JAKARTA SELECTION SQUAD FOR TOKYO MEET

The 16 players who had already left for Japan’s capital city were selected in a recent age-group competition organised by the FA of Indonesia (PSSI).

The U14 tournament is organised by the Tokyo City Council as part of their cooperative and friendship initiative with their ‘sister city’ through sports and culture.

Those cities which have ‘sister city’ status with Tokyo are Jakarta, Rome, London, Paris, Moscow, Sao Paolo, Paris, Seoul and Beijing.

“Last year, we finished the tournament eighth out of 11 participating teams – just ahead of Beijing, Paris dan Cairo. We are improving from year to year and we are learning to be better than the previous year,“ said Rinels Gideon, the head of the Indonesian delegation.

“We hope the players will continue to make progress where they will then have the self-confidence when they play for the senior national team one day.“

For the Tokyo U14 International Youth Tournament , Indonesia have been grouped in Group B alongside Tokyo Fukugawa, Cairo and New South Wales.

INDONESIA U16 SQUAD FOR JAKARTA MEET

GOALKEEPERS: Rifqi Adrianto, Reza Pratama

DEFENDERS: Retiana Shandy-BaihaqI, Helmi Madila, Hanif Sjahbandi, Fathul Bahri-Saipuloh

MIDFIELDERS: Gusti Rustiawan, Zulfikar Lewanussa, Patri Naufal, Lutfi Ramdani, Riski Syawaluddin

STRIKERS: Tio Darmawan, Gilang Ramadhan, Tedi