Baan to conduct U-22 selection trials at Pailan World School

The All India Football Federation will be conducting selection trials for the inaugural Under-22 Asian Cup 2013, the qualifiers of which kick-off on June 23, 2012. India have been drawn in a tough Group A along with the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Oman, Turkmenistan and Lebanon.

In total 68 players would be attending the selection trials which would be conducted by AIFF Technical Director Rob Baan and Head Coach of Youth Development Colm Toal.

The trials which would kick-off on March 3 and end on March 8. They would be held at Pailan World School in Kolkata, where AIFF's Developmental Junior Team Pailan Arrows are based. The shortlisted players would be called for a preparatory camp later ahead of the qualifiers.

Players who would be on National Duty for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup won't be able to attend trials.


INDIA U-23 Selection Trialists

Goalkeepers
Soram Poirei Angamba (Shillong Lajong FC), Ishan Debnath (Mumbai FC), Ravi Kumar (Pailan Arrows), Jayanta Paul (East Bengal Club), Sayan Roy (Pailan Arrows), Jagroop Singh (Prayag United SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal Club)

Defenders
Collin Abranches (Air India), Sonu Beniwal (Pailan Arrows), Sourav Chakraborty (Mohun Bagan AC), Abhishek Das (East Bengal Club), Narayan Das (Tata Football Academy), Deepak Devrani (Pailan Arrows), Jayabrata Dhar (Pailan Arrows), Lalrozama Fanai (Pailan Arrows), Souvik Ghosh (Pailan Arrows), Rollingson Hungyo (Pune FC), Mohammed Irfan Khan (Pailan Arrows), Joy Mrong Kharraswai (Shillong Lajong FC), Pritam Kotal (Pailan Arrows), Vishal Kumar (Pailan Arrows), Joyner Monte Lourenco (Sporting Clube de Goa), Manpreet (Tata Football Academy), Prathmesh Maulingkar (Pailan Arrows), Saikat Saha Roy (East Bengal Club), Akashdeep Singh (Pailan Arrows), Arijeet Singh (Pailan Arrows), Bikramjit Singh (Pailan Arrows), Ravinder Singh (Pailan Arrows), Chingkhei Meetei Yumnam (Pailan Arrows), Ronaldo Zothanzama (Shillong Lajong FC)

Midfielders
Usman Ashik (Chirag United Kerala), Stephen Barreto (Sporting Clube de Goa), Manish Bhargav (Mohun Bagan AC), Rowllin Borges (Sporting Clube de Goa), Souvik Chakraborty (Mohun Bagan AC), Prabir Das (Pailan Arrows), Snehashish Datta (Prayag United SC), Clifton Dias (Salgaocar SC), Romeo Fernandes (Dempo SC), Ganeshan (Pune FC), Pronoy Haldar (Pailan Arrows), S. Siam Hanghal (Pailan Arrows), P. Niroshan Mani (Sporting Clube de Goa), Brian Mascarenhas (Dempo SC), Kshetrimayum Malamnganba Meitei (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited), Yaikhom Randhan Meetei (Pailan Arrows), Deepak Prakash (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers SC), Tirthankar Sarkar (Pailan Arrows), Shahir S. (Chirag United Kerala), Shankar S. (Pailan Arrows), Bikramjit Singh (Sr) (Pailan Arrows), Jonychand Singh (Sesa Football Academy), Ongnam Milan Singh (Pailan Arrows), Sehnaj Singh (Pailan Arrows), Simranjeet Singh (Pailan Arrows)

Forwards
Alwin George (Pailan Arrows), Rajinder Kumar (Pailan Arrows), Vinod Kumar (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Malswamfela (Pailan Arrows), Holicharan Narzary (Pailan Arrows), Sumit Passi (Pailan Arrows), Bijendra Rai (Pailan Arrows), Manandeep Singh (Air India), Ningthounjam Pritam Singh (Sporting Clube de Goa), Pankaj Sona (Pailan Arrows)