THE BLOG BY CPD FOOTBALL | The World of Indian football and beyond by Chris Punnakkattu Daniel

East Bengal name 18-member squad for AFC Cup away match

Ranti Martins Soleye (East Bengal Club)
Ranti Martins Soleye (East Bengal Club)

Picture courtesy: I-League Media

East Bengal Club have named a 18-member squad to take on Singaporean side Balestier Khalsa FC in a 2015 AFC Cup Group F encounter on Tuesday.

Head coach Eelco Schattorie will miss the services of Arnab Mondal, Saumik Dey, Cavin Lobo and Lalrindika Ralte due to Indian national team commitments, while captain Harmanjot Singh Khabra is still recovering from an injury.

The match will be played on Tuesday, March 17 at the Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore.

EAST BENGAL CLUB SQUAD

Goalkeepers
Abhijit Mondal, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury

Defenders
Deepak Kumar Mondal, Milan Susak, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Gurwinder Singh, Robert Lalthalmuana

Midfielders
Shylo Malsawmtluanga, Joaquim Abranches, Mehtab Hossein, Leo Bertos, Sukhwinder Singh, Subodh Kumar, Baldeep Singh, Mohammed Rafique

Forwards
Ranty Martins Soleye, MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi, Baljit Singh Sahni

Officials
Eelco Schattorie (Head Coach), Sujit Chakravarty (Assistant Coach), Alvito D’Cunha (Technical Manager), Rajesh Basak (Physio), Saunak Chakravarty (Physio), Dr. Santi Ranjan Das Gupta (Team Doctor), Manish Banerjee (Manager), Santosh Bhattacharya (Head of Delegation), Gautam Roy (Media Officer)