JAKARTA - The challenge for the Indonesian national team to fight in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification is in sight. The Garuda squad will leave for Saudi Arabia tomorrow on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
According to the Head of the National Team Agency (BTN), Sumardji, the team's departure will not be simultaneous. You see, the players who appear in the domestic Super League competition will depart on Thursday morning WIB.
The agenda also applies to Persib Bandung players who will first appear in the AFC Champions League Two (Asian Champions League 2) against Bangkok United on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, WIB night.
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"Especially for players who play in the Super League, including Persib players who will play in the Asian Champions League 2, we will depart on Thursday, October 2, 2025."
"So, we will gather at Soekarno-Hatta Airport later. We will fly to Arabia at 11 pm," Sumardji said in a statement quoted on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Unlike the players, Sumardji said that Patrick Kluiver and the coaching staff of the Indonesian national team had actually been in Saudi Arabia.
"The coaching team is currently in Saudi Arabia. They departed from the Netherlands on 29 (September 2025). So, the coaching team has arrived first," he said.
The players who take part abroad, such as Calvin Verdok, Jay Idzes, and Kevin Diks, will come in waves, after defending their respective clubs.
"If the diaspora players are abroad, they will come in waves. The estimated arrivals are different. Some are from the 2nd to the 6th (October 2025)," said Sumardji.
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