Goalkeeper Midhun V will lead Kerala within the Santosh Trophy Nationwide Soccer Championship.
The squad options 16 new faces. P B Ramesh has been named the coach.
Defending champions Kerala are positioned in Group II alongside Mizoram, Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
Group I matches will probably be performed in Delhi (December 23 to December 31), whereas Group II and V motion takes place in Kozhikode (December 26 to January 8, 2023) and Bhubaneswar (December 24 to January 1, 2023), respectively.
Group V options Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar.
Kerala squad: Goalkeepers: Midhun V (Kannur), Ajmal P A (Malappuram), Alkesh Raj TV (Thrissur)
Defenders: Manoj M (Thiruvananthapuram), Shinu R (Thiruvananthapuram), Ameen Ok (Malappuram), Beljin Bolster ((Thiruvananthapuram), Muhammed Saleem U (Malappuram), Sachu Suby (Idukki), Akhil J chandran (Ernakulam), Jerry Toje ((Thiruvananthapuram).
Midfielders: Harshidutt (Thrissur), Rasheed M (Kasaragod), Gifty C Gracious (Wayanad), Nijo Gilbert (Thiruvananthapuram), Ajeesh P (Thiruvananthapuram), Rizwan Ali (Kasaragod), Visakh Mohanan (Ernakulam), Abdul Raheem Ok Ok (Malappuram).
Forwards: Viknesh M (Thiruvananthapuram), Naresh B (Ernakulam), John Paul J (Thiruvananthapuram).
Reserves: Ajmal S (Palakkad), Asif O M (Ernakulam), Sreeraj Ok (Kasaragod), Arjun V (Ernakulam).
Head coach: Ramesh P B (Kollam)
Assistant coach: Bineesh Kiran (Kannur)
Goalkeeping coach: Hameed Ok Ok (Thrissur)
Supervisor: Muhammed Rafeeq (Kasaragod)