition since its establishment in 1930. Voetbalbond Indies Jakarta (V.I.J.) is the defending champions won his first league title.
It was performed in 3 teams and the first season competition organition under the Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia (PSSI). V.I.J. won the championship.