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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background Of Writing Football becomes an Recently, many television interesting sport activity over the news and newspapers have reported world including in Indonesia. PSSI. It is not about their Indonesia has an organization that achievements, but about their bad leads this sport, named Indonesia condition. News like fighting Football Association or commonly between suporters or players in a called PSSI (Persatuan Sepak Bola club, failure of the national team in Seluruh Indonesia). PSSI was several competitions and corruption established in 1930 by Soeratin scandal become the headline on any Sosrosoegondo. PSSI is just like any news media. This time something other football associations in other that becomes hot news is the countries which have national teams disintegration of PSSI. The writer is and league competitions. Besides interested in the factual problem of that, they also had many problems PSSI. Besides he wanting to know for 82 years since PSSI has been the impact of PSSI disintegration to founded. Indonesia football. 1.2. Purpose of Writing Based on the background of 1. To give the facts the writing, the writer has some around PSSI purposes in writing this project. In disintegration order to make those purposes clear, 2. To give information the purpose of writing will be according to the presented as follows: sequence of events 3. To show the impact of PSSI Disintegration 1.3. Scope of Study on the issues that the writer establishment of normalization knows, this project will focus on committee and selection of new problems of PSSI, such as corruption chairman, duality of competition and scandal, establishment of LPI, the establishment of KPSI. 2 DISCUSSION 2.1. PSSI Chairman Controversy Nurdin Halid is the chairman corruption scandals, criminal status, of PSSI period 2003-2011. He is and politicization of PSSI has been known as a controversial chairman. done by him during his tenure as Several controversies such as chairman of PSSI. 2.1.1. Corruption Scandals Nurdin Halid got involved in found not guilty by South Jakarta several cases of corruption that District Court on June 16, 2005, makes him often deal with the thus making him free of 20-year police. On July 14, 2004, he was imprisonment demand from the jailed as a suspect in the smuggling prosecutor. He was also convicted of illegally imported sugar. On on charges of Vietnam rice import November 2, 2004, Nurdin was customs violation. He was investigated for his involvement in sentenced for two years and six corruption case of the cooking oil months imprisonment by North distribution fund which cost the Jakarta District Court on August 9, state 169 billion rupiahs. He was 2004. 2.1.2. Criminal Status The controversy that has been withdraw from various parties. made by Nurdin Halid is not only However, he was determined not to corruption cases, but also his retreat from his position as criminal status when he was the chairman of the PSSI, and still run chairman of PSSI. He was re- the PSSI leadership from behind sentenced for two years in prison bars. To avoid the statute of FIFA due to corruption in the which states They must not have procurement of cooking oil on been previously found guilty of August 13, 2007. Based on the criminal offense, he removed the standards of FIFA statutes, a word Have been previously, so that criminal should not be served as it reads Must not found guilty of chairman of the national criminal offense. After his associational of football. Because of imprisonment, he returns to serve as that reason, Nurdin urged to chairman of PSSI. 3 2.1.3. Politicization of PSSI controversy that was done by Discrimination of any kind Nurdin Halid when the declaration against a country, private of Southeast Sulawesi governor person or group of people on candidate from Golkar party. He account of ethnic origin, claims success of the national team gender, language, religion, of Indonesia in the AFF Suzuki politics or any other reason is Cup 2010 was the work of Golkar strictly prohibited and party. Many harsh criticisms come punishable by suspension or from people after hearing his expulsion.“ (FIFA Statutes, statement. They consider that PSSI August 2010 edition. Pg. 7. was politicized by Nurdin Halid. Article 3. Neutrality and non- FIFA is also against politicization discrimination) in football with their statute: 2.2. Establishment of LPI, Normalization Committee, and Selection of New Chairman 2.2.1. Establishment of LPI Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI) and Sports Ministry. PSSI banned is an Indonesian independent any activity conducted by LPI. football league which aims to They consider that the improve the quality of Indonesia implementation of LPI is illegal football. The LPI is privately because LPI does not have funded by well-known permission from the football businessman Arifin Panigoro. He association. PSSI also explains had been asked support for the LPI with length reasons why LPI is after the last National Soccer against the law, but it never Congress in Malang in March 2010 explains the reason why they do that failed to unseat Nurdin Halid not approve the LPI, it even calls from the PSSI chairmanship and them as tarkam (village also has supported by the Youth competition). 2.2.2. Normalization Committee and Selection of New Chairman After the emergence of LPI, held with the main agenda of the situation in PSSI becomes more discussion LPI and the new PSSI complicated than before. PSSI chairman election run in chaos. congress previously planned to be The problems in PSSI seem like to 4 be covered up from the public by considered to fail in controlling holding a private congress. LPI and organizing the congress. Meanwhile, the congress is FIFA also chooses Agum Gumelar canceled because there are some as a leader of PSSI until new troubles in voting for the new leadership is elected on May 21. chairman of PSSI. After several congresses, on July 9, 2011, Djohar Arifin was elected as On April 1, 2011, emergency a new chairman of PSSI period committee of FIFA creates a 2011 ± 2015 through an normalization committee to take Extraordinary Congress of PSSI in control of PSSI from executive 2011. committee which has been 2.3. Duality Competition The election of Djohar Arifin teams. The 6 new teams consisted as a new PSSI chairman does not of former LPI teams which were directly solve the problem on merged with Indonesia Super Indonesian football. It creates new League and created a new league problems which is a duality named Indonesia Premier League competition in Indonesia league. (IPL). The establishment of IPL This problem started on the 14th of made the member of executive September 2011, when members committee of PSSI divided into pro of the Executive Committee of and contra group. The supporting PSSI threatened to do the groups are Djohar Arifin, Farid extraordinary congress (kongres Rahman, Sihar Sitorus, Tuti Dau, luar biasa, KLB) if the system of Mawardi Nurdin, Widodo Santoso, Indonesia league has changed. The and Bob Hippy. The opposing are Threat of KLB was declared by La La Nyalla Mattalitti, Toni Aprilani, Nyalla, just three months after Roberto Rouw, and Erwin Dwi Djohar Arifin was appointed as Budiman. The executive committee Chairman of the PSSI. La Nyalla meeting also discussed about the also suggested that the former fate of dualism clubs like board of PSSI in Nurdin Halid‘s Persebaya, Persija Jakarta, and era including in Djohar Arifin PSSI Arema. Finally, the executive management structure. committee resulted in the decision that recognized Persija version On September 21, 2011, Bambang Sucipto, Arema version Executive Committee was Nur Muhammad, and Persebaya as attending the meeting in Sahid the result of coalition from Cholid Hotel that changed competition Goromah and Wisnu Wardhana. format from 18 teams into 24 5 The deals made by Djohar, La members, Toni Aprilani, began Nyalla and corps produced dualism showing strong opposition against IPL and ISL Persija, IPL and ISL Djohar Arifin because he did not Arema, and Persebaya IPL and agree about the decision of PT Persebaya Division. Liga Indonesia as manager of competition to be taken by PT Liga The management of PSSI Prima Indonesia Sportindo. was announced on September 23, 2011 and the names of former On October 13, 2011, board nominated by La Nyalla was manager of IPL meeting was in rejected. Then he declared the chaos. 14 clubs stated that they movement to extraordinary refused to join the IPL and stayed congress of PSSI. He felt that the in PT Liga Indonesia and Liga decision did not involve him, Super Indonesia. This is the because he was in the outside of beginning of the resistance meeting arena. The situation in movement Liga Super Indonesia. PSSI was more complicated when La Nyalla Mattalitti declared some representatives of the clubs Indonesia Super League was ready that were also former board PSSI to go, followed by 14 teams plus of Nurdin Halid‘s era like former four promotional teams. Persib and members of the Executive Sriwijaya FC left IPL and joined Committee, Muhammad Zein, Fery ISL, total participants of IPL was Paul, and Irrawaddy Hanafi, 12 clubs and started the first game gathered at an event in Jakara to on October 15, 2011. By the plan a movement to PSSI and also opening of ISL, then it began the one of the Executive Committee duality competition. 2.4. Komite Penyelamatan Sepak Bola Indonesia (KPSI, Indonesia Soccer Rescue Committee) Because of being unsatisfied unsuccessfully repaired by PSSI. with the decision and the current The committee was called Komite PSSI performance, on December Penyelamatan Sepak bola 28, 2011, Toni Apriliani, La Indonesia (KPSI, Indonesian Nyalla, Robert Row, and Erwin Soccer Rescue Committee).