Maulana, 18, is among the best known players in Indra Sjafri's squad, having signed for Poland's Lechia Gdansk amid much fanfare in March after he burst onto the scene during Indonesia's appearance at the world-renowned Toulon Tournament last summer

The diminutive Maulana, who netted a tournament-best eight goals at last year's AFF U-19 Youth Championship, has already appeared three times for Indonesia's senior national team, making his debut against Brunei last December.

Despite starting brightly at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Indonesia, who will host the AFC U-19 Championship’s latest edition, fell behind in the 37th minute when livewire forward Al Hamdan was afforded too much time and space before thundering home a shot from fully 25 yards.

Roared on by vocal home support, Indra Sjafri’s charges wasted little time in drawing level however, Saddil Ramdani matching the quality of the game’s opening goal with a spectacular strike of his own in first half stoppage-time.

Iredale, who plays for another Dutch side SC Heerenveen, was in the last Socceroos team camp while Pasquali is a bright prospect who made his A-League debut aged 16.

Also included in the squad are A-League players Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne FC) and Apostolos Stametelopoulos (Adelaide United).

The Young Socceroos recently completed a training camp on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and will travel to Singapore on Sunday to continue their build-up to the tournament.

Only 11 players, including Sagan Tosu forward Kyosuke Tagawa, remain from the squad which breezed through qualifying with successive wins over Mongolia, Singapore and Thailand late last year.

The Japanese attack will also feature Takefusa Kubo, who starred at the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship, scoring four goals as Japan reached the semi-finals.

A total 22 of the 23 players are on the books of professional clubs in Japan, with towering 18-year-old defender Kenedeiebusu Mikuni - a student at Aomori Yamada High School - the sole exception.

Having taken a 2-0 lead through Awang Muhammad Faiz in the third minute and Nik Akif (18th), Malaysia found themselves trailing following an eight-minute blitz which saw Myanmar scoring three times.

Win Naing Tun hit a quick fire brace in the 23rd and 26th minutes before Myat Kaung Khant gave Myanmar the lead in the 31st.

The two-time champions and 2016 runners-up were drawn with Tajikistan, China PR and Malaysia in Group D.

“We expect to play against tough teams, but our main goal is to reach the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019,” revealed Alghmadi.

“We have to respect all the teams we are playing against, and hopefully we can perform well in this Championship.

“All the teams are competitive, and some of them play fast, others are physically stronger and tougher than our players, but as I’ve mentioned, our aim is go to the U-20 World Cup and we are focusing to claim one of the four spots.”

Saudi Arabia performed spectacularly in the Qualifiers, recording three wins to secure their spot in the Finals as Group D winners.

“The players have been playing together for a while and know one another very well. They followed the tactics of the coach, and our coach knows how to give each and every player their specific task.

“The players performed well (in the Qualifiers), and hopefully by the time we begin playing here in October, we will do better than the qualifiers.”

Indonesia, who will be hosting the prestigious tournament for the third time and having been crowned champions in 1961, will go up against United Arab Emirates, 2014 champions Qatar and Chinese Taipei in Group A.

Defending champions Japan, who earned their first title in the previous edition, will face Thailand, DPR Korea and Iraq, who have won the title five times in Group B.

Twelve-time champions Korea Republic, suffered heartbreak in 2016 when they narrowly missed out on the Knockout Stage due to goal difference, will be aiming to do better against Vietnam, Australia and Jordan in Group C.