The Championship, officially known as the Pegadaian Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by the I-League. The competition started in 2017 after PSSI changed the previous competition Liga Indonesia Premier Division (Indonesian: Divisi Utama Liga Indonesia).
Originally, the Premier Division was the top-tier division when it was first established in 1994 and only became the second tier in 2008 when its place in the top flight was replaced by the newly formed Indonesia Super League. The competition is usually divided into several groups because of factors in terms of geography and number of participants.
The Premier Division was the first-tier in Liga Indonesia. The system stayed put until 2007. In 2008, PSSI formed the Indonesia Super League (ISL), the first fully professional league in Indonesia, as the new top-tier of Indonesian football. The Premier Division was then being relegated to the second-tier.
As a result of continuing conflict between PT Liga Indonesia (LI) and PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (LPIS), there were two different Liga Indonesia Premier Division being organized for 2011âÂÂ12 and 2013 season, one for the Indonesia Super League and the other for Indonesian Premier League. Starting in the 2014 season Premier Division was organized again by PT Liga Indonesia after the dissolution of LPIS.
In January 2017, PSSI renamed the competition from Premier Division to Liga 2 along with the change in the name of the league in the top division from Indonesia Super League to Liga 1.
Liga 2 did not use the name of the main sponsor after the name change in 2017 season until Pegadaian, which operates in the financial sector became the main sponsor in the 2023âÂÂ24 season and changed the name of the league to Pegadaian Liga 2.
In June 2025, the competition was renamed from Liga 2 to the Championship along with the change in the name of the league in the top division from Liga 1 to the Super League.
Here are some regulations that are implemented for the 2025âÂÂ26 season.
There are 20 clubs in Championship, divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. Each group consists of 10 clubs based on geographical location and during the course of the season (from September to May), the teams play each other three times in a triple round-robin system (either once home and twice away or twice home and once away) for a total of 27 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head records, then goal difference, and then goals scored. If still equal, fair play points and then a drawing of lots decide the ranking.
The first-place teams from both the Group A and B earn direct promotion to Super League, while the runners-up of each group face each other in a promotion play-off to compete for one additional promotion spot.
The 10th-placed teams from both the Group A and B are directly relegated to Liga Nusantara, while the 9th-placed teams from each group compete in a relegation play-off to determine one more team to be relegated.
Video assistant referee (VAR) was introduced to Championship for the first time in the 2024âÂÂ25 season during the final and promotion play-off matches. The 2025âÂÂ26 season sees the full implementation of VAR for the first time.
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The following 20 clubs will compete in the Championship during 2025âÂÂ26 season.
The following clubs competed in the Championship since 2017 season, but are not competing in the 2025âÂÂ26 season.
<small>* Bold designates the promoted club<br />â Lost the Promotion/relegation playoff<br />â¡ Won the Promotion/relegation playoff and got promoted<br /></small>
Championship's policy on foreign players has changed multiple times since its inception.