PSSI Summons Players To Prepare For The Indonesian Senior National Team For The 2020 World Cup Qualification

Illustration of Indonesian National Team training (Photo: PSSI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's senior national team has begun to prepare for the continuation of the 2022 World Cup Qualification. The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) has called a number of players to take part in the national training camp or national training ground.

As is known, the Indonesian national team will undergo the second round of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup on October 8, October 13 and November 12, 2020. Even though they have no chance of qualifying, the Garuda squad is required to win in this match to improve Indonesia's position in the FIFA rankings.

The plan is for the senior national team training camp to be held on 23 July-8 August 2020 at the Senayan Madya Stadium, Jakarta. It is believed, the National Training Team will be directly led by the head coach, Shin Tae-yong. Reportedly, the coach from South Korea will come to Indonesia this week.

The summons for senior Indonesian national team national team players was revealed by the media officer of Arema FC, Sudarmadji. He stated that there were five Singo Edan players who received a call to prepare the Indonesian national team for the 2020 World Cup Qualification.

The five players are Bagas Adi Nugroho, Johan Ahmat Farizi, Hendro Siswanto, Muhammad Rafli and Kushedya Hari Yudo. The five players have also been notified by club management regarding this call.

"Arema FC received an official letter from PSSI regarding the summoning of senior national team players," said Sudarmaji.

Apart from Arema players, PSSI also called three Persija Jakarta players. The three players are Ryuji Utomo, Evan Dimas and Osvaldo Haay. This summons made Persija management feel proud, said the Director of Sports of Persija, Ferry Paulus.

"We hope the players give all their abilities during training," said Ferry Paulus.