KATHMANDU: Nepal is playing against Kuwait after 19 years, in an international  friendship match in Kuwait today. Nepal is playing the first friendly match today. The next match will be played on coming Tuesday.

Nepal’s newly appointed head coach, Johan Kalin said, “Nepal is ready to win against Kuwait.  Head coach Kalin said, “As this is my first task, the two matches will be valuable match experience for me and the team. All young players (U-23) are in the preparatory camp for AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020 Qualifiers so there are some new faces in my team. It will be a test for us to see where we are at the moment. We expect two tough games.”

Nepal had played against Kuwait in 2000 A.D under the AFC Asia Cup. In that match,  Kuwait had defeated Nepal 5-0.

Kiran Chemjong, Biket Kuthu, Bishal Shrestha, Rohit Chanda, Ajit Bhandari, Ravi Silwal, Suraj Bishwokarma, Ranjit Dhimal, Biraj Maharjan, Saroj Dahal, Devendra Tamang, Ravi Paswan, Tanka Basnet, Santosh Tamang, Bikram Lama, Bishal Rai, Heman Gurung, Sujal Shrestha, Ranjan Bista, Suman Lama, Bharat Khawas, Bimal Rana, Navayug Shreshta and Ashish Lama are enlisted in the squad of the Nepali Team.

Nepal is three steps down than Kuwait in the FIFA ranking. Nepal is in 161 positions, whereas Kuwait is placed in 158th positions.