The second season of the Bandodkar Trophy after its revival last year will get underway on 24 August 2024. The tournament will be played in a revamped format competed by eight teams. Four Goans including defending champions FC Goa of ISL, record tournament winners Dempo SC and Churchill Brothers from I-League and Goa Football League’s Sporting Club de Goa will participate in the contest. They are joined by two more ISL teams Chennaiyin FC and Odisha FC with foreign invitees in Brisbane Roar and Defensa y Justicia.
Only the Argentinian Premier Division outfit have sent their reserve team for the tournament. The rest will take the competition acting as the pre-season more seriously fielding their senior teams. Even A-League giants Brisbane Roar have brought their full team to Goa intending to win the trophy. This is an encouraging sign for the Indian clubs too as they will get to play against the best making it an ideal preparatory tournament with the leagues starting next month.
Here is the squad list of all teams participating in the Bandodkar Trophy 2024:
Group A
FC Goa
Goalkeepers: Arshdeep Singh, Hrithik Tiwari, Lara Sharma
Defenders: Aakash Sangwan, Jay Gupta, Leander d’ Cunha, Muhammad Hamad, Narayan Das, Nim Dorjee, Odei Onaindia, Sanatomba Singh, Seriton Fernandes
Midfielders: Ayush Chhetri, Boris Thangjam, Borja Herrera, Brison Fernandes, Carl McHugh, Dejan Drazic, Mohammad Yasir, Nemil Valiyattil, Rowllin Borges, Udanata Singh
Forwards: Alan Saji, Armando Sadiku, Devendra Murgaokar, Iker Guarrotxena
Head Coach: Manolo Marquez
Brisbane Roar
Goalkeepers: Macklin Freke, Matt Acton, Joshua Lakkis (On trial)
Defenders: Scott Neville, Corey Brown, Ben Warland, Marcus Ferkranus, Lucas Herrington, Hosine Bility (On loan from Mafra), Jack Hingert, Antonee Burke-Gilroy, Louis Zabala
Midfielders: Joe Caletti, Walid Shour, Jay O'Shea, Quinn MacNicol
Forwards: Florin Berenguer, Jez Lofthouse, Thomas Waddingham, Harry Van Der Saag, Keegan Jelacic, Ben Halloran, Adam Zimarino, James Durrington, Ivan Ozzi
Head Coach: Ruben Zadkovich
Dempo SC
Goalkeepers: Wellyster Mendes, Ashish Sibi
Defenders: Daniel, Shallum Pires, Pruthvesh Pednekar, Mohamed Ali, Darell Mascarenhas, Saiesh Bagkar, Sanwil D'Costa, Velanco Rodrigues
Midfielders: Ariston Costa, Laishram Singh, Vieri Colaco, Laximanrao Rane, Vinay Harji, Kapil Hoble, Seigoumang Doungel, Nestor Dias, Sairon Albuquerque
Forwards: Knerkitalang Buam, Shubham Rawat
Head Coach: Samir Naik
Sporting Club de Goa
Goalkeepers: Abhimanyu Singh, Pratik Kankokar, Siddharth Rana
Defenders: Kunal Kundaika, Myron Fernandes, Alton Vaz, Joel Colaco, Manuel Pereira, Dhiraj Chouhan, Joyson Coutinho, Joyner Lourenco
Midfielders: Jonas Colaco, Sushil Meitei, Joyson Regan, Samuel Costa, Chandan Gawas, Biswa Darjee, Ivon Costa, Dattaraj Goankar
Forwards: Doyal Alves, Francisco Fernandes, Mark Carvalho
Head Coach: Armando Colaço
Group B
Odisha FC
Goalkeepers: Amrinder Singh, Anuj Kumar, Niraj Kumar
Defenders: Amey Ranawade (On loan from Mumbai City FC), Carlos Delgado, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Laldinliana Renthlei, Lalliansanga Renthlei, Narender Gahlot, Mourtada Fall, Subham Bhattacharya, Tankadhar Bag, Thoiba Moirangthem
Midfielders: Hugo Boumous, Ahmed Jahouh, Givson Singh, Puitea, Lenny Rodrigues, Narendra Naik, Raynier Fernandes (On loan from FC Goa), Rohit Kumar
Forwards: Aphaoba Singh, Diego Mauricio, Isak Vanlalruatfela, Jerry Mawihmingthanga, Roy Krishna, Rahim Ali
Head Coach: Sergio Lobera
Chennaiyin FC
Goalkeepers: Mohammad Nawaz, Samik Mitra, Prateek Kumar
Defenders: Preyarhanjan RS, Ryan Edwards, Lazar Cirkovic, Bikash Yumnam, PC Laldinpuia, Elsinho, Mandar Rao Desai, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Sachu Siby, Ankit Mukherjee
Midfielders: Jiteshwor Singh, Jitendra Singh, Nesta Colin, Ayush Adhikari, Lalrinliana Hnamte, Lukas Brambilla
Forwards: Vincy Barretto, Farukh Choudhary, Gurkirat Singh, Alexander Jesuraj, Connor Shields, Daniel Chima, Kiyan Nassiri, Irfan Yadwad
Head Coach: Owen Coyle
Defensa y Justicia
Squad: Brian Acosta, Mirko Bohilier, Pedro Bormida, Mateo Bustos, Anthony Cruz, Alejo Fernandez, Maximo Gonzalez, Tahiel Gonzalez, Lorenzo Ivancic, Jonas Oberman, Jaim Parroni, Juan Cruz, Leandro Machado, Joan Sosa, Lautaro Quiroga, Franco Valdez, Gustavo Vazquez, Tomas Villagra
Churchill Brothers
Goalkeepers: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Bilal Khan
Defenders: Ponif Vaz, Lalbiakhlua Lianzela, Lalremruata Ralte, Lamgoulen Hangshing, Ajith Kumar, Lesly Rebello, Aubin Kouakou
Midfielders: Stendly Fernandes, Faisal Ali, Lalawmpuia Sailo, Alent Colaco, Lalruatkima, Pushkar Sanjay Prabhu, Richard Costa, Jobern Cardozo
Forwards: Trijoy Dias, Lunminlen Haokip, Anil Gaonkar, Chika Ajulu
Head Coach: Francesc Bonet
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