Indonesia
JAKARTA (2 Nov 2015) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday met FIFA officials in Jakarta for crisis talks nearly six months after football’s governing body banned his country from international competition. Indonesia was suspended in May after the government attempted to replace the country’s football association, known as the PSSI, at the height of…
SINGAPORE (15 June 2015) – Vietnam won the bronze medal at the SEA Games this year when they whitewashed Indonesia 5-0 in the fight for third and fourth placing this afternoon at the National Stadium. The Indonesians, who were still reeling from their loss to defending champions Thailand in the semi-finals, two days ago were…
SINGAPORE (13 June 2015) – Thailand are just a step away from defending the gold they won two years ago, when they crushed Indonesia with a comprehensive 5-0 beating in the second semi-finals of the men’s football event at the National Stadium tonight The Thais continued their fine form in the group stage to score…
JAKARTA (13 June 2015) – Officials from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) met with representatives from Persipura Jayapura and from the government of the Republic of Indonesia to discuss the AFC Executive Committee decision that Persipura Jayapura forfeit their AFC Cup match against Pahang FA. The AFC delegation, led by Deputy General Secretary Dato’ Windsor…
SINGAPORE (12 June 2015) – Indonesia insisted the country’s ban by world body FIFA had given them a lift on Friday as they eye a spot in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games final. Assistant coach Muhamad Al Hadad said the suspension had given his under-23s “exceptional strength” after they won three in a row to…
SINGAPORE (11 June 2015) – The prodigal Evan Dimas Darmono blasted Indonesia into the semi-finals of the men’s football event following their close 1-0 win over hosts Singapore tonight at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Needing just a draw to make the cut into the next round, Indonesia played a patient game before Evan fired the winner…