"You (journalists) will not know the names of our 20 core players until after the first day of the SEA Games soccer competition on November 7, 2011," he said here on Monday.
Rahmad had recruited several new players during the national training center (Pelatnas) program among others Yericho Christiantoko and Syamsir Alam.
The country`s under-23-years-old (U-23) national soccer team in the 26th South East Asian Games (SEA Games) was unexpectedly placed in group A together with the previous SEA Games champion, Malaysia.
In the toss-up which was conducted at the RCTI television station studio here on October 19, 2011, the teams which were set in group A comprised Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia.
Indonesia was scheduled to play Cambodia at the first game on November 7 this year.
"Cambodia as one of the contestants in the SEA Games
to me is the same and important," the coach said.
While group B consisted of Vietnam, Laos, Brunei Darussalam, Timor Leste, Myanmar and the Philippines.
Malaysia and Vietnam were the champion and runner-up respectively in the 2009 SEA Games.
The opening and closing ceremonies of the Sea Games were scheduled to be held in the Jakabaring sports stadium.
A total of 44 branches of sports will be competed in Jakarta and Palembang on November 11-22, 2011.
(T.ANT-132/B003/HAJM/S012)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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