The Allstar team of German Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich will visit Kolkata next month to play a friendly game against an East Bengal Allstar XI at the Saltlake Stadium on Wednesday, November 17. The match will be played for the street children of Kolkata to raise funds for an NGO named "Towards Life Foundation of India".16 former Bayern players have been chosen from the big pool of players who represent the Bayern Allstars and the strong squad includes six former FIFA World Cup winners. Some big names of the Allstars could not be picked due to other commitments.
The Bayern Allstars contingent will fly down to Kolkata from Germany on Monday, November 15 and stay for a couple of days in the "City of Joy" and then return to Germany on Thursday, November 18.
This will be the fourth visit of an squad from FC Bayern to Kolkata. The first trip came in December 2005 when the second team took part and won the IFA Shield, then in May 2008 a weakened first team came to play Oliver Kahn's final match for the club and then in January 2009 Bayern II returned to Kolkata for a mid-season training camp.
FC Bayern Munich Allstars
Goalkeepers: Raimond Aumann, Walter Junghans
Defenders: Andreas Brehme, Oliver Kreuzer, Markus Münch, Hans Pflügler, Stefan Reuter, Michael Tarnat
Midfielders: Paul Breitner, Harald Cerny, Armin Eck, Ludwig Kögl, Matthias Zimmermann
Forwards: Carsten Lakies, Paulo Sergio, Marcel Witeczek
Coach: Wolfgang Dremmler
Official press release by Bayern Munich on fcbayern.de
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