117th IFA Shield: Pune FC announce squad

I-League side Pune FC have named their squad for the ongoing 117th IFA Shield with new foreign signing striker Boima 'Jerry' Karpeh and a couple of juniors making the squad with Gurjinder Kumar, Izumi Arata and Jeje Lalpekhlua away on India duty.

Pune FC have been drawn in Group B alongside Mohun Bagan AC, Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica and United Sikkim FC.

Boima, who joined the squad recently, is one the three new faces in Pune FC on the trip with the other two being midfielder David Lalbiakzara an defender Gobin Singh. David is an ex-Peninsula Pune Football Club Academy graduate, while defender Gobin is a current academy player.


PUNE FC

Goalkeepers
Abhra Mondal, Shahinlal Meloly

Defenders
Othallo Tabia, Caitano Costa, Chika Wali, Anas Edathodika, Zohmingliana Ralte, Nallappan Mohanraj, Srikanth Ramu, Gobin Singh

Midfielders
Shanmugam Venkatesh, Sukhwinder Singh, David Lalbiakzara, Douhou Pierre, Karma Tsewang, Velington Rocha, Khanthang Paite, Mumtaz Akhtar

Strikers
James Moga, Boima Karpeh, Subash Singh

Officials
Derrick Pereira (Coach), Norbert Gonsalves (Assistant Coach), Tariq Shaikh (Physio), Dr. B. Ashok Kumar (Manager), Sujay Sharma (Analyst), Prashant Naidu (Kit Manager)