Nepal national football B team

Nepal B
Nickname(s) Nepal Blue
Nepal XI
ANFA XI
Association All Nepal Football Association
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Confederation Asian Football Federation
Head coach Baiju Kapali
Captain Basanta Gauchan
Home stadium N/A
First international
Bangladesh Bangladesh Army 0–2 Nepal B Nepal
(Kathmandu, Nepal; January, 2000)

Nepal B (sometimes referred to as Nepal Blue) is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Nepal national football team, who are also known as Nepal Red when the two teams play simultaneously. At times they have played other nations' full teams; they have also played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations.[1][2]

History

During the 1987 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup, Nepal entered a second string team under the title 'Nepal XI', as the full national team was playing Olympic qualifying matches during this period.[3]

Nepal Blue first made their debut at the 2000 ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament (along with the A-team, Nepal Red, who were coached by Stephen Constantine). Nepal Blue were drawn into Group A, while Nepal Red ended up in Group B. The tournament began well for Nepal Blue, who won their first match against the Bangladesh Army XI by 2-0. However, their campaign was thwarted by Soongsil (a South Korean university team) at the semi-finals. Soongsil went on to win the tournament.[4]

The side made several returns, most notably at the 2009 Nepal Prime Minister Cup Invitational Tournament, organised by the Republican Sports Federation of Nepal (RSFN).[5] However, the team did not perform as well as in 2000, but finished instead at the bottom of their group after losing to Sri Lanka in their opener.[6] However, Nepal Red managed to scoop the title by winning the finals on penalties.[7][8]

Squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Kiran Limbu Nepal ANFA
1GK Rupak Shrestha Nepal ANFA
1GK Dinesh Thapa Nepal ANFA
2DF Rabin Shrestha Nepal ANFA
2DF Rohit Chand Nepal ANFA
2DF Amash Khadka 16 210 123 Germany VFL Wolfburg
2DF Dipak Bhushal Nepal ANFA
2DF Sabindra Shrestha Nepal ANFA
2DF Sanjeeb Budhathoki Nepal ANFA
2DF Bikash Singh Chhetri Nepal ANFA
3MF Anil Ojha (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 Nepal Three Star Club
3MF Dipendra Shrestha Nepal ANFA
3MF Bhola Silwal (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 Nepal Nepal Police Club
3MF Santosh Nepali Nepal ANFA
3MF Chetan Ghimire Nepal Nepal Police Club
3MF Yugal Kishore Rai Nepal ANFA
3MF Basanta Gauchan (c) (1983-07-24) 24 July 1983 Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club
4FW Santosh Sahukhala (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 Nepal Three Star Club
4FW Nirajan Malla Nepal ANFA
4FW Deepak Rai Nepal ANFA

References

  1. ↑ "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Team unveiled for Prime Minister Cup". gorkhapatra.org.np. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Quaid-E-Azam International Cup (Pakistan)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan football team return from Kathmandu". Associated Press of Pakistan. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Prime Minister Cup: Sri Lanka beat Host Nepal Blue". Soccer In Nepal. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "SPORTS 2009". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Prime Minister Cup champions honored". Soccer In Nepal. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Team unveiled for Prime Minister Cup". gorkhapatra.org.np. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Nepal FA has selected the two national squads for the Prime Minister Cup starting 5th March in Kathmandu.". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

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