ITANAGAR, 12 Sep: The Arunachal Pradesh' junior football team, which earned promotion to Tier 1 of the Dr BC Roy Trophy, was felicitated by the Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA) for its outstanding performance in Tier-2 this season, in a function on Saturday.
Arunachal lost 0-5 to SAI in the final played on 9 September. As finalists, both SAI and Arunachal have earned promotion to Tier 1 for the 2027-28 season. They will replace Chandigarh and Maharashtra, the two bottom-placed sides in this season's Tier-1.
The APFA expressed confidence that the young footballers would continue to represent the state with pride and achieve greater success at the national level.
The association acknowledged the hard work and dedication of the players, coaching staff, team management and support staff behind the achievement.
The team was guided by head coach Rocky Ramching. Gichik Pol, Beckham Biswakarma and Nani Lama were the assistant coach, team manager and physiotherapist, respectively.
