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Chandigarh, November 16
Minerva Academy Football Club announced a 37-member contingent to participate in the opening season of the 2015-16 Hero I-league (second division). The side will play its opening match against Kenkre FC Mumbai at Cooperage Ground in Mumbai under flood lights on November 19.
This year, 10 teams will compete for the title and the winner will qualify for the main I-league. The teams that have qualified are Lone Star Kashmir FC, Guwahati FC, Mohammaden Sporting Club, DSK Shivajians FC, PIFA Sports, Kenkre Sports, Dempo SC, NEROCA FC, Fateh Hyderabad FC, Gangtok Himalayan SC and Minerva Academy FC. “We are targeting a big win. This is for the first time that any team from Chandigarh is going to participate in such a big event. We have prepared well for the championship and expecting a positive result,” said Ranjit Bajaj.
The squad
Davinder Singh, Pankaj Singh, Sehijpal Singh, Abhijeet Kataria, Saurav Rautela, Davinder Singh Maan, Amandeep Singh, Mehtab Singh, Siddharth Uniyal, Narender Kumar, Sukhdeep Singh, Rahul Kumar, Rajan Negi, Harpreet Singh, Harpreet Bedi, Santosh Kumar, Nitesh Chhikaram, Najimuddin Mollick, Jagpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Amandeep Singh, Aji Demenenge, Bala Dahir Alhassan, Arshdeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Dilliram Sanyasi, Manvir Singh, Sunil Kumar, Arashpreet Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Amarwant Singh, Krishna Pandit, Aakash Sangwan, Kamalpreet Singh, Waris Rashid,Shayan Roy, Abhishek Sharma.
Fixtures
November 19: Kenkre SC vs Minerva Academy FC; Cooperage Stadium, Mumbai
November 29 : Minerva Academy FC vs Lonestar Kashmir FC; Guru Nakak Stadium, Ludhiana
December 6: Minerva Academy FC vs Dempo SC; Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
December 11: Minerva Academy FC vs PIFA; Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
December 20: Lone Star Kashmir vs Minerva Academy FC; Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar
January 3: Dempo SC vs Minerva Academy FC; Raia Ground, Margao, Goa
January 7: PIFA vs Minerva Academy FC; All Saints School, Bhiwandi, Mumbai
January 12: Minerva Academy FC vs Kenkre SC; Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.
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