Manipur & Arunachal to open qualifying round
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 03 2014 :
When the qualifying round of the 68th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy (Northeast Zone) kicks off from January 27 at Aizawl, Manipur would be meeting Arunachal Pradesh in the opening match.
Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh have been clubbed together in Group-A along with Mizoram and Nagaland while the group-B comprises Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Railways.
Manipur team for the qualifying round include Y Surchandra and Joseph T Khongsai as goalkeepers; Oken Singh, T.Raju, Th.Itomba, A.Herojit, A.Meino, Md Sohail and Daniel Hmar as defenders; L.Gouro, Md Imran Khan, N.Sushil, Md Riyash Khan, Christopher Kamei and H.Chakravorti as midfielders; Md Sahidur Rehman, L.Sanatomba, Kh Satish, Th.Premkumar and Kh.
Naoton as forwards.
S.Premkanta Singh would be the coach of the Manipur team while W.Manihar Singh would be the team manager.