Tried finding the 14-15 thread, realized there wasn't one. Due to lack of posts decided will just name it "Indian Football".
Indian Squad for WCQ 2018 The list of the 32 probables for the home and away matches of the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia is as follows: GOALKEEPERS: Subrata Paul, Karanjit Singh (both Salgaocar SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Stabek FC), Arindam Bhattacharya (Kalyani Bharat Football Club). DEFENDERS: Keegan Pereira, Rino Anto (both Bengaluru FC), Shaumik Dey, Raju Gaikwad, Arnab Mondal (Kingfisher East Bengal), Aiborlang Khongjee (Shillong Lajong Football Club), Sandesh Jhingan (Sporting Clube de Goa), Rowilson Rodrigues (Dempo SC), Augstine Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Pritam Kotal (McDowell Mohun Bagan). MIDFIELDERS: Prabir Das, Francis Fernandes, Lenny Rodrigues (all Dempo SC), Eugeneson Lyngdoh (Bengaluru FC), Anthony D’Souza (Pune FC), Mehtab Hossain, Cabin Lobo, Lalrindika Ralte (all Kingfisher East Bengal), Dhanapal Ganesh (Pune FC). FORWARDS: Mandar Rao Desai, Romeo Fernandes, Alwyn George, Holicharan Narzary (all Dempo SC), Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh (both Bengaluru FC), Balwant Singh, Jeje Lalpekhlua (both McDowell Mohun Bagan), Jackichand Singh (Royal Wahingdoh). Head Coach: Stephen Constantine.
The list of 32 probables for the Preparatory Camp for the AFC U-23 Championship is as follows: GOALKEEPERS: Amrinder Singh (Pune FC), Albino Gomes (Salgaocar SC), Ravi Kumar (Sporting Clube de Goa), Reenesh TP (Kalyani Bharat Football Club). DEFENDERS: Abhishek Das (Kingfisher East Bengal), Satish Singh, Zangpo Bhutia (both McDowell Mohun Bagan), Shankar (Bengaluru FC), Bikramjit Singh (Kalyani Bharat Football Club), Pawan Kumar (Salgaocar SC), Sandeep Singh, Nimdorjee Tamang (Shillong Lajong Football Club), Deepak (Bhowanipore SC), Denechandra Meitei. MIDFIELDERS: Germanpreet Singh, Myron Fernandes, Vineet Rai (all Dempo SC), Manish Bhargav (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Siam Hangal (Bengaluru FC), Brandon Fernandes, Sumit Passi, Mauvin Borges (all Sporting Clube de Goa), Fanai Lalrempuia (Pune Football Club), Adarsh Tamang (McDowell Mohun Bagan). FORWARDS: Seiminlen Doungel (Shillong Lajong Football Club), Udanta Singh (Bengaluru Football Club), Nadong Bhutia (Royal Wahingdoh), Haokip Thongkoshim (Pune FC), Jayesh Rane (Mumbai Football Club), Rajinder Kumar (Kalyani Bharat Football Club), Nikhil Kadam (Pune FC), Abhinash Rui Das (Kingfisher East Bengal).
New start for India NT with 15 new players coming in and a new coaching staff added to it. Camp for Senior Team will begin March 5th and U-22 will start on March 1st itself.
Hold up, two things. 1. How the hell did india get a player in the Brazilian first division? 2. How the hell is someone named Romeo Fernandes actually indian?
1) After performing well in ISL Romeo Fernandes managed to impress few Brazilian scouts who materialized this move. 2) Romeo Fernandes is from state of Goa which is former Portuguese colony, that's why the name.
Facing Nepal is always an exciting affair for the fans. People are happy that we are facing one of the strongest teams from pot 2. Having seen the players do well in ISL & I-League everyone is confident that NT will manage to win the home leg by 2-0 or 3-0. Having said all this, fans(including me) are really really disappointed that the match wont be broadcasted.
Both scored by Sunil, scoreline should have bee 4-0,5-0 if not for the sitters and penalty misses. Expecting a 2-0 win in 2nd leg.
Stephen Constantine is in talks with Indian Origin players According to sources Indian coach is in talks with few Indian origin players. If all goes well those players are going to apply for Indian passports very soon.
Interesting who agrees, as if they apply for Indian passports, dont they lose their 'foreign' passports?
They have to sacrifice their passports for Indian one, no other option left. If we can manage to convince guys like Ricardo Kishna, Danny Batth etc it would be a coupe. Guys like Netan Sansara and Michael Chopra have already showed interest to sacrifice their EU Passports. According to sources the Indian origin player whom Stepehen is talking is a forward. My wild guess is that player is Ricardo Kishna.
Why would they sacrifice their European passports for an Indian one and potentially diminish their European playing careers...
Having an Indian passport is not really a downgrade. Maybe few of them based in UK will have a tough time.
So with Nepal out of the way, what's next for Indian Senior Team apart from the SAFF Championship this year?
So in case we lose in FIFA World Cup qualifying Round 2, We will have a shot at qualifying for the Asian Cup! When's the draw for Round 2 Qualifying?
Here some revenue estimates I found of the Indian Super League clubs: Atlético de Kolkata - $15 million Kerala Blasters - $15 million Chennaiyin - $10 million NorthEast United - $10 million Mumbai City - $10 million Delhi Dynamos - $5 million FC Goa - $5 million Pune City - $5 million Alessandro Del Piero became the top earner in the inaugural Indian Super League. His earnings were $1.7 million. Soccer and cricket are now the big sports in India, followed by field hockey.