Indonesia's top flight, Lions Football League, but to us it's often just commonly referred to as Liga 1 (or the Super League) - the league operates in the good old fashioned way: teams rack up points all season, the team at the top of the standings gets the title, and the table dictates who gets a shot at the continental competition and who needs to worry about getting relegated. Liga 1 is played out by 18 clubs, each one pushing to get ahead of the rest.
Liga 1 kicks off every August and finishes in May, but we know it's usually a long haul from August to May. The 2025-26 season is already set to kick off on August 8th 2025 and will wrap up on May 23rd 2026, with a break from December 1st to 19th 2025 because of the SEA Games.
The Liga 1 table is all about a handful of big players who drive the conversation. When you talk about the standings, it's usually the likes of:
These big clubs tend to get all the media attention, generate huge betting volumes, and always seem to be around the top of the table - especially when they're up against some of their bigger rivals.
Persib Bandung are the current defending champions going in to the new season.
The Liga 1 standings are about more than just who's top and who's bottom:
The current season is also a chance to track down the streaks and runs that really tell you how a team is doing. Like who has the longest winning streak at 11 games and who's been unbeaten for 13 games in a row - these are the kinds of things that really start to separate the teams in the league.