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2021 Menpora Cup
Piala Menpora
Tournament details
Country	Indonesia
Venue(s)	Surakarta, Malang, Bandung, and Sleman
Dates	21 March – 25 April 2021
Teams	17
Defending champions	Arema
Final positions
Champions	Persija
Runner-up	Persib
Third place	PSS
Fourth place	PSM
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	96 (2.46 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Assanur Rijal; (4 goals)
Best player	Marc Klok
	← 2013 Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

The 2021 Menpora Cup (Indonesian: Piala Menpora 2021) was a pre-season tournament held by the PSSI ahead of the 2021 Liga 1. The tournament started on 21 March and finished with a two-legged final on 22 and 25 April 2021.^[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches were played behind closed doors.^[2] The 2021 edition was the second edition of Menpora Cup, with the first edition being held in 2013 which was won by Arema who defeated Australian side Central Coast Mariners by 2–1 in the final.^[3]^[4]

Persija won the finals 4–1 on aggregate against Persib for the title.^[5]

Teams

PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) decided that only 18 teams that participated in the 2020 Liga 1 could join this tournament. Previously, two Liga 2 teams, PSMS and Sriwijaya, were invited. However, their participation was canceled after PT LIB held a virtual meeting.^[6] Persipura decided not to take part in the tournament which led to only 17 teams participating.^[7]

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 8 March 2021. Eighteen teams were divided into four groups, the first two groups contain five teams, while the rest contain only four teams.^[8] Four teams, Persija, Persib, Arema, and Persebaya, were distributed to separate groups to ensure they do not meet each other in order to mitigate security risks from travelling fans of these rivalling teams.^[9] The draw resulted in the following groups:^[10]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Arema
A2	PSIS
A3	Barito Putera
A4	Persikabo 1973
A5	~~Persipura~~

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Persija
B2	Bhayangkara Solo
B3	Borneo
B4	PSM

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Persebaya
C2	Persik
C3	Persela
C4	PSS
C5	Madura United

Group D
Pos	Team
D1	Persib
D2	Persiraja
D3	Persita
D4	Bali United

Venues

Four venues in four cities on Java Island were selected for the tournament.

2021 Menpora Cup Venues Surakarta Malang Bandung Sleman
Surakarta	Malang	Bandung	Sleman
Manahan Stadium	Kanjuruhan Stadium	Jalak Harupat Stadium	Maguwoharjo Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 42,449	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 31,700

Regulations

The regulations were as follows:^[11]

Each team might register 30 players and did not require bringing all players to the stadium.
Teams must register three goalkeepers.
Player registration started on 9 March 2021 until one day before of each group's first match.
Each team allowed to register four foreign players, including one slot for a player from AFC countries.
Teams could only register a maximum of 10 officials with eight people allowed to sit on the bench.
Each match was held for 90 minutes by adding a cooling break in the 30th and 75th minutes. The duration of the cooling break was 3 minutes and would be added to the extra time at the end of each round.
Each team was allowed to substitute a maximum of six players on three occasions.
There were additional substitutions when entering the knock-out stage. When the match was drawn for up to 90 minutes, then in the extra round, each team was allowed to add one substitution.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times were local, WIB (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSIS	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Barito Putera	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5	Knockout stage
3	Persikabo 1973	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Arema	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
5	Persipura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: Piala Menpora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Fair-play points; 6) Draw.^[12]^[13]

21 March 2021