List of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1
This is a list of foreign referees for the 2017 Liga 1. Since the project started on 5 August 2017 already 13 referees (12 FIFA referees) and 28 assistant referees (22 FIFA assistant referees) who have led the Liga 1 games, each coming from Australia (2 referees and 6 assistant referees), Kyrgyzstan (5 referees and 9 assistant referees), Iran (5 referees and 11 assistant referees) and Japan (1 referee and 2 assistant referees). Until the end of season on 12 November 2017, 50 matches had been led by foreign referees.
Overview[edit]
In December 2016, PSSI and the league operator planned to use foreign referees for the 2017 competition. The use of foreign referee was intended to improve the quality of the competition.[1] However, two weeks before the league starts, this plan was cancelled.[2]
After a wide criticism, protest and dissatisfaction towards the local referees during the first round of the season,[3][4] PSSI revisited the idea. On 18 July 2017, PSSI and the league operator officially announced the use of foreign referees and assistant referees in select matches for the second round.[5] There will be two sets of officials (consisted of 1 referee and 2 assistant referees), each coming from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran and Japan.[6]
List of referees[edit]
- As of matches played on 12 November 2017.
Note: Referees in bold was FIFA International referees.
References[edit]
- ^ "PSSI Pakai Wasit Asing di Kompetisi 2017" (in Indonesian). Bola.net. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liga 1 Dipastikan Tidak Pakai Wasit Asing" (in Indonesian). goal.com. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Wasit Dihukum (Lagi)". kumparan (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ Andriansyah, Radhitya; Maulana, Yudhi (2017-07-11). "Wasit Masih Jadi Masalah Serius PT LIB - VIVA.co.id" (in Indonesian). PT. VIVA MEDIA BARU - VIVA.co.id. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ "Liga 1 2017 Resmi Gunakan Wasit Asing". republika.co.id. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Enam Wasit Asing Siap Diturunkan di Putaran Kedua Liga 1". Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). 2017-07-27. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-11.