Newly promoted Persidafon have become the ISL's whipping boys. Back to back thumpings, 5-0 at Sriwijaya, 5-2 at Persiram, have left them 15th in the 18 team league with nine points from their opening 11 games. Of concern to Sergei Dubrovin will be a defence that has leaked 30 goals in that time; an ignominy they share with fellow Papuans Persiram.

It was a Papuan derby in South Jakarta. Persiram Raja Ampat don't have a stadium that meets ISL standards so they have become a bit nomadic this season; this was their third home game at Lebak Bulus while they have also used Surajaya Stadium in Lamongan.

At the weekend the ‘hosts' earned their first win of the season, defeating Deltras 3-1, a result that had Deltras coach Jorg Steinbrunner fuming over what he saw as poor refereeing decisions that cost him the match while Persidafon, up in Palembang, were trounced 5-0 by Sriwijaya.

Olympic Qualifier
Bahrain v Malaysia 2-1 (;Hazwan Bakri) 2,000
Malaysia managed a late equaliser in Bahrain but the hosts, coached by former England manager Peter Taylor, scored a couple of minutes later to earn the win. Heaps happening in the last few moments with two yellows for the home team and a Malaysian seeing red in the 5th minute of injury time.

PSMS have sacked coach Raja Isa. It follows tales of dressing room unrest and unhappiness with the Malaysian coach's training methods. Now far be it for me to go round making assumptions but cast your mind back to Arema's title winning season and also the constant musical chairs in the Persib hot seat last season.

Arema's torrid start to the season continued when they were beaten 2-0 by Persisam yesterday. Goals from Christian Gonzales and ex Arema man Yongki Aribowo. Arema, ISL champions in 2009/2010, have just one win all season and sit 16th in the table.
One place below Arema are newly promoted PSAP who have yet to win this season.

Indonesia Super League
Sriwijaya v Persiba 5-1 (Hilton Moreira, Keith Kayamba, Firman Utina, Siswanto, Ahmad Jufriyanto; Aldo Baretto) 21,875PSPS v Persija (Febriano, Bambang Pamungkas) 15,763PSMS v Persiwa 1-1 (Sasa Zecevic; Habel Satya) 10,553PSAP v Persipura 0-1 (Boas Solossa) 8,650
1 - Sriwijaya 8 6 1 1 21-7 192 - Persipura 7 5 1 1 15-10 163 - Persiwa 7 4 1 2 13-12 13
8 - Keith Kayamba, Hilton Moreira (Sriwijaya)6 - Herman Dzumafo (PSPS)5 - Safee Sali (Pelita Jaya), Alberto Goncalves (Persipura)
Divisi Utama (LI)
Persita v Persitara 1-0 (Hendra Bastion) 8,567Persih v PS Bengkulu 3-0 (Febi Martika Chandra 2, M Husen) 3,851Persekam v PSMP 2-1 (Rohman 2; Nur Rosid) 300PSBK Blitar v PS Sumbawa Barat 1-1 (Alfred Ballah; Saddam Husain) 8,000
Indonesia Premier League
Persema v Bontang 2-0 (Irfan Bachdim, Emile Mbamba)PSM v Semen Padang 1-1
1 - Semen Padang 6 3 3 0 10-3 122 - Persibo 5 3 1 1 10-4 103 - Persija 5 2 3 0 12-9 9

Indonesia Super League
Persela v Sriwijaya 1-1 (Gery Setia; Rizki) 10,000Arema v Persiram 2-2
Divisi Utama (LI)
PSMP v Perssin 1-1
Thai FA Cup Quarter Finals
Loei City v Songkhla 0-4Muang Thong United v Sri Racha 4-0Buriram PEA v BEC Tero 2-0

Indonesia Super League
Arema v Persela 0-1 (Mario Costa) 14,000Persib v Sriwijaya 1-0 (Miljan Radovic) 15,523Pelita Jaya v Persiram 2-1 (Safee Sali, Sasongko; Solossa) 2,549PSMS v Persisam 1-0 (Zulkarnain) 10,551PSAP v Mitra Kukar 2-3 (Cecil Mfundo, Abdul Faisal; Hamka Hamzah, Jajang Maulyana, Arif Suyono) 8,450
1 - Persiwa 2 2 0 0 6-2 62 - Persib 2 2 0 0 4-2 6

Indonesia Super League
Pelita Jaya v Sriwijaya 1-3 (Victor Igbenefo; Keith Kayamba 2, Siswanto) 5,651 Asian Football PicturesPersib v Persiram 3-2 (Airlangga, M Ilham, Miljan Radovic; Okatvianus Maniani, JP Boumsong) 20,283

The AFC told the Indonesian Football Association the new season had to begin by a certain date or they would lose the right to enter teams in continental football next season. So, amid much ballyhoo, the Indonesia Premier League kicked off on 15 October when Persib hosted Semen Padang.
A few more games were scheduled but never took place and the competition, fully one game old, went into hibernation for the SEA Games, a period of six weeks.

It's the dream final for the SEA Games. A repeat of last year's ASEAN Cup, albeit at Under 23, today's final between Indonesia and Malaysia will keep the organizers happy as fans queue to see the two foes go head to head for local pride.

At least 88,000 are expected to fill the Bung Karno with the vast majority hoping to see the local side win and the Malaysians humiliated.

The aging Hendro Kartiko has received a surprise recall to the Indonesian national team ahead of their World Cup Qualifiers. Kartiko, now with newly promoted Mitra Kukar, is one of four keepers named in the squad.
The others are I Made Wirawan (Persiba), Ferry Rotinsulu (Sriwijaya) and Samsidar (Semen Padang).

Keith Kayamba Gumbs has been at the heart of Sriwijaya's successes over recent years and his consistent performances have seen him recalled to the St Kitts & Nevis national team for their World Cup Qualifiers.
They play Canada home and away so as well as adding to his airmiles Kayamba will get to play some football.

Greg Nwokolo has been one of the most highly sought after players this transfer window. The Persija wideman has been impressive in his last two campaigns with the Kemayoran Tigers, with a spell in Portugal sandwiched inbetween.
However given the uncertainty surrounding Persija ahead of the new season players have been jumping ship all summer and Nwokolo is just the latest in a long line to move.

Simon McMenemy is to be confirmed as coach of Super League new boys Mitra Kukar. The former Philippines national team who has also coached in Vietnam is expected to finalise everything today before taking charge of the ambitious club from East Kalimantan.
Mitra Kukar have also signed Hamka Hamzah, Isnan Ali and Jajang Maulyana ahead of the new season which starts next month.

It was only last December that pacy winger Oktavianus Maniani was being talked about as the great new hope of Indonesian football along with Irfan Bachdim. The Sriwijaya winger was a bit of an unknown and thrown against Malaysia and Laos in the AFF Cup he created an immediate impact and, along with Bachdim and Riedl, helped make Indonesian football 'sexy' with the masses.

Nope, nothing to do with Ryan, Babel is an acronym for the island province of Bangka Belitung. Flushed with the success of a local movie, Laskar Pelangi, the islands have become a popular tourist destination for locals looking for a bit of peace and quiet basking in the glamour of fame.
The Depati Amir Stadium in Pangkal Pinang normally hosts local amateur team Persipas but this coming weekend will see the glamour of the Indonesia Super League descend with Deltras and Sriwijaya from nearby Palembang competing with a Babel Stars for the inaugural Babel Cup.

Sriwijaya's best days were when their striker, Keith Kayamba, was paired alongside a prolific strike partner, be it Christian Lenglolo or Claude Ngon Djan.
Without a reliable goal getter too much rested on the veteran and the team struggled to find any consistency despite boasting a fine, experienced squad.

Jajang Maulyana was touted as one of Indonesia's next big things when he broke on to the scene in Pelita Jaya's relatively successful 2007 season. He'd spent time on loan in Brazil and had created an impact in then coach Fandi Ahmad's youthful, attack minded sided.
The Yong Eagles howver were not able to build on that impressive season and Jajang became in danger of being known as a nearly man.

Ferry Rotinsulu (Sriwijaya)
Markus Harison (Persib)
Supardi (Sriwijaya)
Zulkifli (Arema)
M Nasuha (Persija)
M Roby (Persisam)
Ricardo Salampessy (Persisam)
Wahyu Wijiastanto
Ahmad Bustomi (Arema)
Toni Sucipto (Persija)
Eka Ramdani (Persib)
Firman Utina (Sriwijaya)
M Ridwan
Arif Suyono (Sriwijaya)
Oktovianus Maniani (Sriwijaya)
Christian Gonzales (Persib)
Bambang Pamungkas (Persija)
Boaz Solossa (Persipura)
M Ilham (Persija)

The Malaysia Super League has been closed to foreigners these last few seasons and while there are rumours doors will open again next year nothing has yet been confirmed.
In the past Malaysia was seen as an attractive destination for Australians, Singaporeans and Indonesians. Whether it will still be seen as attractive next year remains to be seen considering the rumours of match fixing and unpaid salaries that surround the game there.

Sod it if you think I'm typing all that every time! This was MND v PKR and again while they were a few hundred fans in the stadium for this 4 pm kick off there didn't appear to be any kind of fan groups although a few kids were wearing PKR FC t shirts.

This was a much more even game than what had passed before with MND scoring early on.

Indonesia Super League
Persisam v Persiwa 5-2Persijap v Sriwijaya 1-1Bontang v Persipura 1-1
Thai Premier League
Thai Port v Khon Kaen 3-0Raj Navy v Sri Racha 0-1Buriram PEA v Chiang Rai United 5-0
Malaysia FA Cup Final
Kelantan v Terengganu 1-2
Trailing 1-0 going into injury time, Terengganu equalised in the 98th minute before winning the north east derby in extra time through Nordin Alias

Deltras v Persipura 1-1 (Marcio Souza; Paulin Bio) 3,000Arema v Perslela 1-0 (Ahmad Amiruddin) 13,689Persija v Pelita Jaya 1-0 (Greg Nwokolo) 9,734Pesiba v Sriwijaya 0-1 (Thierry Gathusse) 3,762
1 - Persipura 24 15 7 2 57-19 522 - Persija 25 13 6 6 47-27 453 - Arema 25 12 7 6 39-23 434 - Semen Padang 25 11 10 4 38-25 43

Abril v Tampines Rovers 1-0Muang Thong United v Al Ahed 4-0 (Datsakorn Thonglao, Teerasil Dangda, Christian Kouakou, Naruphol) 9,500Song Lam Nghe An v Persipura 1-3 (Hyguen Hon Viet; Boas Solossa, Ortizan Solossa, Titus Bonai) 5,000Chonburi v Sriwijaya 3-0 (Fabiano Ney, Therdsak Chaiman, Nattaphong) 6,954
A mixed night for teams from the region.

El club Al Sadd de Qatar conquistó la edición 2011 del máximo certamen asiático de clubes, que se jugó por primera vez en 1967 como "Asian Champion Club Tournament". Participaron los principales equipos de las doce asociaciones mejor rankeadas de Asia (6 del Oeste y 6 del Este). A ellos se les sumó Al Ittihad (Aleppo, Siria) como campeón de la AFC Cup.

Indonesia Super League
Arema v Sriwijaya 1-1 (TA Mushafry; Budi Sudarsono) 20,052Persib v Persipura 2-2 (Airlangga, Herman Abanda; Zah Rahan, Titus Bonai) 25,965
1 - Persipura 18 12 4 2 48-14 402 - Persija 17 10 2 5 29-17 323 - Semen Padang 18 8 8 2 26-19 324 - Persisam 18 9 2 7 22-23 295 - Arema 18 7 7 4 27-17 286 - Sriwijaya 19 8 4 7 28-24
19 - Boas Solossa (Persipura)11 - Kenji Adichihara (Bontang)10 - Marcio Souza (Deltras), Edward Wilson Junior (Semen Padang)
Divisi Utama
Persikabo v PSLS 2-0 (Zaenal Arief 2) 7,000Persitara v PSSB 1-0 (Brimo) 503Persemalra v Persikota 1-0 (John Pattikawa) 2,000Mitra Kukar v Persik 2-1 (Julien Mbom Mbom, Rully;Adrian Trinidad) 2,711Gresik United v PSIM 2-0 (Luis Alejandro Pena, Basuki) 5,355Barito Putra v PSIM 2-1 (Arnaldo Benitez 2; Nanda Setiawan) 3,507Persiku v Persigo 3-0 (Agus Santiko 2, Dadan Suhenda) 6,736PSIR v Persebaya 1-2 (M Husen; Kornelis Kaimu, Charles Orock) 10,732Persiram v PSCS 3-1 (Didi Parov, Gideon Way, Yos Yoppirrayer) 727Perseman v Persikab 3-0 (Choirul Hoda, Tutug Widodo, Febrian Sofiandi) 5,275PSAP v Persires 10-0 (Sayuti 2, Osas Marvelous 5, Moussa Traore, Irfan, Suryadi) 3,175Persiraja v Persih 2-0 (Abdul Musawir 2) 7,051PS Bengkulu v Persipasi 1-0 (M Iqbal) 5,300
1 - PSAP 20 12 5 3 38-16 412 - Persiraja 20 13 2 5 35-21 41
1 - Mitra Kukar 20 12 2 6 31-16 382 - PSIM 19 10 3 6 20-14
1 - Persidafon 18 13 3 2 39-8 422 - Persiba 19 10 5 4 38-13
25 - Fortune Udo (Persiba)21 - Osas Marvelous (PSAP)16 - Patrick Wanggai (Persidafon)
Liga Primer Indonesia
Solo v Aceh United 0-3 Persebaya 1927 v Manado United 3-1 Persibo v Real Mataram 2-1
1 - Persema 10 8 2 0 24-8 262 - Persebaya 10 7 2 1 28-7 233 - Semarang United 10 7 0 3 13-9 21
SLeague
Home United v Woodlands Wellington 2-0 (Qiu Li, Frederic Mendy) 1,505Gombak United v SAFFC 0-1 (Fazrul Nawaz) 1,747Hougang United v Balestier Khalsa 2-2 (Duncan Elias, Carlos Delgado; Kim Young Kwan 2) 1,239
Thai Premier League
Chonburi v TTM Phichit 2-1Khon Kaen v Siam Navy 0-0Police United v Samut Songkram 0-1Thai Port v Army United 1-0Chiang Rai United v Si Sa Ket 1-0
1 - Buriram PEA 5 4 1 0 9-2 132 - Chonburi 5 3 1 1 12-6 103 - BEC Tero 5 3 1 1 7-4
4 - Leandro (Army United), Yeon Gi Sung (TTM Phichit), Ronnachai Rangsyio (BEC Tero), Frank Ohzanda (Buriram PEA)

Keeping up with events in football here in Indonesia ain't easy. Singapore perhaps is harder given the lack of publicity the game gets there. But what about Liberia?
Persipura playmaker Zah Rahan has been recalled to the Liberian national team for their game against Cape Verde on 26 March in African Nations Cup qualifier.

AFC Champions League
Arema v Jeonbuk Motors 0-4 27,910
AFC Cup
Persipura v East Bengal 4-1 (Boas Solossa, Stevie Bonsapia, Lukas Mandowen, Titus John) 700 TSW Pegasus v Sriwijaya 1-2 (Kayamba, Dos Santos) 1,385Tampines Rovers v Muang Thong United 1-1 (Duric; Phitchitipong) 1,975Chonburi v South China 3-0 (Nattapong, Therdsak, Arthit) 6,500
Divisi Utama
Persikab v Persemalra 5-2

Indonesia Super League
Semen Padang v Sriwijaya 2-1 (Saktiawan Sinaga, Vendry Mofu; Keith Kayamba) 15,700
Divisi Utama
Persiku v PSBI 3-1 (Agus Santiko, Arip Rochim 2; M Arifin)6,934
SLeague
SAFFC v Woodlands Wellington 5-0 (Mislav Karolgan 2, Indra Daud Sahdan 2, Ivan Jerkovic) 1,789
Five goals for SAFFC in 23 second half minutes put the Warriors back on top of the SLeague.

Not many teams lose at home in the Indonesia Super League. Just five teams have seen clubs leave with all three points. Persisam, PSPS and Persiba have each lost one home game while Pelita Jaya have lost four and Bontang have lost five.
Arema have the only 100% home record remaining in the truncated league after six games while five teams have won all but one of their home games.

Indonesia Super League
Pelita Jaya v Sriwijaya 1-0 (Safee Sali) 5,762Semen Padang v Persib 1-1 (Tommy Rifka; Matsunaga) 6,574
Pelita Jaya's new era got off to a positive start, defeating Sriwijaya 1-0 with Safee Sali getting the only goal. Also appearing for PJ were Chris Doig and Troy Hearfield, on loan till the end of the season from ALeague side Wellington.

International Friendlies
Malaysia v Hong Kong 2-0 (Safiq Rahim, Amirulhadi Zainal)Hong Kong U23 v Indonesia U23 1-4 (;Yongki Aribowo, Titus John Bonai 2, Johan)
Indonesia Super League
Persib v Semen Padang 1-1 (Pablo Frances; David Ngabe)Sriwijaya v Pelita Jaya 2-1 (Ponaryo Astaman, Arif Suyono; Joko Sasongko) 12,502
Singapore Charity Shield
Etoile v Tampines Rovers 1-2 (Belouet; Aleksander Duric, Park Yo Seb) 1,860

It's been a torrid start to the season for perennial favourites, and perennial underachvers, Persib. One coach sacked before the season even bagun, allegedly under pressure from players unhappy with his methods. A totally insipid performance away to PSPS where only Siswanto and the travelling support emerged with any credit.

Indonesia Super League
Persipura v Persib 5-1 (Ian Louis Kabes 2, Boas Solossa, Zah Rahan, Stevie Bonsapia; Atep) 25,000Persiwa v Sriwijaya 2-0 (Ferdinand Sinaga, Eric Weeks) 12,342Persiba v Persija 0-1 (Eric Bayemi) 4,350
1 - Persipura 12 10 2 0 39-9 322 - Semen Padang 12 7 4 1 20-9 253 - Persija 12 7 2 3 17-8 23
16 Goals - Boas Solossa (Perspiura)9 - Edward Wilson Junior (Semen Padang)

Indonesia Super League
Arema v Persiba 3-0 (M Riduan, Leo Tapamahu, Roman Chhmelo) 19,236Bontang v Sriwijaya 2-3 (Kenji Adichihara, Satoshi Otomo; Budi Sudarsono 2, Mahyadi Panggabean) 4,000Persija v Semen Padang 1-1 (Evaldo; Edward Wilson Junior) 7,000
Divisi Utama
PSIM v Persemalra 1-0 (Marzan)

Indonesia Super League
Persisam v Sriwijaya 4-1 (Sembiring, Julio Lopez2 , Ronald Fagundez; OG)Bontang v Persib
Divisi Utama
Persiku v Persiba 1-0
Liga Primer Indonesia
Real Mataram v Bali Dewata 0-1(Kutut)

Ongisnade, the leading Arema fan site, is suggesting inspirational captain and skipper Pierre Njanka is ready to quit the Indonesia Super League champions, frustrated at not being paid for ages.
The former Cameroon international, who was Jakarta Casual Player Of The Year 2010, could well spark an exodus of biblical proportions if he does quit.