A division league 2023 all clubs squad list, foreign players & coaches

As the most awaited Martyr's Memorial A Division League is ticking to it's commencement, almost all the participating clubs has finalized their squad for the competition. This year lots of Nepalese star can't be seen on the home pitch as they have departed abroad mainly Australia, UAE & USA for their better future. To balance the tally ANFA has increased the foreign quota from 3 to 5 as per the requests from the clubs. 

Here are the criteria for player recruitment as per ANFA for the league:

• minimum squad: 26 players
• foreign quota: 5 players includes 3 foreign & 1/1 SAFF & Asian quota

Let's have a look to the squads of every 14 participating clubs in the upcoming Martyr's Memorial A Division League:

Church Boys United:

Goalkeepers: Yves Priso N'Janga (Cameroon), Rembo Kumar Chaudhary

Defenders: Ananta Tamang (C), Franklin Kuete Talla (Cameroon), Biku Rai, Suman Limbu, Mausam Limbu, Yaman Magar, Anil Dhami, Sanjit Rai, Sanam Rai

Midfielders: Eric Bista, Saimon Limbu, Prashant Laksham Limbu, Anos Magar, Yogesh Gurung, Bibek Paudel, Bibek Bista, Joseph Bempah (Ghana)

Forwards: Aashish Chaudhary, Aashish Chapagain, Manish Jarga Magar, Bikash Thulung 

Coach: TBD

FC Khumaltar:

Goalkeepers: Chang Limbu, Dev Limbu

Defenders: Abhisek Limbu, Rohan Dong, Avisek Verma (IND), Bishal Basnet, Anzal Gurung, Padam Bhattarai, Abhisek Chamlagain

Midfielders: Shisir Lekhi, Rohit Subba, Theophilus Apoh

Forwards: Messoke Olomou, Stephen Binong, Manish Thapa, Shyam Murmur, Rejin Subba, Rajiv Lopchan, Jay Gurung

Coach: Yam Bahadur Gurung

Machhindra Club :

Goalkeepers: Bishal Shrestha, Jeevan Bhattrai, Pardeep Bhandari

Defenders: Devendra Tamang, Andres Nia Tchounkeu, Sagar Thapa, Omalaja Kareem Nurain

Midfielders: Sujal Shrestha (C), Pujan Uparkoti, Tshiring Gurung, Rejin Dhimal, Diwakar Chaudhary, Dipesh Ghale, Utsab Rai, Abhisek Gurung, Dayananda Singh (IND), Nisen Subba, Binay Basnet Chhettri

 

Forwards: Bimal Gharti Magar, Prashant Awasthi, Bijay Bhujel, Ashish Shrestha, Saurav Subba

Coach: Prabesh Katuwal

Manang Marsyangdi Club :

Goalkeepers: Deep Karki (C), Jiyarath Seikh, Khom Bahadur Shrestha

Defenders: Kamal Thapa, Jeevan Gurung, Aashish Gurung, Randip Poudel, Chetan Tharu, Anish Limbu, Ramesh Thapa, Pravesh Kunwar Danwar, Oluwashina Azeez ( Nigeria)

Midfielders: Sumit Shrestha, Diawandou Diagne (Senegal), Saroj Yonjan Lama, Roshan Rana Magar,  Bishon Gurung, Prashanna Shrestha

 

Forwards: Niranjan Malla, Bijay Shrestha, Saidzhamol Devlatzhonov (UZB), Rahim Osumanu (Ghana)

Coach: Kiran Da Shrestha

Sankata Club : 

Goalkeepers: Tikendra Thapa, Bishnu Kumar KC, Nishan Rana

Defenders: Rabi Silwal, Saroj Dahal, Dipendra BK, Ganesh Hamal, Andre Theiry Biyik, Nishan Khadka, Kuldeep Karki 

Midfielders: Roshan Pahari, Sunil Bal (C), Dipak Ghising, Suraj Jiu Thakuri,  Saurab Das

 

Forwards: Manish Dangi, Aayush Ghalan, Chandan Das, Lalit Chaulagain, Anish Maharjan

Coach: Salyan Khadgi

Friends club

Goalkeepers: Bishal Sunar, Raja Babu Thapa, Asmir Gongba

Defenders: Ashim Bhusal, Akhrorbek Uktaov (Uzbekistan), Ben Nas Quanka (Ghana), Pratap Tamang, Shekhar Khawas, Amit Tamang, Prem Bhandari, 

Midfielders: Dona Thapa, Aron Thapa, Terric Jebrin (Ghana), Buddha Chemjong, Rupesh KC, Anjal Maharjan, Mishan Lama, Anish Pariyar, Santosh Khatri, Kushal Phuyal, 

Shyam Babu kyapchaki Magar, Sujal Shrestha, Tapan Karki

Forwards: Laxman Ruchal, Prakash Budhathoki, Rafiq Aminu (Ghana)

Coach: Urjan Shrestha

Nepal Police Club

Goalkeepers: Satrudhan Chaudhary, Amit Tamata

Defenders: Ram Chandra Waji (C), Ajit Bhandari, Ajay Pariyar, Bikram Dong, Bikash BK, Yam Shrestha, Prajwal Kumar Chaudhary

Midfielders: Bharat Shah, Saujan Yakhha Rai, Pratap Gurung, Prabin Thapa, Hemant Shrestha, Dasrath Giri, Deep Raj Thapa, Buddha Lama, Anil Khadka

Forwards: Rabi Paswan, Bibek Pandey, Yuvraj Dhakal, Anuraj Lamichhane

Coach: Chetan Ghimire

Note: The above squads are not final, we will be updating the lists after the official announcements from the respective clubs. Do check our blogs before the kick off of Martyr's Memorial A Division League.