AFC U-14 Football Festival: India boys ready

A 22 member India Under-14 Boys National Football Team would be leaving tomorrow to participate in the AFC U-14 Football Festival to be held in the Nepali capital Kathmandu from May 17 to 25. Besides the hosts Nepal the young Indians would face national youth sides from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives.

India U-14 head coach Sajid Yousuf Dar said, "This is the new beginning for the development of football in India. All the boys and support staff worked tirelessly during the two month long Coaching Camp. Hope we would achieve our goal and stand up to the expectations of everyone."

"The Festival would be a turning point for these young talents. It would give them the much desired exposure to graduate their skills," he added.

Sajid Yousuf Dar also thanked AIFF National Team Director Shubhankar Mukherjee and Technical Director Regional Academies Scott O'Donell for providing all possible support to the successful conduct of the camp.

The coaching camp for 34 players was held in Kalyani, West Bengal recently and out of which the final 22 players were selected to represent the India Under-14 Team.


INDIA Under-14

Goalkeepers
Subrata Das, Sam Noronha

Defenders
M. Jayananda Singh, Jerry Lalrinzuala, T. Kishan Singh, Prosenjit Chakraborty, Amay Ganesh Ranawade, Amit Tudu, Mohammad Azhar, Schubert Mario D'Costa

Midfielders
Bodo Baoringdao, Bugde Vineet Vikas, Laishram Loyangamba Singh, Kyntiew Shaphrang Kharlukhi, Aaron Franklin Hermiz, Saravanan Kiran

Forwards
Sourav Chakraborty, Laishram Bedashwor Singh, Mohammed Hasil, Hoble Kapil Satish, Krishna Pandit, Zonunmawia

Officials
Sajid Yousuf Dar (Head Coach), Tarun Roy (Assistant Coach-cum-Manager), Mohamad Yusuf Ansari (Goalkeeping Coach), Vishnu Nair (Physio)