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Indian U-16 Girls’ Football team leave for China to participate in Asian Football Confederation U-16 Qualifiers


U16 football teamDelhi:  20 football players, who have been selected for the U-16 Women’s National Team, will leave for Wei Fan, China,tomorrow, on 25th August, 2016 to participate in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Qualifiers.

Team India will be competing in Group B alongside Philippines, Malaysia, Northern Marina Islands and Korea Republic.

The team will take on Philippines in their opening match of the AFC U-16 Qualifiers on August 28, 2016, before taking on Malaysia, Northern Mariana Islands and Korea Republic on September 01, 03, and 05, respectively.

“We are facing Teams like Korea (Republic) and Malaysia, hence we have to be on top of our game if we are to defeat them. There is no room for complacency”, said Head Coach Maymol Rocky.

The 20-member squad list is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Monika Devi (Manipur), Arumugam Archana (Tamil Nadu), Laxmita Reang (Tripura)

DEFENDERS: Santi Murmu (Odisha), Janaki Murmu (Odisha), Ashila Chanu (Manipur), Samiksha (Haryana), Anjali Barua (Odisha), Laxmi Kumari (Jharkhand)

MIDFIELDERS: Grace Lalrampari (Mizoram), Sanathokpi Devi (Manipur), Offee Lalhmingchhuapuil (Mizoram), Bannya Kabiraj (Odisha), Karishma Rai (Sikkim)

FORWARDS: Thailand Devi (Manipur), Babysana Devi (Manipur), Bawitlung Vanlalhriattiri (Mizoram), Bhagyashree Dalvi (Maharashtra), Renu (Haryana), Soumya Guguloth (Telangana)

HEAD COACH: Maymol Rocky

India’s fixtures:

August 28: India vs Philippines

September 01: India vs Malaysia

September 03: India vs Northern Marina Islands

September 05: India vs Korea Republic

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