Lajong Announce ILeague Squad

hillong 8th January 2016

Lajong Announce ILeague Squad 2015-16

Shillong Lajong FC is all set to host Mumbai FC in the First home game of the Hero ILeague 2015-16 Season on the 10th January at the JN Stadium Shillong at 4:30pm.

In this season of the I-League, Lajong will once again field a very youthful squad with the inclusion of several players from the Academy which won the Shillong Premier League Title in November 2015.

Lajong has always believed in the Power of the Youth and that they have the competence to take Indian Football to the next level. The Lajong Academy boys have enjoyed a successful season in the Local League and are also the youngest squad to win the Shillong Premier League in the year 2014 and 2015 with an average age of just 20.

Several youngsters from the Lajong Academy have been promoted to the Senior Team over the years and after seeing the potential of many boys who hail from different parts of the North East region, the Lajong Coaching Department elevated more youngsters namely; Hardy Cliff Nongbri, Phurba Lachenpa, Rakesh Pradhan and Samuel Lalmuanpuia. The Reds have also signed the three rising stars in Indian Football; Aibankupar Dohling of Shillong, Milan Basumatary of Assam and Chinglensana Konsham Singh of Manipur.

Meanwhile Head Coach Thangboi Singto shared his views on the Lajong Squad. He said, “Overall and including the foreigners we are a very young team.”

“It is a good mixture of experienced players in important positions along with talented Indian young local players in every position.”

“The bench strength is much stronger and there is a cohesive unit and great team spirit.”

He concluded by saying, “We need to believe that we can finish the league at the top half and definitely aim to achieve nothing less than top 3. But for that to happen we need to be much stronger this season defensively as a team.”

The Team:

1. KUNZANG BHUTIA (GK)
2. VISHAL KAITH (GK)
3. PHURBA TEMPA LACHENPA (GK)
4. AIBOR KHONGJEE – Defender
5. NIM DORJEE TAMANG – Defender
6. SH.SANDEEP SINGH – Defender
7. CHINGLENSANA KONSHAM SINGH – Defender
8. SORAISAM PRITAM KUMAR SINGH – Defender
9. RAKESH PRADHAN – Defender
10. SAMUEL SHADAP – Defender
11. AIBANBHA KUPAR DOHLING – Defender
12. ROBIN GURUNG – Defender
13. YUSUKE YAMAGATA – Defender
14. BOITHANG HAOKIP – Midfielder
15. ZODINGLIANA TOCHHAWNG – Midfielder
16. TH.BIPIN SINGH – Midfielder
17. JACOB LALRAWNGBAWLA – Midfielder
18. LALRAMMUANA – Forward
19. SAMUEL LALMUANPUIA – Forward
20. HARDYCLIFF NONGBRI – Midfielder
21. RUPERT NONGRUM – Midfielder
22. ISAAC VANMALSAWMA – Midfielder
23. ALEN DEORY – Midfielder
24. MILAN BASUMATARY – Forward
25. JOSEPH LALFAKZUALA – Midfielder
26. REDEEM TLANG – Midfielder
27. SHAIBORLANG KHARPRAN – Forward
28. FABIO HENRIQUE PENA – Forward
29. UILLIAMS BOMFIM SOUZA - Forward
30. PENN ORJI - Midfielder