Indonesia
There is no doubt that Oktovianus Maniani was one of the more exciting players to come out of the recently concluded AFF Suzuki Cup 2010. But the speedy winger, who earned his place in Alfred Riedl’s squad following the absence of Boaz Salossa, almost did not make the Indonesian national squad had it not been…
JAKARTA (5 Jan 2011) – The battle between the FA of Indonesia (PSSI) and the newly-formed Indonesian Premier League is heating up. Max Boboy, the legal director of the PSSI, said this week that players under contract to Indonesian Super League (ISL) clubs that are defecting to the rival IPL could leave their clubs without…
JAKARTA (3 Jan 2010) – Recently naturalised Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan can finally fight for a place in the Merah Putih after being granted Indonesian citizenship recently. The Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Ministry issued the official naturalisation letter on 6 Dec 2010 officially making the 20-year-old Kim an Indonesian citizen. “I’m proud that I’m finally…
JAKARTA (31 Dec 2010) – The president of the Indonesia FA (PSSI) Nurdin Halid has confirmed that Alfred Riedl will stay on as the chief coach of Indonesia in spite of the team’s defeat in the final of the AFF Suzuki Cup to Malaysia this week. Nurdin said that Riedl had met the stipulation in his…
JAKARTA (31 Dec 2010) – AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 top scorer Mohd Safee Sali of Malaysia has not discounted the possibility of playing abroad – more specifically in the highly charged atmosphere of the Indonesia Super League. The 26-year-old emerged as the top hitman at the just concluded AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 when he blasted…
JAKARTA (30 Dec 2010) – The Asean Football Federation closed another successful chapter of its blue riband event – the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 – lauding the excellent cooperation from the Indonesian police force in ensuring the safety of the two teams and also that of the general public at the massive Gelora Bung Karno…