The three-day selection trials for selecting players for the J&K Bank football team at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground commenced on Wednesday.
For the trials, around 77 footballers from across the state,aspiring to play professionally for one of the premier football teams of thestate, turned up.
Pertinently, the selection committee is being headed byformer Indian National football team goalkeeper and Chief Executive Officer ofthe Western India Football Association, Henry Menezes, Indian associationfootball manager and former player Khalid Jameel and Yusuf Ansari.
“The eligible participants will look to raise the bar in thecoming days and impress the selectors with their performance in the remainingtwo days of the trial, which ends on June 14,” officials said.
The eligibility criteria for the players to participate inthe trials included having represented the state either in the Senior NationalFootball Championship (Santosh Trophy) during the last three editions or theJunior National Football Championship for Dr B C Roy trophy (under 19) in thesame time period.
Other eligibility criteria included having played either inInter University Football Championship or I-League senior and I-League under 18in the last three editions or having represented the country in AFC or FIFAtournaments in the last three years. Players born after 31-12-1993 only wereeligible to participate in the trails.