JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team will undergo trials against Kuwait and Lebanon in Surabaya in September 2025. Candidates for naturalizing the Garuda Squad, Miliano Jonathans are sought to appear on the agenda.
This was stated by the General Chairperson (Ketum) of PSSI, Erick Thohir, who hoped that the player could strengthen the Indonesian national team in the trial match before appearing in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification.
"We are pursuing (the naturalization process) of Miliano as soon as possible to strengthen the Indonesian national team in September 2025 in a trial match. Don't play directly in October 2025 (World Cup Qualification 2026)," Erick said as quoted from a statement on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
PSSI will indeed hold a triangular trial match which will be attended by the Indonesian, Kuwait and Lebanon national teams at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, on September 2-8, 2025.
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The agenda is a warm-up for the Indonesian national team before appearing in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. The first match of Kuwait will face Lebanon at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium on September 2, 2025.
Furthermore, the Indonesian national team will face Kuwait at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium on September 5, 2025. Meanwhile, in the third match, the Indonesian national team will face Lebanon at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium on September 8, 2025.
After that, the Indonesian national team will appear in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. This event will take place on 8-14 October 2025.
The Indonesian national team will face two matches against Saudi Arabia and Iraq in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.
The match will take place in Saudi Arabia as the host that has been previously determined, in a home tournament that takes place on a single leg. Thus, the Indonesian national team will only compete twice.
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