Uttar Pradesh Wizards Explained

Fullname:	Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Nickname:	UP Wizards
Founded:	2012
Dissolved:	2017
Captain:	V.R. Raghunath
Coach:	Roelant Oltmans
Ground:	Major Dhyan Chand Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Capacity:	10,000
Owner:	Sahara India Pariwar Suresh Raina
Website:	Official website
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The Uttar Pradesh Wizards (abbreviated as UPW) was an Indian professional field hockey team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that played in the Hockey India League. It was owned by Sahara India.^[1]

Franchise details

Ownership

The team was owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, a group company of Sahara India, starting from 23 July 2012.^[2] Sahara India was also the main sponsor of Hockey India.^[2] This was the first franchise of Hockey India League to be bought.^[2] In December 2014, Suresh Raina became the co-owner of Uttar Pradesh Wizards.^[3]

2017 squad

width=35% style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF"	Player	width=20% style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF"	Nationality
Goalkeepers
Suraj Karkera
Defenders
V. R. Raghunath
Gurinder Singh
Midfielders
Forwards

Statistics

width=10	Season	width=10	Matches	width=10	Won	width=10	Drawn	width=10	Lost	width=10	Win%
2013	14	6	2	6	42.86%
2014	12	4	2	6	33.33%
2015	12	5	2	5	41.67%
2016	10	4	0	6	25.00%
2017	12	4	4	4	33.33%
Home	26	8	6	12	30.77%
Away	26	13	4	9	50.00%
Neutral	8	2	0	6	25.00%
Overall	60	23	10	27	50.83%

+Performance details
Goals for	50 (2.00 per match)
Goals against	53 (2.12 per match)
Most goals	V. R. Raghunath (16)

+Performance by oppositions
width=130	Opposition	width=40	Matches	width=40	Won	width=40	Drawn	width=40	Lost	width=40	For	width=40	Against	width=40	Win%
Delhi Waveriders	6	1	2	3	9	11	16.67%
Kalinga Lancers	2	2	0	0	7	4	100.00%
Punjab Warriors	6	2	2	2	14	14	33.33%
Mumbai Magicians	5	3	0	2	10	10	60.00%
Ranchi Rhinos	6	2	0	4	10	14	33.33%

Hat-tricks

No.	Player	Opposition	Result	Season	Venue	Report
1	V. R. Raghunath^4	Punjab Warriors	4  - 3	2013	Ranchi  - Astroturf Hockey Stadium	10 February 2013
2	V. R. Raghunath	Mumbai Magicians	5  - 3	2014		29 January 2014

Fixtures and results

2013

No.	Date	Result	Opponent	Venue	Report
1	17 January	2  - 1	Punjab Warriors	Jalandhar	Match 4
2	19 January	1  - 1	Delhi Wave Riders	Lucknow	Match 6
3	20 January	2  - 0	Ranchi Rhinos	Lucknow	Match 7
4	22 January	2  - 2	Punjab Warriors		Match 10
5	24 January	1  - 3	Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi	Match 12
6	26 January	1  - 3	Ranchi Rhinos	Lucknow	Match 14
7	27 January	3  - 4	Punjab Warriors		Match 16
8	30 January	0  - 4	Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai	Match 19
9	2 February	2  - 0	Mumbai Magicians	Lucknow	Match 23
10	3 February	0  - 3	Delhi Wave Riders	Lucknow	Match 25
11	5 February	1  - 0	Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai	Match 28
12	7 February	4  - 1	Delhi Wave Riders	Delhi	Match 29
13	9 February	2  - 4	Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi	Semi-final 1
14	10 February	4  - 3 (a.e.t.)	Punjab Warriors	Ranchi	3rd place
Position in league phase: 3rd 3rd place

• Goals for: 25(1.79 per match)
• Goals against: 29(2.07 per match)
• Most goals: 9(Overall: 3rd)
  • V. R. Raghunath

2014

No.	Date	Result	Opponent	Venue	Report
1	26 January	3  - 2	Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi	Match 2
2	29 January	5  - 3	Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai	Match 6
3	1 February	1  - 2	Ranchi Rhinos	Lucknow	Match 9
4	2 February	2  - 2	Punjab Warriors	Lucknow	Match 11
5	5 February	1  - 1	Delhi Waveriders	New Delhi	Match 14
6	8 February	3  - 4	Delhi Waveriders	Lucknow	Match 17
7	9 February	3  - 1	Kalinga Lancers	Lucknow	Match 19
8	13 February	4  - 3	Kalinga Lancers	Bhubaneswar	Match 23
9	15 February	1  - 2	Punjab Warriors	Mohali	Match 25
10	18 February	2  - 3	Mumbai Magicians	Lucknow	Match 29
11	22 February	0  - 1	Delhi Waveriders	Ranchi	Semi-final 1
12	23 February		Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi	3rd place

2015

No.	Date	Result	Opponent	Venue	Report
1	23 January	2  - 2	Delhi Waveriders	Lucknow	Match 2
2	26 January	2  - 3	Punjab Warriors	Mohali	Match 7
3	29 January	5  - 1	Kalinga Lancers	Lucknow	Match 9
4	31 January	2  - 0	Kalinga Lancers	Bhubaneswar	Match 11
5	3 February	0  - 2	Ranchi Rays	Lucknow	Match 14
6	4 February	2  - 1	Punjab Warriors	Lucknow	Match 15
7	8 February	0  - 1	Ranchi Rays	Ranchi	Match 19

• Goals for: 13(2.17 per match)
• Goals against: 9(1.50 per match)
• Most goals: V. R. Raghunath (4)

Kit manufacturers & sponsors

Year	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
2013	TK Sports
2014
2015	Shiv Naresh
2016
2017

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roelant Oltmans set to become coach of Lucknow franchise. https://web.archive.org/web/20121217051329/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/roelant-oltmans-set-to-become-coach-of-lucknow-franchise/309996-5-136.html. dead. 17 December 2012. CNN-IBN. 11 December 2012. 17 December 2012.
2. Web site: Sahara India Pariwar pick up Lucknow franchise of Hockey India League. https://archive.today/20130208124832/http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/hockey/item/194059-sahara-india-pariwar-pick-up-lucknow-franchise-of-hockey-india-league. dead. 8 February 2013. NDTV Sports. 16 December 2012.
3. News: Raina becomes co-owner of HIL Franchise Uttar Pradesh Wizards . 21 January 2015.