Gujarat Super League Explained

Gujarat Super League
Organiser:Gujarat State Football Association
Country:India
Teams:6
Tv:FIFA+
GSFA (YouTube)
Current:2024 Gujarat Super League

The Gujarat Super League is a men's football league in the state of Gujarat, organized by the Gujarat State Football Association.[1] It will feature 6 teams in the initial season, and will hold matches at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad.[2]

Format

It is held in a single round-robin format, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage contesting the final.

The players will be selected by draft. In the inaugural draft, 250 players from Gujarat will be included.[3]

Teams

!Team!City!Owner
Ahmedabad Avengers AhmedabadGod TMT, VIVAN Steel (Sahil Patel & Shalin Patel)
Gandhinagar Giants GandhinagarRatnamani Metals & Tubes (Prashant Sanghvi), ANVI Sports
Karnavati Knights AhmedabadThe Address (Yash Shah & Advita Patel)
Saurashtra Spartans SaurashtraAxita Cotton (Kushal Patel)
Surat Strikers SuratLoyal Equipments (Alkesh Patel)
Vadodara WarriorsVadodaraK&D Communication (Kamlesh Gohil)

Sponsorship

Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) and the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) are the main and associate sponsors of the GSL, respectively.

Management

TeamHead coachAssistant coachTeam managerPhysio
Ahmedabad Avengers Tapas Ghosh Ashish SadhuKshitij JainHaresh Prajapati
Gandhinagar Giants Shakti Chauhan Kamlesh Maradia Gulab SinghPritesh Ankleshvariya
Karnavati Knights Dharmesh PatelLlewellyn PintoDhaval ParmarAniket Solanki
Saurashtra Spartans Anil PatelAnil Tomar Naren TrivediChintan Jain
Surat Strikers Balpreet Singh Antrix PatelHardip Majirana Anil Kewat
Vadodara WarriorsSalim PathanDarshansinh RaolSavio D’Costa Arth Joshi

Awards

The champions of the GSL will receive a prize money of 11 lakhs, while the runners-up will receive ₹5 lakhs. Individually, the best players in eight different categories will get a prize money of ₹25,000 each on the basis of their performance throughout the tournament.

Broadcasting

After the Santosh Trophy, the GSL became the second Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+.

TerritoryBroadcaster(s)Ref.
GSFA (YouTube)
FIFA+

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inaugural season of six-team Gujarat Super League to kick off on May 1 . 2024-04-26 . www.the-aiff.com.
  2. Web site: DeshGujarat . 2024-03-28 . Gujarat Super League to Revolutionize Football Landscape in Gujarat . 2024-04-06 . DeshGujarat . en-US.
  3. Web site: 25 April 2024 . Gujarat Super League trophy unveiled .