India U-23 National Team to play Friendly Series against Pakistan

New Delhi: The India U-23 National Team, which will take part in the Incheon Asian Games in September are scheduled to play two Friendly Series against the Pakistan U-23 National Team in the month of August.

The two matches – as part of India’s preparation for the Asian Games – will be played at the Bangalore Football Stadium on August 17 and August 20.

The 30-member Indian contingent under Head Coach Wim Koevermans will be having their training camp in Bangalore from July1.

The three seniors in the Squad of U-23 players are Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh and Francis Fernandes.

All India Football Federation will also provide an exposure tour for the Team after the two Friendlies.


The 30-member squad for the Camp in Bangalore is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Amrinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Ravi Kumar, Kamaljit Singh.

DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal, Keenan Almeida, Deepak Devrani, Joyner Lourenco, Shankar Sampingiraj, Sandesh Jhingan, Sanjay Balmuchu, Salam Singh, Narayan Das, Shouvik Ghosh.

MIDFIELDERS: Pronoy Halder, Rowlin Borges, Clifton Dias, Alwyn George, Siam Hangal, Lalrindika Ralte, Dhanpal Ganesh, Milan Singh.

FORWARDS: Francis Fernandes (Senior Player), Romeo Fernandez, Seiminlen Doungel, Sunil Chhetri (Senior Player), Robin Singh (Senior Player), Haokip Thongkoshim, Alesh Sawant, Mandar Rao Dessai.