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Ilija Spasojevic leads eight of newcomers to Indonesia squad

Indonesia national team head coach Luis Milla announced his squad on Saturday for the November’s international friendly matches against Syria U-23 and Guyana.

Merah Putih squad are scheduled to face Syria U-23 on November 18 and South American side Guyana seven days later, both games will be played at Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang.

Three young talents from Indonesia U-19 side Egy Maulana Vikri, Rafli Mursalim and Luthfi Kamal got their maiden call-up to senior team.

Montenegro-born forward Ilija Spasojevic also gets debut call-up after the 30-year-old striker has officialy received his Indonesian citizenship last month.

“Our objective and priority for these games are to call every players who will be prepared to play for U-23 team for 2018 Asian Games,” said Milla in a statement from PSSI.

Indonesia squad 33-man in full:

Goalkeeper: Satria Tama (Gresik United), Awan Setho (Bhayangkara FC), Kartika Ajie (Persiba Balikpapan), Andritany Ardhiyasa (Persija Jakarta).

Defender: Andy Setyo (PS TNI), Hansamu Yama (Barito Putera), Bagas Adi (Arema FC), Ryuji Utomo (Persija Jakarta), I Putu Gede Juni Antara (Bhayangkara FC), Gavin Kwan (Barito Putera), Rezaldi Hehanusa (Persija Jakarta), Ricky Fajrin (Bali United), Fachruddin (Madura United), Ahmad Jufriyanto (Persib Bandung).

Midfielder: Luthfi Kamal (U-19), Muhammad Arfan (PSM Makassar), Hargianto (Persija Jakarta), Hanif Sjahbandi (Arema FC), Evan Dimas (Bhayangkara FC), Miftahul Hamdi (Bali United), Ilham Udin Armayn (Bhayangkara FC), Septian David Maulana (Mitra Kukar), Osvaldo Haay (Persipura Jayapura), Saddil Ramdani (Persela Lamongan), Febri Haryadi (Persib Bandung), Muhammad Taufiq (Bali United), Bayu Pradana (Mitra Kukar), Andik Vermansah (Selangor FA).

Forward: Rafli Mursalim (U-19), Egy Maulana Vikri (U-19), Yabes Roni Malaifani (Bali United), Boaz Salossa (Persipura Jayapura), Ilija Spasojevic (Bhayangkara FC).