Dutch East Indies national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Merah Putih (The Red and White) |
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| Association | Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) |
| Head coach | Luis Milla |
| Captain | Boaz Solossa |
| Most caps | Bambang Pamungkas (86) |
| Top scorer | Soetjipto Soentoro (57) |
| Home stadium | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium |
| FIFA code | IDN |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 162  (12 April 2018)
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| Highest | 76 (September 1998) |
| Lowest | 191 (July–August 2016) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 154 (3 April 2018)
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| Highest | 50 (July–September 1958, August 1961) |
| Lowest | 164 (19 November 2016) |
| First international | |
 Dutch East Indies 7–1 Japan  (Manila, Philippines; 13 May 1934) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Indonesia 12–0 Philippines  (Seoul, South Korea; 21 September 1972) Indonesia 13–1 Philippines  (Jakarta, Indonesia; 23 December 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Bahrain 10–0 Indonesia (Riffa, Bahrain; 29 February 2012) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1938) |
| Best result | Round 1, 1938 |
| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1996) |
| Best result | Group stage, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2007 |
Merah Putih (The Red and White)
The Indonesia national football team (Indonesian: Tim Nasional Sepak Bola Indonesia) is an association football team that represents Indonesia. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Prior to the declaration of independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup, at which time the team qualified for the 1938 FIFA World Cup tournament in France. The Indonesian team was eliminated by the Hungary national team in the first round and has not qualified for the World Cup since this defeat.
The team's only Olympic appearance was in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, where they held the Soviet Union national team, the eventual gold medalists, to a nil-all draw, but lost 0–4 in the replay match. Indonesian national team qualified for the AFC Asian Cup on four occasions, but have never progressed beyond the group stage. Indonesia's best performance in Asia was at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, when it achieved the bronze medal. The team has reached the ASEAN Football Championship final on five occasions, but has never won the tournament.
The early matches, involving sides from the Dutch East Indies, were organised by the Nederlandsch Indische Voetbal Bond (NIVB), or its successor, the Nederlandsch Indische Voetbal Unie (NIVU). The matches that were run prior to the nation's independence in 1945 are not recognised by the PSSI (the Football Association of Indonesia).
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