Squad & Schedule of Maharashtra announced for the 23rd Senior Women’s National Championship

by Chittu Shetty January 29, 2018

Twenty member squad representing Maharashtra will face Manipur, Karnataka & Rajasthan at 23rd Senior Women’s National Championship 2017-18.

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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	Kimberly Fernandez	Mumbai	Centre Midfield
2	Pranali Shetty	Mumbai	Centre Back
3	Ankita Shinde	Mumbai	Goalkeeper
4	Nikita Jadhao	Osmanabad	Left Back
5	Riya Sukhdeve	Nagpur	Right Back
6	Namrata Thakur	Mumbai	Striker
7	Shivani Harer	Pune	Centre Midfield
8	Afreen Peerbhoy	Mumbai	Centre Back
9	Priyanka Murade	Pune	Centre Back
10	Rutuja Gunwant	Pune	Centre Back
11	Sonali Chemate	Pune	Right Wing
12	Jyoti Mehra	Mumbai	Right Wing
13	Tara Khatoon	Mumbai	Right Wing
14	Hiba Faquih	Pune	Right Wing
15	Mrudul Shinde	Kolhapur	Right Wing
16	Kashmira Pednekar	Mumbai	Goalkeeper
17	Delfiya Pereira	Mumbai	Left Back
18	Muriel Adam	Pune	Striker
19	Neha Koli	Dhule	Right Back
20	Pooja Dhamal	Mumbai	Centre Midfield

The Head Coach of the team is AFC A License holder Mr. Jeddy Almeida (Mumbai) accompanied by Manager Annie Paul (Nagpur) & Physiotherapist Pooja Mehta (Mumbai).

23rd Senior Women’s National Championship 2017-18 will be held at Cuttack, Odisha from 28^th January to 14^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 Quarter Finals of the Championship (knockout basis).

Match Schedule:

Date	Team A	Vs.	Team B	Venue
01-02-2018	Maharashtra	Vs	Manipur	Cuttack, Odisha
05-02-2018	Maharashtra	Vs	Chhattisgarh	Cuttack, Odisha
07-02-2018	Karnataka	Vs	Maharashtra	Cuttack, Odisha