Uttar Pradesh Wizards

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Uttar Pradesh Wizards
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Full name Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Nickname(s) Wizards
Founded 2012
Head Coach Roelant Oltmans
Manager Maneck Kotwal
Captain V.R. Raghunath
Home ground Dhyan Chand Stadium
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
(Capacity 10,000)
Best Performance 2013 – 3rd
Top Scorer India V.R. Raghunath (16)
Owner Sahara India Pariwar Suresh Raina
Official Website Official Website
Official Facebook Page
Official Twitter Account
Official Youtube Channel
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The Uttar Pradesh Wizards (abbreviated as UPW) are a field hockey team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that plays in the Hockey India League. It is owned by Sahara India Pariwar. Former Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans serves as coach for the team and former Indian captain Dhanraj Pillay acts as the technical director of the team.[1]

Franchisee Details

Ownership

The team is owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited a group company of Sahara India, bought the franchise on 23 July 2012.[2] Sahara India is also the chief sponsor of Hockey India the top-federation for hockey in India.[2][2] This was the first franchise of Hockey India League to be bought.[2] In December 2014, Suresh Raina becomes the co-owner of Uttar Pradesh Wizards.[3]

Team Composition

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Teun de Nooijer is the marquee player of the team and the highest-paid player of the league.
Player Nationality Matches Goals
Goal Keepers
George Bazeley  Australia 15 –
Kumar Subramaniam  Malaysia 2 –
Sreenivasa Rao Katharu  India 3 –
Forwards
Harmanpreet Singh Bal  India 1
Jasjit Singh Kular  India 3
Hugo Inglis  New Zealand 2
Malayalan Gunasekar  India 9 1
David Healy  Scotland 17 3
Nikkin Thimmaiah  India 3 1
Nithin Thimmaiah  India 14 2
S.K. Uthappa  India 15 2
Teun de Nooijer  Netherlands 17
Tushar Khandker  India 17
Mid-fielders
David Alegre  Spain 17 1
Edward Ockenden  Australia 16 1
Harjeet Singh  India 7
Pradeep Mor  India 17 2
Ramandeep Singh  India 3
Sander Baart  Netherlands 17
Siddharth Shanker  India 9 2
Shea McAleese  New Zealand 3
Defenders
Harbir Singh Sandhu  India 12
Iain Lewers  England 3
Luke Doerner  Australia 16 2
V.R. Raghunath (captain)  India 17 13

Statistics

Season Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%
2013 14 6 2 6 42.86%
2014 11 4 2 5 36.36%
Home 11 3 2 7 27.27%
Away 14 7 2 5 50.00%
Overall 25 10 4 11 40.00%
Performance Details
Goals For 50 (2.00 per match)
Goals Against 53 (2.12 per match)
Most Goals V.R. Raghunath (16 goals)
Performance by Oppositions
Opposition Matches Won Drawn Lost For Against 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 India V. R. Raghunath4 Punjab Warriors 4 – 3 2013 Ranchi – Astroturf Hockey Stadium 10 February 2013
2 India V. R. Raghunath Mumbai Magicians 5 – 3 2014 Mumbai – Mahindra Hockey Stadium 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 Jalandhar 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 Lucknow 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)

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)


Sponsors & Kit Manufacturers

Year Kit Manufacturers Shirt Sponsor
2013 TK Sports Sahara Q Shop
2014
2015 Shiv Naresh
2016
2017

References

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See also

Hockey India League

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