Indonesia received bad news from FIFA after its dream of participating in the World Cup was shattered.

(Dan Tri) - Indonesia not only lost its ticket to the World Cup after losing to Iraq, but also had its points deducted heavily in the FIFA rankings.

Indonesia's dream of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup was shattered after the team suffered a 1-0 defeat to Iraq last night. After two matches against Saudi Arabia and Iraq, the Southeast Asian representative has no points and is at the bottom of Group A.

Indonesia was heavily deducted points in the FIFA rankings after losing to Iraq (Photo: IFA).

Not only that, Indonesia also received bad news from FIFA. The loss to Iraq caused coach Kluivert's team to be deducted 6.53 points. Thus, if including the loss to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia was deducted a total of 13.21 points.

With a heavy point deduction, Garuda (the nickname of the Indonesian team) dropped 3 places, from 119th to 122nd in the world . They lost the third place in Southeast Asia to Malaysia. The “Tigers” were awarded 6.77 points after the victory over Laos and rose 4 places to 119th in the world.

Meanwhile, Vietnam moved up one place to 113th in the world after being awarded 6.98 points for their win over Nepal. Thailand also received 6.71 points after their win over Chinese Taipei. They have risen to 98th in the world. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian team in the world's top 100.

Indonesia played hard but not enough to create a surprise (Photo: PSSI).

After Indonesia was eliminated from the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Indonesian fans called for coach Kluivert to resign. Speaking at a press conference, the Dutch coach said: “First of all, I am extremely disappointed with this result. If you look at the game, we played much better than our opponents. I am disappointed with the final result. Not only me, but also Indonesian fans and players share the same feeling.

I think Indonesia has achieved good results in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. We have matured a lot after the journey, both individually and collectively. It is hard to imagine that the World Cup dream has vanished after the hard work of the whole team."

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/indonesia-nhan-tin-khong-vui-tu-fifa-sau-khi-vo-mong-du-world-cup-20251012185425465.htm