67th Santosh Trophy: Bengal name final 20 player squad

The Indian Football Association (West Bengal) has announced their final 20 player squad for the 67th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, which is being played from February 1 to March 3 in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.

Record champions Bengal have been drawn in Group A of the preliminary round to be played in Kochi, having to face Delhi on February 17 and Indian Railways on February 19.

Manoranjan Bhattacharya has been named as the coach and Satyajit Chatterjee as his assistant, with the former calling up numerous bench and fringe players of Kolkata I-League sides East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Prayag United, besides players from Calcutta Premier Division teams.

The IFA will tomorrow launch their new jersey at a press conference.

BENGAL

GoalkeepersArnab Das Sharma (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Debjit Majumdar (Bhowanipore Club), Manas Barua (Southern Samity)

DefendersBapi Saha (Prayag United SC), Soumik Roy (Prayag United SC), Deepak Singh, Sagram Mandi (Bhowanipore Club), Sourav Chakrabarty (Mohun Bagan AC), Gour Naskar (Prayag United SC), Saikat Saha Roy (East Bengal Club)

MidfieldersMohammed Muktar, Arjun Chatterjee (Mohun Bagan AC), Gopal Debnath (Aryan Club), Abhishek Aich (Calcutta Port Trust), Jagannath Sana (Bhowanipore Club), Francis Xavier (Prayag United SC)

ForwardsDipendu Biswas (Mohun Bagan AC, Captain), Nabin Hela (Bhowanipore Club), Anjan Dey (Prayag United SC)

OfficialsManaranjan Bhattacharyya (Coach), Satyajit Chatterjee (Assistant Coach), Partha Chakrabarty (Goalkeeper Coach)