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Hyderabad Sultans
Full nameHyderabad Sultans
LeaguePremier Hockey League
Founded2005
Dissolved2008[1]
Home groundGachibowli Hockey Stadium
Hyderabad
(Capacity 8,000)
Personnel
CaptainSardara Singh
ManagerMadhukaran


The Hyderabad Sultans was the Indian Premier Hockey League team from Hyderabad.[citation needed] The squad was captained by Sardara Singh in the 2008 edition. They were winners of the first Premier Hockey League in 2005.[2]

History

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Founding

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The club was formed in year 2005. Sultans, led by ever-dependable Dilip Tirkey, were crowned the champions of the inaugural PHL at home ground,[2] held at the sprawling Gachibowli Sports Complex, with penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmad who helped the team score crucial wins with their combined moves in the first year. Sohail Abbas became the joint top-scorers of the league.[3][4]

Loss of form and players exodus (2006–2007)

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In the second year too, Hyderabad Sultans played well and were in contention for the final berth, 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 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 the table, avoiding relegation as Second division was scrapped.[6]

2008

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In the season of 2008 young Sardara Singh led the team, along with his brother Didar Singh, Bikas Toppo and Pawal Lakra, who were capable of making inroads into any defence. The team had an emerging drag-flicker in Diwakar Ram. The players to watch out were upcoming Promod Kumar, who was the fulcrum of the team, the foreign players Adnan Maqsood and Kamran Ahmed, along with Dutch goalkeeper Oscar Ter Weeme. The team also had a new coach in Madhukaran who was assisted by Alphonse Lazarus and they finished fourth, qualifying for play-off where they lost to Chandigarh Dynamos.[7][8][9]

Season by season performance

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

Players

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As of 2008[10]

Name Country
Sardara Singh (captain) India
Dinesh Ekka India
Samir Baxla India
Jasbir Singh India
Diwakar Ram India
Johnson Ekka India
Anand Tirkey India
Nitin Kumar India
Didar Singh India
Pramod Kumar India
Bikas Toppo India
Pawal Lakra India
Veer Singh India
Kulbhushan India
K M Chengappa India
Kamran Ahmed Pakistan
Adnan Maqsood Pakistan
Oscar Ter Weeme Netherlands

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

Personnel

Former players

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Former players
Name Career Country
Dilip Tirkey 2005–2006 India
S Rajasekhar 2005 India
Inderjeet Singh Chadha 2005 India
Ajitesh Rai 2005–2007 India
Harsha Vardhan 2005 India
Chandan Singh 2005 India
Suresh 2005 India
Lazarus Barla 2005–2006 India
Sameer Dad 2005–2006 India
Cyril Ekka 2005 India
Sreejesh 2005 India
Nitya Jayanand 2005–2006 India
Susan Topno 2005 India
Devesh Chauhan 2006–2007 India
Nitin Kumar 2006 – present India
Johnson Ekka 2006 – present India
Former players
Name Career Country
Prabhakar Singh 2006 India
Amit Srivastava 2006 India
Vikram Pillay 2006–2007 India
Veer Singh 2006 and 2008 India
M A Aleem 2006 India
Devender Pal Singh 2006 India
Pekrelo 2007 India
M. Nagraj 2007 India
Saranjeet Singh 2007 India
Didar Singh 2007–present India
Sardara Singh 2007 – present India
Vivek Gupta 2007 India
Rajinder Singh 2007 India
Maryland Amir Hayat 2007 India
Diwakar Ram 2007 – present India
Baljit Singh Chandi 2007 – present India

Goal keepers

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Dates Name Country
2005 Suresh India
2005 Ahmed Alam Pakistan
2006 Salman Akbar Pakistan
2006–2007 Devesh Chauhan India
2007 Pfkerlo India
2008 Oscar ter Weeme Netherlands

Club captains

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Dates Name Country
2005–2006 Dilip Tirkey India
2007 Devesh Chauhan India
2008 – present Sardara Singh India

International players

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Name Career Country
Waseem Ahmad 2005 Pakistan
Ahmed Alam 2005 Pakistan
Sohail Abbas 2005 Pakistan
Salman Akbar 2006 Pakistan
Jorge Lombi 2006 Argentina
Shakeel Abbasi 2006–2007 Pakistan
Ramón Alegre 2007 Spain
Sebastian Westerhout 2007 Netherlands
Tariq Aziz 2007 Pakistan
Kamran Ahmed 2008 Pakistan
Adnan Maqsood 2008 Pakistan
Oscar Ter Weeme 2008 Netherlands

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Brahma, Biswajyoti (16 January 2010). "Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Hyderabad Sultans win PHL
  3. ^ Sohail Abbas becomes joint top scorer of league[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c d e f PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b c d e f PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b c d e f PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ PHL 4 Sultans Team Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b PHL 4 League Standing Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ PHL 4 Match Results Archived 2007-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Current Hyderabad Sultans Squard Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b c d PHL 4 - 2008 Season Sultans Team Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
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