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2019-10-02

Megh Raj appointed U-19 head coach

Three Star Head Coach Megh Raj KC has been appointed the coach of the Nepal U-19 National Team for the AFC U-19 Qualifiers scheduled to be held in IR Iran from Nov.6.

The position was vacant after the previous coach Chet Narayan Shrestha announced his resignation following Nepal's unexpected faring in the SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 held in Kathmandu from Sept. 20-29.

Nepal, who were the defending champions, crashed out from the group stages following defeats by Bhutan and draw by the Maldives.

Other positions (GK Coach and Assistant Coach) which also remain vacant will be filled in shortly.

Nepal are in  Group D with host IR Iran, United Arab Emirates, and the Kyrgyz Republic.

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2019-10-01

Squad announced for Australia clash

Nepal national football men’s team head coach Johan Kalin has announced his final squad for the match against Austraila of the Asian Qualifiers FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and Asian Cup China 2023.

The squad is the same that travelled Kuwait. 

Kalin has also included three players in his list for backup. The players are Alan Neupane, Bimal Rana and Ravi Silwal. 

Nepal will play Australia in 10 October in their third match of Group B Qualifiers match.

Final Squad:

Goalkeepers: Kiran Chemjong, Bikesh Kuthu, Bishal Shrestha

Defenders: Saroj Dahal, Ajit Bhandari, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Ananta Tamang, Devendra Tamang, Rajeen Dhimal, Suman Aryal

Midfielders: Sunil Bal, Ravi Paswan, Anjan Bista, Sujal Shrestha, Heman Gurung, Bikram Lama, Tej Tamang, Santosh Tamang, Bishal Rai, Rohit Chand

Forwards: Bimal Gharti Magar, Abishek Rijal, Nawayug Shrestha.

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2019-09-28

ANFA Referee Course begins in Dolakha

The All Nepal Football Association conducts ANFA Referee Course in Dolakha.

A total of 37 participants are participating the course that is being conducted by referee instructor Surendra Shikrakar, Kiran Giri, Sudish Pande and Om Nath Peupane.

The course will run till 3 September, 2019.

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2019-09-27

Bangladesh, India to clash for title

Bangladesh and India will play in the final of the SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 final on Sunday after winning their respective semi-final ties 4-0 at the APF Stadium in Kathmandu on Friday.

Bangladesh defeated Bhutan 4-0 while India saw off Maldives with the same scoreline to set up a repeat of their Group B clash which ended 0-0.

Bhutan will face Maldives in the third-place playoff on Sunday.

Bangladesh took the lead through Mohammad Tanbir Hossain in the 16th minute.

They furthered their advantage with goals from Mohammad Foysal Ahmed Fahim in the 27th minute and Mohammad Maraz Hossain five minutes later. Dipok Roy completed the win in the 87th minute.

Meanwhile,

India were also quick in finding their opening goal with Narender Gahlot rising high to nod home a corner in the seventh minute.

The lead was doubled a minute into first half stoppage time as Muhammed Rafi's header saw the ball hit the ground, only for his shin to push the ball into the net.

India were content to protect their lead in the second half, allowing Maldives to come at them but were not really troubled.

They scored their third when Manvir Singh capitalised on a mistake by the Maldives goalkeeper in the 79th minute and Ninthoi volleyed home from outside the box two minutes later to complete an emphatic win.

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