After completing their inaugural campaign in the Hero U-18 Elite Youth League, Mumbai City FC’s U-13 side are set to kick-start their maiden participation in the Hero U-13 Sub-Junior League when they face Indian Football Academy at the Cooperage Stadium tomorrow at 7pm.
The junior Islanders have been drawn in Group C of the Maharashtra zone of the 2019 Hero Sub-Junior League and will be up against Oscar Soccer School of Excellence, Football Club of Mumbaikars, Community Football Club of India along with tomorrow’s opponents, Indian Football Academy.
The group stage will kick off tomorrow, March 1, and will run up to April 27 with the junior Islanders playing their home games at the Cooperage Stadium in Colaba, Mumbai.
The Mumbai City FC U-13s will be under the tutelage of head coach Rohit D’Souza.
Full U-13s squad:
Goalkeepers: Parth Chikhale, Kamran Shaikh, Harsh Kadam.
Defenders: Aman Pawar, Maroof Ahmed Khan, Atharv Pharate, Shaun Veigas, Arnav Dattawadkar, Mayur Morye, Vedant Desai.
Midfielders: Atharva Devrukhkar, Ishaan Natekar, Vedant Nalawade, Pinank Kadu, Reagan Pereira, Aadil Sheikh, Sharvan Phansikar, Meet Patel, Akshat Shetye, Utkarsh Tripathi.
Forwards: Raman Sharma, Sohan Patil, Neal Ayre, Nilay Jaywant, Mohsin Mulani.
Head coach: Rohit D’Souza
Asst. coach: Shrungar Raul
GK coach: Manish Kajania