66th Santosh Trophy: Hosts Orissa name final squad

The Football Association of Odisha (Odisha is the new state name of former Orissa) has named their final 20 players squad for the 66th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy which is being played from today until May 27 across their state. The FAO had held trials in Cuttack to select their state team.

As hosts Orissa have been given a bye into the quarterfinal league and have been drawn in the quarterfinal league Group C along with Services, Chhattisgarh and Cluster-VII winner winner playing their matches on May 19 (vs Chhattisgarh), on May 21 (vs Cluster-VII winner) and May 23 (vs Services).


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Players
Ramesh Ch. Nayak (Anugul), Saroj Pradhan(Vice-Captain), Hrushikesh Behera (Cuttack), Sheikh Shabaz Alam (Cuttack), Susant Jena (Cuttack), Blacky Lakra (East Coast Railway), Jayjeet Mohanty (East Coast Railway), Shasi Toppa (Sundargarh), Kedar Singh, Manoj Kumar Das (Anugul), Basant Kumar Swain(Bhubaneswar, Captain), Sheikh Zaheed (Cuttack), Sanatan Lohar (Phulbani), Rupei Hansda (Sundargarh), Sanjit Panna (Bhubaneswar), Santosh Naik (Phulbani), Maheswar Das (East Coast Railway), Gokul Oram (Sambalpur), Antu Murmu (Sundargarh), Rajak Nag (Cuttack)

Officials
Rajendra Prasad Singh (Coach)