Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2025: All Squads After Auction

The second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2025 will take place in November and December this year. After a successful first season last year, season two is expected to be even more exciting with plenty of domestic and overseas players on display.

In the auction held on August 9 (Saturday), plenty of domestic talent were brought to the event, while the overseas players will be picked outside of the auction, as it was done last year.

Here are the full squads of all teams set to participate in NPL 2025, including the retained players.

Janakpur Bolts

Retained: Aasif Sheikh, Anil Sah, Subash Khakurel, Kishore Mahato, Lalit Rajbanshi, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar, Rupesh Singh

Bought at auction: Sachin Bhatt, Aditya Mehta, Mayan Yadav, Bikash Agri

Sudurpaschim Royals

Retained players: Dipendra Singh Airee, Binod Bhandari, Aarif Sheikh, Avinash Bohara, Ishan Pandey, Naren Saud

Bought at auction: Hemant Dhami, Tek Bahadur Rawat, Dipesh Thapa, Dipak Bohara, Milan Bohara

Karnali Yaks

Retained players: Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Dipendra Rawat, Bipin Prasad Sharma, and Unish Bikram Singh Thakuri

Bought at auction: Pawan Sarraf, Imran Sheikh, Deepak Dumre, and Yuvraj Khatri

Chitwan Rhinos

Retained players: Kushal Malla, Rijan Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee, Deepak Bohara, Amar Singh Routela, Gautam KC

Bought at auction: Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Bipin Rawal, Bipin Acharya, Ranjit Kumar

Kathmandu Gorkhas

Retained players: Karan KC, Bhim Sharki, Dipesh Kandel, Shahab Alam, Pratik Shrestha, Rashid Khan, 

Bought at auction: Uttam Thapa Magar, Tul Bahadur Thapa, Santosh Yadav, Akash Tripathi, Adil Alam

Biratnagar Kings

Retained players: Sandeep Lamichhane, Lokesh Bam, Pratish GC, Basir Ahmed, Naren Bhatt, Subash Bhandari

Bought at auction: Surya Tamang, Sahil Patel, Narayan Joshi, Sharwan Kisku, Shankar Rana

Pokhara Avengers

Retained players: Kushal Bhurtel, Dinesh Kharel, Bipin Khatri, Sagar Dhakal, Kiran Thagunna, Akash Chand, Tritraj Das 

Bought at auction: Abhishek Tiwari, Arjun Kumal, Krishna Paudel, Sandeep Khatri Chhetri