The Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) has named their Karnataka state senior men’s squad for the South Zone qualifying round of the 72nd National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy to be held at Bangalore from January 17 to 22, 2018.

The South Zone qualifiers for the Santosh Trophy being hosted by the KSFA would be played at the Bangalore Football Stadium.

The Karnataka team would be coached by P. Muralidharan, while Vignesh G. has been named captain and Sunil Kumar M. as his vice-captain.

KARNATAKA STATE TEAM

Squad
Shain Khan C.P. (Bengaluru FC), Abhishek Das (Ozone FC), Sunil Kumar M. (Vice-Captain, Student Union FC), Shafeel P.P. (Bangalore Independents), Anto Rashith (Ozone FC), Leon Augustine (Bengaluru FC), Vignesh G. (Captain, Ozone FC), Solaimalai (South United FC), Shamanth (Student Union), Ramesh B (Bangalore Eagles), Shahabaaz Khan (Bengaluru FC), Edwin Rosario (Bangalore Independent), Liton Shil (MEG), Shashi Kumar V. (Students Union FC), Rajesh S (RWF), Keith Raymond Stephen (South United FC), Azaruddin Sheikh (Bengaluru FC), Amoes (Student Union), Vignesh D. (Ozone FC), Anup Theres Raj (Ozone FC)

Standbye
Shreyas (Mysore), John Peter (Bangalore Independent), Shaik Muzeeb (MEG), Myron Mendes (Bengaluru FC), Sudharshan Lokur (Belgaum), Franklin Amalraj (Young Challenger), Akshay N. (Student Union), Sharath Mohan (Student Union), Abhishek Ramesh (Bangalore Independent), Satish Kumar (South United)

Officials
P. Muralidharan (Chief Coach), Harish V.K. (Coach), S.S. Shahi (Goalkeeping Coach), Ayethapalli Prasad (Physiotherapist), M. Kumar (Manager)