Yanto Basna criticizes new foreign player policy for Liga 1 2025-2026

Yanto Basna, former Indonesian national team player, has expressed criticism regarding the new policy on increasing foreign player quotas in Liga 1 for the 2025-2026 season.

PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) has recently announced new regulations — each club is allowed to register up to 11 foreign players, with eight players eligible for team composition and six players permitted to play simultaneously on the field.

While PT LIB states this policy aims to improve competition quality and club competitiveness at Asian level, Basna holds a different view — he emphasizes that increasing the number of foreign players is not the right solution for advancing Indonesian football.