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With the Premier Futsal League set to being this week, the teams for six of the franchises have been released. Many international Futsal players, along with Football legends have signed to play with aspiring Indian futsal players in this exciting tournament. Here are the teams:
Chennai 5s:
| Team Owner | The Hindu |
Team Coach | Ney Pereira |
Player | Category |
Falcao | Marquee Player |
Espindola (GK) | Futsal Player |
Romulo | Futsal Player |
Cirilo | Futsal Player |
Camilo | Futsal Player |
Manel Rion | Futsal Player |
Sean | Freestyler |
Faraz Abdul Azzez | Indian Player |
Yash | Indian Player |
Younus Pasha | Indian Player |
Rohit Suresh (GK) | Indian Player |
S Nannda | Indian Player |
The Chennai 5s team has signed a gem in Alessandro Rosa Vieira a.k.a Falcao. The former Futsal player was named the best Futsal player in the 2004 and 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup. His experience at the top level can quickly make Chennai the favourites in the tournament.
Top Futsal players like Pula, Hemni and Sean join Falcao at Chennai. The five Indian players to play for Chennai and were picked from a trial that was held in the city earlier this year. The first round of the tournament will be held in Chennai this weekend.
Mumbai 5s:
Team Owner | DC Design |
Team Coach | Felice Mastropierro |
Player | Category |
Ryan Giggs | Marquee Player |
Luis Amado (GK) | Futsal Player |
Foglia | Futsal Player |
Angellot | Futsal Player |
Ramirez | Futsal Player |
Federico Perez | Futsal Player |
Pablo | Freestyler |
Emmanuel | Indian Player |
Jo Paul Bence (GK) | Indian Player |
Akshay Nair | Indian Player |
Shubham Mane | Indian Player |
Chanpreet | Indian Player |
India’s business capital Mumbai will be represented by a team lead by Manchester United legend and ex-assistant manager Ryan Giggs. The midfielder brings with him a bag full of experience from his days at United. He is joined by Italian star Foglia, talented Colombian Angellot and Spanish goalkeeper Luis Amado as the other well recognized futsal players in the team.
Kolkata 5s:
| Team Owner | Grassroot Entertainment Pvt. Ltd |
Team Coach | Christian Roldan |
Player | Category |
Hernán Crespo | Marquee Player |
Cidao (GK) | Futsal Player |
Pula | Futsal Player |
Gabriel | Futsal Player |
Vander | Futsal Player |
Majdoub | Futsal Player |
Dida | Freestyler |
Mohammed Islam | Indian Player |
Amit Pal (GK) | Indian Player |
Subrata Dey | Indian Player |
Pradeep Shaw | Indian Player |
Mayur Shellar | Indian Player |
Argentine Legend Hernan Crespo will be leading the line for the Kolkata based Futsal team team as their marquee player. Crespo was initially linked with a move to India to play in the ISL in the first season but a move never materialised.
Cirilo, a Russian Futsal player, and the Barcelona Futsal duo of Saad and Gabriel will represent the football-crazy city of Kolkata.
Bengaluru 5s:
Team Owner | Puneeth Rajkumar |
Team Coach | Juan Jose Bernal Cierre |
Player | Category |
Paul Scholes | Marquee Player |
Elias (GK) | Futsal Player |
Neto | Futsal Player |
Maxi | Futsal Player |
Nabil | Futsal Player |
Anatoliy | Futsal Player |
Easy Man | Freestyler |
Zaib | Indian Player |
Anto Rushith S | Indian Player |
Jonathan | Indian Player |
Abhishek R (GK) | Indian Player |
Sathya Kumar | Indian Player |
Manchester United fans in India will be jumping with joy as another Legend from the Alex Ferguson era will be joining the Premier Futsal League. Midfiedler Paul Scholes will join the Bengaluru based team as their marquee player for the tournament.
Anatoily, the former Ukraine captain and Libyan international Nabil, Romulo from Russia are the other notable names joining the Bengaluru based team.
Kochi 5s:
Team Owner | Yes Events Management, Dubai |
Team Coach | Sergio Sapo |
Player | Category |
Salgado | Marquee Player |
Casalone (GK) | Futsal Player |
Gekabert | Futsal Player |
Chaguinha | Futsal Player |
Deives Moraes | Futsal Player |
Emil | Freestyler |
Anupam | Indian Player |
Muhammed Ameer | Indian Player |
Basil | Indian Player |
Yashwant Kumar (GK) | Indian Player |
Ansh | Indian Player |
Stalin Daniel | Indian Player |
Ex-Real Madrid right-back Michel Slagado was one of the first international stars to sign with the Futsal league as a marquee player. He will represent the Kochi based team from Kerala, another Indian city known to be crazy about football.
Romanian international Emil, and 34 year old Brazillian Neto are two of the other well known Futsal players to represent the Kochi Franchise in the tournament.
Goa 5s:
Team Owner | Viiking Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd |
Team Coach | Octavio Gomes De Oliveira Junior |
Player | Category |
Ronaldinho | Marquee Player |
Bebe (GK) | Futsal Player |
Raphael | Futsal Player |
Vampeta | Futsal Player |
Burrito | Futsal Player |
Georgievsky | Futsal Player |
Adonias | Freestyler |
Michael Silva | Indian Player |
Fredsan Marshall | Indian Player |
Caitano | Indian Player |
Vatsal (GK) | Indian Player |
Praveendran | Indian Player |
Brazillian great and ex-Barcelona legend Ronaldinho will be playing the Goans in the Futsal league this year. Ronaldinho has always been known as one of the best football players who could flourish in the Futsal version.
The other recognisable player is Bebe who plays as a goalkeepr for the Portugese national team and Benfica Futsal team. The second round of the tournament will be held in Goa.
