FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 in India

India is very lucky to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Perhaps this could be the only time one could see a FIFA World Cup in India and that too India participating by virtue of being a host. India may never ever qualify for a world cup.

Goa is one of the six venues besides New Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi in Kerala, Guwahati in Assam and Kolkata.

All matches in Goa will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda. Tickets are prices at Rs.150 for Category 2 and Rs.300 for Category 3.

Goa is hosting the following matches on five days; 
Saturday 7^th October
Germany vs Costa Rica 17:00
Iran vs Guinea 20:00

Tuesday 10^th October
Costa Rica vs Guinea 17:00
Iran vs Germany : 20:00

Friday 13^th October
Costa Rica vs Iran 17:00
Niger vs Brazil 20:00

Tuesday 17^th October
Round of 16 17:00
Round of 16 20:00

Saturday 21^st October
Quarter Final 20:00

There are six Groups and four teams in each group.

The teams are;

 
Group A
India
USA
Colombia
Ghana

Group B

Mali
New Zealand
Paraguay
Turkey

Group C

Costa Rica
Germany
Guinea
Iran

Group D
Brazil
Spain
North Korea
Niger

Group E

France
Honduras
Japan
New Caledonia

Group F
Chile
England
Iraq
Mexico

The Indian Team

Coach
Luis Norton De Matos -Portugal

Goalkeepers
Dheeraj Moirangthem  - Manipur
Prabhsukhan Gill - Punjab
Sunny Dhaliwal – Canada, NRI

Defenders
Boris Thangjam - Manipur
Jitendra Singh - Bengal
Anwar Ali - Punjab
Sanjeev Stalin - Bangalore
Hendry Antonay - Bangalore
Namit Deshpande – USA, NRI

Midfielders
Suresh Wangjam - Manipur
Ninthoinganba Meetei - Manipur
Komal Thatal - Sikkim
Abhijit Sarkar - Bengal
Amarjit Singh Kiyam (Capt) - Manipur
Lalengmawia - Mizoram
Jeakson Singh - Manipur
Rahul Kannoly Praveen – Thrissur, Kerala
Mohammad Shahjahan - Manipur
Nongdamba Naorem - Manipur

Forwards
Rahim Ali - Bengal
Aniket Jadhav – Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Here is one of my tickets and I am going for all the matches. After the game the ticket will be trashed but this one will remain here!