67th Santosh Trophy: Odisha name final 20 players squad

The Football Association of Orissa has finalised their 20 players squad for the 67th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy which is being played from February 1 to March 3 in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.

The Odisha state team have been drawn in Group B alongside former champions Punjab and Meghalaya with the matches to be played in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from February 11 onwards.

Odisha Police's Sidhartha Sankar Puruseth has been named captain with Gokul Oram from Radha Gobinda Club as the vice-captain.


ODISHA

Goalkeepers
Sheikh Kamaluddin (Sunrise Club), Umar Khan (Morning Club)

Defenders
Hurshikesh Behera (Odisha Police), Fayajuddin Shah (Morning Club), Gobinda Senapati (Odisha Police), Kh. Abdul Khan (Radha Gobinda), Kedar Singh (Sunrise Club), Dinesh Lakra (Sunshine Club), Ramdas Hansda (Odisha Police)

Midfielders
Sheikh Moin (Chand Club), Sidhartha Sankar Puruseth (Captain, Odisha Police), Sanatan Lohar (SAI Orissa), Manoj Murmu (SAI Orissa), Debashis Murmu (Radha Gobinda)

Forwards
Bijay Das (Mangala Club), Mohammed Ehesan Khan (Odisha Police), Abhimanyu Pandey (Odisha Police), Sankho Marandi (Radha Gobinda), Gokul Oram (Vice-Captain, Radha Gobinda), Sanjit Panna (Chand Club)