Maharashtra Team announced for the Junior National Football Championship

by Chittu Shetty January 27, 2018

Maharashtra State Junior Boy’s Football Team for the Junior National Football Championship 2017-18 for B.C Roy Trophy – Tier II.

Maharashtra will face Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh & Bihar in the Group B of the Junior National Football Championship 2017-18 for B.C Roy Trophy – Tier II.

After long periods of trials, training and practice matches to knit a strong unit together and challenge for the title, the squad as finally been released.

The team is as follows:

Sr. No.	Name	District	Position
1	Abel Fernandes	Mumbai	Left Back
2	Keith Dsouza	Mumbai	Centre Back
3	Yash Mardhekar	Satara	Centre Back
4	Kevin Dsouza	Mumbai	Centre Mid
5	Bhuvan Jerpoth	Nagpur	Centre Mid
6	Johnson Mathews	Mumbai	Striker
7	Raunak Nagul	Pune	Centre Mid
8	Vinay Kondamuri	Pune	Right Back
9	Shantanu Ningurkar	Pune	Right Wing
10	Abhishek Suryawanshai	Pune	Centre Mid
11	Talha Ahmed	Nagpur	Centre Mid
12	Aman Gaikwad	Mumbai	Left Wing
13	Kamran Ansari	Nagpur	Goalkeeper
14	Yashwardhan More	Satara	Centre Mid
15	Aayush	Raigad	Left Wing
16	Aniket Gunjal	Raigad	Centre Back
17	Paramjeet Singh Bhagel	Gondia	Goalkeeper
18	Aryan Banerjee	Aurangabad	Centre Mid
19	Sandesh Kasar	Kolhapur	Striker
20	Ashutosh Shukla	Jalgaon	Centre Back

The Head Coach of the team is AFC A License holder Mr. Mohan Dass accompanied by Asst. Coach Ashfaque Ansari, Manager Mir Adnan Ali & Physiotherapist Kunal Bargal.

The Junior National Football Championship 2017-18 for B.C Roy Trophy – Tier II will be held at Una, Himachal Pradesh from 28^th January to 6^th February 2018.

Matches will be played on a single leg league basis in the group and the top team from each group will qualify for the Semi – Finals of the Tier II Championship.

Match Schedule:

Date	Team A	Vs.	Team B	Venue
29-01-2018	Maharashtra	Vs	Andhra Pradesh	Una, Himachal Pradesh
31-01-2018	Bihar	Vs	Maharashtra	Una, Himachal Pradesh
02-02-2018	Maharashtra	Vs	Chandigarh	Una, Himachal Pradesh