Churchill Brothers name their 21 players I-League squad

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Defending I-League champions Churchill Brothers SC have registered their first 21 players for the 2013/14 I-League leaving the club options to sign more players amongst their overall squad, from their youth academy or bring in loan signings later on in the season.

Interesting to see is that players signed over the summer in Balwant Singh (Salgaocar FC), Joe Rodrigues (Dempo SC) and William Colaco (Mumbai FC) didn’t find a place in the I-League squad though all have featured in the Goa Pro League like youngsters Elvis Baretto, Asley Fernandes, Joshua Rebello and others.

Also missing is new Portuguese signing Eurípedes Daniel Adão Amoreirinha due to personal reasons, while an Asian striker to compliment Henry Antchouet is also set to be signed in the days to come.

The Squad:

Goalkeepers1-Lalit Thapa, 27-Arindam Bhattacharya (Mohun Bagan AC)

Defenders2-Sudhakaran Naveen Kumar, 11-Sanjay Balmachu, 12-Denzil Franco, 13-Dharmaraj Ravanan, 18-Thangjam Saran Singh, 26-Yumnam Raju Mangang, 29-Satish Singh

Midfielders8-Amandeep Singh, 10-Hugo Miguel Alves Machado (Sanat Naft, IRAN), 15-Anthony Barbosa (Salgaocar FC), 16-Micky Fernandes (Air India), 19-Charles Miranda (Sesa Football Academy), 21-Alesh Sawant, 22-Jaison Vales, 24-Lenny Rodrigues, 28-Bikramjit Singh, 33-Richard Costa

Forwards9-Henry Arnaud Antchouet Rebienot, 35-T. Bineesh Balan

OfficialsMariano Dias (Coach), Sukhwinder Singh (Technical Director), Denzie Ferrao (Manager)

Edited by Staff Editor