India coach Wim Koevermans names 37 Probables for Nehru Cup

New Indian national football coach Wim Koevermans has named 37 Players for the Preparatory Camp for the 2012 Nehru Cup which will be played from August 23 to September 2. Seven players who did duty for India in the recently concluded AFC Under-22 Championship qualifiers in Muscat, Oman have also been named for the probables camp. The Players will have to report to the Camp on July 27.

"I'm happy to find players for the start of the preparation of the Nehru Cup and I'm looking forward to work with them and start developing the team together along with the support staff," Koevermans said.

Koevermans who watched the exploits of the India Under-22s in the AFC Under-22 Championship qualifiers in Muscat has included seven players from the India U-22 Team. Besides strikers Jeje Lalpekhlua and Manandeep Singh, midfielders Lalrindika Ralte, Milan Singh, Alwyn George, stopper-back Souvik Ghosh and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu have also been named in the list of 37.

"In Muscat the U-22 boys did put up a good show. I felt it best to call some of them for the Camp to see how they cope up with the Senior Team players. It's a different level after all,” Koevermans added.

Otherwise regulars to the India team or probables camp have been called-up with Nicolau Colaco (Salgaocar SC), Gurwinder Singh (East Bengal Club), Irungbam Khelemba Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), Denson Devadas (Mohun Bagan AC), Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal Club) and Robin Singh (East Bengal Club) getting their first call-ups.


INDIA Probables

Goalkeepers
Arindam Bhattacharya (Mohun Bagan AC), Subrata Pal (Prayag United SC), Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (Dempo SC), Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal Club)

Defenders
Nirmal Chettri (Mohun Bagan AC), Nicolau Colaco (Salgaocar SC), Denzil Franco (Churchill Brothers SC), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (East Bengal Club), Souvik Ghosh (Pailan Arrows), Nallappan Mohanraj (Pune FC), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC), Rowilson Rodrigues (Dempo SC), Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Prayag United SC), Gurjinder Kumar Singh (Pune FC), Gurwinder Singh (East Bengal Club), Irungbam Khelemba Singh (Mohun Bagan AC)

Midfielders
Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC), Denson Devadas (Mohun Bagan AC), Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Alwyn George (Pailan Arrows), Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club), Adil Ahmed Khan (Sporting Clube de Goa), Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar SC), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), Gilbert Oliviera (Salgaocar SC), Anthony Pereira (Dempo SC), Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal Club), Jewel Raja Sheikh (Mohun Bagan AC), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal Club), Baldeep Singh (Prayag United SC), Ongnam Milan Singh (Pailan Arrows),

Forwards
Sunil Chhetri (Sporting Clube de Portugal 'B'), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Manandeep Singh (East Bengal Club), Robin Singh (East Bengal Club), Sushil Kumar Singh (Shillong Lajong FC)

Officials
Wim Koevermans (Head Coach)