India’s senior national team coach Igor Stimac named a line-up of 23 players for the upcoming SAFF championship, which begins October 1 in the Maldives, on Sunday. The championship finals are scheduled for October 16th. Players and coaches meet in Bengaluru on Monday and fly to the Maldives the next day. Stimac and other technical staff will join the team directly in the Maldives on the same day.
In addition to India – Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives, the other teams are in the championship. Each team faces each other once, with the two best teams moving into the final.
When announcing the team, Stimac said: “We are all looking forward to the SAFF championship as the leading football country in this part of Asia. These 4-5 games are extremely important to us as we don’t have a chance of seeing each other again until the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers begins next season. These matches should therefore help us to improve our game by a few points. “
The Blue Tigers have won the SAFF championship (formerly SAARC Cup) seven times – 1993 in Lahore, 1997 in Kathmandu, 1999 in Margao, 2005 in Karachi, 2009 (U23 team) in Dhaka, 2011 in New Delhi), 2015 -16 at Thiruvananthapuram.
India begins its campaign against Bangladesh on October 4th.
Here are India’s group stage games:
4th of October: Bangladesh vs Inde (IS 16h30).
October 7th: Inde vs Sri Lanka (IS 16h30).
October 10th: Népal vs Inde (20h30 IST).
October 13th: Inde vs Maldives (IST 20h30).
The team of 23 players is composed as follows:
GOALKEEPER: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Vishal Kaith.
DEFENDER: Pritam Kotal, Seriton Fernandes, Chinglensana Singh, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose, Mandar Rao Dessai.
MIDFIELD PLAYER: Udanta Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Lalengmawia, Anirudh Thapa, Sahal Abdul Samad, Jeakson Singh, Glan Martins, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Liston Colaco, Yasir Mohammad.
BEFORE : Manvir Singh, Rahim Ali, Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary.
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