India will begin the run of fixtures against Panama on September 26 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The team will then travel to Kolkata for consecutive matches against Brazil on October 3 and Uruguay on October 6 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan. All three opponents featured at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, giving India a challenging set of fixtures.

Brazil, ranked fifth in the world, will be the biggest attraction of the window, while Uruguay are ranked 20th and Panama 44th. Uruguay will enter the fixture under interim head coach Diego Forlán, who took charge after Marcelo Bielsa’s departure.

The AIFF has also confirmed that ticketing rights for the fixtures have been handed to District. Early-bird tickets for the India-Brazil clash went on sale on September 2, while tickets for the Panama and Uruguay matches are yet to be released.

For India, the three matches will provide a rare opportunity to test themselves against established international opposition, with head coach Khalid Jamil preparing a 26-member squad for the September-October window. The team is scheduled to begin its preparatory camp in Bengaluru on September 14 before moving to Kolkata for the Brazil and Uruguay encounters.

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Santos, who played for Arsenal has signed on for FC Goa and will join the squad shortly.

A youth product of Figueirense in Brazil, Santos participated and helped Brazil capture the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. He joined EPL team Arsenal from Fenerbache in 2011 and eventually moved to Brazil to play with Gremio followed by Flamengo. Andre will be moving from Brazil to Goa soon.

FC Goa roped in two of Dempo SC’s foreign imports – Australian Tolgay Ozbey and Haroon Amiri of Afghanistan – for the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League (ISL)

FC Goa are all set to face Chennaiyin FC in their opening game on 15th October 2014.

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