JAKARTA (31 Jan 2012) – The FA of Indonesia (PSSI) have announced the squad of 30 players which will be in training in preparation for their final 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain on 29 February 2012.
After five matches in the qualifiers, the Indonesians have yet to pick up a point.
The team under newly-appointed chief coach Aji Santoso – who has replaced Wim Rijsbergen – will start training in Cibubur this week. The majority of the players called for centralised training are from the Indonesia Premier League (IPL).
The second centralised training will be held in Malang.
“We will leave for Bahrain on 26 February,” added Aji.
Among the notable names for the squad this time round are Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah, Gunawan Dwi Chayo, Hendro Siswanto (Arema), Ferdinand Sinaga, Samsidar (Semen Padang), Wahyu Wijiastanto (Persiba Bantul), Syamsul Arif (Persibo), Diego Michiels (Persija), Irfan Bachdim (Persema), dan Andik Vermansyah (Persebaya).
INDONESIA TRAINING SQUAD
Persijap Jepara: Iman Air, Fendi Yulianto Sugianto, Abdul Latif Husin, Gipsi Taalit, Ahmad Buhari, Safry Amri
Semen Padang: Zico Aifa, Doni Andhika Putra, Putra Syabilunl Rozak, Ricky Akbar Ohorela, Ricard Gibert
PSM Makassar: Andi Muhammad, An Aswar, M. Jupri, Aditiya Saputra Dewa, Ismail Haris
Persija: Ahmad Rizal, Hendra Adi Bayaw, Sedek Sanaki
Arema Indonesia: Fariz Bagus Dinata, Sunarto, Ahamd Al Farizi
Persibo Bojonegoro: Bi Zahil Zalwa, Sigit Miko Susanto
Persiraja Banda Aceh: Zakir Sulaiman
Persikabo Bogor: Iqbal Ades
Persitara Jakarta Utara: M Fahri
Persebaya Surabaya: M. Alfin Adri
Madiun Putra: Abdul Rahman
Persema: Ziryawan
| CURRENT GROUP E STANDINGS | |||||||
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Iran | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 11 |
| Qatar | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
