Indian U16 National Team at the Lions Cup 1998

Indian U16 National Team at the Lions Cup 1998:

The Indian under-16 team won the Lions City football championship in Singapore. The Indian boys, who played spiritedly throughout the tournament, defeated Perth XI 3-0 in the final. India played five matches in the tournament and won all, scoring 25 goals, in the process they conceded only a goal in the final. The Indian striker Trijit Das was top scorer at the Lions Cup with nine goals, while his co-striker Biman Mondal scored eight goals. Against Vietnam India's U16 team scored 11 goals, the highest win by an Indian team in over 20 years.

TEAM:
Goalkeepers: Sangram Mukherjee (Tata Football Academy), Arindam Ghosh (Bengal), Safir Ahmed (Uttar Pradesh).
Defenders:Amit Dey (Bengal), Palash Karmakar (Bengal), Madhusudan Majumdar (Bengal), S.B. Chakraborty (Bengal), Satish Kumar Bharti (Tata Football Academy), Surkumar Singh (Tata Football Academy), Vizaroo (Nagaland).
Midfielders: Thiyam Ragui Singh (Tata Football Academy), Hamza Zaheer Abbas (Tata Football Academy), Sanjay Das (Bengal), Saroj Kumar Patnaik (Orissa), Dipankar Roy (JCT Mills), Kushal Rajkonwar (Assam).
Forwards: Trijit Das (Tata Football Academy), Mohammed Quizar (Tata Football Academy), Biman Mondal (Bengal), Kumar Samson Singh (Manipur).
COACH: SHANKAR MAITRA (Bengal); ASSISTANT COACH: ANANTA GHOSH (Bengal); GOALKEEPER COACH: TARUN BOSE (Bengal).

RESULTS:
League matches:
2?-Jun-98: India 11-0 Vietnam
2?-Jun-98: India 6-0 Singapore B
2?-Jun-98: India 3-0 Perth XI
Semifinal:
25-Jun98: India 2-0 Singapore - Goals: 1:0 Trijit Das, 2:0 Biman Mondal.
Final:
27-Jun-98: India 3-1 Perth XI

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