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.Hyderabad Sultans win PHL
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, held at the sprawling Gachibowli Sports Complex, with penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmed 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.Sohail Abbas becomes joint top scorer of leaguePHL 1 - 2005 Season Review
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.PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review 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.PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review
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.PHL 4 Sultans Team PHL 4 League Standing PHL 4 Match Results
Season by season performance
Season Played Won Draw Lost ET-W ET-L GF GA GD Points Position 2005 8 6 0 2 - - 24 17 7 19 Champions 2006 8 5 0 3 - - 10 9 1 13 Third 2007 12 1 0 9 1 1 11 26 -15 6 Seventh 2008 6 3 0 2 1 0 11 7 4 11 Fourth
Players As of 2008Current Hyderabad Sultans Squard
NameCountrySardara Singh (captain)Dinesh EkkaSamir BaxlaJasbir SinghDiwakar RamJohnson EkkaAnand TirkeyNitin KumarDidar SinghPramod KumarBikas ToppoPawal LakraVeer SinghKulbhushanK M ChengappaKamran AhmedAdnan MaqsoodOscar Ter Weeme
Note: List of players is obtained from PHL website. The list might change in the near future.
Personnel
Madhukaran (Chief coach) Alphonse Lazarus (Asst. coach) C R Bheem Singh (Physical trainer) P.Kanthaiah (Team manager)
Former players PHL 4 - 2008 Season Sultans Team
+Former playersNameCareerCountryDilip Tirkey2005–2006S Rajasekhar2005Inderjeet Singh Chadha2005Ajitesh Rai2005–2007Harsha Vardhan2005Chandan Singh2005Suresh2005Lazarus Barla2005–2006Sameer Dad2005–2006Cyril Ekka2005Sreejesh2005Nitya Jayanand2005–2006Susan Topno2005Devesh Chauhan2006–2007Nitin Kumar2006 – presentJohnson Ekka2006 – present
+Former playersNameCareerCountryPrabhakar Singh2006Amit Srivastava2006Vikram Pillay2006–2007Veer Singh2006 and 2008M A Aleem2006Devender Pal Singh2006Pekrelo2007M. Nagraj2007Saranjeet Singh2007Didar Singh2007–presentSardara Singh2007 – presentVivek Gupta2007Rajinder Singh2007Maryland Amir Hayat2007Diwakar Ram2007 – presentBaljit Singh Chandi2007 – present
Goal keepers
Dates Name Country 2005 Suresh 2005 Ahmed Alam 2006 Salman Akbar 2006–2007 Devesh Chauhan 2007 Pfkerlo 2008 Oscar ter Weeme
Club captains
Dates Name Country 2005–2006 Dilip Tirkey 2007 Devesh Chauhan 2008 – present Sardara Singh
International players
NameCareerCountryWaseem Ahmed2005Ahmed Alam2005Sohail Abbas2005Salman Akbar2006Jorge Lombi2006Shakeel Abbasi2006–2007Ramón Alegre2007Sebastian Westerhout2007Tariq Aziz2007Kamran Ahmed2008Adnan Maqsood2008Oscar Ter Weeme2008
Honours Premier Hockey League: 1 2005
See also
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