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, 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.
To Liga 3
Relegated from 2021–22 Liga 2
PS Mitra Kukar
Badak Lampung
KS Tiga Naga
Hizbul Wathan
From Liga 3
Promotion from 2021–22 Liga 3
Karo United (changed name to Sada Sumut) Putra Delta Sidoarjo (changed name to Malut United) Mataram Utama (changed name to Nusantara United) PSDS Deli Serdang Deltras Persikab Bandung Gresik United Persipa Pati
Rules
Here are some rules for the 2023 season:
Participating team
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 5 senior players. The maximum number of registered players is 35 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).
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Provincial phase
2023–24 season
These teams will be the representatives from their provincial league to be competing in national phase.
Notes: BOLD: Winner of each provincial league. Grey background denotes provinces that did not held province round.
Free slots
11 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.
National phase
Preliminary round
A total of 80 teams will be drawn into 20 groups of 4 teams. The preliminary round will be played in single round-robin matches.
20 group winners and the 12 best runner-up advanced to the second round.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Group 12
Group 13
Group 14
Group 15
Group 16
Group 17
Group 18
Group 19
Group 20
Ranking Posible Qualification
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Second round
The 32 teams that advanced from the preliminary round were divided into 8 groups of four teams to play single round-robin matches.
The group winners and runners-up from each advanced to the third round.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Third round
The 16 teams that advanced from the second round were divided into 4 groups of four teams to play single round-robin matches.
The group winners from each group advanced to the knockout round and promoted to 2024–25 Liga 2. The two best runners-up promoted to 2024–25 Liga 2
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Ranking Posible Promotion
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Knockout round
In the knockout round, the 4 teams that advanced from third round will play in a single-legged knockout format.