Good News For The U-23 Indonesian National Team, Marselino Can Appear At The 2025 SEA Games

JAKARTA - Good news accompanying the U-23 Indonesian national team which will appear at the 2025 SEA Games. Marselino Ferdinand, who is a mainstay player, will certainly appear in multi-events throughout Southeast Asia which will take place in Thailand.

This is as stated by the Chairman of the National Team Agency (BTN), Sumardji. He said that his communication with the club Marselino, AS Trencin in the Slovak League (Slovak Super League), went smoothly until the permit was successfully pocketed.

"So, indeed, our communication with the club Marselino, God willing, will find a very positive point."

"We have scheduled Marselino to depart from his club at the end of November, yes, at the end of November," said Sumardji on the sidelines of the team's training agenda at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, on Monday, November 17, 2025, afternoon WIB.

Indra Sjafri as the coach of the U-23 Indonesian national team has actually scheduled two training camps (TC) to the SEA Games. The second agenda currently running was attended by 30 players, including Ivar Jenner, Rafael Struick, and Mauro Zijlstra.

Marselino is the only Indonesian player who has been confirmed to play in the 2025 SEA Games even though he has not joined the training camp. Even so, the agenda continues as the permit has also been pocketed.

Indonesian U-23 national team players are scheduled to fly to Thailand at the end of November 2025 so that later Marselino can also immediately join the team.

"We (the U-23 Indonesian National Team) departed from here on 27 (November 2025), maybe we will be able to meet (Marselino) in Thailand together," said Sumardji.

With this certainty, it means that Marselino will play his third SEA Games after the 2021 and 2023 editions, with bronze and gold medals. Of the two editions, the owner of 37 appearances in the senior Indonesian national team appeared 11 times for Garuda Muda by presenting four goals and two assists.

In the 2025 SEA Games, Indonesia is in Group C with Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore. The Garuda Muda squad will start the match against Singapore on December 5, 2025, then fight the Philippines on December 8, 2025, and finally against Myanmar on December 12, 2025.