Head Coach Bibiano Fernandes on Tuesday named midfielder Korou Singh Thingujam as the captain of the India U-17 National Team for the upcoming AFC U-17 Asian Cup.
India has been drawn in Group D of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, where they will face the likes of Vietnam (June 17), Uzbekistan (June 20), and Japan (June 23). The top two teams from each group will make it through to the quarter-finals, and ensuring a seat in the semi-finals would also mean qual
The tournament will take place from June 15 to July 2, 2023. With the Federation putting more focus than before on age-group teams, talent development and grassroot football, Stimac believes these tournaments are a great assessing point for everyone involved.
Singh, who was one of the star forwards of the junior Indian side in the AFC Youth Championship, is also the head of scouting in the AIFF, and has played an integral role in spotting many of the boys who will represent India in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup in Thailand.
The real battle, however, will begin soon as the boys have landed in Thailand to play in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup from June 17-23, 2023. Bembem Devi, the former captain of the Senior National Women's team and currently the Head of Scouting of the AIFF along with Harjinder Singh, is one of t
The India U-17s have been training in Spain and Germany for the last month and a half, and have played preparatory matches against the youth teams of Atletico de Madrid, CD Leganes, Real Madrid CF, Getafe CF, VfB Stuttgart, SSV Reutlingen, FC Augsburg and TSV Schwaben Augsburg, registering f
It was India U-17s second friendly fixture in Germany. The Blue Colts had earlier gone down 1-3 to a U-16/19 mixed side of VfB Stuttgart on Wednesday. The team, coached by Bibiano Fernandes, arrived in Germany after having played a series of preparatory matches in Spain, as per a press relea
The Blue Colts have already played training matches against the youth teams of La Liga sides like Atletico de Madrid, Real Madrid, Levante, Getafe, etc. They began their Germany tour with a 1-3 loss against a mixture of U-19 and U-16 boys of VFB Stuttgart.
After playing a series of preparatory matches in Spain, the India U-17 squad, coached by Bibiano Fernandes, are currently in Germany to play a few practice games. The Blue Colts are preparing for the AFC U-17 Asian Cup final rounds to be played in Thailand next month. Placed in Group D they
The 16-year-old has been one of the key players in the India U-17 side right from the first tournament that the current batch played together, which was the SAFF U-17 Championship in 2022, and then on to the AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers last year. Now on a preparation path towards the Asian