66th Santosh Trophy: Tamil Nadu name final squad

The Tamilnadu Football Association 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 Orissa. The TFA had held trials in Chennai to select their state team.

Former India striker Syed Sabir Pasha and current Indian Bank coach has been appointed by the TFA as the coach of the Tamil Nadu state team, who have been drawn in the quarterfinal league Group D along with Railways, Cluster-I winner and Cluster-VI winner playing their matches on May 19 (vs Cluster-I winner), on May 21 (vs Cluster-VI winner) and May 23 (vs Railways).


TAMIL NADU

Goalkeepers
Rajini Kumar (Vasco SC), Akhil Soman (RPF)

Defenders
Suman Raj (Integral Coach Factory), D. Edison (AGORC - Chennai), K. Sathish (Chennai Customs), R. Naveen Kumar (AGORC - Chennai), M. Murthy (AGORC - Chennai), N. Dhinakaran (Indian Bank), V.R Murugappan (BEML - Bangalore), Nirmal Kumar (Chennai Customs), Shanta Kumar (Integral Coach Factory), S. Karthik (Indian Bank)

Midfielders
Charles Anandraj (FCI - Chennai), John Paul (FCI - Chennai), L. Stegin (AGORC - Chennai), Amal Pai (Income Tax - Chennai)

Forwards
A. Reagan (Income Tax - Chennai), M. Ramesh (Chennai Customs), U. Jayakumar (Chennai Customs), M. David (Integral Coach Factory)

Stand-Byes
Sivapriyan (FCI - Chennai), Ashok Kumar (FCI - Chennai)

Officials
Syed Sabir Pasha (Chief Coach), K. Chandrasekar (Assistant Coach), M. Ragunath (Physio)