I don't know if it's Indonesia or the Netherlands. Destroying the ecology of Asian soccer → Women's soccer with 6 naturalized citizens in the Netherlands will also be strengthened

Jun 23, 2025

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Indonesia also uses naturalized players in women's soccer.

Indonesia's CNN reported on the 21st (Korea time) 'Indonesia's women's soccer team head coach Satoro Mochizuki expects the four new naturalized players to boost their team's strength in the 2026 Asian Cup qualifying round'

Indonesian soccer is rapidly increasing the national team's power through the recent naturalization policy. The naturalization of male players is progressing at a very fast pace and the power has already become quite strong. The results are also coming out.

Indonesia's men's soccer team made its first ever advance to the tournament at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. At the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup in 2024, he advanced to the semifinals for the first time in history. He even made it to the third Asian qualifying round for the first World Cup in Indonesian soccer history. It is an achievement made with coach Shin Tae-yong. Although it did not bring a ticket to the World Cup directly in the third qualifying round, it was the only Southeast Asian country to make it to the fourth qualifying round, and hopes are still alive to advance to the World Cup.

Indonesia is not stopping in men's soccer, but is succeeding in strengthening its power through a naturalization policy even for women's soccer. Indonesian CNN reported that the players who completed the naturalization process were Iris Lowe, Felicia Zewi, Emily Julia and Issa Wapps, who completed their oath of Indonesian citizenship two weeks ago. The four active players in the Netherlands have already joined the national team in training, he explained.

Indonesian women's soccer was a very weak country like men's soccer. He has never advanced to the World Cup or Olympic finals before. His performance was also serious at the Asian Cup. After failing to pass the group stage in the 1989 tournament, he did not even experience the Asian Cup until the 2022 tournament. He participated in the 2022 tournament for the first time in a long time, but only left a disastrous record of 0 goals and 28 runs in all three group matches.

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However, Indonesia began to see potential at the Southeast Asian Football Confederation Women's Championship in 2024, with its first win. Since then, Indonesia has actively naturalized female players playing in Europe and is even seeking to develop women's soccer. Along with the naturalized players, a large number of young prospects who were playing in the Netherlands, including Isabel Cobb and Van de Paul, were naturalized. Most of them are players in their late teens and early 20s, so they can seek a long-term future. The Dutch women's league, like the men's league, is rated second only to the European big league.

Coach Mochizuki expressed his expectations by saying, `We have grasped the skills of these players and hope that they can increase the team's strength because they are fully qualified.' Indonesia's naturalization policy may shake the Asian soccer scene beyond the Southeast Asian soccer community.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.