2008 AFC Challenge Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in India, that took place between 30 July and 13 August 2008. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (30 July 2008).

Contents 1 Group A 1.1  Turkmenistan 1.2  Tajikistan 1.3  India 1.4  Afghanistan 2 Group B 2.1  North Korea 2.2  Sri Lanka 2.3  Myanmar 2.4  Nepal 3 References

Group A

 Turkmenistan

Coach: Rahim Kurbanmamedov

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Maksatmyrat Şamyradow 6 May 1984 (aged 24) — Aşgabat 2 2DF Parahat Annaberdiýew 10 January 1980 (aged 28) — Aşgabat 4 2DF Begli Annageldiýew 24 May 1984 (aged 24) — HTTU 7 4FW Berdi Şamyradow 22 June 1982 (aged 26) — HTTU 9 4FW Mämmedaly Garadanow 17 March 1982 (aged 26) — Karvan 11 4FW Döwletmyrat Ataýew 16 March 1983 (aged 25) — Shurtan Guzar 12 1GK Baýramnyýaz Berdiýew (c) 13 September 1974 (aged 33) — Aşgabat 15 2DF Guwanç Rejepow 20 April 1982 (aged 26) — HTTU 16 3MF Begençmuhammet Kulyýew 4 April 1977 (aged 31) — Aşgabat 19 2DF Mekan Nasyrow 16 April 1982 (aged 26) — Karvan 24 3MF Vyacheslav Krendelev 24 July 1982 (aged 26) — Amkar Perm 25 4FW Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew 19 October 1983 (aged 24) — Okzhetpes 26 2DF Rustam Saparov 10 April 1978 (aged 30) — Aşgabat 30 3MF Bagtyýar Hojaahmedow 14 February 1985 (aged 23) — Altyn Asyr 31 3MF Guwançmuhammet Öwekow 2 February 1981 (aged 27) — Kharkiv 34 2DF Parahat Meredow — Nebitçi Balkanabat 35 3MF Vitaliy Alikperov 1 August 1978 (aged 29) — Merw 36 1GK Rahmanberdi Alyhanow 19 January 1986 (aged 22) — HTTU 37 4FW Ýusup Orazmämmedow 25 July 1986 (aged 22) — Aşgabat 38 2DF Aleksey Pronchenko 6 July 1983 (aged 25) — Köpetdag 39 2DF Ýakup Ekezow — HTTU 42 3MF Serdar Geldiýew 1 October 1987 (aged 20) — Aşgabat 43 4FW Guwanç Hangeldiýew 9 August 1987 (aged 20) — Aşgabat

 Tajikistan

Coach: Pulod Kodirov

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Alisher Tuychiev 3 March 1976 (aged 32) — Sirdaryo Guliston 2 2DF Daler Tukhtasunov 27 August 1986 (aged 21) — Torpedo Zhodino 3 2DF Naim Nasirov 28 April 1986 (aged 22) — Regar-TadAZ 6 2DF Davron Ergashev 19 March 1988 (aged 20) — Regar-TadAZ 9 3MF Anvar Norkulov 4 November 1975 (aged 32) — Parvoz Bobojon 11 4FW Numonjon Hakimov 5 September 1978 (aged 29) — Parvoz Bobojon 12 2DF Eradzh Radzhabov 9 November 1990 (aged 17) — Dynamo Dushanbe 14 3MF Samad Shohzukhurov 8 February 1990 (aged 18) — Dynamo Dushanbe 15 2DF Zafardzhon Zuvaydov 23 May 1978 (aged 29) — Regar-TadAZ 16 1GK Mirali Murodov 20 April 1990 (aged 18) — Dynamo Dushanbe 17 2DF Sohib Savankulov 15 September 1988 (aged 19) — Vakhsh 18 3MF Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev 24 March 1990 (aged 18) — Dynamo Dushanbe 19 4FW Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov 15 April 1976 (aged 32) — Parvoz Bobojon 20 4FW Davronjon Tukhtasunov 14 May 1990 (aged 18) — Regar-TadAZ 22 3MF Yusuf Rabiev (c) 24 December 1979 (aged 28) — Vakhsh 24 2DF Suhrob Mansurov 11 April 1988 (aged 20) — Unattached 27 2DF Isomiddin Qurvonov 12 September 1990 (aged 17) — Dynamo Dushanbe 29 4FW Dzhakhongir Dzhalilov 28 September 1989 (aged 18) — 31 3MF Eraj Kholov — 40 1GK Amonsho Sodatsayrov —

 India

Coach: Bob Houghton

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Subrata Pal 24 December 1986 (aged 21) — East Bengal 2 2DF Moirangthem Govin Singh 3 January 1988 (aged 20) — East Bengal 4 3MF Krishnan Nair Ajayan 3 May 1983 (aged 25) — Mahindra United 5 2DF Anwar 24 September 1984 (aged 23) — JCT 6 2DF Baldeep Singh 12 January 1987 (aged 21) — JCT 7 3MF Pappachen Pradeep 28 April 1983 (aged 25) — Mahindra United 8 3MF Renedy Singh 20 June 1979 (aged 29) — JCT 11 4FW Sunil Chhetri 3 August 1984 (aged 23) — JCT 14 2DF Mahesh Gawli 23 January 1980 (aged 28) — Dempo 15 4FW Baichung Bhutia (c) 15 June 1976 (aged 32) — Mohun Bagan 17 2DF Irungbam Surkumar Singh 21 March 1983 (aged 25) — East Bengal 18 4FW Sushil Kumar Singh 25 June 1984 (aged 24) — Mahindra United 19 2DF Gouramangi Singh 25 January 1986 (aged 22) — Churchill Brothers 20 2DF Samir Subash Naik 8 August 1979 (aged 28) — Dempo 21 4FW Abhishek Yadav 10 June 1980 (aged 28) — Mumbai 22 2DF Syed Rahim Nabi 12 December 1982 (aged 25) — East Bengal 23 3MF Steven Dias 25 December 1983 (aged 24) — Mahindra United 24 1GK Subhashish Roy Chowdhary 27 September 1986 (aged 21) — Mahindra United 25 3MF Clifford Miranda 11 July 1982 (aged 26) — Dempo 27 3MF Mehrajuddin Wadoo 12 February 1984 (aged 24) — East Bengal 28 4FW Bungo Thomchok Singh 2 March 1983 (aged 25) — Pune 30 3MF Climax Lawrence 16 January 1979 (aged 29) — Dempo

 Afghanistan

Coach: Mohammad Yousef Kargar

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Shamsuddin Amiri 12 February 1985 (aged 23) — Kabul Bank 2 2DF Bashir Ahmad Saadat (c) 27 December 1981 (aged 26) — Maiwand 3 2DF Zohib Islam Amiri 19 April 1989 (aged 19) — Kabul Bank 4 2DF Qudratullah Hussaini 11 March 1984 (aged 24) — 5 2DF Ali Yarzada 15 October 1985 (aged 22) — 6 2DF Mohamed Ibrahim Jebran — 7 3MF Israfeel Kohistani 5 June 1987 (aged 21) — Kabul Bank 8 3MF Sayed Bashir Azimi 27 May 1984 (aged 24) — 9 4FW Hamidullah Rastagar — 10 4FW Hafizullah Qadami 20 February 1985 (aged 23) — Kabul Bank 11 2DF Muqadar Qazizadah 11 September 1988 (aged 19) — 12 3MF Mohammad Salem Nahemi 3 March 1988 (aged 20) — Eintracht Frankfurt 13 2DF Faisal Sakhi Zada 22 October 1990 (aged 17) — 14 3MF Sayed Maqsood Hashemi 15 September 1985 (aged 22) — 16 2DF Djelaludin Sharityar 15 March 1983 (aged 25) — Weiden 18 1GK Emal Gariwal 17 May 1986 (aged 22) — 21 3MF Ata Yamrali 5 July 1982 (aged 26) — Bergedorf 22 4FW Abdul Saboor Aser —

Group B

 North Korea

Coach: Jo Tong-Sop

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ju Kwang-Min 20 May 1990 (aged 18) — Kigwancha 2 2DF Pak Chol-Ryong 3 November 1988 (aged 19) — Kigwancha 3 2DF Ri Kwang-Hyok 17 August 1987 (aged 20) — Kyonggongop 4 2DF Mun Kyong-Nam 8 April 1989 (aged 19) — Amrokgang 5 2DF Pak Nam-Chol 3 October 1988 (aged 19) — April 25 7 2DF Yun Yong-Il 31 July 1988 (aged 19) — Wolmido 8 2DF Jon Kwang-Ik 5 April 1988 (aged 20) — Amrokgang 9 3MF Pak Song-Chol (c) 24 September 1987 (aged 20) — Rimyongsu 11 4FW Pak Chol-Min 10 December 1988 (aged 19) — Rimyongsu 12 4FW So Kwang-Chol 23 January 1987 (aged 21) — Amrokgang 13 3MF Ri Jin-Hyok — 15 3MF Kim Kuk-Jin 5 January 1989 (aged 19) — Pyongyang City 16 4FW Ho Jong-Min — 17 2DF Ro Hak-Su — 18 3MF An Hyok-Il 10 January 1991 (aged 17) — Pyongyang City 19 3MF Choe Myong-Ho 3 July 1988 (aged 20) — Krylia Sovetov 20 1GK Ri Yun-Chol — 21 1GK Ri Yu-Chol — 22 2DF Han Song-Hyok — 23 3MF Kim Kyong-Il 11 December 1988 (aged 19) — Rimyongsu 24 4FW So Tae-Song —

 Sri Lanka

Coach: Jang Jung

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Sugath Dammika Thilakaratne 6 October 1977 (aged 30) — Ratnam SC 2 2DF Nirantha Perera 29 February 1984 (aged 24) — Army SC 3 2DF Agampodi Sanjay Silva — 4 2DF Rohana Ruwan Well Don (c) 21 September 1984 (aged 23) — Red Sun SC 5 2DF Cristeen Fernando 7 August 1982 (aged 25) — Jupiters SC 6 3MF Mohamed Izzadeen 8 June 1979 (aged 29) — Ratnam SC 7 3MF Chathura Maduranga Siyaguna 28 January 1981 (aged 27) — Ratnam SC 8 3MF Sembukutti Silva — 10 4FW Channa Ediri Bandanage 22 September 1978 (aged 29) — Ratnam SC 11 4FW Kasun Jayasuriya 25 March 1980 (aged 28) — Ratnam SC 12 4FW Nuwantha Charaka — 16 4FW Nadeeka Pushpakumara 11 March 1986 (aged 22) — Ratnam SC 17 2DF Suranda Bandara Arachchilage 28 May 1988 (aged 20) — 18 4FW Jeewantha Dhammika Rathnayaka 25 August 1977 (aged 30) — Negombo Youth SC 19 3MF Thuwan Raheem 11 September 1979 (aged 28) — Air Force SC 20 1GK Sandun Devinda Sooriyarachige 20 May 1981 (aged 27) — New Radiant SC 21 1GK Viraj Asanka 17 May 1987 (aged 21) — Saunders SC 22 4FW Chathura Samarasekera 22 December 1985 (aged 22) — Saunders SC 23 3MF Krishantha Mudiyanselage — 24 2DF Madushka Peiris 5 October 1987 (aged 20) — Negombo Youth SC 25 2DF Chathura Wellala Hettige 8 September 1982 (aged 25) — Ratnam SC 29 3MF Tharusha Warnakulasurya — Ratnam SC

 Myanmar

Coach: Marcos Falopa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Aung Aung Oo 8 June 1982 (aged 26) — Ministry of Finance & Revenue 2 2DF U Min Thu 2 June 1979 (aged 29) — Ministry of Commerce 3 2DF Thura Aung 27 March 1990 (aged 18) — Kanbawza 5 2DF Moe Win 30 March 1988 (aged 20) — Kanbawza 6 2DF Khin Maung Lwin 14 July 1980 (aged 28) — Kanbawza 7 3MF Aung Myo Thant 1 December 1985 (aged 22) — Ministry of Commerce 8 3MF Zaw Htet Aung 11 May 1987 (aged 21) — Ministry of Energy 9 4FW Yan Paing 27 November 1983 (aged 24) — Ministry of Finance & Revenue 10 4FW Soe Myat Min (c) 19 May 1982 (aged 26) — Ministry of Finance & Revenue 11 3MF Myo Min Tun 14 July 1986 (aged 22) — Ministry of Commerce 12 3MF Soe Thiha Aung 12 December 1988 (aged 19) — Ministry of Construction 13 2DF Han Win Aung 17 December 1986 (aged 21) — Kanbawza 15 3MF Tun Tun Win 15 December 1987 (aged 20) — Ministry of Finance & Revenue 16 3MF Yazar Win Thein 9 April 1986 (aged 22) — Ministry of Commerce 17 2DF Aye San 24 December 1988 (aged 19) — Kanbawza 18 4FW Si Thu Win 5 October 1985 (aged 22) — Ministry of Home Affairs 20 2DF Kyaw Zayar Win 2 June 1991 (aged 17) — Ministry of Transport 22 1GK Kyaw Zin Htet 2 March 1987 (aged 21) — Kanbawza 24 4FW Tun Min Oo 29 November 1986 (aged 21) — Kanbawza 26 3MF Pai Soe 22 January 1987 (aged 21) — Ministry of Finance & Revenue 28 2DF Htay Aung 15 August 1985 (aged 22) — Ministry of Defence 29 3MF Aung Kyaw Moe 2 July 1982 (aged 26) — Ministry of Finance & Revenue 50 1GK Nyi Nyi Lwin 11 August 1983 (aged 24) — Ministry of Home Affairs

 Nepal

Coach: Birat Krishna Shrestha

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Bikash Malla 15 August 1985 (aged 22) — Tribhuvan Army 2 2DF Rabin Shrestha 26 December 1990 (aged 17) — Mahendra Police 3 2DF Suman Subedi — Mahendra Police 4 2DF Rakesh Shrestha (c) 14 January 1977 (aged 31) — Mahendra Police 5 2DF Chun Bahadur Thapa 13 December 1978 (aged 29) — Tribhuvan Army 6 2DF Lok Bandhu Gurung 29 August 1985 (aged 22) — Abahani Chittagong 7 3MF Bijay Gurung 11 October 1985 (aged 22) — Three Star 8 3MF Anant Raj Thapa 19 October 1977 (aged 30) — Mahendra Police 9 4FW Nirajan Rayamajhi 29 January 1980 (aged 28) — New Road 11 4FW Ju Manu Rai 1 March 1983 (aged 25) — Mahendra Police 12 3MF Nirajan Khadka 6 October 1988 (aged 19) — Manang Marsyangdi 13 3MF Thakali 11 May 1984 (aged 24) — Three Star 14 2DF K.C. Anjan 14 December 1986 (aged 21) — Three Star 15 3MF Raju Tamang 27 October 1985 (aged 22) — Tribhuvan Army 16 3MF Sandip Rai 25 August 1988 (aged 19) — Manang Marsyangdi 18 4FW Santosh Shahukhala 10 January 1988 (aged 20) — Abahani Chittagong 19 2DF Sagar Thapa 19 April 1985 (aged 23) — New Road 21 2DF Biraj Maharjan 1 January 1990 (aged 18) — New Road 22 1GK Ritesh Thapa 2 October 1984 (aged 23) — Mahendra Police 23 3MF Parbat Pandey — Mahendra Police 28 4FW Yugal Kishor Rai 3 September 1985 (aged 22) — New Road 35 3MF Bhola Nath Silwal 4 January 1987 (aged 21) — Mahendra Police 44 1GK Samit Raj Bhandari —

References

• Tajikistan - India match summary at The-AFC.com (Includes complete squads)
• Afghanistan - Turkmenistan match summary at The-AFC.com (Includes complete squads)
• DPR Korea - Myanmar match summary at The-AFC.com (Includes complete squads)
• Nepal - Sri Lanka match summary at The-AFC.com (Includes compete squads)

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