Lankan footballers leave for South Korea on 31 May

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka has picked a 22-member squad plus 11 officials to represent Sri Lanka for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Preliminary Competition AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers. Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 Group H centralised matches are to be held in South Korea.

Sri Lanka will be facing Lebanon on 5 June at 11:30 a.m. in the first match and Korea Republic on 9 June at 4:30 p.m. in the second game. Both the matches will be played at Goyang Stadium, Goyang City.

The team led by goalkeeper Sujan Perera will leave for South Korea on 31 May.

Sri Lanka squad

Sujan Perera (Captain, Goalkeeper), Prabath Arunasiri (Goalkeeper), R.P. Danushka (Goalkeeper), Harsha Fernando (Full Back), Roshan Appuhamy (Full Back), Chamod Dilshan (Full Back), Charitha Ratnayake (Centre Defender), Duckson Puslas (Centre Defender), Chaturanga Madushan (Centre Defender), Marvin Hamilton (Holding Midfielder), Chalana Chameera (Holding Midfielder), Jude Supan (Centre Midfielder), Mohamed Mushtaq (Centre Midfielder), Mohamad Fazal (Centre Midfielder), Kavindu Ishan (Vice-Captain, Wing Forward), Dillon de Silva (Wing Forward), Ahmed Waseem (Vice-Captain, Wing Forward), Mohamed Aakib (Wing Forward), Asikur Rahuman (Centre Forward), Mohamed Hasmeer (Centre Forward), Supun Dananjaya (Wing Forward), Rifkhan Mohamed (Centre Forward).

Officials: Amir Alagic (Head Coach), Asif Ansar (Manager), Amir Doksanaltic (Assistant Coach/GK Coach), Dr MRF Jayasuriya (Team Doctor), TMIT Maduwantha Bandara (Media Officer), M Eesaa Raadhi Ibrahim (Technical Officer), GR Ashan Chaturanga Gamlath (Fitness Coach), YVA Sanka Jayamina Vidanaarachchi (Performance Analyst), Muhiseen Abdul Barsith (Physiotherapist), Preethika Jeevana Caldera (Masseur), A Roshan Pradeep (Kitman).