A 25-member Indian Arrows team coached by Luís Norton de Matos are gearing up to kick-start their Hero I-League 2017-18 campaign against Chennai City FC at the GMC Bambolim Stadium today.

The team, who competed in the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers recently, are currently training under the Portuguese coach Luís Norton de Matos, who coached the India U-17 national team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.

Matos felt that this experience would be “immensely beneficial for the boys in future”.

“These players are going to get more match experience. This is a starting point. The difficulty we see in the I-League will be similar to what we saw in the World Cup,” Matos said.

“These players are going to get more match experience. This is a starting point. The difficulty we see in the I-League will be similar to what we saw in the World Cup,” Matos said.

The Indian Arrows will play Minerva Punjab FC next at the same venue on December 5, 2017.

Indian Arrows Squad

Goalkeepers
Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Sunny Dhaliwal, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill

Defenders
Deepak Tangri, Ashish Rai, Boris Singh Thangjam, Sanjeev Stalin, Anwar Ali, Jitendra Singh, Naorem Roshan Singh, Sumit Rathi, Narender

Midfielders
Abhishek Halder, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Rahul KP, Khumanthem Ninthoinganba Meetei, Nongdamba Naorem, Jeakson Singh Thounaojam, Namgyal Bhutia, Lalengmawia, Abhijit Sarkar

Forwards
Edmund Lalrindika, Aniket Anil Jadhav, Rahim Ali

(AIFF Media)