Prayag United SC squad for the 2012/13 season

Big spending Prayag United SC are one of the teams the Indian football fans can look forward to in the upcoming 2012/13 season. The side from Kolkata have signed some of the best talent available in India.

Star players like goalkeeper Subrata Pal, defender Gouramangi Singh and Nigerian striker Ranty Martins Soleye have joined the team, and with Costa Rican World Cupper Carlos Hernández Valverde, the club has made one of the biggest signings in the Indian football circuit in recent years.

It will be interesting to see if coach Sanjay Sen and his men can fulfil the clubs and their sponsors ambitions.


Prayag United SC

Goalkeepers
1-Subrata Pal (Pune FC), 21-Sangram Mukherjee (Mohun Bagan AC), 31-Ishan Debnath (Mumbai FC), 40-Arindam Ghosh (Chirag United Kerala)

Defenders
2-Chinta Chandrashekar Rao, 3-Ravinder Singh (East Bengal Club), 4-Gour Naskar (Southern Samity), 6-Bello Razaq, 17-Deepak Kumar Mondal, 18-Sukhen Dey, 19-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Churchill Brothers SC), 25-L. Dhanachandra Singh (Mumbai FC), 29-Anupam Sarkar, 31-Dipak Mondal Jr (Techno Aryan Club), 35-Soumik Rai (BNR, Kolkata), 36-Bapi Saha

Midfielders
7-Baldeep Singh (Pune FC), 8-Lal Kamal Bhowmick, 11-Mundampara P. Sakeer (Churchill Brothers SC), 12-Gouranga Biswas, 13-James Lukram Singh, 15-Snehashish Dutta, 20-Asif Kottayil (Chirag United Kerala), 22-Lester Mark Fernandez (Pune FC), 24-Francis Xavier, 26-Thoudam Joychandra Singh, 27-Usman Ashik (Chirag United Kerala), 28-Shylo Malswam Tulunga, 30-C.K. Vineeth (Chirag United Kerala), 32-Tapan Maity (Mohammedan Sporting Club), 33-Bivas Sarkar (Pathachakra, Bengal),

Forwards
9-Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC), 16-Carlos Hernández Valverde (Melbourne Victory, AUSTRALIA), 14-Mohammed Rafique, 23-Shankar Sil, 25-Shankar Oraon

Official
Sanjay Sen (Coach), Anjan Nath (Assistant Coach), Per Henrikson (Goalkeeping Coach), Djair De Miranda Gracia (Physical Trainer), Dr. Aniruddha Ghosh (Team Doctor), Sanjoy Das (Physio)


Players Released
Somnath Khara, Narugopal Hait, Jayanta Sen (all Mohammedan Sporting Club), Justine Stephen, Subhas Chakraborty, Yakubu Yusif (all Mumbai FC), Abhijit Mondal, Arnab Mondal (both East Bengal Club), Denson Devadas, Arjun Chatterjee (both Mohun Bagan AC), Sheikh Shabbir Ali (United Sikkim FC), Jagroop Singh, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Soumik Chakraborty, F. Liandala, Crispin Chetri, Sena, Suhas S.N.Josimar da Silva Martins, Kayne Vincent