Sri Lanka will take on the hosts India in their opening match of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup Under-19 Football Tournament 2025 on May 9. The Sri Lankan Team left for India yesterday.

The tournament, which will feature six countries from the region, will be held from May 9 to 18 at the Golden Jubilee Outdoor Stadium in Yupia, India.

India, Sri Lanka and Nepal are in Group ‘B’ while Bhutan Bangladesh and the Maldives are in Group ‘A’.

Sri Lanka will play Nepal in their second match of the tournament on May 11.

Omit Edirisinghe has been named as the Captain of the Sri Lanka Team.

Sri Lanka Under-19 Football Squad: Vijayaratnam Haris (St. Joseph’s, Colombo),

Nadal Aaron (Gateway, Colombo), Mohamed Akram (T. B. Jayah MV, Colombo), Suthakar Bright (St. Joseph’s, Colombo), Aidan Perera (Gateway, Colombo), Rizwan Aashif (Zahira, Colombo), Mohamed Shahid (Zahira, Colombo), Hirun Mirasha (Mahinda), Kalinga Pabasara (Mahinda), Rikas Muhammed (Zahira, Colombo), Siddeek Maziyad (Hameedia Al Hussein, Colombo), Abdul Irfan (Al Ameen NS, Kinniya), Hussain Abdullah (Al Falah, Negombo), Mohamed Hussain (Hameedia Al Hussein, Colombo),
Ramlan Rahman (Hameedia Al Hussein, Colombo), Mohamed Umar (Darussalam College), Mohamed Katheem (Zahira, Colombo), Omith Edirisinghe (Captain), Nassim Faiz, Luckman Shihab (Royal, Colombo), Zafarullah Zakariyya (Australia),

Anuk Shahil (Gateway, Colombo) and Zawahir Riyas.