Bengaluru FC name 32-man squad for ISL

On the occasion of Children’s Day, the club had students draw the players for announcement of squad

By NT Correspondent

Bengaluru FC on Sunday announced their 32-man squad for  the upcoming 2021-22 Indian Super  League season with talisman Sunil  Chhetri set to lead the team for a  ninth consecutive season.

The team, coached by GermanItalian Marco Pezzaiuoli, is set to  face NorthEast United in its campaign-opener on November 20.

On the occasion of Children’s  Day, the club had students from  Sri Guru Harkrishan School in  Bengaluru draw the players for the  announcement of the squad, which  was made via a post on Bengaluru  FC’s social media handles.

“It’s a good group that has a nice  mix of youngsters and foreigners,  and a good base of Indian internationals. There are a lot of different  personalities in this squad, who  will bring important things to the  team.

“Our aim is to make the players  we have better, as the season progresses and to also finish in a much  better position than we did last season,” said Blues head coach, Marco  Pezzaiuoli.

The 2021-22 campaign is Bengaluru’s fifth in the Indian Super  League, with the Blues having  made the final in their first two  seasons, winning in 2018-19, and  the semifinal the following year, in  2019-20. Chhetri had led the same  team for four seasons in I League.

The Squad:

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Lara Sharma, Sharon Padattil

Defenders: Pratik Chaudhari, Wungngayam Muirang, Ajith Kumar,  Parag Shrivas, Alan Costa, Sarthak Golui, Yrondu Musavu-King

Midfielders: Suresh Wangjam, Ajay Chhetri, Ashique Kuruniyan,  Namgyal Bhutia, Naorem Roshan Singh, Biswa Darjee, Damaitphang Lyngdoh, Akashdeep Singh, Rohit Kumar, Jayesh Rane, Danish Farooq, Bruno Ramires, Iman Basafa

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Edmund Lalrindika, Udanta Singh, Cleiton  Silva, Leon Augustine, Sivasakthi Narayanan, Prince Ibara, Harmanpreet Singh, Bidyashagar Singh.