PSSI Regarding National Team Coach Candidates: Don’t Want to Get a Cat in a Sack

December 17, 2025
1:23 PM

Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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Member of the Executive Committee (Exco)
PSSI
, Endri Erawan, emphasized that his party did not want to make a mistake in choosing a coach
Indonesian National Team
new one.
PSSI still has not named a replacement for Patrick Kluivert, who was released after failing to get the Indonesian national team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. So far a number of candidates have been linked with PSSI, such as John Heitinga, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, and John Herdman.
“Me and Muhammad, Exco were assigned by BTN to Europe for an interview. At that time we conducted interviews to explore the readiness of prospective trainers whether they were willing or not.
all out
for the national team.We are not playing around to qualify for the 2030 [World Cup] so we have to be competent, have a good track record and
well prepared
,” said Endri at a press conference at Menara Mandiri, Jakarta, Tuesday (16/12).
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“You don’t want to get a cat in a bag, you have to have your heart set on the national team. We don’t want a bad incident to happen again. For that reason, we will evaluate the failure of round 4, gather to recruit a good coach. That’s why we agreed to
interview
.Ketum there, we are welcome to ketum
interview
1-2 hours to the prospective trainer,” he continued.
Endri emphasized that other conditions must also be met by prospective Indonesian National Team coaches.In the future, the new coach selected must be able to live in Indonesia and contribute to the progress of football in the country.
“We will report the results. Our target is that the coaches must be all-out, meaning they must be in Indonesia more than in their own country. They must have good experience of qualifying for the World Cup, if necessary, live with their families in Indonesia,” said Endri.
“You have to contribute to local trainers, if you have a license, the trainers can also fill courses, also be close to the clubs.”
According to the plan, PSSI stated that it would announce the new coach for the Indonesian National Team at the end of December 2025 or no later than January 2026.
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