Indonesia and Kluivert part ways after FIFA World Cup 2026 miss

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Indonesia appointed Patrick Kluivert successful January connected a two-year woody to boost hopes of reaching adjacent year’s World Cup.

Published On 16 Oct 2025

Patrick Kluivert’s stint arsenic Indonesia manager is implicit aft lone 9 months arsenic some parties “mutually” agreed to portion ways pursuing a failed bid to scope the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Indonesia’s hopes of qualifying for the tourney successful North America adjacent twelvemonth ended with defeats by Iraq and Saudi Arabia successful the past week successful the 4th circular of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers.

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The erstwhile Netherlands and Barcelona guardant was lone appointed successful January, connected a two-year declaration partway done Indonesia’s qualifying campaign, and was successful complaint for 8 matches.

The 49-year-old won 3 of his games successful charge, losing 4 and drafting one.

In a station connected Instagram, Kluivert described his clip successful complaint arsenic “an unforgettable journey”.

He added: “Even though I’m profoundly disappointed and atrocious for the information that we didn’t marque it to the World Cup, I’ll ever beryllium arrogant of what we built together.

“The defeats against Saudi Arabia and Iraq were bitter lessons, but besides reminders of however precocious our shared dreams are. As caput coach, I instrumentality afloat responsibility.”

The 49-year-old Kluivert replaced South Korean manager Shin Tae-yong amid the intensification of the Indonesian federation’s argumentation of naturalising players from Europe with Indonesian heritage. The programme helped instrumentality the squad to the last stages of qualification for the archetypal clip since 1938, erstwhile it appeared astatine the World Cup arsenic Dutch East Indies.

The bulk of Kluivert’s last roster of 23 were calved overseas, chiefly successful the Netherlands. However, results didn’t noticeably amended nether the caller coaching setup.

The Football Association of Indonesia, PSSI, said Kluivert’s departure was “through communal termination”.

“This measurement was taken arsenic portion of a broad valuation of the nationalist shot coaching and improvement programme,” it added.

The connection did not sanction Kluivert’s successor.

Amsterdam-born Kluivert retired arsenic a subordinate successful 2008 aft a stellar vocation that started astatine Ajax, wherever helium won the Champions League, earlier moves to AC Milan and Barcelona.

Kluivert’s managerial vocation has not been astir arsenic spectacular.

His erstwhile coaching relation was successful complaint of Adana Demirspor successful Turkiye for 5 months successful 2023.

Before that, helium was caretaker manager of Curacao successful 2021.

He was besides fig 2 to Louis van Gaal with the Dutch nationalist broadside successful 2012-2014.

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