Two New Born Champions At The 2025 Solo Soccer Challenge MilkLife

JAKARTA SD Djama'atul Ichwan Surakarta and SD Al Azhar Syifa Budi Surakarta came out as champions of the 2025 Solo Soccer Challenge MilkLife. This is the first time the two schools have climbed the highest podium in this young women's soccer event.

The tournament, which was initiated by the Djarum Foundation and MilkLife Sports Service, finished the top match at the Mini Surakarta Stadium on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

In the final match, SD Djama'atul Ichwan from the age group (KU) 12 stopped MIN Surakarta and SD Al Azhar Syifa Budi Surakarta (KU-10) managed to beat their opponent MIN 9 Sragen.

Kafiya Ratu Assidqi and his friends drew 1-1 with MIN Surakarta in normal time so that the victory had to be determined on penalties. In that round, SD Djama'atul Ichwan managed to lock the victory with a score of 4-3.

"I'm really happy to be able to lock the win. Alhamdulillah, I finally won. We were one team to encourage each other during the match. The coach said we played well and scored a lot," said Kafiya.

MIN Surakarta actually took the lead at the beginning of the first half through goals created from Avara Aulia Zahra's kick. Maiza Alfareza Totalia then managed to equalize in the second half.

Meanwhile, SD Al Azhar Syifa Budi Surakarta won the title after winning 6-2. The six goals for Al Azhar were all packed by Syarafana Maritza Anggara.

"I didn't expect to win today after Series II didn't get on the podium yesterday, today we won. I'm very proud to finally bring the trophy," said Syarafana, who also won the top scorer title with a total of 30 goals.

MilkLife Soccer Challenge Solo 2025 recorded a very significant surge in participants. Starting from 389 students in Series I 2024, then 830 participants in Series II 2024, and now the figure has reached 1,016 students.

Djarum Foundation's Director of Sports Service, Yoppy Rosimin, said that the increase in participant quantities showed students' will and interest in exploring the world of football is getting bigger.

"We are committed to continuing to encourage the growth of the women's soccer ecosystem from an early age level and participating in various national and international tournaments," said Yoppy.

Previously, two participants from the MilkLife Soccer Challenge from Solo competed in the JSSL Singapore 7's 2025 event in April 2025. This also encourages and inspires other students.

Assistant coach of MilkLife Soccer Challenge, Asep Sunarya, said that the talent of female footballers in Solo continues to grow. He said the talent team had even pocketed dozens of talented players who could be honed.

"We have received approximately 60 names who will be called up for extra training. This number is very encouraging because it will definitely be more competitive in the next series," he said.