Kochi: The Kerala Football Association announced the state team for the final round of the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship here on Saturday.
Goalkeeper Midhun V will lead the 22-member squad.
Defender Sanju G and midfielder Arjun V have replaced Jeritto J and Ajeesh P from the squad which took part in the qualifiers.
Defending champions Kerala topped the qualifiers held in Kozhikode last month winning all five matches.
Kerala are placed in Group A along with Goa, Karnataka, hosts Odisha, Maharashtra and Punjab in the final round.
Group B consists of Delhi, Meghalaya, Railways, Services, West Bengal and Manipur.
The top two from each group will advance to the semifinals.
The knockout stage will be held in Saudi Arabia.
Kerala squad: Goalkeepers: Midhun V (Kannur), Ajmal P A (Malappuram), Alkesh Raj TV (Thrissur)
Defenders: Manoj M (Thiruvananthapuram), Shinu R (Thiruvananthapuram), Ameen K (Malappuram), Beljin Bolster (Thiruvananthapuram), Mohammed Saleem U (Malappuram), Sachu Siby (Idukki), Akhil J Chandran (Ernakulam), Sanju G (Ernakulam).
Midfielders: Hrishidaath (Thrissur), Rashid M (Kasaragod), Gifty C Gracious (Wayanad), Nijo Gilbert (Thiruvananthapuram), Rizwan Ali (Kasaragod), Visakh Mohanan (Ernakulam), Abdul Raheem K K (Malappuram), Arjun V (Wayanad).
Forwards: Viknesh M (Thiruvananthapuram), Naresh B (Ernakulam), John Paul J (Thiruvananthapuram).
Head coach: Ramesh P B (Kollam)
Assistant coach: Bineesh Kiran (Kannur)
Goalkeeping coach: Hameed K K (Thrissur)
Manager: Muhammed Rafeeque (Kasaragod)
Kerala's fixtures: versus Goa, February 10; versus Karnataka, February 12; versus Maharashtra, February 14; versus Odisha, February 17; versus Punjab, February 19.
