Sri Lanka U15 boys football team comprising 20 players left the island for India to participate in the SAFF U-15 Championship which is to be held at Kalyani Stadium in Kolkata. The sixth edition of the SAFF Championship is set to commence today. The Championship is scheduled to come to an end on August 31 with the final between group leader and the runner up in the group of five teams in action.
Sri Lankan team is led by Rishika Yohan Seimon and Derick Neil will serve as his deputy. The teams participating are Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India in the group stage. FFSL conducted trials in Colombo City League Sports complex to gather players for U15 National pool and 30 players continued their residential training over a month at Football Federation.
Football Federation expect the young soccerites to do well during the tournament and bring glory to the motherland.
Tournament Fixtures and Team Photo are as follows;
Match Fixtures:
21 August 2019 12:00 15:00 Nepal vs India Sri Lanka vs Bhutan
23 August 2019 12:00 15:00 Bhutan vs Bangladesh Nepal vs Sri Lanka
25 August 2019 12:00 15:00 Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka India vs Bhutan
27 August 2019 12:00 15:00 India vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh vs Nepal
29 August 2019 12:00 15:00 Bhutan vs Nepal Bangladesh vs India
31 August 2019 Final 15:00 Group Winner vs Group Runner Up
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