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Thursday, Sep 23, 2004

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Indian team for AFC youth championship

KOLKATA, SEPT. 22. Bengal's Habibur Rehman Mondal and Gouramangi Singh have been named joint captains for the 20-member Indian squad for the final round of Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) youth (under-20) championship. The event will be held in Malaysia from September 25 to October 9. The team leaves for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.

The national coach, Stephen Constantine, retained a sizeable number of players from the team that finished runner-up at the SAF Games in Islamabad earlier this year. India, which initially did not make it to the finals after failing in the qualifiers, was a surprise inclusion as the original qualifier, Turkmenistan, pulled out from the competition.

The squad: Goalkeepers: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Amit Nandy, Souvik Mondal (all Bengal); Defenders: Habibur Rehman Mondal (Jt. capt), Praveen Rawat (both Bengal), Manju N. Shivananju, Sunil Kumar (Karnataka), Debabrata Roy (Maharashtra), Gurjinder Singh (Jharkhand), Subhas Mondal (Punjab); Midfielders: Gouramangi Singh (Jt. capt), Jerry Zirsanga, Shankho Roy Choudhuri (all Bengal), Lekini Suting (Meghalaya), Rocus Lamare, Chitrasen Chandam Singh (both Goa); Forwards: Manjit Singh (Punjab), Sampath Kumar Kuttimani, Marlanki Sutang (both Goa), Vimal Pariyar (Jharkhand). Chief coach: Stephen Constantine. Asst. coach: Sajeevan Balan. Doctor: Manab Bhattacharyya.

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