2015 AFC Cup: East Bengal name squad for opener away to Johor Darul Ta'azim

East Bengal prepare for the AFC Cup tie

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Kolkata giants East Bengal Club have named their 18 players squad for their opening day away trip to Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'azim in the 2015 AFC Cup - Group F. The match would be played on Tuesday, February 24 at the Stadium Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos in Johor Bahru.

The match would see the debut of Dutchman Eelco Schattorie, who was introduced as the new head coach of the red-and-gold on Thursday evening in Kolkata.

In Group F besides Johor Darul Ta'azim (Malaysia), East Bengal Club would also face Kitchee SC (Hongkong) and Balestier Khalsa FC (Singapore) in the group four team group stage.

EAST BENGAL CLUB

Goalkeepers
Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Abhijit Mondal, Luis Xavier Barreto

Defenders
Abhishek Das, Deepak Kumar Mondal, Milan Susak, Gurwinder Singh (Captain), Arnab Mondal, Robert Lalthalmuana

Midfielders
Shylo Malsawmtluanga, Joaquim Abranches, Mehtab Hossein, Leo Bertos, Cavin Lobo, Lalrindika Ralte, Mohammed Rafique

Forwards
Ranty Martins Soleye, MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi

Officials
Eelco Schattorie (Head Coach), Sujit Chakravarty (Assistant Coach), Alvito D'Cunha (Technical Manager), Rajesh Basak (Physio), Dr. Santi Ranjan Das Gupta (Team Doctor), Manish Banerjee (Manager), Gautam Roy (Media Officer)