I-LEAGUE Media Team

NEW DELHI: Kenkre Football Club, Mumbai, take part in the 2nd Division League 2014/15, as they take on Mizoram outfit Chanmari FC on March 29. The match takes place at the Kanchenjunga Krirangan in Siliguri.

The team are participating in the tournament the 5th successive season. Their squad mainly comprises of home-grown talented young players from Mumbai with a few experienced additions. A mixture of experience and youth this time around should make them strong contenders for qualification to the Hero I-League.

The club has been training at the Goans Sports home ground in Mumbai in preparation for the 2nd Division League. The players have gone through a structured training program in terms of fitness, injury prevention/rehab and a series of practice matches.

Joshua Lewis, Team Manager, Kenkre Sports, says, “The long duration of stay and the number of matches along with competitive teams in the 2nd Division is a challenge in itself.

“The team that can sustain an injury free campaign will be successful. As far as my team is concerned we will be going all out to qualify for the Hero I-League.”

THE SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Harpreet Singh, Syed Hasan Nawaz, Thokchom Roshan

Defenders: Nitesh Aswani, Aniket Admane, Shivakumar M, Deepak, Ritesh Perambra, Arshdeep Singh, Othallo Tabia, Harpreet Bedi, Shaun Fernandes, Ryesh Venkatraman, Pramod Shankaran

Midfielders: Taha Kachwala, Shailesh Jadhav, Arvindraj Rajan, Derrick Joseph, Subhas Chakraborty, Rugved Yeole, Mohammed Saleemuddin, Faizan Thange

Strikers: Yash Mhatre, Arish Sutaria, Yao Kouassi Bernard, Yogesh Kadam, Kamran Siddiqui, Manash Sarkar