Mumbai's PIFA name squad for 2nd Division I-League

The Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) from Mumbai have announced their list of 28 players including three foreigners for the 2nd Division I-League. They have been registered as PIFA Sports FC with the AIFF for the tournament.

PIFA Sport FC ,earlier known as PIFA Colaba FC, will be playing for the third time in the 2nd Division I-League. The team will be coached by UEFA A licensed coach Faruk Ahmed and the team has signed three African players in Vincent Asuquo (Nigeria), James Phiri (Zimbabwe) and Emmanuel Okoye (Nigeria).

Also in the team is Varin Mehta, who has had a stint with Belgium side Royal Antwerp and is now back in India.

PIFA Sports FC have been drawn in Group B, to be played in Indore, alongside Aizwal FC (Mizoram), Aryan Club (Kolkata), Bhowanipore Club (Kolkata), Green Valley SC (Guwahati), Josco FC (Kerala), Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata), Royal Wahingdoh FC (Shillong) and Simla Youngs FC (Delhi).


PIFA SPORTS FC

Goalkeepers
James Swamy, Neeraj Sharma

Field Players
Shabbir Ali, Aavesh Shaikh, Nihal Chandran, Roshan Karmaran, Sam Cruz, Jacky Khaidem, Varin Mehta, Nagesh Swamy, Dashyanng Kachru, Akash Jain, Tushar Poojary, Nishant Rana, Priyo Kumar, Ravindra Tamatta, Ketan Kalgutkar, Neel Shah, Clifford Garette, Sushil Kawade, Kenneth Desena, Ramakant Pawar, Ashish Pawaskar, Titus Uttankar, Roger Sam, Vincent Asuquo (Nigeria), James Phiri (Zimbabwe), Emmanuel Okoye (Nigeria)

Officials
Faruk Ahmed (Coach), Nirvan Shah (Technical Director), Manish Dhabliya (Physio), Sudhakar Rane (Manager), Tejesh Sharma (Assistant Manager)