JAKARTA - The head of the National Team Agency (BTN), Sumardji, stated that currently PSSI has five new candidates for the Indonesian national team coach. However, the five of them are still being investigated by the federation.
"Those five are what we are investigating. Earlier I also spoke to Alex (Alexander Zwiers/Dirtek PSSI) about the discussion related to it (the candidate coach)."
"It's just an in-depth process, what will be the next process. Of the five, one will definitely be chosen. Everything will be returned through the correct mechanism," said Sumardji on the sidelines of the U-23 Indonesian national team training session at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, on Monday, November 17, 2025.
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Sumardji also said that of the five names, Erick Thohir as the General Chair of PSSI had requested that the screening process be carried out in accordance with existing mechanisms.
"The mechanism is already there and I don't need to convey it. So the point is that the PSSI General Chair will monitor it directly. The important thing is that my task with Alex (to review) is final. We just have to follow up next," he said.
Regarding the figure of the five candidates who have been monitored, Sumardji is still reluctant to reveal. The problem is, according to him, any developments will be officially conveyed by the federation.
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