Hyderabad Sultans

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Hyderabad Sultans

Full name

Hyderabad Sultans

Short name

Sultans

Founded

2005

Ground

Gachibowli Hockey Stadium
Hyderabad
India
(Capacity 8,000)

Manager

P.Kanthaiah

Head Coach

Madhukaran

League

Premier Hockey League

2007–08

Premier Hockey League 3rd





Home colours





Away colours

Current season

The Hyderabad Sultans is the Premier Hockey League team from the city of Hyderabad of royal lineage, mixing tradition with modernity, they are the progressive nawabs. The squad is captained by Sardara Singh since 2007-08 edition. They were winners of first Premier Hockey League in 2005^[1].

1 History
2 Gachibowli Hockey Stadium
3 Hyderabad Sultans Season By Season Performance
4 Players
5 Club Officials
- 5.1 Coaching And Medical Staff
- 5.2 Chief Coach History
6 Honours
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Founding

The club was formed on the back grounds of inaugural Premier Hockey League in year 2005. It started of with many host of hockey superstars from India and Pakistan. Sultans, led by ever-dependable Dilip Tirkey , were crowned the champions of the inaugural PHL at home^[2]. At the sprawling Gachibowli sports complex , Sultans came out as a surprise packet. Dilip Tirkey was at his best and they had two Pakistani superstars Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmad who helped the team score crucial wins with their combined moves in the first year. Sohail, along with Len Aiyappa of Hi-Fliers, became the joint top-scorers of the league^[3] ^[4].

[edit] Loss of form and Players Exodus (2006-2007)

In the second year too, Hyderabad Sultans played well and were in contention for the final berth even playing with out star performers of 2005, Sohail Abbasand Waseem Ahmad who left the team in 2006 but were edged out by Bangalore Lions on goal average. They won five out of the eight matches and had 13 points, just one less than the table toppers Chandigarh Dynamos and so Hyderabad Sultans finished third in league^[5]. In the third year, Hyderabad Sultans failed miserably winning just one match in the new format. They also lost their skipper Dilip Tirkey and many experienced players who joined Orissa Steelers as they were promoted to the Premier Division. Sultans ended at the bottom of table that season avoiding relegation as second division was scrapped^[6].

[edit] Current (2008-present)

In the season of 2008 young Sardara Singh led the team. Saradara Singh along with his brother Didar Singh were the only experienced stars in the team but it had talented youngsters in Bikas Toppo and Pawal Lakra, who were capable of making inroads into any defence. They also depended on how K.M.Chengappa and Nitin Kumar help their forwards Didar Singh and Sardara Singh. The team had an emerging drag-flicker in Diwakar Ram, who carried the team's burden during the short corners. The player to watch out were upcoming Promod Kumar, who was the fulcrum of the team. Two Pakistan stars Adnan Maqsood and Kamran Ahmed were the foreign players along with Dutch goalkeeper Oscar Ter Weeme. The team also had a new coach in Madhukaran who was be assisted by Alphonse Lazarus and they finished their campiange by finishing fourth in league, qualifying for play-off where they lost to Chandigarh Dynamos^[7] ^[8] ^[9].

[edit] Gachibowli Hockey Stadium

Gachibowli Hockey Stadium is a field hockey stadium at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the home of the Hyderabad Sultans of the Premier Hockey League. It has a seating capacity of 8,000 people.

[edit] Hyderabad Sultans Season By Season Performance

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Season	Played	Won	Lost	ET-W	ET-L	GF	GA	GD	Points	position
2005	8	6	2	-	-	24	17	7	19	Champions
2006	8	5	3	-	-	10	9	1	13	Third
2007	12	1	9	1	1	11	26	-15	6	Seventh
2008	6	3	2	1	0	11	7	4	11	Fourth

[edit] Players

[edit] First-Team Squad

As of PHL 4 - 2008^[14].

Name	Country
Sardara Singh (Captain)
Dinesh Ekka
Samir Baxla
Jasbir Singh
Diwakar Ram
Johnson Ekka
Anand Tirkey
Nitin Kumar
Didar Singh
Pramod Kumar
Bikas Toppo
Pawal Lakra
Veer Singh
Kulbhushan
K.M. Chengappa
Kamran Ahmed
Adnan Maqsood
Oscar ter Weeme (Goal Keeper)

Note: List of player is obtained from PHL website. The list might change in the near future.

Other Important Team Personnel

Madhukaran (Chief Coach)
Alphonse Lazarus (Asst Coach)
CR Bheem Singh (Physical Trainer)
P.Kanthaiah (Manager)

[edit] Former Players

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**Former players**
Name	Career	Country
Dilip Tirkey	2005-2006
S Rajasekhar	2005
Inderjeet Singh Chadha	2005
Ajitesh Rai	2005-2007
Harsha Vardhan	2005
Chandan Singh	2005
Suresh	2005
Lazarus Barla	2005-2006
Sameer Dad	2005-2006
Cyril Ekka	2005
Sreejesh	2005
Nitya Jayanand	2005-2006
Susan Topno	2005
Devesh Chauhan	2006-2007
Nitin Kumar	2006-Present
Johnson Ekka	2006-Present

**Former Players**
Name	Career	Country
Prabhakar Singh	2006
Amit Srivastava	2006
Vikram Pillay	2006-2007
Veer Singh	2006 and 2008
M A Aleem	2006
Devender Pal Singh	2006
Pekrelo	2007
M. Nagraj	2007
Saranjeet Singh	2007
Didar Singh	2007-present
Ramon Alegre	2007
Sardara Singh	2007-Present
Vivek Gupta	2007
Rajinder Singh	2007
Md. Amir Hayat	2007
Diwakar Ram	2007-Present
Baljit Singh Chandi	2007-Present