![]() ![]() ![]() The inability to finish the 2020 season impacted Indonesia's participation in the 2021 AFC Cup competition. Any resumption of professional football will be considered as a fresh start of a season. Eventually, on 15 January 2021, PSSI dismissed the 2020 season of Liga 1 and Liga 2 football leagues and declared them void of winners, relegations and promotions. In November 2020, LIB made another attempt to resume the 2020 season in February 2021 with a plan to finish in July 2021. ![]() After a month, on 29 October 2020, PSSI announced police had not changed their mind and declared the competition could not be held in 2020. On 29 September 2020, PSSI postponed the resumption of Liga 1 and Liga 2 for a month after failing to obtain permission from the police on fears that unruly fans would crowd outside the stadiums. LIB also would allow mid-season transfers between 21 September – 18 October 2020 but the transfers would not be recorded at FIFA Transfer Match System (TMS) to avoid conflict with FIFA regulations. To mitigate infection risks, each team must conduct a swab test before the resumption and a rapid test every 14 days during the competition with LIB in charge of testing the day before matchday. The meeting also agreed that there would be no relegation and all teams must have a minimum of two U-20 local players. In a 17 July 2020 meeting, all teams agreed on further details for the resumption plan, including increasing substitutions from three to five, in line with a proposal by FIFA to lessen the impact of fixture congestion. Teams from outside Java and the capital Jakarta, which had the highest infection risks in the country, would be based in Yogyakarta, where the pandemic was relatively under control. Organizers were prepared to hold all matches on the main island of Java, where most teams are based, to mitigate contagion risks. ![]() The plan was to hold all matches without spectators and have no changes to the double round-robin format. League organizer PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) followed it up by announcing matchday four would be held on 1 October 2020 and the season would end on 28 February 2021, but with a note that this tentative schedule would need approval from authorities related to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 June 2020, the Indonesian football association, PSSI, announced it would resume Liga 1 from October 2020. However, the suspension was extended to due to government restrictions on social gatherings. The initial plan was the suspension would end in late March. The season was first suspended on 15 March 2020 after finishing matchday three amid increasing contagion risks from the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]()
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