FIFA U-17 World Cup: Indian U-17 final 21 players name
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Indian U-17 final squad has been announced. AIFF as selected twenty one players
for the first ever Indian squad to participate in a FIFA World Cup.
Head Coach of the India
U-17s Luis Norton de Matos said “We believe that we are prepared for the FIFA
U-17 World Cup. We have worked hard and made progress, but at the same time we
go directly to a high level competition against some of the best teams in the
world”
“We will fight to win
each match even if there is only five percent chance of winning. We will not
give up and nothing is impossible in football”
“We plan to show the
world that we are on the same page as them”, Matos added.
In an effort to field a
strong team for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 India, the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) provided exposure tours for the India U-17s wherein the
Indian Colts faced Macedonia, Serbia and Benfica amongst other teams. The
Indian Colts had also participated in a Four-Nation Tournament in Mexico where
they lost against Mexico and Colombia, but held Chile to a 1-1 draw with
ten-man.
“Against Chile and
Macedonia we registered good results but the FIFA U-17 World Cup will be a
competition and competitions are different from friendly matches”, Matos
informed.
“However, the level of
the players is very high and we plan to give it our all once the FIFA U-17
World Cup kicks-off”, Matos quipped.
India have been drawn in Group A alongside
USA, Colombia and Ghana, and will face USA on October 06, followed by Colombia
and Ghana on October 09 and October 12 respectively at the Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium in New Delhi.
Final list of the 21
selected Indian U-17 player’s follows below:
Midfielders: Suresh Singh Wangjam, Khumanthem Ninthoinganba Meetei, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Abhijit Sarkar, Komal Thatal, Lalengmawia, Jaekson Singh Thounajam, Nongdamba Naorem, Rahul Kannoly Praveen, Mohammad Shahjahan
Defenders: Boris Singh Thangjam, Jitendra Singh, Anwar Ali,
Sanjeev Stalin, Hendry Antonay, Namit Deshpande
Goalkeepers: Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill, Sunny Dhaliwal
