AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: Head Coach Luis Norton de Matos named his list of 23 for India’s campaign in the AFC U-19 Qualifiers to be held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Matos picked his squad after a week-long camp in the Capital which is a mix of India’s U-17 World Cup squad and India’s U-19 team which played in the SAFF U-19 Championship in Bhutan.

India are scheduled to play Qatar U-19 in a friendly match in Doha on October 25 as part of their preparation for the AFC Qualifiers.

Besides hosts Saudi Arabia, India have been clubbed with Yemen and Turkmenistan in Group D and play their first match against Saudi Arabia on November 4.

The 23-member squad stays as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Dheeraj Singh, Mohammad Nawaz, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill.

DEFENDERS: Namgyal Bhutia, Sahil Panwar, Deepak Tangri, Ashish Rai, Boris Singh, Sanjeev Stalin, Anwar Ali, Jitendra Singh.

MIDFIELDERS: Abhishek Halder, Princeton Rebello, Suresh Singh, Amarjit Singh, Rahul KP, Ninthoinganba Meetei, Nongdamba Naorem, Jeakson Singh.

FORWARDS: Edmund Lalrindika, Roshan Singh, Lalawmpuia, Rahim Ali.

India’s match-days stay are as follows:

November 4: India vs Saudi Arabia.

November 6: India vs Yemen.

November 8: India vs Turkmenistan.