SAFF Championship 2013 warm : Bangladesh announced 35 membres Preliminary Squad.

Veteran custodian Biplob Bhattacharjee was brought back, while Nahidul Islam was the lone new face in the 35 member preliminary squad for the SAFF Championship announced Sunday by the Bangladesh Football Federation for the SAFF.Both players play for treble winners Sheikh Russell and were called due to their good showing in the Super Cup. Three expatriate Bangladeshis Jamal Bhuiyan, Reasat Khaton and Anando Rahman were also included in the list.

The players will report to manager Iqbal Hossain on June 28, while Dutch head coach Lodewijk de Kruif and his assistant Rene Koster are expected to take the charges from July 2.
The Dutch coaches will trim the squad to 22 after a few days and will go to full-fledged specialised training that includes a number of practice matches against foreign teams. The SAFF Championship is scheduled to kick off at Nepal from September 1st and will conclude on 12th.

The Squad

Goalkeepers- Shahidul Alam Sohel, Biplob Bhattachajee, Mamun Khan, Maksudur Rahman Mostak, Ziaur Rahman
Defenders- Wali Faisal, Atikur Rahman Meshu, Ariful Islam, Nasiruddin Chowdhury, Raihan Hasan,Keshto Kumar, Ashraf Mahmud Linkon, Topu Barman, Arup Baidya, Raihan Hasan, Yamin Ahmed Chowdhury, Keshto Kumar Bose, Nahidul Islam
Midfielders- Mezbabul Manik, Sohel Rana, , Omar Faruk, Yousuf Sifat, Mobarak Hossain Bhuiyan, Abdul Baten Komol, Arman Aziz, Pranotosh Kumar Das, Shahedul Alam Shahed, Mamunul Islam, Jahid Hossain
Forwards-Shakahwat Rony, Zahid Hasan Emily, Toklis Ahmed, Wahed Ahmed, Jamal Bhuyan (Denmark), Anando Rahman (Australia), Reasat Khaton (Germany)

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