Bangalore Hi-Fliers
Full name | Bangalore Hi-Fliers |
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Founded | 2005 |
Dissolved | 2008 |
Home ground | Bangalore Hockey Stadium (Capacity 1,000) |
Manager | Kannan Krishnamurthy |
League | Premier Hockey League |
Premier Hockey League Champions |
The Bangalore Hi-Fliers were a
History
Founding
The club was formed on the back grounds of inaugural Premier Hockey League in year 2005. It started off with many host of hockey superstars from India, Pakistan and Malaysia. Hi-Fliers is the only teams who in every edition of the PHL displayed tactical and strategic hockey. They have had a good mix of young and experienced players. In the first edition at Hyderabad, their squad had as many as seven members from the national team. They played well in the first leg but failed to maintain the same tempo in the second set of matches and finished a disappointing fourth in the first edition.[1]
Change Of Name and Rise
In the year 2006
Lions Era (2006-2007)
Team's name was changed to Lions in 2006, the team played brilliantly throughout and finished as the second team in the league to enter the best-of-three finals and pipped local favourites Chandigarh Dynamos to win the second edition. In the third final, Bangalore's Hariprasad scored a classic goal - that one effort earned him a place in the Indian team for the Asian Games and the World Cup. In the third edition, Bangalore failed to make it to the final by three points and finished third.[2][3]
2008
Team's name was again changed in 2008 and they were now called
Season by season performance
Season | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | ET-W | ET-L | GF | GA | GD | Points | position |
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2005 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 19 | 22 | -3 | 9 | Fourth |
2006 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 4 | 13 | Second (league), Champions (play-offs) |
2007 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 20 | Third |
2008 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 14 | Second (league), Champions (play-offs) |
Players
As of 2008[10]
Name | Country |
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Tushar Khandekar (Captain)
|
|
Bharat Chettri | |
Len Aiyappa | |
P T Rao | |
Ajay Kumar Saroha[11] | |
Arjun Halappa | |
Vinaya V S | |
Bimal Lakra | |
Vikram Kanth
|
|
Cheeyanna | |
Hari Prasad | |
S V Sunil | |
K A Nilesh | |
Kamarjit Singh | |
Olivier Rutgers | |
Sebastian Westerhout | |
Hyo Kim |
Note: The list of players was obtained from the PHL website.
Personnel
- Ramesh Parameswaran (Chief coach)
- Ashish Ballal (Asst. Coach)
- Kannan Krishnamurthy (General manager)
- Poonacha C S (Trainer)
Former players
Name | Career | Country |
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Kuttappa | 2005 | |
Irshad Ali | 2005 | |
Chandrasekhar Xalxo | 2005 | |
Pawal Lakra | 2005 | |
Amar Aiyamma | 2005 and 2007 | |
Sabu Varkey | 2005–2007 | |
Sunil Ekka | 2005 | |
Ravi Kumar | 2006 | |
Ignace Tirkey | 2006–2007 |
Name | Career | Country |
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Mommahad Waqas | 2007 | |
Gurpreet Singh | 2007 | |
Paul Blake | 2007 | |
Laxman Rao NP | 2007 | |
Bikramjit Singh | 2007 | |
Suresh Kumar | 2006–2007 | |
Bimal Lakra | 2006–2008 | |
Prabodh Tirkey | 2005–2007 | |
Bipin Fernandes | 2006 |
Club captains
Dates | Name | Country |
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2005–2007 | Arjun Halappa | |
2008 | Tushar Khandekar
|
International players
Name | Career | Country |
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Kuhan Shanmugunathan | 2005 | |
Mudassar Ali Khan | 2005–2006 | |
Rehan Butt | 2006 | |
Jordi Quintana | 2006 | |
Paul Blake | 2007 |
Name | Career | Country |
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Thijs de Greeff | 2007 | |
Sander van der Weide | 2007 | |
Olivier Rutgers | 2008 | |
Sebastian Westerhout | 2008 | |
Hyo Kim | 2008 |
Honours
References
- ^ PHL-1 season review[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b PHL-2 season review[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b PHL-3 season review[permanent dead link]
- ^ PHL 4 Hi-fliers Team Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "PHL 4 League Standing". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ "PHL 4 Match Results". Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ a b c d PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review[permanent dead link]
- ^ Current Bangalore Hi-fliers Squad Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A great entertainer". Sportstar. The Hindu Group. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ a b c PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PHL-2 Bangalore Lions winners[permanent dead link]
- ^ "PHL - 4 Bangalore Hi-fliers winners". Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2008.