Igor Stimac announces list of 41 players for Bhubaneswar camp
04 May 2023
AIFF Media Team
NEW DELHI: India Senior Men’s National Team head coach Igor Stimac, on Thursday, May 4, 2023, announced a list of 41 players for the National Camp ahead of the Hero Intercontinental Cup.
The camp is set to get underway in Bhubaneswar on May 15, 2023, as India prepare for the Hero Intercontinental Cup, which will take place June 9 to 18 in the capital city of Odisha.
The Blue Tigers are on a preparation path for the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar next year, and are set to play the Hero Intercontinental Cup in Bhubaneswar next month, before they move to Bengaluru to play the SAFF Championship, in June-July.
India, who are placed at 101 in the FIFA Rankings, will face opponents like Lebanon (99), Vanuatu (164), and Mongolia (183). The Blue Tigers, earlier, had a great start to the year, winning the Hero Tri-Nation Cup in Imphal, Manipur, where they beat Myanmar (1-0) and the Kyrgyz Republic (2-0).
Why are the likes of Nikhil Poojari, Narender and Ishan Pandita still being called to NT? Stimac could have called up better alternatives, especially from I League. Also 9n my opinion he should have called up a total of 44 players (4 player for each position) and then divided them into 4 teams and conduct inter-squad matches in the camp. That way players could have gotten good match practice and Stimac would have seen how each player performs in a specific position.
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AIFF Media Team
NEW DELHI: India Senior Men’s National Team head coach Igor Stimac, on Thursday, May 4, 2023, announced a list of 41 players for the National Camp ahead of the Hero Intercontinental Cup.
The camp is set to get underway in Bhubaneswar on May 15, 2023, as India prepare for the Hero Intercontinental Cup, which will take place June 9 to 18 in the capital city of Odisha.
The Blue Tigers are on a preparation path for the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar next year, and are set to play the Hero Intercontinental Cup in Bhubaneswar next month, before they move to Bengaluru to play the SAFF Championship, in June-July.
India, who are placed at 101 in the FIFA Rankings, will face opponents like Lebanon (99), Vanuatu (164), and Mongolia (183). The Blue Tigers, earlier, had a great start to the year, winning the Hero Tri-Nation Cup in Imphal, Manipur, where they beat Myanmar (1-0) and the Kyrgyz Republic (2-0).
The list of 41 players is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Vishal Kaith, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Phurba Lachenpa Tempa, Amrinder Singh.
Defenders: Subhasish Bose, Pritam Kotal, Asish Rai, Glan Martins, Sandesh Jhingan, Naorem Roshan Singh, Anwar Ali, Akash Mishra, Chinglensana Konsham, Mehtab Singh, Rahul Bheke, Narender.
Midfielders: Liston Colaco, Ashique Kuruniyan, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Rohit Kumar, Udanta Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Yasir Mohammad, Ritwik Das, Jeakson Singh, Sahal Abdul Samad, Rahul KP, Lalengmawia Ralte, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Bipin Singh, Rowllin Borges, Vikram Partap Singh, Nandha Kumar, Jerry Mawihmingthanga.
Forwards: Manvir Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Siva Sakthi Narayanan, Rahim Ali, Ishan Pandita.
Head Coach: Igor Stimac.
Manvir Singh & Ishan Pandita didn't performed well this season.
Namdhari Football Club from Punjab to bid for a spot in I-League 2023-24
https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-namdhari-football-club-punjab-bid-spot-i-league-2023-24Hope they rename to Ludhiana FC or something.