Squads Announced For Senior National Camp & 2009 SAFF Cup

A 24 member Under-23 squad has been named for the 2009 SAFF Cup. Also a list of 22 players have been called up for the senior national camp.

Mohammed Rafi of Mahindra United
 A senior national camp will be held in Goa from 15th November as a preparation for the 2011 Asia Cup and 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

AIFF (All India Football Federation) have called up 22 players for that camp. Mahindra United striker Mohammed Rafi is the only new face in the list.

Goalkeepers

Subrata Paul (Pune FC), Subhashish Roy Chowdhary (Mahindra United)

Defenders

Surkumar Singh, Deepak MAndal, N.S. Manju, Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan), Gouramangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Anwar, Mahesh Gawli, Samir Naik (Dempo)

Midfielders

Steven Dias, N.P. Pradeep (Mahindra United), Climax Lawrence, Anthony Pereira, Clifford Miranda (Dempo), Renedy Singh, Mehrajuddin WadOO, Syed Rahim Nabi  (East Bengal)

Forwards

Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal), Sunil Chettri (Dempo), Abhishek Yadav (Mumbai FC), Mohammed Rafi (Mahindra United)

The federation has also announced a 24 member Under-23 squad to prepare for the 2009 SAFF Cup. The majority of this squad is also likely to feature in the AFC Challenge Cup and Asian Games next year.

Goalkeepers

Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers), Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo), Gurpreet Singh (Haryana)


Defenders

Denzil Franco (Mahindra United), Govin Singh, Nirmal Chettri (East Bengal), N. Mohan Raj (Mohun Bagan), Naoba Singh, Rowilson Rodrigues, Robert Lalthalma (Churchill Brothers), Raju Gaikwad (TFA), Ravinder Singh (Air India)

Midfielders

Jagpreet Singh, Baldip Singh, Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT), Jibon Singh (TFA), Jewel Raja (Dempo)

Forwards

Balwant Singh (JCT),  C.S. Sabeeth (Viva Kerala), Sushil Kumar Singh (Mahindra United), Jagtar Singh (TFA), Subhash Singh (East Bengal), Jeje Lalpeklua (Pune FC), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC)

Amoy Ghoshal


 
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