WIFA announce Maharashtra squad for Santosh Trophy 2023-24
After more than 2 weeks of trial, WIFA announced their final 22-member Maharashtra team in the Qualifying Round of 77th National Football Championship (Santosh Trophy) 2023-24 to be held at Kolhapur from 13th to 22nd October 2023.
Maharashtra is placed in Group F of the Competition and will play all their games at the Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The team will be lead by Nikhil Kadam with Himanshu Patil has his deputy.
Former Maharashtra captain for Santosh Trophy, Paresh Shivalkar will be the Head Coach with former Junior International Ryan Dsouza assisting him. Sunil Poojari will be the Team manager while Kunal Sawant will be the Goalkeeping Coach.
The following players & officials will represent Maharashtra:
| Sr.No. | Name of Player | District | |
| 1 | Paramjeet Singh Baghal(GK) | Gondia | Player |
| 2 | Kamran Ansari(GK) | Nagpur | Player |
| 3 | Malhar Mohal(GK) | Mumbai | Player |
| 4 | Durvesh Nijap(Defender) | Mumbai | Player |
| 5 | Abid Sheikh(Midfielder) | Nagpur | Player |
| 6 | Umesh Perambra(Defender) | Mumbai | Player |
| 7 | Pavan Mali(Defender) | Kolhapur | Player |
| 8 | Yash Shukla(Defender) | Nagpur | Player |
| 9 | Deepak Patil(Defender) | Mumbai | Player |
| 10 | Arbaz Pendhari(Defender) | Kolhapur | Player |
| 11 | Vinay Kondamuri(Defender) | Pune | Player |
| 12 | Shivkumar Shetty(Defender) | Pune | Player |
| 13 | Shanon Pereira(Midfielder) | Mumbai | Player |
| 14 | Mohd. Rizwan(Midfielder) | Nagpur | Player |
| 15 | Armash Ansari(Midfielder) | Mumbai | Player |
| 16 | Sanket Salokhe(Midfielder) | Kolhapur | Player |
| 17 | Advait Shinde(Midfielder) | Mumbai | Player |
| 18 | Johnson Mathews(Midfielder) | Mumbai | Player |
| 19 | Satish Hawaldar(Midfielder) | Pune | Player |
| 20 | Himanshu Patil (Vice Captain) (Forward) | Mumbai | Player |
| 21 | Arfat Ansari(Forward) | Mumbai | Player |
| 22 | Nikhil Kadam (Captain)(Midfielder) | Kolhapur | Player |
Coaching Staff:
| 1 | Paresh Shivalkar | Pune | Head Coach |
| 2 | Ryan Dsouza | Mumbai | Asst. Coach |
| 3 | Sunil Poojari | Thane | Manager |
| 4 | Jai Joshi | Mumbai | Physiotherapist |
| 5 | Kunal Sawant | Mumbai | Goalkeeping Coach |
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