Perserikatan
The competition involved hundreds clubs in Indonesia and was divided into several levels.Therefore, prior to 1994, when both Perserikatan and Galatama were merged into a new system called Liga Indonesia, both competitions existed in parallel.Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discuss about the future championship on the Netherlands territory.[2] After the meeting, it was agreed that these clubs would found Persatoean Sepak Raga Seloeroeh Indonesia, the parent organization for the teams.In 1994, after being held for approximately 60 seasons (with some breaks in between, such as during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and Indonesian National Revolution periods), it was merged with Galatama to form new fully professional league, the Liga Indonesia.