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Luís Norton de Matos names India U-19 squad for AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers

India U-17 head coach Luís Norton de Matos (Photo courtesy: AIFF Media)

Head Coach Luís Norton de Matos named his list of 23 for India U-19s campaign in the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers to be held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Matos picked his squad after a week-long camp in the Capital which is a mix of India’s U-17 World Cup squad and India’s U-19 team which played in the SAFF U-19 Championship in Bhutan.

India are scheduled to play Qatar U-19 in a friendly match in Doha on October 25 as part of their preparation for the AFC Qualifiers.

Besides hosts Saudi Arabia, India have been clubbed with Yemen and Turkmenistan in Group D and play their first match against Saudi Arabia on November 4.

INDIA U-19 SQUAD

Goalkeepers
Dheeraj Singh, Mohammad Nawaz, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill

Defenders
Namgyal Bhutia, Sahil Panwar, Deepak Tangri, Ashish Rai, Boris Singh, Sanjeev Stalin, Anwar Ali, Jitendra Singh

Midfielders
Abhishek Halder, Princeton Rebello, Suresh Singh, Amarjit Singh, Rahul KP, Ninthoinganba Meetei, Nongdamba Naorem, Jeakson Singh

Forwards
Edmund Lalrindika, Roshan Singh, Lalawmpuia, Rahim Ali.

INDIA’s FIXTURES

November 4: India vs Saudi Arabia
November 6: India vs Yemen
November 8: India vs Turkmenistan

(AIFF Media)