JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team will host Bahrain in the eighth match of Group C of the 2026 World Cup Qualification at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
The party is an important match for the congregation of Patrick Kluivert. In addition to the capital for the revival after being crushed by Australia 1-5 on March 20, 2025 in Sydney, the Garuda Squad needs full points to improve its position in the standings.
After failing to get points at Australian headquarters, the Indonesian national team was evicted to fourth place in Group C with six points from seven matches that had been undertaken.
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Not only that, the Indonesian national team is also still curious to meet Bahrain. In the first meeting, October 2024, the Garuda squad almost won if there were no equalizer goals in the injury time from the host which made the match end 2-2.
The Garuda squad also does not need to be afraid to face Bahrain. You see, there is no statistical record that makes the Indonesian national team need inferiority.
Summarizing 11v11 statistics, there are eight meetings that have been created. The Indonesian national team won twice, drew three times, and lost three times.
This means that there is still a great opportunity for the Garuda Squad to win. If you look at the current quality, the Indonesian national team is above the wind.
Moreover, the addition of four new naturalized players, namely Emil Audero, Joey Pelupessy, Dean James, and Ole Romeny.
Ole and Dean have already appeared in the match against Australia. In fact, Ole Romeny has scored his debut goal when he made his only goal for the Indonesian national team in Sydney.
The Indonesian national team is more favorite, especially when they appear in front of their own supporters. Bahrain will see the fighting power of the Garuda Squad which has multiplied compared to what they witnessed at Riffa.
Meanwhile, victory will again open up opportunities for the Indonesian national team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup finals through this phase open again.
As is known, only teams ranked first and second in the final standings of Group C of the Third Round have the right to get tickets directly to the 2026 World Cup. Then, the team in third and fourth place will continue the struggle for the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.
The Indonesian national team coach, Patrick Kluivert, admitted that he was ready to give everything he could so that the team could focus and continue to work hard in facing the remaining qualifying matches.
The match against Bahrain became crucial considering that the Indonesian national team had only two matches left, namely against China and Japan in June 2025.
"We have to get up immediately and prepare for the next game. However, we need to digest the results (versus Australia). We have to go back to work hard," Kluiver said.
Head-to-Head Bahrain vs Indonesia
27 August 1980 Indonesia vs Bahrain 3-2 (Presidents Cup)
June 11, 1982 Indonesia vs Bahrain 1-1 (Presidents Cup)
June 19, 1988 Bahrain vs Indonesia 0-0 Asian Cup)
July 25, 2004 Bahrain vs Indonesia 3-1 (Asian Cup)
10 July 2007 Indonesia vs Bahrain 2-1 (Asian Cup)
06 September 2011 Indonesia vs Bahrain 0-2 (World Cup Qualification)
February 29, 2012 Bahrain vs Indonesia 10-0 (World Cup Qualification)
October 10, 2024 Bahrain vs Indonesia 2-2 (World Cup Qualification)
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