Nepal's A Division League 2023 Runners-up Machhindra FC is taking on Paro FC in the home match of AFC Cup Qualifying Play-off 2023 today at Dashrath Stadium. 

The match will kick of at 5:30 pm Nepali time.

League champions Church Boy United failed to comply with the AFC Licensing policy which made them ineligible to participate in the tournament. 


This will be Machhindra's back to back two appearances in the qualifying round 1. Last year, Machhindra FC were eliminated by Sri Lanka's league winner Blue Star SC. Therefore, Machhindra will be looking to go through to next round by defeating the Bhutan champions in front of the home crowd.

Machhindra FC has signed 8 new players for the play off match. Among them, Erik Bista, Laken Limbu, Ayush Ghalan, Sanish Shrestha and Ashish Chaudhary has already represented the Nepal national side. 

Olawale Afeez and Cameroonian Messouke Oloumou will be players to watch out for because of their fluent goal scoring capacity. 



Live Stream

The play off match between Machhindra FC and Paro FC will be live on Kantipur TV. Similarly, the match will also be live in differend online platform of Kantipur TV including the official website and the official app. 

Squads

Machhindra FC: Bishal Shrestha, Pradip Bhandari, Kareem Omolaja, Sanish Shrestha, Diwakar Chaudhary, Devendra Tamang, Tshiring Gurung, Suraj BK , Andres Nia, Utsav Rai, Dipesh Ghale, Laken Limbu, Arik Bista, Bijay Bhujel, Rejin Subba, Bimal Gharti Magar, Ashish Chaudhary, Ayush Ghalan,  Messouke Oloumou, Saurav Limbu, Abhishek Gurung, Rohit Subba, Afeez Olawale Oladipo. 

Paro FC: N/A