MFA announce Mumbai squad for WIFA Inter-District Championship

by Chittu Shetty December 13, 2022

Mumbai Football Association has announced the squad for the Mumbai district team that will travel to Pune for the upcoming WIFA Inter-District Championship

Fielding a solid squad of players with I League Qualifiers and Santosh Trophy experience Mumbai Football Association has made their intention clear to go for the title. With the likes of Arif Shaikh, Himanshu Patil, Denzil Mascarenhas, Johnson Mathew and others, the team has a good mixture of both youth and experience.

With former India International and Mumbai Football legends, Steven Dias and Henry Picardo at the helm, Mumbai looks like it to be one of the favorites for the competition. Steven has proven his coaching talent in the MFA Elite Division where he guided his team Ambernath United – Atlanta FC to two titles – MFA Elite Premier Champions and MFA Harwood Champions League. He also guided Mumbai Knights – MFA Women’s league team to the league title. Steven is yet to suffer a loss with either squad and a lot will expect from him in the upcoming WIFA competition

Defending champions Team Kolhapur and Last year’s Runner-up side Nagpur will be expected to give tough competition to Mumbai in their title quest.

MFA President Aaditya Thackeray met with the squad and wished them good luck before the team left for Pune.

Squad for the Competition:

1. Prathamesh.
2. Yasheel Shah
3. Shravan Shetty
4. Noel Dias
5. Umesh Permbra
6. Nishant Shetty
7. Tejas Raut
8. Vishnu Menon
9. Bipin Rawat
10. Aaron Dcosta
11. Johnson Mathew
12. Niitesh Monde
13. Kaustubh Panchal
14. Ashley Koli
15. Sunny Thakur
16. Abhijit Taware
17. Armash Ansari
18. Denzil Mascerhanas
19. Arif Shaikh
20. Himanshu Patil

Also Read: WIFA Inter District Football Championship to start December 14th

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