The Indian Senior Team at the 1999 Goa SAFF Cup

The Indian Senior Team at the 1999 Goa SAFF Cup:

TEAM:
Goalkeepers: 1-Virender Singh (JCT Mills), 13-Prasanta Dora (Calcutta Port Trust, Bengal), 20-Kalyan Chaubey (East Bengal Club).
Defenders: 2-Reazul Mustafa (Mohun Bagan AC), 4-Roberto Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), 5-Daljit Singh (JCT Mills), 11-Jo Paul Ancheri (Mohun Bagan AC), 17-Deepak Mondal (JCT Mills), 19-Prabhjot Singh (FC Kochin).
Midfielders: 3-Ranjan Dey (East Bengal Club), 6-Shanmugam Venkatesh (Salgaocar SC), 7-Jules Alberto (Salgaocar SC), 8-Ram Pal (JCT Mills), 14-Carlton Chapman (East Bengal Club), 18-Basudeb Mondal (Mohun Bagan AC).
Forwards: 9-Bruno Coutinho (Salgaocar SC - CAPTAIN), 10-I.M. Vijayan (FC Kochin), 12-Syed Shabir Pasha (Indian Bank, Tamil Nadu), 15-Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal Club), 16-Hardip Singh Gill (JCT Mills).
COACH: SUKHWINDER SINGH (Punjab); ASSISTANT COACH: KRISHNAJI RAO (Karnataka); GOALKEEPING COACH: BRAHMANAND SHANKWALKAR (Goa) MANAGER HENRY BRITTO (Goa).

RESULTS:
League Phase
Group A:
22-Apr-99: India 0-0 Bangladesh - Goals: none.
INDIA: Virender Singh, Reazul Mustafa, Ranjan Dey, Roberto Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Jules Alberto, Bruno Coutinho (Jo Paul Ancheri), IM Vijayan, Carlton Chapman (Basudeb Mondal), Baichung Bhutia.

26-Apr-99: India 2-0 Pakistan - Goals: 1:0 Baichung Bhutia (23'),2:0 Syed Shabir Pasha (87').
INDIA: Virender Singh, Reazul Mustafa, Ranjan Dey, Roberto Fernandes, Deepak Mondal, Daljit Singh, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Jules Alberto (Basudeb Mondal), Bruno Coutinho (Carlton Chapman), IM Vijayan (Syed Shabir Pasha), Baichung Bhutia.

Semifinal:
29-Apr-99: India 2-1 Maldives - goals: 1:0 Baichung Bhutia (30'), 1:1 Mohamed Wildhan (43'), 2:1 Bruno Coutinho (84').
INDIA: Virender Singh, Reazul Mustafa (Prabhjot Singh), Deepak Mondal, Roberto Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Ranjan Dey, Shanmugam Venkatesh (Syed Shabir Pasha), Jules Alberto (Carlton Chapman), Bruno Coutinho, IM Vijayan, Baichung Bhutia.

Final:
01-May-99: India 2-0 Bangladesh - goals: 1:0 Bruno Coutinho (26'), 2:0 Baichung Bhutia (44').
INDIA: Virender Singh, Deepak Mondal, Roberto Fernandes, Prabhjot Singh, Daljit Singh, Jules Alberto (Syed Shabir Pasha), Ranjan Dey, Shanmugam Venkatesh (Carlton Chapman), Bruno Coutinho (Jo Paul Ancheri), IM Vijayan, Baichung Bhutia.

MISC:
India won the SAFF Cup for the second time.
Baichung Bhutia - joint top goalscorer with three goals.

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