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Leisure Leagues Pakistan (LLP) Wednesday announced a 17-member squad ahead of the second edition of Socca World Cup, which will run from October 12 to 20 in Crete, Greece. The players have been selected from Leisure Leagues national champion side along with trials held in all four provinces under the supervision of foreign coach Kevin Reeves. Bata FC of Lahore won the National Championship earlier to see its players making it to the national squad.

Meanwhile, trials were held to give a second chance to players, who may have not got a chance to play in the Leisure Leagues circuit that runs throughout the year and culminates with the National Championship.

Squad:

Goal-keepers: Yousuf Butt (Denmark), Rehan Zafar (Lahore). Defenders: Anas Irfan (Lahore), Ziaullah (Islamabad), Zuhair Lateef (Lahore), Abdussalam (SSGC). Mid-fielders: Habibur Rehman (SSGC), Shahzad Akbar (Lahore), Yousuf Ahmed (Lahore), Abdus Sami (Islamabad), Ali Agha (Quetta), Saadullah (Quetta). Strikers: Hasan Basheer (Denmark), Umar Zia (Lahore), Daniyal Azeem (Lahore), Mohammad Waheed (PCCA), Affan Siddiqui (Karachi). Officials: Shahroze Rizvi (Team Manager), Kevin Reeves (Head Coach), Gohar Zaman (Assistant Coach).

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