67th Santosh Trophy: Co-hosts Kerala name final 20 player squad!

The Kerala Football Association has named 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 co-hosts Kerala have been drawn in Group C of the quarterfinal league set to be played in Kochi having to face the following qualifiers from Jammu&Kashmir (Qualifying Group I, C-1), Qualifying Group I (D-2) and Qualifying Group II (Cluster C winner).

Kerala under coach M.M. Jacob have named midfielder P. Rahul of Kerala Police as their captain.


KERALA

Goalkeepers
Jean Christian P.A., P.K. Naseeb, Sreeju S.

Defenders
Sharath B.T., Johnson, Sherin Sam, Surjith V.V., Sajith T., Rino Anto, Abdul Basith

Midfielders
P. Rahul (captain), Rakesh K., Shibin Lal V.K., Sumesh N., Vineeth Antony, Ahmad Malik

Forwards
Kannan Rajendran, Usman P., Nasarudheen C., Saleel K.

Officials
M.M. Jacob (Coach), Rajeev Kumar (Assistant Coach), A.M. Sreedharan (Technical Director)