Kluivert's departure follows Indonesia's "devastating" loss on Sunday in Jeddah against Iraq, ending their chances to qualify for next year's World Cup in the United States.

"After an open, full and respectful discussion, both parties agreed to end this partnership," the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) said on Instagram. It did not state the reason for the termination.

Indonesia were looking to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since the country claimed independence from the Netherlands in 1945, and their progress to the fourth round of Asia's preliminaries was the country's best performance to date.

Former AC Milan, Ajax and Barcelona player Kluivert was hired in January, with his contract set to expire next year. He oversaw a team built largely on players from the country's Dutch diaspora.

Indonesian football authorities have looked to the Netherlands to achieve it, bringing in legendary Dutch striker Kluivert as coach in January.

They have also naturalised more than a dozen players born in the Netherlands but with family ties to Indonesia.

The Dutchman took over following the controversial sacking of South Korean Shin Tae-yong.

But he won only three of his games in charge, losing four and drawing one.

Amsterdam-born Kluivert retired as a player in 2008 after a stellar career that started at Ajax, where he won the Champions League, before moves to AC Milan and Barcelona.

His previous coaching role was in charge of Adana Demirspor in Turkey for five months in 2023.

Before that he was caretaker manager of Curacao in 2021.

He was also number two to Louis van Gaal with the Dutch national side in 2012-2014.

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