Soeratin Cup
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Soeratin Cup is an Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n football competition for players under the age of eighteen. Previously the competition was sponsored by PT Bogasari and competition called Bogasari League.

Soeratin name used as the name for the dedicated this championship trophy as a tribute to one of the main founder and the chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia
Football Association of Indonesia
The Football Association of Indonesia or PSSI is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on April 19, 1930, 15 years before Indonesian independence...

 (PSSI).

The participants of this competition comes from all junior clubs from all board members to thirty-three local football associations throughout Indonesia.

Competition format

The competition begins with a competition at the district and the city that was held simultaneously across the board football union branches throughout Indonesia. The best team drove the next round of competition at the provincial level.

This provincial competition followed by the best teams from each competition that was held by the Indonesian football union branch manager in the area of the province. The competition is held by the Indonesian football association board area. Two to four best teams from every province of this round advanced to the regional level or the level of the island.

The competition level of this region was held in six regions of northern Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

, southern Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

, Java
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...

-Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

, Kalimantan
Kalimantan
In English, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while in Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo....

 (Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

), Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...

 and eastern Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 (Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are a group of islands in the southern Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands...

Maluku
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands are an archipelago that is part of Indonesia, and part of the larger Maritime Southeast Asia region. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone...

Papua). A total of thirty two teams qualify for the national level.

National competition held by the board Indonesian youth development section. This competition will produce future players for the Indonesia national football team
Indonesia national football team
The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia . Prior to independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to...

.

Champions

  • 1987: Persiss Sorong
    Persiss Sorong
    Persiss is stands for Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Seluruh Sorong . Persiss Sorong is an Indonesian football club based in Sorong Regency, West Papua...

  • 1991: Persikasi Bekasi
    Persikasi Bekasi
    Persikasi stands for Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bekasi . Persikasi Bekasi is an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi Regency, West Java...

  • 2009: Perseba Bangkalan U-18 (Madura)
  • 2010-11: Villa 2000 U-18 (South Tangerang)

External links

Official website of PSSI
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