Kathmandu, August 16

A 32-member Ruslan Three Star Club squad, including 19 players, on Tuesday left for Mongolia to take part in the Qualifying Play-off of the AFC Cup 2017 to be held at MFF Football Centre in Ulaanbaatar from August 21-25.

Three Star are in Group B along with hosts Erchim FC and Nagaworld FC of Cambodia. They will play hosts Erchim on August 21 and face Nagaworld two days later.

Bikram Lama is the skipper of the team, while Nirajan Khadka is the vice-captain.

Abishek Baral, Ajayi Martins Kayode, Alan Neupane, Asim Jung Karki, Bijay Dhimal, Bijay Gurung, Binaya Shrestha, Bishnu Bahadur Sunar, Bishnu Gurung, Buddha Raj Limbu, Devendra Tamang, Peter Segun, Prakash Budhathoki, Ranjit Dhimal, Roshan Malla, Saroj Dahal and Sunil Bal are other members of the squad.

Meghraj KC is the head coach and Rabindra Silakar is the assistant coach of the team. Krishna Awale is the team manager and Suraj Bhusal is the physiotherapist.

Club President Arun Man Joshi is also travelling with the team.

Meanwhile, coach KC said that the team was traveling to Mongolia with the aim of finishing as the group winners, while skipper Lama said that the team had the best preparation for the competition and would produce winning results.

In other pools, Dordoi (Kyrgyzstan) will host Casa Benfica (Macau) and Rovers FC (Guam) in Group A, while FC Tertons (Bhutan) are in Group C along with Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Ltd (Bangladesh) and Tatung FC (Chinese Taipei).

The three group winners will qualify for the play-off round, which will serve as the qualifiers for the finals of the competition.