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

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. However, two weeks before the league starts, this plan was cancelled.

After a wide criticism, protest and dissatisfaction towards the local referees during the first round of the season, 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. There will be two sets of officials (consisted of 1 referee and 2 assistant referees), each coming from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran and Japan.

List of referees

Association	Referee	Assistant referee	Matches
Australia	Shaun Evans	George Lakrindis Wilson Brown	Persib 3-1 PS TNI (5 August 2017) Sriwijaya 0-0 Semen Padang (11 August 2017) Bali United 5-2 Madura United (13 August 2017)
	Shaun Evans	Ryan Gallagher Owen Goldrick	Persija 1-0 Persib (3 November 2017)
	Kris Griffiths-Jones	Lance Greenshields Scott Edeling	Bali United 2-1 PS TNI (20 October 2017) Arema 2-0 Gresik United (25 October 2017) Bhayangkara 3-1 Persela (27 October 2017) Barito Putera 2-2 PSM (29 October 2017)
Iran	Mooud Bonyadifar	Saeid Alinezhadian Ali Mirzabeigi	Arema 0-0 Persib (12 August 2017) Persija 2-2 PSM (15 August 2017) Bhayangkara 2-1 Sriwijaya (20 August 2017)
	Payam Heidari	Saeid Ghasemi Mohammadreza Abolfazli	Madura United 2-0 Arema (10 September 2017)
	Alireza Faghani	Reza Sokhandan Mohammadreza Mansouri	Persib 1-1 Bhayangkara (24 September 2017) Persija 4-1 PS TNI (30 September 2017)
	Alireza Faghani	Mohammadreza Mansouri Ali Mirzabeigi	Persib 0-0 Madura United (19 October 2017) Persija 2-0 Semen Padang (22 October 2017) Barito Putera 1-1 Bali United (25 October 2017) Persipura 3-1 Arema (29 October 2017)
	Hasan Akrami	Hassan Zeheiri Alireza Ildorom	Bali United 6-1 Arema (8 October 2017) Madura United 1-1 Borneo (13 October 2017) PSM 2-1 Persib (15 October 2017)
	Hasan Akrami	Mohammadreza Abolfazli Arman Assadi	PS TNI 2-1 Persipura (4 November 2017) Borneo 2-1 Persib (8 November 2017) Semen Padang 2-0 PS TNI (12 November 2017)
	Sayed Vahid Kazemi	Baba Davari Sajjad Sharif	Madura United 1-3 Bhayangkara (8 November 2017) Persib 0-2 Perseru (12 November 2017)
Japan	Yudai Yamamoto	Akane Yagi Ryo Hirama	Madura United 3-1 Barito Putera (5 November 2017) PSM 6-1 Madura United (12 November 2017)
Kyrgyzstan	Rysbek Shekerbekov	Eldiiar Salybaev Artem Skopintsev	PSM 1-0 Mitra Kukar (7 August 2017) Persija 2-0 Persiba (12 August 2017)
	Rysbek Shekerbekov	Eldos Murzabekov Nuraaly Abdunabiev	Borneo 0-0 Bali United (11 September 2017) Semen Padang 1-2 Bhayangkara (15 September 2017) PS TNI 2-3 Madura United (18 September 2017) Persib 0-0 Bali United (21 September 2017) Bhayangkara 3-2 Bali United (29 September 2017)
	Spartak Danilenko	Sergei Grishchenko Ismailzhan Talipzhanov	Arema 3-0 Persiba (18 August 2017) Madura United 1-1 Persija (21 August 2017) Semen Padang 1-3 Bali United (24 August 2017) Persipura 0-0 Persib (28 August 2017)
	Nurgazy Cholponbaev	Zamirbek Chynybekov Eldiiar Salybaev	Persib 0-0 Barito Putera (9 October 2017) Mitra Kukar 0-5 Persipura (13 October 2017) Persiba 3-2 Bali United (16 October 2017) Bhayangkara 0-2 PSM (19 October 2017)
	Timur Faizullin	Artem Skopintsev Kanat Myrsabekov	Persipura 3-0 Persija (18 October 2017) Persela 1-0 Persib (22 October 2017) PSM 3-1 Persiba (24 October 2017) Borneo 1-2 Persija (28 October 2017)
	Kiemiddin Piriev	Dzahalaldinov Khusan Eldos Murzabekov	Mitra Kukar 1-1 Bhayangkara (3 November 2017) PSM 0-1 Bali United (6 November 2017) Persipura 2-2 Sriwijaya (12 November 2017)