68th Santosh Trophy: Tamil Nadu name final squad, win opener 1-0 against Kerala

The Tamil Nadu Football Association has named its final 20 player squad for the South zone qualifying round of the 68th National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy which begin earlier today in Chennai.

In the round robin league format, Tamil Nadu earlier today defeated Kerala 1-0 in their opening match, while they would also face Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

TAMIL NADU

PlayersS. Rajini Kumar, A. Arun Pradeep (vice-Captain), T.G. Raj Guru, D. Edison, K. Satish, M. Murthy, S. Santosh Kumar, F. Francis Beschi, R. Shiva Priyan, Wayne Antonio D’Silva, S. Karthick, L. Charles Anandaraj, Patil Vikram Vishwas, V. Ashok Kumar, D. Joffin, S. Pravin Raja, P. Sudhakar (Captain), Santhakumar, A. Raegan, H. Ameerudeen

OfficialsC.M. Ranjith (Chief coach), P. Rajeev (Assistant Coach), M. Muruhuvendan (Goalkeeping Coach), J. Standy Dhanaraj (Manager)