![]() ![]() Persija won six national titles in the Perserikatan years. Almost all of these associations were seen as representatives of the main ethnic group in their respective regions, flaming primordial sentiments. These associations, including Persija, played against each other in an annual tournament known as Perserikatan, which literally means union. ![]() Amateur years (1951-1994) Īfter the 1945 independence, national football competitions in Indonesia centred on region-based associations of amateur clubs that received funding from the state. As the Indonesian national football team in the 1950s heavily depended on Persija players, its line-ups at that time were filled by many ethnic Chinese, Dutch and Eurasian players from the Jakarta club. In mid-1951, a club with ethnic Chinese, Dutch and Eurasian players merged with the rebranded outfit. VIJ changed its name to Persija in 1950, five years after the Indonesian independence. VIJ, along with six other Indonesian clubs, established PSSI on 19 April 1930 and won the first PSSI-authorized competition in 1931. The name Jacatra refers to a fort on the northern coast of present-day Jakarta. Its forerunner, the Voetbalbond Indonesische Jacatra (VIJ), was formed on 28 November 1928 as a football club for Indonesian residents of Jakarta when the Dutch were still colonizing the country. Persija has roots that predate the current Indonesian state, which declared independence in 1945. ![]()
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