J&K Santosh Trophy team announced

J&K Football Association (JKFA) on Saturday announced 20-member squad for the upcoming Santosh Trophy football tournament which is scheduled to kick start this week in Jammu.

This year JKFA is hosting 73rd national football championship of Santosh Trophy 2018-19 north zone qualifying round at Katra from February 11 to 16.

   

This is the fourth time that J&K would be hosting the tournament conducted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) annually. 

Earlier, state has hosted the event in 1978 in Srinagar, in 2008 in both Jammu and Srinagar, while it hosted it in Jammu in 2016.

In the north zone event hosted by J&K this year, eight teams, from north India  including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Chandigarh and host J&K are participating.

Participating teams have been divided into two groups and the top team from each group will qualify for final round. To conduct tournament JKFAQ is supported by J&K State Sports Council, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and J&K Bank Ltd.

J&K Football Association has also entered into MOU with leading sports manufacturers Vector X , a Jalandhar based company, Vector X, who will be sponsoring playing apparels and officials footballs to J&K State teams participating in national events. The agreement between JKFA and Vector X is for the period of three years.

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