Gokulam Kerala to play AFC Cup Group matches in Kolkata

Kolkata will host the centralised Group D South Zone matches of the AFC Cup 2022 that includes Indian membership Gokulam Kerala FC, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed on Thursday.

Besides Gokulam Kerala FC, the opposite groups in Group D are Bangladesh’s Bashundhara Kings, Maziya Sports and Recreation of the Maldives together with the winner of a six-team South Asian contest within the preliminary and play-off levels.

The AFC on Thursday confirmed the centralised venues for the group stage matches of the AFC Cup 2022, scheduled to be performed within the West and South Zones from May 18 to 24, and within the ASEAN, Central and East Zones from June 24 to 30.

The AFC Cup 2022 Group A matches shall be held in Muscat, Oman, the place three-time winners Kuwait SC will battle Lebanon’s Al Ansar in addition to Al Seeb Club from Oman and Jableh of Syria.

Group B will happen in in Kuwait City, that includes Al Riffa from Bahrain, Palestine’s Shabab Al Khalil, Dhofar Club of Oman and Kuwaiti facet Arabi SC, whereas Manama, Bahrain, will host the matches in Group C, which consists of Syrian facet Tishreen, Nejmeh from Lebanon, East Riffa of Bahrain and Palestine’s Hilal Al Quds.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, will host the Group E matches involving Turkmenistan’s Altyn Asyr, Kyrgyz Republic’s PFC Neftchi in addition to match debutants FC CSKA from Tajikistan and both FC Nasaf or PFC Sogdiana from Uzbekistan.

Group F, in the meantime, shall be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, and can characteristic FC Khujand of Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic’s FC Dordoi and Kopetdag from Turkmenistan.

Denpasar, Indonesia, will present the backdrop for the matches in Group G which options the likes of Indonesia’s Bali United, Kedah Darul Aman FC from Malaysia and Kaya FC-Iloilo from the Philippines, whereas Group H shall be contested in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In the East Zone battles, Tainan, Chinese Taipei, will set the stage for the contenders in Group J, which embrace Hong Kong’s Eastern Long Lions, MUST CPK of Macau, Chinese Taipei facet Tainan City and both Hong Kong’s Lee Man or Athletic 220 from Mongolia.

The host venue for the centralised matches in Group I is but to to finalised.