February 16, 2004

India chief coach Stephen Constantine has named his final squad of 20 players for the first 2006 World Cup qualifying Asian Group 3 match against Singapore on February 18 to be played at the Nehru Stadium, Margao in Goa. 4 players has also been named on the standby list

Indian superstar Baichung Bhutia has been named captain of the team.

GK:

• Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal)
• Naseem Akhtar (Mahindra United)

DF:

• Deepak Kumar Mondal (East Bengal)
• Mahesh Gawli (East Bengal)
• Debjit Ghosh (East Bengal)
• Muttath Suresh (East Bengal)
• Satish Kumar Bharti (Mohammedan Sporting Club)

MF:

• Tomba Singh (Salgaocar SC)
• Climax Lawrence (Salgaocar SC)
• Jatin Singh Bisht (Salgaocar SC)
• Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra United)
• Subhas Chakraborty (East Bengal)
• Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
• Renedy Singh (Mohun Bagan)
• Sameer Naik (Dempo SC)
• Jo Paul Ancheri (JCT Mills)

FW:

• Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal) (CAPTAIN)
• Ashim Biswas (Mohun Bagan AC)
• Abhishek Yadav (Mahindra United)
• Sheikh Sanjeeb (Mohammedan Sporting Club)

Standby: Prasanta Dora (Mohun Bagan AC), Selwyn Fernandes (Vasco SC), Gurjinder Singh (Salgaocar SC), Ishfaq Ahmed (Dempo SC)