The player auction for the 2025 Nepal Premier League took place on Saturday (August 9). Find the full list of sold and unsold players, as well as full team lists here.
Ahead of season two of the tournament which is set to take place later this year, the mini-auction took place on Saturday as each team retained six to seven players from the last campaign.
The biggest buys at the auction were Arjun Saud (Chitwan Rhinos), Dev Khanal (Chitwan Rhinos), Pawan Sarraf (Karnali Yaks) and Mohammad Aadil Alam (Kathmandu Gorkhas), all of whom took home 15 lakh rupees.
Dilip Nath (Lumbini Lions), Surya Tamang (Biratnagar Kings), Hemant Dhami (Sudurpaschim Royals), Santosh Yadav (Kathmandu Gorkhas), Sher Malla (Lumbini Lions) and Yuvraj Khatri (Karnali Yaks) all earned deals worth 10 lakh rupees.
Nepal Premier League 2025 auction: Team-wise players bought and squad lists
All amounts in Nepali rupees.
Janakpur Bolts
Retained: Aasif Sheikh (Marquee), Anil Kumar Sah, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Rupesh Singh, Kishore Mahato, Shubh Kansakar, and Tul Bahadur Thapa
Signed at auction: Mayan Yadav (7.75 lakh), Sachin Bhatta (2 lakh), Aaditya Mahata (5 lakh), Bikash Aagri (5 lakh).
Kathmandu Gorkhas
Retained: Karan KC (Marquee), Rashid Khan, Dipesh Kandel, Bhim Sharki, Pratik Shrestha, and Shahab Alam
Signed at auction: Mohamad Aadil Alam (15 lakh), Aakash Tripathi (7 lakh), Santosh Yadav (10 lakh), Uttam Rangu Thapa Magar (3 lakh), Tul Bahadur Thapa (2 lakh).
Karnali Yaks
Retained: Sompal Kami (Marquee), Gulshan Kumar Jha, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Dipendra Rawat, Unish Bikram Singh Thakuri, and Bipin Prasad Sharma
Signed at auction: Pawan Sarraf (15 lakh), Yuvraj Khatri (10 lakh), Deepak Prasad Dumre (2 lakh), Imran Shekh (2 lakh).
Chitwan Rhinos
Retained: Kushal Malla (Marquee), Rijan Dhakal, Deepak Bohora, Amar Singh Rautela, Gautam KC, and Kamal Singh Airee
Signed at auction: Arjun Saud (15 lakh), Dev Khanal (15 lakh), Bipin Rawal (5 lakh), Ranjeet Kumar (2 lakh), Bipin Acharya (2 lakh).
Sudurpaschim Royals
Retained: Dipendra Singh Airee (Marquee), Binod Bhandari, Aarif Sheikh, Abinash Bohara, Ishan Pandey, and Naren Saud
Signed at auction: Dipak Bohara (5 lakh), Hemant Dhami (10 lakh), Milan Bohara (5 lakh), Tek Bahadur Rawat (2 lakh), Dipendra Thapa (2 lakh).
Lumbini Lions
Retained: Rohit Paudel (Marquee), Sundeep Jora, Bibek Yadav, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhisesh Gautam, and Tilak Bhandari
Signed at auction: Dilip Nath (10 lakh), Durgesh Gupta (5 lakh), Sher Malla (10lakh), Aadil Khan (2 lakh), Bishal Patel (5 lakh).
Biratnagar Kings
Retained: Sandeep Lamichhane (Marquee), Pratish GC, Lokesh Bam, Bashir Ahmad, Naren Bhatta, and Subash Bhandari
Signed at auction: Surya Tamang (10 lakh), Narayan Joshi (5 lakh), Sahil Patel (5 lakh), Shankar Rana (5 lakh), Sharwan Kisku (2 lakh).
Pokhara Avengers
Retained: Kushal Bhurtel (Marquee), Aakash Chand, Trit Raj Das, Bipin Khatri, Kiran Thagunna, Dinesh Kharel, and Sagar Dhakal
Signed at auction: Arjun Kumal (5 lakh), Abhishek Tiwari (2 lakh), Sandeep Khatri Chettri (2 lakh), Krishna Paudel (2 lakh).
Unsold players at NPL 2025 player auction
Sharad Veswakar, Sunam Gautam, Aashutosh Ghiraiya, Anil Kharel, Basant Khatri, Bhuwan Karki, Darsh Sonar, Dipesh Shrestha, Hari Shankar Sah, Khadak Bahadur Bohara, Krishna Karki, Mausam Dhakal, Pradeep Airee, Prajwal Thapa, Raj Jung Shah, Ravi Kumar Sah, Rit Gautam, Santosh Karki, Sumit Maharjan, Bishal Bikram Kc, Nikhil Kumar Singh, Abhay Yadav, Abhishek Pal, Ajay Chauhan, Arniko Yadav, Bhoj Raj Bhatta, Bhupal Luitel, Yuvanand Mandal, Dil Bohara, Bishal Bikram Kc, Nikhil Kumar Singh, Abhay Yadav, Diwan Pun, Krijan Gurung, Love Kumar Kamat, Nabin Tamang, Navin Yadav, Nirmal Gurung, Nischal Kshetri, Omkar Yadav, Parimarjan Yadav, Pradeep Paswan, Prakash Bista, Prashiddha Jaishi, Prem Kamat, Puran Bk, Rabin Joshi, Raju Prasad Shah, Rajendra Bham, Rajesh Yadav, Raju Rijal, Ramesh Kurmi, Raunak Srivastav, Rohit Chand, Rose Shrestha, Roshan Bishwakarma, Sachin Sharma, Sachin Lekhak, Sameer Bist, Sameer Kandel, Samrat Bhusal, Sandeep Bahadur Rajali, Shivam Tiwari, Sijan Bajgain, Sirwan Kisku, Sirwan Yadav, Sohail Kunwar, Sopan Devkota, Subham Khanal, Subig Aryal, Sujan Thapaliya, Sunil Gautam, Suryanshu Koirala, Symon Roy, Viki Khan, Aarif Khan, Aashutosh Pandey, Afrudin Rain, Ajay Goyal, Amit Shrestha, Anish Subedi, Anuj Kumar Chanara, Arpan Poudel, Avinash Karn, Ayub Chand, Basant Singh Karki, Bhulan Sahani, Bibek Kumar Rana Magar, Bipin Neupane, Bipin Kumar Mahato, Biprasan Kc, Bishal Susling, Brijesh Pandey, Chandra Kant Poudel, Cibrin Shrestha, Darshit Bista, Dipesh Das, Firdosh Ansari, Gajendra Bohara, Himanshu Dutta, Ishwar Chhetri, Kamal Gupta, Kamal Pariyar, Mohammad Husen Gaddi, Mirnal Gurung, Prakash Pandey, Sunil Duallyal, Joy Thapa, Karan Kewat, Bikram Khadka, Niraj Kumar Yadav, Bishesh Budhathoki, Shakib Haque, Amrit Gurung, Ashok Dhami, Amar Mishra, Sonu Ansari, Sunil Dhamala, Salahuddin Khan, Arun Airee, Sandeep Dhangana.
Image credit: YouTube / Nepal Premier League
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