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Liputan6.com, Jakarta Indonesia officially hosts the U-17 World Cup 2023. This is the second chance given by FIFA after previously canceling Indonesia to host the U-20 World Cup. The 2023 U-17 World Cup will take place in November-December 2023.

PSSI President Erick Thohir said he was grateful for FIFA’s confidence in Indonesia to host the 2023 U-17 World Cup.

This was immediately declared by Erick Thohir on his Instagram page @erickthohir.

“Thank God..

Indonesia has been trusted by FIFA to host world Cup FIFA U-17 in 2024. Hopefully the preparations will go smoothly and be successful, so that Indonesia can once again be proud and have a good reputation internationally. 🇮🇩❤️”

However, Ketum PSSI has not appointed an official coach for the U-17 national team. In terms of status, Indonesia does not yet have an official U-17 national team roster. Previously, there was the U-16 national team, but it was disbanded as they failed to qualify for the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup.

However, Erick Thohir can consider several names while preparing the Indonesian national team for the U-17 World Cup later. Anybody?

1. Milky Way

Bima Sakti’s expertise in managing the Indonesian national junior team is beyond doubt. Bima Sakti managed to lead the Indonesia U-16 national team to win the 2022 AFF U-16 Cup and almost led the Indonesia U-17 national team to qualify for the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup.

From experience, Bima Sakti is mature enough to manage the Indonesian U-17 national team. Therefore, he deserves to be a candidate to coach the Indonesia U-17 national team at the 2023 U-17 World Cup.

2. Fakhri Husaini

Another candidate for Indonesia U-17 national team coach who can be considered is Fakhri Husaini. He is recorded as experienced in coaching the Indonesian national junior team. The 57-year-old coach managed to lead the Indonesia U-16 national team to win the 2018 AFF U-16 Cup and advance to the quarter-finals of the 2018 Asian U-16 Cup.

Currently, Fakhri Husaini is the director of young players department at Deltras Sidoarjo.

3. Indra Sjafri

When talking about the capacity of local coaches, of course, you cannot forget Indra Sjafri. There is no doubting his experience in managing the Indonesian national team.

Indra Sjafri is currently the technical director of PSSI. Indra Sjafri has just managed to lead the Indonesia U-22 National Team to win the SEA Games 2023. Apart from this, Indra Sjafri has also led the Indonesia U-22 National Team to win the 2019 AFF U-22 Cup, and the U-19 Indonesia National Team won the 2013 AFF U-19 Cup.