Chairman of the 2025 President's Cup Steering Committee (SC) Maruarar Sirait confirmed that the Liga 1 pre-season tournament will be held in early July 2025 in Bandung, West Java.
"I, with Mr. Farhan (Mayor of Bandung) and Mr. Glenn (CEO of PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat) will go to GBLA tomorrow to see Persib's readiness to host the President's Cup," said Maruarar in Bandung, Tuesday.
Maruarar explained that the 2025 President's Cup will be attended by four teams, two of which are from abroad.
"The participants are two from abroad and two from within the country. Of the two (Indonesian teams), one is the champion, namely Persib Bandung. The host, if Persib is ready, I will appoint them directly," he said.
Persib Bandung as the champion of Liga 1 2024/25 automatically becomes a participant. Three other teams that are said to be taking part are Liga Indonesia All Stars, Port FC (Thailand), and Oxford United FC (England).