WIFA - The Western India Football Association

WIFA has announced the Maharashtra team for the upcoming Junior Under-17 Women’s National Football Championship that will begin on June 18 in Guwahati, Assam.

Of the 40-player probable squad selected from the recently concluded U17 WIFA inter-district tournament held at Nashik, the final 20-player squad for the upcoming National championship has been released.

The team will be led by Goalkeeper Vaishnavi Sonune, who was adjudged the best goalkeeper in the WIFA inter-district tournament. Meanwhile, centre-half Sharvari Donkar from Kolhapur will be her deputy. The Competition’s best player – Ritika Singh and top scorer Aarti Katkar have both been included in the final squad.

The team will be traveling to Guwahati today under the tutelage of Head Coach Sachin H. Narsappa and Manager Pallavi Saindane.

Maharashtra is clubbed with Tripura, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Odisha. In the opening match, Maharashtra takes on Tripura on June 18 and meets Chandigarh on June 22. On June 24 they face off against Dadra & Nagar Haveli and play against Odisha in the last group match on June 26.

The team is as follows:

Name	District	Position
Vaishnavi Sonune	Buldana	Goalkeeper
Hritika Bansode	Satara	Goalkeeper
Nikita Jude	Mumbai	Defender
Saniya Patil	Kolhapur	Defender
Rajnandini Bhoite	Kolhapur	Defender
Sanjana Gupta	Pune	Defender
Sakshi Repe	Mumbai	Defender
Aditi Gadekar	Nashik	Defender
Sharvari Donkar	Kolhapur	Midfielder
Purva Gaikwad	Pune	Midfielder
Priya Rathod	Mumbai	Midfielder
Pooja Gupta	Pune	Midfielder
Ritika Singh	Nashik	Midfielder
Aarati Katkar	Kolhapur	Midfielder
Sumaiya Shaikh	Ahmednagar	Forward
Divya Pawora	Aurangabad	Forward
Soumya Kagale	Kolhapur	Forward
Mahek Shaikh	Nagpur	Forward
Nida Satarmekar	Kolhapur	Forward
Prerna Meshram	Yavatmal	Forward
OFFICIALS
Pallavi Saindane	Ahmednagar	Manager
Sachin H. Narsappa	Mumbai	Coach
Ashish Katara	Pune	Asst. Coach
Smurti B. Pawar	Mumbai	Physio