2023–24 Liga 3 is the eighth season of the Liga 3 under the current name and the ninth season under the current league structure, and the only amateur league football competition in Indonesia. The tournament was organized by Provincial Association of PSSI for the provincial round and PSSI for the national round.
Teams that qualify for the last 8 of Liga 3 are entitled to promotion to 2024–25 Liga 2. Karo United was the champion in the 2021–22 season.
Because Liga 2's previous season along with 2022–23 Liga 3 were abandoned due to a combination of factors with the most notable among them was the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster,[2] participants of the league remain unchanged from last season.
Teams changes
As the 2022–23 Liga 2 and 2022–23 Liga 3 were abandoned along with the relegation rule which was being scrapped from 2022–23 Liga 1, the league's teams remain unchanged. The following teams changed division after the 2021 season.
PSSI member clubs or PSSI member candidate clubs who have completed the registration administration requirements as a member of PSSI and have received approval at the relevant provincial PSSI annual congress.
Registration of participating clubs via the online system SIAP (Sistem Informasi dan Administrasi PSSI).
All clubs participating in Liga 3 2023 compete in the provincial round, there is no pre-national round for the participants of Liga 3 2022–2023 because league was cancelled.
Aspects of football development, enough time lag between one match to another.
Player
The age of the players is the birth of January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2005, and 7 senior players.
The maximum number of registered players is 30 players.
Minimum trainer license B PSSI License.
The maximum number of registered officials is 10 peoples.
Player registration via online system SIAP (Sistem Informasi dan Administrasi PSSI).
Teams
A total of 437 teams participated in the provincial phase of 2023–24 Liga 3.
^757 Kepri Jaya are the champions of 2023 Liga 3 Riau Islands and as such are eligible to qualify, but have ensured themselves an early qualification to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season.
^As of 13 March 2024, PSSI confirmed that Dodos withdrew from the national phase due to the club's financial problems. Instead, the remaining slot was given to Persikat Ketapang as the semifinalist of 2023–24 Liga 3 West Kalimantan.
^Persikota Tangerang are the runner-up of 2023 Liga 3 Banten and as such are eligible to qualify, but have ensured themselves an early qualification to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season. Thus, the slot was given to the third-placed team, Persic Cilegon.
^Persipasi Kota Bekasi are the champions of 2023 Liga 3 West Java Series 1 and as such are eligible to qualify, but have ensured themselves an early qualification to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season.
^Persip Pekalongan are the champions of 2023 Liga 3 Central Java and as such are eligible to qualify, but have ensured themselves an early qualification to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season.
^Perseden Denpasar are the champions of 2023 Liga 3 Bali and as such are eligible to qualify, but have ensured themselves an early qualification to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season.
^Maluku are the champions of 2023 Liga 3 Maluku and as such are eligible to qualify, but have ensured themselves an early qualification to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season.
BOLD: Champions of each provincial league.
Grey background denotes provinces that did not sent representative to the national phase.
Free slots
14 provincial associations received free slots to the national phase based on their performance in the 2022–23 season, as not all provincial associations organised competitions for the provincial phase in the 2022–23 season.
Locations of Java-based 2023–24 Liga 3 National phase teams
Preliminary round
A total of 80 teams will be drawn into 16 groups of 5 teams. The preliminary round will be played in single round-robin matches.
16 group winners and 16 runners-up will advance to the second round.
Draw
The draw was held online via the official PSSI youtube channel on 26 March 2024.[46] 80 teams divided into 5 zones based on their geographical location.
The following draw mechanism is applied:
1. The 16 host teams are seeded and automatically drawn sequentially into groups A–P.
2. The draw started with zone 1 and ended with zone 5.
3. Teams from the same zone cannot be drawn into the same group.
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