JAKARTA SD Kanisius Duwet and SDN Ungaran 1 each came out as the best in the age group (KU) 12 years and 10 years in organizing the 2025 Yogyakarta Soccer Challenge MilkLife.
The MilkLife Soccer Challenge Yogyakarta 2025 which took place at the Tridadi Stadium, Sleman, was completed on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Competition in the final was fierce and competitive.
SD Kanisius Duwet was able to appear impressive and won the final match against MIS Al Islamiyah Grojogan. Regina Mikaela Lintang Putri netted the only winning goal in the party.
"We are very happy even though the final match is quite tiring because the opponent is quite tough. This is the first victory for our team. Thank you for your cooperation, friends," said Regina.
Meanwhile, SDN Ungaran 1 managed to climb the highest podium after a 4-0 win over SDN Imogiri 3. This is the second time the team has secured the highest podium in the event initiated by the Djarum Foundation and MilkLife Sports Service.
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Previously, they had been champions in the MilkLife Soccer Challenge Yogyakarta Series 1 2024. Then in Series 2 last year, they had to settle for only reaching the semifinals.
"We practice more regularly three times a week after Series 2. Then, in the final round of this year, I told the team to play loose and enjoy and finally we were able to win again," said Dalmaji, coach of SDN Ungaran 1.
The Yogyakarta 2025 MilkLife Soccer Challenge was recorded to be attended by 1,315 students from 70 Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) and Elementary School (SD). This number continues to increase compared to the previous two series.
In the first series in July 2024, this event was attended by 452 students from 24 MI and SD. This number jumped rapidly to three times to 1,203 participants in the second series, October 2024.
Head Coach of MilkLife Soccer Challenge, Timo Scheunemann, said that they are increasingly optimistic about the target of this event because the enthusiasm of participants continues to show an improvement graph.
"This is a big opportunity and requires great support to take the opportunity, it also needs regeneration so that in the future the Indonesian national team will be much better," said Timo.
To support regeneration, the organizers also held the SenengSoccer Festival for the 6-8 year age group (KU 8) individual category. Participants in the event were given obstacles that included running exercises, dexterity, jumping, throwing, and dribble.
The SenengSoccer Festival is a stimulus to foster the interest of women in football from an early age. The obstacles made are actually integrated coordination exercises from engineering, speed, and endurance.
Djarum Foundation's Director of Sports Bakti Program, Yoppy Rosimin, said that to improve the quality of the talents of young footballers, a number of innovations and adjustments were implemented, one of which was the timing of the tournament in line with the academic calendar.
"For this reason, starting at the end of July 2025, we will hold a MilkLife Soccer Challenge 2025-2026, which will target 10 cities in Indonesia," said Yoppy.
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