SAFF Championship 2023: All eight participating national team squads

The tournament is being held at Bengaluru, India

The 2023 SAFF Championship is underway, as eight teams from around Asia go head on in an intriguing two-week long competition. 

A total of eight teams are taking part in this year’s SAFF Championship, with Kuwait and Lebanon being the two guest nations.

With that said, let us now take a look at the squads of all the participating nations in the 2023 SAFF Championship.

India

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh and Gurmeet Singh

Defenders: Subhasish Bose, Pritam Kotal, Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali, Akash Mishra, Mehtab Singh and Rahul Bheke.

Midfielders: Liston Colaco, Ashique Kuruniyan, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Rohit Kumar, Udanta Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Jeakson Singh, Sahal Abdul Samad, Lalengmawia Ralte, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Rowllin Borges and Nandha Kumar.

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Rahim Ali.

Nepal 

Goalkeepers: Kiran Chemjong, Deep Karki, Bishal Shrestha

Defenders: Bimal Panday, Sanish Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Devendra Tamang, Nishant Khadka, Rohit Chand, Simanta Thapa

Midfielders: Pujan Uperkoti, Arik Bista, Nabin Lama, Mani Kumar Lama, Laken Limbu, Avas Lamichhane

Forwards: Ayush Ghalan, Nawayug Shrestha, Dipak Raj Singh Thakuri, Anjan Bista, Manish Dangi, Aashish Chaudhary, Bimal Gharti Magar

Pakistan

Goalkeepers: Saqib Hanif, Salman ul Haq, Abdul Basit and Yousaf Ijaz Butt.

Defenders: Muhammad Umar Hayat, Ali Khan Niazi, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Umer Saeed, Mamoon Moosa Khan, Syed Abdullah Shah, Haseeb Ahmed Khan, Sardar Wali, Sohail, Easah Suliman and Abdullah Iqbal.

Midfielders: Alamgir Ali Khan Ghazi, Ali Uzair Mahmood, Moin Ahmed, Shayak Dost, Muhammad Waleed Khan, Rahis Nabi, Harun Arrashid Faheem Hamid, Umair Ali and Muhammad Adnan Yaqoob.

Forwards: Abdul Samad Shahzad, Otis Jan Mohammad Khan, Hassan Naweed Bashir and Muhammad Waheed.

Bangladesh

Goalkeepers: Md Sahidul Alam, Mitul Marma, Md Mehdi Hasan Srabon, Anisur Rahman 

Defenders: Alomgir Molla, Md Rahmat Mia, Topu Barman, Yeasin Arafat, Bishwanath Ghosh, Md Rimon Hossain, Md Tutul Hossain Badsha ,Tariq Raihan Kazi, Mehedi Hasan, Murad Hasan, Md Isa Faysal 

Midfielders: Sohel Rana, Masuk Mia Zoni, Md Saad Uddin, Md Ridoy, Sohel Rana, Md Mahadi Hasan, Jamal Bhuyan, Hemonta Vincent Biswas, Md Mojibor Rahman Jony, Mohammad Rabiul Hasan, Md Abu Shaeid 

Forwards: Rakib Hossain, Md Suman Reza, Matin Mia, Eleta Kingsley Oshiokha, Md Foysal Ahmed, Mohammad Ibrahim, Md Sahariar Emon, Md Rafiqul Islam, Md Aminur Rahman Sojib 

Maldives

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Faisal, Mohamed Shafeeu, Ali NajihDefenders: Ahmed Nooman, Hussain Sifau Yoosuf, Haisham Hassan, Akram Abdul Ghanee, Samooh Ali, Gasim Sammaam,Midfielders: Ashad Ali, Ibrahim Aisam, Mohamed Umair,Hussain Nihan, Hamza Mohamed, Ismail Eesa, Ibrahim Waheed Hassan,Forwards: Hassan Raaif Ahmed, Mohamed Naaim, Ibrahim Mahdhy Hussain, Assadhulla Abdulla, Ali Fasir, Ali Ashfaq, Naaiz Hassan, Ali Haisham

Lebanon

Goalkeepers:  Mehdi Khalil, Ali Al-Sabaa, Antoine Douaihy

Defenders: Abdul Razzaq Dakermanji, Maxim Aoun, Mohamed Hayek, Hussein Zein, Maxime Aoun, Felix Michel

Midfielders: Mehdi Zein, Hassan Maatouk, Hassan Saad, Ali Al-Hajj, Ali Marqabawi, Hassan Sorour,  Nader Matar,  Mohamed Ali Dhini, Walid Shour, Khalil Badr, Jihad Ayoub, Zain Farran, Hassan Kourani

Forwards: Karim Darwish

Bhutan

Goalkeepers: Gyeltshen Zangpo, Tshering Dendup, Tobgay

Defenders: Chimi Tshewang, Tenzin Norbu, Tenzin Dorji, Nima Tshering, Phuntsho Jingme, Dawa Tshering Jr

Midfielders: Karma Sonam, Dorji, Lobzang Chogyal, Karma Shedrup, Tshelthrim Namgyel, Tandin Dorji, Kinga Wangchuk, Phub Thinley, Tandin Dorji, Kinga Wangchuk, Phub Thinley, Chencho Gyeltshen, Nima Wangdi

Forwards: Sherub Dorji,Tsenda Dorji, Santa Kumar, Yeshi Dorji

Kuwait

Goalkeepers: Sulaiman Abdulghafoor, Bader Al-Saanoun, Abdulrahman Kameel

Defenders: Hassan Hamdan Al-Enezi, Khaled Ebrahim, Abdullah Al-Buloushi, Hamad Al-Qallaf, Mahdi Dashti, 

Midfielders: Sultan Al-Enezi, Hamad Al-Harbi, Redha Hani, Fawaz Ayedh, Ahmad Al-Dhefiri, Abdullah Ghanim, Mubarak Al-Fnaini, Athbi Saleh, Mohammad Tata, Eid Al-Rasheed, Ali Khalaf, Ali Khalaf

Forwards: Shabaib Al-Khaldi