{"id":16009,"date":"2018-12-14T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T06:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=16009"},"modified":"2018-12-14T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T06:36:37","slug":"indonesia-liga-1-best-xi-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2018\/12\/14\/indonesia-liga-1-best-xi-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia Liga 1 – Best XI 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Indonesian Liga 1 finally drawing to a belated close, it is time for us to reflect on the players who made the biggest impact this campaign. Join Football Tribe Indonesia’s\u00a0Steven Danis<\/strong> as he walks us through the Best XI from the 2018 Liga 1 season.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Goalkeeper<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Teja Paku Alam<\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong> 24<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Sriwijaya FC<\/p>\n

Even though Sriwijaya FC were relegated this season, Teja's performances stood out. He became the most busiest keeper in Liga 1, as he made an impressive 85 saves, the highest in the division.<\/p>\n

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Right Back<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Ismed Sofyan<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>39<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Persija Jakarta<\/p>\n

One of the oldest players in the division, Ismed put in a number of consistent performances this season. The captain of Persija Jakarta was successful in bringing the trophy back to the capital after 17 years. In fact, this is his first league title with Persija after joining with them back in 2003.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Center Back<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Steven Paulle<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>32<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>France<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>PSM Makassar<\/p>\n

His vast experience in French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 made Steven one of the marquee players in Indonesia, and had a huge impact on PSM's defensive line. He become a leader amongst the others and have no doubt to play rough until the game ended.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Center Back<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Arif Satriya<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>23<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Persela Lamongan<\/p>\n

He has really good qualities, but is often an underrated defender. He become the first player to complete more than 100 clearances and interceptions in 2018 Liga 1. In total, he made 131 clearances, 104 interceptions and 74 tackles this season.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Left Back<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Ardi Idrus<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>25<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Persib Bandung<\/p>\n

Ardi Idrus had a phenomenal breakout season. Nobody know him before this season, even though he was already 25 years old. However, he became the first choice of Maung Bandung's coach, Mario Gomez, on the left flank. With total 78 tackles, he was one of the most active defenders in the division.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Right Midfielder<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Osvaldo Haay<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>20<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Persebaya Surabaya<\/p>\n

Osvaldo is the 2018 Liga 1 Best Young Player. The 20 years old Papuan winger is a genius, with pace and acceleration, as well as a good goal sense in front of the penalty box. He found the net 10 times this campaign.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Center Midfielder<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Rohit Chand<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>26<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Nepal<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Persija Jakarta<\/p>\n

Rohit earn the golden ball as the 2018 Liga 1 Best Player. He mainly operates as a central midfielder, but he is also capable of playing as a center back and right back with Macan Kemayoran this season. And he absolutely shows all his abilities in those three different position.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Center Midfielder<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Willem Jan Pluim<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>29<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Netherlands<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>PSM Makassar<\/p>\n

The Dutchman was a lethal weapon for PSM Makassar since last season. With good ball control, he is a great free-kick taker who won the hearts of Indonesian football fans with his hard work on the field.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Left Midfielder<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Rizky Pora<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>29<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Barito Putera<\/p>\n

Rizky become the player with most assist in Liga 1 this season. He helped Barito Putera earn 16 crucial points with his 11 assists during the league campaign. He also a skillfull and versatile player on the left flank, as he is a great midfielder who is good as a defender as well.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Striker<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Aleksandar Rakic<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>31<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Serbia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>PS TIRA<\/p>\n

Rakic earn the golden boot as the 2018 Liga 1 Top Scorer, as his 21 goals made him PS TIRA's saviour in the relegation battle. He mostly scored from open play, but he also dangerous when executing free-kick and converting set-piece chances into goals.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Striker<\/h2>\n

Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Samsul Arif<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a0<\/strong>33<\/p>\n

Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Indonesia<\/p>\n

Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Barito Putera<\/p>\n

Having scored 14 goals this year, Samsul became the top scorer amongst the local players for two year in a row. Last year with Persela Lamongan, he also become the local top scorer with 17 goals.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Honorable Mentions<\/h2>\n

Wawan Hendrawan -\u00a0<\/strong>Bali United<\/p>\n

Fabiano Beltrame -\u00a0<\/strong>Madura United<\/p>\n

Rezaldi Hehanussa -\u00a0<\/strong>Persija Jakarta<\/p>\n

Makan Konate -\u00a0<\/strong>Arema FC<\/p>\n

Matias Cordoba -\u00a0<\/strong>Barito Putera<\/p>\n

Gozali Siregar -\u00a0<\/strong>Persib Bandung<\/p>\n

David da Silva -\u00a0<\/strong>Persebaya Surabaya<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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With the Indonesian Liga 1 finally drawing to a belated close, it is time for us to reflect on the players who made the biggest impact this campaign. Join Football Tribe Indonesia’s\u00a0Steven Danis as he walks us through the Best XI from the 2018 Liga 1 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":16018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indonesia","category-southeast-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}