East Bengal Club name Federation Cup squad

Last year’s Federation Cup finalists East Bengal have named their final 20-player squad ahead of the first round of the Federation Cup, with the Kolkata giants drawn in Group C alongside Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC and qualifiers Kalighat Milan Sangha. East Bengal Club open their campaign against Sporting Clube de Goa (September 21), play ONGC two days later, and in their final group game face newcomers Kalighat Milan Sangha (September 25).

The red-and-gold have been impressive in their Calcutta Premier Division matches, with especially Baljit Singh Sahni amongst the goals, but will travel to Siliguri without the recovering Robin Singh. Chidi Edeh and Uga Okpara are in the squad despite not being at their best.

EAST BENGAL CLUB

Goalkeepers
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Abhijit Mondal

Defenders
Thokchom Naoba Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Uga Okpara, Arnab Mondal, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Saumik Dey, Robert Lalthlamuana

Midfielders
Sanju Pradhan, Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Subodh Kumar, Mehtab Hossain, Penn Ikechukwu Orji, Ishfaq Ahmed, Lalrindika Ralte

Forwards
Edeh Chidi, Baljit Singh Sahni, Manandeep Singh, Seminlen Doungel

Officials
Trevor James Morgan (Head Coach), Ranjan Chaudhuri (Assistant Coach), Atanu Bhattacharya (Goalkeeping Coach)