THREE footballers from Nagpur have been selected in the Maharashtra State U-20 men’s team which will participate in the Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men’s National Football Championship to be held at Ram Krishna Mission Ashram, Narainpur, Chhattisgarh from May 12 to 22. Sayed Fawwaz Ahmed, Tafseer Junaidi and Azam Khan are part of the 18-member Maharashtra squad. While Sayed is a midfielder and represents Indian Friends Football Club in NDFA league, Tafseer is a striker of Rabbani Club, Kamptee. Azam Khan is a defender who guards right back position for Nagpur Blues.

 

The team: Aaryan Mhatre (GK, Thane. Nihar Apte (GK, Pune), Shahid Mahalkari (back, Kolhapur), Mohd Azam (back, Nagpur), Abhishek Rawat (back, Mumbai), Yash Salunkhe (back, Pune), Mukesh Rathod (back, Mumbai), Kaushal Kantak (midfielder, Mumbai), Bornil Gogoi (midfielder, Nashik), Sayed Fawwaz Ahmed (midfielder, Nagpur), Meraj Khan (midfielder, Aurangabad), Darshan Patil (midfielder, Kolhapur), Om Surve (midfielder, Mumbai), Mohammed Jaffer Mansoori (forward, Mumbai), Aditya Kalloli (forward, Kolhapur), Rishi Ravi Chauhan (midfielder, Mumbai), Sanket Medhe (forward, Kolhapur), Tafseer Junaidi (forward, Nagpur).

Head Coach: Varun Dsouza (Thane). Asst Coach Abdul Mohasin (Jalgaon).