Indonesia Football

 Profile:
Not known to many, Indonesia were the first ever Asian team to participate in the World Cup back in 1938, when they played under the name of Dutch East Indies during the Dutch Colonial era.
The team played in an orange jersey, the national colour of Netherlands, but switched to the colours of red and white - the colours of the country's flag - after their independence in 1945.
Since then, Indonesia, despite being one of the strong teams in South East Asia, have enjoyed little success on the international arena and are often known as one of the underachievers in the continent, with their only titles coming in the South East Asian Games in 1987 and 1991.
However, there were signs of the nation's rise in stature on the Asian football scene after a group win in the 2004 Asian Cup tournament, which was their first ever win in that competition.
The South East Asian outfit looked poised to continue with their success in terms of football development and in the FIFA World Rankings under the leadership of former Aston Villa and England striker Peter Withe.
A first-round exit from the ASEAN Football Championship saw Withe sacked and replaced by Bulgarian Ivan Venkov Kolev, who was subsequently replaced by Benny Dollo after a disappointing 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
Indonesia currently lie 131st in the FIFA ranking with their highest ranking being 76th in 1998.
Past performance in this coompetition:
The co-host of this year's ASEAN Football Championship (now known as the Suzuki Cup), Indonesia have yet to win the tournament despite reaching the finals on three occasions (2000, 2002, and 2004) and finishing third in 1998 and 2008.
Their first final was against Thailand in 2000, when they were thrashed 4-1 by their more superior Thai opponents. In 2002, they met Thailand again in the final, this time losing on penalties.
Indonesia reached their third consecutive final in 2004 but it was again a case of ‘so near yet so far' as they lost to Singapore 5-2 on aggregate over two legs.
The last biennial tournament saw Indonesia reached the semi-final where they were beaten by Thailand on the aggregate of 3-1 over two legs.
But they will always be remembered for their controversial match against Thailand during the group stages in 1998.
Both sides have already booked their place in the semi-finals but were aware that the winner of the group will face Vietnam while the runner-up will face Singapore, who were perceived as the easier opponent of the two.
2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, Indonesian defender Mursyid Effendi deliberately kicked the ball into his own goal, handling Thailand the victory and a date with Vietnam. Both teams were fined for "violating the spirit of the game" and Mursyid Effendi was banned from football for life.
All these proved to be futile as Indonesia went on to lose their semi-final match against Singapore, who eventually went on to win the competition.
Manager Profile: Alfred Riedl
Alfred Riedl was appointed head coach of Indonesia national and under-23 team on 04 May 2010. Riedl is an Austrian football manager and a former striker who plied his trade for Standard Liege and FC Metz during his playing career. He finished twice as top scorer of the Belgian First Division.
The well-traveled manager has had spells with several national teams such as Austria (1990-92), Liechtenstein (1997-98), Palestine (2004-05), Vietnam (1998-2001, 2003-04, 2005-2007), and Laos (2009).
source :  http://www.espnstar.com/football/aff-suzuki-cup/teams/detail/item536644/