June 23rd, 2026 | Broadcast
Two renowned coaches, Timo Scheunemann and Jacksen F. Tiago, are scouting young talent at the Women’s Soccer Trilogy 2026, involving 12 teams from across Indonesia, to select an elite squad bound for SingaCup 2026.
MALANG POST – Two of the country’s best-known football coaches, Timo Scheunemann and Jacksen F. Tiago, are working together to observe young talent first-hand at the girls’ football championship Women’s Soccer Trilogy 2026 at Supersoccer Arena in Kudus Regency, which has been running in stages since June and continues until August 2026. The development event, run by Bakti Olahraga Djarum Foundation, involves 12 teams from various Indonesian cities, with the aim of filtering the best talent into an elite squad for the international tournament SingaCup 2026.
The future of Indonesian women’s football no longer looks bleak. The momentum is growing, and the enthusiasm is spreading from city to city.
Just look at what is happening in Kudus Regency.
Two big names in Indonesian coaching, Timo Scheunemann and Jacksen F. Tiago, have suddenly appeared there. They are not on holiday. The two top coaches have a special mission: hunting for the best female footballers of the future.
The stage for that hunt is the Women’s Soccer Trilogy 2026 tournament, a development event designed by Bakti Olahraga Djarum Foundation.
The venue is a fine one: Supersoccer Arena. The competition runs as a marathon, in stages from June to August.
Timo and Jacksen will watch every movement of the players on the pitch. Their target is concrete: to screen potential players for inclusion in an elite squad. That squad will then receive special training before being flown to the international event, SingaCup 2026.
At a press conference on Monday evening (22/6/2026), the atmosphere was already warm. Jacksen Tiago was seen enthusiastically giving directions to coaches and participants before the competition began.
This year the scale has stepped up. Participation has jumped from eight teams in last year’s edition to 12 teams now. The reach of the development programme is spreading in every direction, with teams from Samarinda, Banjarmasin, Bekasi, Solo, Jakarta, host Kudus and a representative from Malang.
Jacksen’s philosophy on youth football
Before the coaches, Jacksen set out an important thesis on the philosophy of youth football. For Jacksen, the main purpose of a children’s tournament is not just lifting a trophy or finding out who becomes champion. The competition should be treated as a laboratory where children learn, grow and enjoy the process of playing football.
Coaches, Jacksen said, are strictly forbidden from putting excessive psychological pressure on young players. Youth development needs extra patience, with the focus on building a competitive mentality and enriching experience.
Of the 12 teams competing, only one will be champion. But the other 11 teams must also go home with valuable experience.
Jacksen F. Tiago
The coaches’ task is to bring out the best in each child, not burden their minds with a compulsory target of winning. This is the first rung of the ladder, the first step towards finding future national team players.
Jacksen has a big dream that one day the children running on the grass in Kudus will wear a jersey with the Garuda crest on their chest. For Jacksen, winning on the pitch is a small bonus. What matters is the birth of a generation of female footballers with strong character, confidence and readiness to fight in the future.
Good luck and be brave in scoring goals. Enjoy the process.
Jacksen F. Tiago
Defending champions and challengers
As hosts, Kudus naturally carries a moral burden. The All-Star Kudus team arrives at the tournament with its head held high, with the impressive status of defending champions from last season.
Kudus coach Yayan Hidayat is well aware that his team is being targeted by every opponent. The quality of this year’s participants is much more even, and the competition tougher. But Yayan is not intimidated. Playing in front of their home crowd in Kudus is a big source of motivation, and the Kudus children are determined to defend the crown.
The toughest challenge is predicted to come from Solo. Its coach, Maisus Nita, has prepared a revenge strategy. Last season they only finished as runners-up, and that bitter experience is being used as fuel to play with even more fire this year. Maisus has chosen a personal approach so that the fighting spirit of the Solo children is as solid as their defensive wall.
From Kudus, the foundations of women’s football are being poured anew, and properly. (M. Abd. Rachman. Rozzi / Ra Indrata)
Source: Malang Post
