UP Yoddhas (Previously known as UP Yoddha) is a professional kabaddi team of Pro Kabaddi League, based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is owned by the GMR Group. It was founded in 2017.
The Yoddhas play their home matches at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow. The team made it to the playoffs in every season since its inception in 2017 until 2023-24 PKL.
Current squad
Full Squad of UP Yoddha for Pro Kabaddi League Session 12,2025. Name Position 10 Sumit Sangwan (c) Defender - Left Corner 44 Ashu Singh (vc) Defender - Right Cover 9 Bhavani Rajput Raider 11 Surender Gill Raider 7 Gagana Gowda Right Raider Keshav Kumar Right Raider Shivam Chaudhary Left Raider 25 Guman Singh Raider Jatin Singh Right Raider Pranay Vinay Rane Raider 22 Dong Lee Raider Sachin Manipal Defender - Right Cover 1 Sahul Kumar Defender - Right Corner 4 Mahender Singh Defender - Left Cover Gangaram Left Cover 79 Hitesh Right Corner Jayesh Mahajan Defender - Left Corner Mahommadreza Kaboudrahangi Defender - Left Corner Ronak Nain Left Cover Source: Pro Kabaddi
Head coach record NameNationalityFromToPWDLWin%Jasvir Singh2017present
Seasons Season V
Season VI
Season VII
Season VIII
Season IX
Season X
Records Seasons Total Wins Losses Tied % Win Position Season 5 23 8 15 11 43.48% 3 Season 6 25 10 15 11 48.00% 3 Season 7 23 13 10 8 60.87% 3 Season 8 22 109 3 45.00%3 Season 9 221282 54.54%4 Season 10 22 4 17 1 18.18% 11
By opposition Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. OppositionPlayedWonLostDrawn% WinBengal Warriors 14 4 5 5 28.6%Bengaluru Bulls 15 6 9 0 40.0%Dabang Delhi 10 6 4 0 60.0%Gujarat Fortune Giants 10 2 6 2 20.0%Haryana Steelers 9 4 3 2 44.4%Jaipur Pink Panthers 10 5 5 0 50.0%Patna Pirates 14 5 8 1 35.7%Puneri Paltan 11 6 5 0 54.5%Tamil Thalaivas 14 5 6 3 35.7%Telugu Titans 13 9 2 2 69.2%U Mumba 11 5 5 1 45.5% Total 131 57 58 16 43.5%
Sponsors +YearSeasonKit manufacturerMain sponsorBack sponsorSleeve sponsor2017VT10 SportsTata YodhaKarbonn MobilesGMR2018VISuzuki Access 125Captain Morgan Cola2019VIIValvolineGMR2021VIIISqad GearABP NewsIodex2022IXShiv-NareshFantasy AkhadaBatwinner2023XVision11CitykartRoyal Enfield2024XIDafaNewsAnanda2025XIIPlayRHero FinCorpEncalm LoungeOfis Square
See also Delhi Capitals
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