Know 6 new members of Nepal’s national football team

On Tuesday, Abdullah Almutairi, the head coach of the men’s national football team of Nepal, announced a 23-member squad for the upcoming friendly match against Iraq and the remaining three matches of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Almutairi finalised this team by axing nine players from the 32 players included in the preliminary training.

This reshuffled squad includes six new faces whereas 10 players of the Three Nations Cup-winning team last April have also made the cut. Likewise, Nawayug Shrestha, Santosh Tamang, Pujan Uparkoti, Bikas Khawas, and Suman Aryal, who failed to make it to the team in the Three Nations Cup, have been called back. Suman Lama and Ashish Lama have also rejoined the team.