Given their abundance of talent and attacking flair, it is a surprise that Indonesia have never won the AFF Suzuki Cup.


The country with the largest population in South-East Asia have produced many great players over the years but they have yet to deliver the biggest prize in Asean football to their fanatical supporters.

After their success in last year's South-East Asian Games, Malaysia are likely to pin their hopes largely on the young guns for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup.

National coach K. Rajagopal, who guided the team to victory in the SEA Games which is restricted to players aged under 23, believes the youngsters can hold their own at the senior level and make a strong challenge for the title in two years time.

Several more established players will likely bolster the squad for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup as Malaysia bid for their first triumph in the tournament.

Their best performance to date was in 1996 when they went down 1-0 to Thailand in the inaugural final.

 

Indonesia reached the final of the AFF Suzuki Cup on three successive occasions in 2000, 2002 and 2004 only to lose to Thailand twice and then Singapore. 

Former coach of Vietnam, Alfred Riedl, will be at the helm of the Indonesians for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup.