The Indonesia national football team (Indonesian: tim nasional sepak bola Indonesia) represents Indonesia in competitive international association football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Prior to the declaration of independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup, at which time the team qualified for the 1938 FIFA World Cup tournament in France. The Indonesian team was eliminated by the Hungary national team in the first round and has not qualified for the World Cup since this defeat.[3]
The team's only Olympic appearance was in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, where they held the Soviet Union national team, the eventual gold medalists, to a nil-all draw, but lost 0–4 in the replay match.[3] Indonesian qualified for the AFC Asian Cup on four occasions, but have never progressed beyond the group stage. Indonesia's best performance in Asia was at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, when it achieved the bronze medal.[3] The team has reached the ASEAN Football Championship final on four occasions, but has never won the tournament.