Mohun Bagan to leave for Fed Cup final on Thursday

City football giants Mohun Bagan will be leaving for Guwahati on Thursday to play in the Federation Cup final against Aizawl FC.

The match scheduled for May 21 will kick-off at 7 p.m. at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.

Mohun Bagan qualified for the final after comprehensively beating Shillong Lajong 5-0 on aggregate in a two-legged semi-final.

They won the first leg at home 5-0 and played out a goalless draw in the return leg.

Aizawl beat Sporting Clube de Goa in the semi-final.

Mohun Bagan have won the Federation Cup 13 times, the most by any Indian club. It is the first final for Aizawl who were relegated from the recent I-League.

The squad: Debjit Majumder (Goalkeeper), Kinshuk Debnath, Bikramjit Singh, Lenny Rodrigues, Luciano Sobrosa, Katsumi Yusa, Sony Norde, Azaharuddin Mallick, Pronay Halder, Pritam Kotal, Sanjay Balmuchu, Raju Gaikwad, Arnab Das Sarma (Goalkeeper), Souvik Chakrabarti, Cornell Glen, Abhishek Das

Officials : Sanjoy Sen - Head Coach, Sankarlal Chakraborty- Assistant Coach

--IANS

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