Indian national football team coach Wim Koevermans has picked a 23 member squad for the AFC Challenge Cup 2014 qualifiers which are to be held at Yangon, Myanmar from March 2, 2013. India have been clubbed with hosts Myanmar, Chinese Taipei and Guam in Group A of the tournament.
Prayag United SC’s CK Vineeth is the only Malayali name in the list of 23 who will be leaving for the tournament on February 25, 2013 from Mumbai. However, the four Churchill Brothers players – Sandip Nandy, Denzil Franco, Lenny Rodrigues and Sunil Chhetri – who would be doing duty for their club in the AFC Cup and the two East Bengal players – Raju Gaikwad and Robin Singh – would be joining the rest of squad on February 27 and 28 respectively.
The 23-member list is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Subrata Paul (Prayag United), Sandip Nandy (Churchill Brothers), Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC).
Defenders: Nirmal Chhetri, Syed Rahim Nabi (both from Mohun Bagan), Denzil Franco (Churchill Brothers), Gouramangi Singh (Prayag United), Rowilson Rodrigues (Dempo SC), Shouvik Ghosh (Pailan Arrows), Raju Gaikwad (East Bengal), Gurjinder Singh (Pune FC).
Midfielders: Lenny Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Lalkamal Bhowmick, CK Vineeth (both from Prayag United), Arata Izumi (Pune FC), Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal), Francisco Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Alwyn George (Pailan Arrows), Jewel Raja Shaikh (Mohun Bagan), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC).
Forwards: Sunil Chhetri (Churchill Brothers) Robin Singh (East Bengal), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC).
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Sunday 24 February 2013. The database copy of this article was lost; it was recovered in 2026 from the Internet Archive's saved copy of the live page.