Hyderabad Sultans Explained

Clubname:Hyderabad Sultans
Fullname:Hyderabad Sultans
Founded:2005
Ground:Gachibowli Hockey Stadium
Hyderabad
Capacity:8,000
Manager:Madhukaran
Captain:Sardara Singh
League:Premier Hockey League
Dissolved:2008[1]

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

History

Founding

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)

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

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

[4] [5] [6] [8]

SeasonPlayedWonDrawLostET-WET-LGFGAGDPointsPosition
20058 602--2417719Champions
20068503--109113Third
200712109111126-156Seventh
20086 30210117411Fourth

Players

As of 2008[10]

NameCountry
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

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

Personnel

Former players

[4] [5] [6] [11]

Former players
NameCareerCountry
Dilip Tirkey2005–2006
S Rajasekhar2005
Inderjeet Singh Chadha2005
Ajitesh Rai2005–2007
Harsha Vardhan2005
Chandan Singh2005
Suresh2005
Lazarus Barla2005–2006
Sameer Dad2005–2006
Cyril Ekka2005
Sreejesh2005
Nitya Jayanand2005–2006
Susan Topno2005
Devesh Chauhan2006–2007
Nitin Kumar2006 – present
Johnson Ekka2006 – present
Former players
NameCareerCountry
Prabhakar Singh2006
Amit Srivastava2006
Vikram Pillay2006–2007
Veer Singh2006 and 2008
M A Aleem2006
Devender Pal Singh2006
Pekrelo2007
M. Nagraj2007
Saranjeet Singh2007
Didar Singh2007–present
Sardara Singh2007 – present
Vivek Gupta2007
Rajinder Singh2007
Maryland Amir Hayat2007
Diwakar Ram2007 – present
Baljit Singh Chandi2007 – present

Goal keepers

[4] [5] [6] [11]

DatesNameCountry
2005Suresh
2005Ahmed Alam
2006Salman Akbar
2006–2007Devesh Chauhan
2007Pfkerlo
2008Oscar ter Weeme

Club captains

[4] [5] [6] [11]

DatesNameCountry
2005–2006Dilip Tirkey
2007Devesh Chauhan
2008 – presentSardara Singh

International players

[4] [5] [6] [11]

NameCareerCountry
Waseem Ahmad2005
Ahmed Alam2005
Sohail Abbas2005
Salman Akbar2006
Jorge Lombi2006
Shakeel Abbasi2006–2007
Ramón Alegre2007
Sebastian Westerhout2007
Tariq Aziz2007
Kamran Ahmed2008
Adnan Maqsood2008
Oscar Ter Weeme2008

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India . Biswajyoti . Brahma . 16 January 2010 . The Times of India . 22 February 2020 .
  2. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2005/feb/13phl.htm Hyderabad Sultans win PHL
  3. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014417 Sohail Abbas becomes joint top scorer of league
  4. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014417 PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review
  5. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014505 PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review
  6. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014507 PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review
  7. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp PHL 4 Sultans Team
  8. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_standings.jsp PHL 4 League Standing
  9. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_results.jsp PHL 4 Match Results
  10. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp Current Hyderabad Sultans Squard
  11. http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp PHL 4 - 2008 Season Sultans Team