Maharashtra squad for Santosh Trophy announced

by Chittu Shetty January 3, 2023

The 22 – member squad for the Maharashtra team will travel to Kolhapur for Group IV of the Santosh Trophy

The All India Football Federation had earlier announced Kolhapur, Maharashtra, as the venue for the Group IV matches for the upcoming 76th Men’s National Football Championship for the Hero Santosh Trophy.

The squad was picked from the recently concluded WIFA Inter-District Competition with the majority of players being picked from Mumbai and Kolhapur. Although neither team won the competition, both sides are still considered to have the strongest players for the state squad.

Out of the 22 players, Nine players of the squad belong to Ambernath United Atlanta FC – a team full of standout players who have won two trophies so far and has not tasted a single defeat in Mumbai since last season.

Squad

1. Indrajeet Chougale – Kolhapur – Midfielder

2. Omkar Patil – Kolhapur – Midfielder

3. Pavan Mali – Kolhapur – Defender

4. Rushikesh Patil – Kolhapur – Forward

5. Yash Devane – Kolhapur – Defender

6. Arif Shaikh – Mumbai – Forward

7. Armash Ansari – Mumbai – Midfielder

8. Ashley Koli – Mumbai – Midfielder

9. Himanshu Patil – Mumbai – Forward

10. Johnson Mathews – Mumbai – Midfielder

11. Kaustubh Ravindra – Mumbai – Midfielder

12. Shravan Shetty – Mumbai – Defender

13. Tejas Raut – Mumbai – Defender

14. Vishnu Menon – Mumbai – Defender

15. Yasheel Shah – Mumbai – Goalkeeper

16. Sheikh Aabid – Nagpur – Defender

17. Stanley Peter – Nagpur – Defender

18. Sufiyan Sheikh – Nagpur – Midfielder

19. Khaled Khan – Nanded – Midfielder

20. Jeevansingh Rawat – Pune – Defender

21. Shivam Pednekar – Pune – Goalkeeper

22. Sumit Bhandari – Pune – Midfielder

Standby Players:

1. Shubham Kanojia

2. Vishal Patil

3. Tushar P.

4. Bhuvnesh Shendre

5 Balraj Kattul

Coach:- Steven Dias, Ryan Dsouza

Manager:- Sajid Ansari

Group IV teams: West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Dadra, Haryana

The matches will be played from January 7, 2023 – January 15, 2023.

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