Durand Cup 2023: Odisha name all-Indian, youth oriented squad

ODISHA FC HAVE announced their squad for their upcoming Durand Cup 2023 campaign.

The reigning Super Cup winners are fielding a largely youth oriented squad in the season-starter tournament, which will be hemled by coach Amir Rana. 

The full squad is as follows...

Goalkeepers: Niraj Kumar, Siddhanta Padhan

Defenders: Tankadhar Bag, Hendry Antonay, Pintu Samal, Wangden Lama, Dheeraj Datta, Harishankar Nayak, Laxmidhar Badanayak, Rakesh Oram

Midfielders: Pungte Lapung, Adwin Tirkey, Samir Karketta, Bikash Sahoo, Chandra Murmu

Forwards: Aphaoba Singh, Kartik Hantal, Anand Oram, Rahul Mukhi, Raisen Tudu, Chandra Muduli, Rajesh Nayak

Last season, Odisha FC had fielded a strong squad in the competition, and topped their group. But in the quarter finals they were knocked out by eventual champions Bengaluru FC.

Odisha FC are in Group F, to be played in Kokrajhar, Assam, along with Rajasthan United, Indian Army and local league club Bodoland FC.

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